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.

News | ASTRO

Treatment of renal cell carcinoma with stereotactic radiation therapy is as safe and effective for patients with one ...

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News | ASTRO

In a 10-year study of women who received radiation therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer, those receiving fewer ...

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News | ASTRO

Adding radiation therapy or surgery to systemic therapy for stage IV lung cancer patients whose cancer has spread to a ...

Time October 21, 2018
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News | ASTRO

A subset of patients with low-risk breast cancer is highly unlikely to see cancer return following breast conservation ...

Time October 21, 2018
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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

October 19, 2018 – At the 2018 American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Oct ...

Time October 19, 2018
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News | Proton Therapy

October 19, 2018 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) is sharing how hospitals can secure performance, investment and ...

Time October 19, 2018
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Videos | Interventional Radiology

Scott Schwartz, M.D., interventional radiologist and program director for IR residencies and the vascular and ...

Time October 19, 2018
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News | Quality Assurance (QA)

myQA Daily from IBA Dosimetry enables fast as well as high-quality daily linac QA. More measurement points allow more ...

Time October 18, 2018
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Videos | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

Benjamin Movsas, M.D., chair of radiation oncology at Henry Ford Cancer Institute, describes the benefits the department ...

Time October 15, 2018
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Feature | ASTRO

October 30, 2018 — The American Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ASTRO) 2018 annual meeting included 10 top-rated ...

Time October 30, 2018
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Videos | Treatment Planning

Carri Glide-Hurst, Ph.D., director of translational research, radiation oncology at Henry Ford Health System, describes ...

Time October 05, 2018
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Videos | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

Carri Glide-Hurst, Ph.D., and Benjamin Movsas, M.D., discuss Henry Ford Hospital's involvement in a national clinical ...

Time October 04, 2018
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Feature | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS) | By Pratik Kirve

Research advancements related to usage of radiation oncology in breast cancer and emphasis on quality care along with ...

Time October 04, 2018
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Videos | Treatment Planning

Eric Morris, a Ph.D. candidate at Henry Ford Hospital and Wayne State University, explains his project to automate ...

Time September 27, 2018
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News | Prostate Cancer

UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of high doses of radiotherapy and hormonal therapy provides the best ...

Time September 11, 2018
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Jeff Zagoudis

According to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society (ACS), almost 165,000 new cases of prostate cancer ...

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Videos | Treatment Planning

A discussion with Kevin Moore, Ph.D., DABR, deputy director of medical physics and associate professor, University of ...

Time August 28, 2018
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the innovative new technologies on the expo floor at the 2018 American ...

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Videos | Radiomics

A discussion with Martin Vallieres, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He spoke on this ...

Time August 09, 2018
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Videos | AAPM

Ehsan Samei, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, director of the Duke University Clinical Imaging Physics Group and head of the ...

Time August 03, 2018
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