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

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March 25, 2015 — A group of molecules in prostate-cancer cells could one day be used to distinguish which patients with ...

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March 24, 2015 — Ion Beam Applications S.A. (IBA) announced the successful expansion of IBA Academy on the Road “Small ...

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The sixth Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case —Optimizing Radiation Use During a Difficult IVC Filter Retrieval — is now ...

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March 10, 2015 — Using a mouse model of cancer, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...

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March 10, 2015 — New clinical-trial findings provide further evidence that combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Radiologists play a key role in the cancer care continuum after the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer. This includes ...

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November 24, 2014 – Lung cancer patients with minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) have similar, positive five-year ...

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Feature | By Erik Mittra, M.D., Ph.D.

Despite significant advances in imaging and therapy, cancer continues to be a leading health concern worldwide. One type ...

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From the floor at this year's annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Chris Toth, vice ...

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