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 therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate cancer screening.
News | Prostate Cancer
MRI Can Cut Overdiagnoses in Prostate-cancer Screening by Half

August 13, 2021 — Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

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Receiver operator characteristics curve for the optimal response classifiers, optimized for maximum F1-Score. The AUCs for each classifier are reported in the legend. Image courtesy of Gregory J. Czarnota
News | MRI Breast
Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

August 6, 2021 — Oncotarget published "MRI texture features from tumor core and margin in the prediction of response to ...

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#cancer #radiation_therapy #radiation_oncology Genomic-adjusted radiation dose beneficial as a pan-cancer predictor of radiation therapy efficacy
News | Radiation Therapy
Study Confirms Effectiveness of New Personalized Approach for Radiation Therapy

August 5, 2021 — Researchers from Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Moffitt ...

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The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. (CORAR), along with physicians and patient organizations, supports the introduction of H.R. 4479, the “Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics (FIND) Act of 2021” by Congressmen Scott Peters (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Greg Murphy (R-NC).
News | Nuclear Imaging
Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals Supports the FIND Act of 2021

August 4, 2021 — The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. (CORAR), along with physicians and patient ...

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Leveraging Philips Genomics Workspace hosted on Philips HealthSuite, NGS (Next-Generation Sequencing) is integrated directly into NYU Langone’s EMR for seamless, secure data sharing and integrated decision-making
News | Information Technology
Philips and NYU Langone Health Department of Pathology Collaborate for Genomic Processing, Interpretation and Reporting

August 3, 2021 — Philips announced that New York Langone Health’s Department of Pathology will leverage Philips Genomics ...

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LAP announced it has strengthened its partnership with leading integrated oncology care provider, GenesisCare, to continue providing advanced treatment planning software in radiation oncology centers around the globe.
News | Treatment Planning
GenesisCare Renews RadCalc QA Software in 173 Radiation Oncology Centers

August 3, 2021 — LAP announced it has strengthened its partnership with leading integrated oncology care provider ...

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SIR considers image-guided thermal ablation to be an acceptable treatment option for patients with inoperable Stage I NSCLC, those with recurrent NSCLC, as well as patients with metastatic lung disease
News | Lung Imaging
SIR Publishes Position Statement on Percutaneous Lung Ablation

August 2, 2021 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) issued a new position statement on percutaneous lung ...

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The FLASH Effect significantly improves the therapeutic ratio for curing cancer
News | Radiation Oncology
IntraOp Announces First Patients Enrolled in FLASH Clinical Trial

July 28, 2021 — IntraOp Medical Corporation announced that Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV, Switzerland) enrolled the ...

Time July 28, 2021
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Recommendations address when and how radiation therapy should be used and outline best practices for patient-centered care
News | Radiation Therapy
ASTRO Issues Clinical Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Adults

July 27, 2021 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on ...

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Radiation oncologists urged Congress to reverse proposed CMS cuts and create more equity in access to cancer treatments
News | Radiation Oncology
ASTRO Advocacy Day Draws Record Number of Advocates Seeking Change

July 26, 2021 — A record number of radiation oncologists met with Congressional leaders and staff last week as part of ...

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The 15-ton compact accelerator is lifted into the David C. Pratt Cancer Center at Mercy St. Louis. (Photo: Business Wire)
News | Radiation Oncology
Mercy St. Louis Begins Installation of Mevion Proton Therapy System

July 23, 2021 — Mevion Medical Systems announced that it has delivered the 15-ton compact accelerator to Mercy Hospital ...

Time July 21, 2021
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Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 107th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, the world’s largest annual radiology forum, to be held at McCormick Place Chicago, Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2021
News | RSNA
Registration Now Open for RSNA21

July 21, 2021 — Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 107th Scientific Assembly ...

Time July 21, 2021
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the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) displayed the CY 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems (OPPS/ASC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (CMS-1753-P), which includes proposals related to the Radiation Oncology (RO) Model.
News | Radiation Oncology
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Radiation Oncology (RO) Model

July 21, 2021 — On July 19, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) displayed the CY 2022 Hospital ...

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ASTRO just issued the following statement in response to the Radiation Oncology Model update in yesterday's HOPPS proposed rule, which compounds significant and detrimental cuts to the cancer care specialty in the proposed 2022 MPFS
News | Radiation Therapy
ASTRO Responds to Troubling Medicare Cuts, Radiation Oncology Model Update

July 20, 2021 — In response to consecutive weeks of proposed Medicare payment cuts to radiation oncology cancer care ...

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Artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tool spots asymptomatic prostate cancer in seconds
News | Prostate Cancer
New AI Tech for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

July 19, 2021 — Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer and a leading cause of death by cancer in Australian men ...

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Ramon Alfredo Siochi, Ph.D. — the director of medical physics at WVU — led a task group to help ensure the accuracy of data that dictates a cancer patient's radiation therapy.
News | Radiation Oncology
WVU Researcher Leads Effort to Reduce Data-transfer Error in Radiation Therapy

July 15, 2021 — Just as helicopter traffic reporters use their "bird's eye view" to route drivers around roadblocks ...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. The ACR has created this initial review of provisions within the MPFS proposed rule that may impact radiology or radiation oncology.
News | Radiology Business
ACR Releases Summary of Radiology Provisions in MPFS Proposed Rule

July 15, 2021 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year 2022 Medicare ...

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In a mouse model study of MRI-guided focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening at MRI field strengths ranging from ­approximately 0 T (outside the magnetic field) to 4.7 T, the static magnetic field dampened the detected microbubble cavitation signal and decreased the BBB opening volum
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic Field from MRI Affects Focused-ultrasound-mediated Blood-brain Barrier

July 13, 2021 — MRI-guided focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles can open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and ...

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NeuroLogica joins forces with Massachusetts General Hospital to pilot OmniTom Elite with Photon Counting Detector (PCD) technology at patient point-of-care
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
NeuroLogica Joins Forces with Massachusetts General Hospital to Pilot Photon Counting CT at the Patient’s Point-Of-Care Using OmniTom Elite CT

July 13, 2021 — NeuroLogica Corp. announced that its state-of-the-art OmniTom Elite with Photon Counting Detector (PCD) ...

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 The numbers of cancer screening tests rebounded sharply in the last quarter of 2020, following a dramatic decline in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at one large hospital system in the Northeastern United States. These findings were released in a study published in Cancer Cell. The research also found an increase in racial and socioeconomic disparities among users of some screening tests during the pandemic.
News | Radiation Oncology
Cancer Screenings Rebounded in 2020 After COVID but Racial Disparities Remain

July 12, 2021 — The numbers of cancer screening tests rebounded sharply in the last quarter of 2020, following a ...

Time July 12, 2021
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