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

July 17, 2015 - Increased radiation dose is associated with higher survival rates in men with medium- and high-risk ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 16, 2015 - The Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center (KF-SYSCC) has established an entirely paperless and ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 13, 2015 - Mirada Medical and collaborators from the University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands, will ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 13, 2015 - Accuray Inc. and RaySearch Laboratories AB announced they have signed a long-term collaboration ...

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Feature | Radiation Oncology

July 10, 2015 - Women with cervical or endometrial cancer who require treatment to the para-aortic (PA) lymph nodes can ...

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Technology | Radiation Oncology

July 10, 2015 - Civco Medical Solutions will showcase new patient positioning and immobilization innovations to ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 8, 2015 - Findings from a study in the July 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...

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Feature | Radiation Oncology

July 7, 2015 - New study findings reveal that more complications occur in patients treated with radiation therapy versus ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 7, 2015 - The Texas Center for Proton Therapy announced it has selected RayStation from RaySearch Laboratories as ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 6, 2015 - The Dr. Samadi Prostate Cancer Center in New York City is now offering a full suite of new genetic ...

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Feature | Jeff Zagoudis

Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) affords greater accuracy of dose distribution during cancer treatment, allowing ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 1, 2015 - Significant strides have been made in improving the survival of adult patients with low-grade gliomas ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

June 30, 2015 - A three-year-old baby girl with a brain tumor has become the 10,000th patient at Yashoda Hospital in ...

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Feature | By Katherine Zukotynski, M.D.

There has been growing discussion and excitement surrounding the possibility of personalized medicine and targeted ...

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June 2, 2015 — Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have ...

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May 6, 2015 — Leksell Radiosurgery Award winner Deborah C. Marshall presented her research, “Survival Patterns of ...

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Feature | Proton Therapy | Jeff Zagoudis

Proton therapy has been on the rise in recent years, both in the United States and abroad, with more and more proton ...

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Case Study

Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tennessee, purchased a CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System in December 2010 to ...

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Feature | Jeff Zagoudis

As radiation therapy becomes more sophisticated and new methods are devised for treating cancer, treatment planning ...

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News

March 25, 2015 — Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical ...

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