Radiation Oncology

Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. The radiation therapy channel covers all aspects of radiation oncology technology. Radiation therapy includes linear accelerators (LINAC), proton therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

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Top performing facilities, such as Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (CARTI), are employing the ExacTrac X ...

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Sony Electronics will showcase its new IPELA PCS-HG90 high-definition, IP-based visual communication system at RSNA 2007 ...

Time October 14, 2007
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Feature | Pat Lee

Until recently, certain types of cancer patients had very few or no options after they had been turned down as ...

Time October 11, 2007
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Feature | Rick Dana Barlow and Cristen C. Bolan

Fighting cancer is a tough-enough ordeal for patients and clinicians alike. But waging war against an eminently deadly ...

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The objective of ASTRO’s 49th Annual Meeting is “Treating Cancer While Preserving Quality of Life.” With radiation ...

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Feature | Maureen Leahy-Patano

Fighting cancer is serious business. Every day in hospitals and cancer clinics worldwide, radiation oncologists ...

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October 12, 2007 — Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. recently announced that its subsidiary, Integra Radionics Inc ...

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October 11, 2007 - According to a study released in the October issue of the International Journal for Radiation ...

Time October 10, 2007
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Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB teamed up to create Novalis Tx, which integrates Varian’s Trilogy Tx linear ...

Time October 07, 2007
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October 5, 2007 — IntraOp Medical Corp. a provider of technology solutions for the treatment and eradication of cancer ...

Time October 04, 2007
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October 1, 2007 - GE Healthcare demonstrated at its Global Research Center what it says is the first 3D X-ray plus ...

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September 27, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology (CCO) located in England, are jointly ...

Time September 26, 2007
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September 25, 2007 - According to a study published in the October issue of Radiology, researchers using functional ...

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September 25, 2007 - Findings in a new study, published in the February 2007 issue of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine ...

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September 21, 2007 - North American Scientific Inc. announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its ...

Time September 20, 2007
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September 21, 2007 – STERIS Corp. and Questra Corp. recently announced the launch of the ProConnect Response Center. The ...

Time September 20, 2007
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Novalis Tx integrates Varian's Trilogy Tx linear accelerator and new HD120 multi-leaf collimator offering 2.5 mm leaves ...

Time September 17, 2007
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September 18, 2007 – Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a new high-definition multileaf ...

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September 18, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and BrainLAB announced at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) ...

Time September 17, 2007
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September 18, 2007 – Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a new high-definition multileaf ...

Time September 17, 2007
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