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.

Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Rachael Bennett, R.T.(R)(T)

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2015 annual meeting drew a crowd of more than 11,000 attendees. This ...

Time February 03, 2016
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | Jeff Zagoudis

Computed tomography (CT) has long been the gold standard for image acquisition during radiation therapy treatment ...

Time February 03, 2016
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News | Radiation Oncology

A new template published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) standardizes and streamlines the ...

Time December 30, 2015
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Radiation Therapy

Varian offered an overview of its new technology offerings at ASTRO 2015. These include advancements in analytics ...

Time December 21, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

A new template published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) standardizes and streamlines the ...

Time December 09, 2015
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News | Computed Radiography (CR)

CIRS ATOM phantoms are a full line of anthropomorphic, cross sectional dosimetry phantoms designed to investigate organ ...

Time November 23, 2015
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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Samsung NeuroLogica Corporation, the healthcare subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and a leading provider of ...

Time November 23, 2015
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News | Prostate Cancer

Now, for the first time, UCLA researchers have described cost across an entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer ...

Time November 23, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) announced today that The US Oncology Network, one of America’s largest networks of ...

Time November 23, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that the newly opened Texas Center for Proton Therapy is now treating cancer ...

Time November 23, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine ...

Time November 23, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

Low-risk prostate cancer patients in Canada may be opting for treatment with major life-changing side-effects without ...

Time November 23, 2015
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Feature | Radiation Oncology

A prospective study of guideline-based postoperative image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) in ...

Time November 11, 2015
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Jeff Zagoudis

The unfortunate reality of living with cancer is that oftentimes, the treatment can be just as much of a burden for ...

Time October 09, 2015
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Feature | Proton Therapy | Jeff Zagoudis

The current state of proton therapy can be assessed fairly quickly by looking at a map: At the end of 2014, there were ...

Time September 09, 2015
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Feature | Radiation Therapy | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

The use of radiation therapy to treat cancer has been in existence for over a century, tracing back to the early days of ...

Time September 09, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

Elekta announced that Providence Health and Services in Renton, Wash., the nation's third largest not-for-profit health ...

Time August 27, 2015
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

Joseph Deasy, Ph.D., discusses his study on dose-volume relations for late rectal bleeding in 1,001 patients from five ...

Time July 31, 2015
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President John Boone, Ph.D., discusses the impact of imaging in ...

Time July 28, 2015
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News | Radiation Oncology

July 17, 2015 - Accuray Inc. announced that studies on the clinical use of the CyberKnife System continue to demonstrate ...

Time July 17, 2015
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