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 | Raissa Rocha

In the past 20 years there have been considerable improvements in the treatment of prostate cancer. As it is across all ...

Time August 28, 2013
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

AAPM President John Hazle, Ph.D., discusses trends in medical physics and major initiatives that the association is ...

Time August 13, 2013
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News

July 22, 2013 — Vizzia Technologies announced that its clinical workflow optimization solution was recently installed at ...

Time July 22, 2013
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Feature | Raissa Rocha

Editor’s note: Imaging Technology News (ITN) sought reader nominations for the top cancer centers to watch in 2013 ...

Time July 08, 2013
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Case Study | RaySearch Laboratories

Located throughout New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, Health Quest has developed partnerships with four different radiation ...

Time July 08, 2013
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Feature | Raissa Rocha

With the sheer volume of patient information growing by the minute in the healthcare industry, it is important for ...

Time July 08, 2013
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Radiation oncology research received 197 grants, totaling only 1.6 percent ($85.5 million) of the $5.4 billion in cancer ...

Time June 12, 2013
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Feature | Eugen Hug, M.D.

We are witnessing a new era in proton therapy research, with an unprecedented number of clinical studies under way. For ...

Time June 11, 2013
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Technology

In March, RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that version 3.5 of RaySearch's RayStation treatment planning system had ...

Time May 15, 2013
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Feature

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation, Royal Philips Electronics and InSightec Ltd today announced that they are ...

Time May 08, 2013
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Feature | Raissa Rocha

Treatment of early stage breast cancer continues to evolve as researchers investigate more novel and efficient methods ...

Time April 26, 2013
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News

April 2, 2013 — The Warrenville, Ill.-based CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center, announced the installation of pencil ...

Time April 02, 2013
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News

April 1, 2013 — For more than three decades various forms of robotics have been effectively applied in healthcare to ...

Time April 01, 2013
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News

March 22, 2013 — A new report that breast cancer patients treated with low doses of radiation therapy have a heightened ...

Time March 22, 2013
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Feature | Gregory M. Eckel, M.D.

As a result of routine mammography screening, approximately 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed annually to ...

Time March 19, 2013
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News

February 8, 2013 — EDAP TMS SA announced the submission of its Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food ...

Time February 08, 2013
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News

An innovative modification of a treatment chair used with cancer patients allows those who have problems lying down ...

Time January 22, 2013
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News

January 2, 2013 — In May 2009 RaySearch Laboratories AB entered into a long-term development and licensing agreement ...

Time January 02, 2013
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Technology

January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...

Time January 02, 2013
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Radiation Oncology

Varian introduced the Edge radiosurgery Suite during ASTRO 2012. The system features real-time tumor tracking and a six ...

Time December 07, 2012
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