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 | Prostate Cancer

June 14, 2018 — Hitachi Medical Systems Europe has been awarded the contract to supply six ultrasound systems as part of ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

June 14, 2018 — The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

June 13, 2018 — A recently presented investigational clinical trial evaluated the impact of 18F fluciclovine positron ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

June 12, 2018 — Recently published data from two new studies demonstrate the benefits of Accuray’s TomoTherapy System in ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

June 12, 2018 — IsoRay Inc. announced the initiation of research funding for brain cancer treatment to Ochsner Clinic ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

June 7, 2018 — IsoRay Inc. announced the upcoming release of its Build-Blu delivery system for real-time prostate ...

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Blog | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

What something does is more important than what it is. This is common knowledge in consumer electronics. Seventeen years ...

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Feature | Radiation Therapy | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) systems and the key to improved patient outcomes ...

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News | Lung Imaging

For smokers and former smokers, the threat of lung cancer always lurks in the shadows. To flush it out of the darkness ...

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News | Proton Therapy

May 31, 2018 — Members of Beaumont Health’s proton therapy team presented research on a new treatment for patients with ...

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News | Proton Therapy

May 25, 2018 — The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access has released a national report revealing the heavy emotional and ...

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News | Treatment Planning

May 24, 2018 — Daniela Schmitt, Ph.D., took top honors in the overall category of the 2018 TROG Plan Study: Stereotactic ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

May 21, 2018 — The Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV) in Padua, Italy, has acquired MILabs’ latest-generation Versatile ...

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

May 21, 2018 — Three new studies presented at the 113th annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

May 16, 2018 — Accuray Inc. signed a multi-system, multi-hospital agreement with Mercy for the acquisition of Accuray ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

May 9, 2018 — Blue Earth Diagnostics signed an exclusive, worldwide agreement with Scintomics GmbH, Germany, a ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

May 9, 2018 – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) posted a final recommendation statement and evidence ...

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Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Jeff Zagoudis

Computed tomography (CT) has long been the standard of care for imaging to plan radiation therapy (RT) treatments. CT ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

April 30, 2018 — ViewRay Inc. announced new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies under development for its ...

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News | Proton Therapy

April 27, 2018 — For the first time, cancer patients in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region have access to proton ...

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