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.

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 ...

Time September 07, 2018
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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 ...

Time August 13, 2018
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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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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

A discussion with Steve Jiang, Ph.D., director of the medical artificial intelligence and automation lab and vice-chair ...

Time August 01, 2018
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

This is an example of how Cherenkov radiation glow can be collected with image intensifier cameras during radiotherapy ...

Time August 01, 2018
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Videos | AAPM

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Bruce Thomadsen, M.D., professor of medical physics at ...

Time August 01, 2018
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Feature | Proton Therapy | By Jeff Zagoudis

The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access (APTA) released a national report in late May revealing the heavy emotional and ...

Time July 03, 2018
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Feature | Radiation Therapy | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) systems and the key to improved patient outcomes ...

Time June 05, 2018
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News | Lung Imaging

For smokers and former smokers, the threat of lung cancer always lurks in the shadows. To flush it out of the darkness ...

Time June 04, 2018
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Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Jeff Zagoudis

Computed tomography (CT) has long been the standard of care for imaging to plan radiation therapy (RT) treatments. CT ...

Time May 03, 2018
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Feature | Proton Therapy | By Jeff Zagoudis

Proton therapy has experienced major growth in the last decade, but that growth seems to have slowed slightly in recent ...

Time March 06, 2018
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News | Radiation Oncology

World Cancer Day takes place annually on Feb. 4 to raise awareness and education in the media, governments and people ...

Time February 01, 2018
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Emily Clemons

Technological and scientific advances in radiation oncology are allowing practitioners to put patients first in profound ...

Time January 31, 2018
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

Chris Toth, president, global commercial and field operations for Varian, takes a tour of Varian’s new product ...

Time November 15, 2017
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