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.

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July 5, 2011 — Cancer patients in Sweden have gained access to fast and efficient radiotherapy treatments with the ...

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May 6, 2011 – Two articles in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine make a case for maintaining current U.S ...

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Feature

May 3, 2011 — Cianna Medical announced that it has successfully completed a funding round totaling $12 million. The ...

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Technology

April 19, 2011 – A new brachytherapy applicator for treating endometrial cancer patients after a hysterectomy has been ...

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Technology

April 14, 2011 – The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a new brachytherapy treatment planning system ...

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Case Study

The Breast Imaging Department of Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) operates eight ...

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March 28, 2011 – Several individuals were honored with the Arizona Cancer Heroes Award on March 23, 2011 at the Ritz ...

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Videos | Proton Therapy

IBA introduced its new Proteus One proton treatment system during ASTRO 2010. It is about one-third the size of current ...

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Videos | ASTRO

At ASTRO 2010, one of the big topics was how radiation oncology as a profession is in a period of retrenchment due to ...

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Videos | AAPM

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Mike Herman, Ph.D., radiation oncology medical physicist ...

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Feature | Steve Worrell

Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer found today. There are two primary types - small cell and nonsmall cell ...

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Adding radiation and/or tamoxifen therapy to the treatment plan of women who undergo a lumpectomy for ductal carcinoma ...

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March 14, 2011 – Two of the most advanced tools for precise radiotherapy-based treatment are now under one roof in ...

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March 14, 2011 – The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) in Madison, Wis., will soon become one of the ...

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March 11, 2011 - The prospect of increasing radiation therapy treatment speed using dynamic, arc-based radiation therapy ...

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March 10, 2011 – The CDH Proton Center in suburban Chicago can now treat a wider variety of cancer tumors with the ...

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March 8, 2011 – The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) are ...

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March 8, 2011 – During treatment planning, standard-bore computed tomography (CT) systems often constrain patient ...

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Technology

March 8, 2011 – Varian Medical Systems and ScandiDos have signed a nonexclusive distributor agreement. The agreement ...

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March 8, 2011 – RaySearch Laboratories has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Princess Margaret Hospital ...

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