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 19, 2010 – New, integrated software solutions from Siemens designed to assist in radiation therapy planning and ...

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July 14, 2010 -- Philips Radiation Oncology has launched a project to triple its engineering staff dedicated to cancer ...

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July 1, 2010 – Two companies this week announced plans to join forces to bring expanded proton therapy access to cancer ...

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June 9, 2010 - A single radiation dose during intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is at least as effective as longer post ...

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June 9, 2010 - As the competition heats up in the radiation therapy systems market, Tomotherapy Inc. announced today ...

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June 8, 2010 - A multitracer molecular imaging technique using positron emission tomography (PET) provides detailed ...

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June 7, 2010 - One of the biggest challenges in image-guided treatments is tissue location. To help guide visibility ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

A report from the American Heart Association Committee on cardiac imaging stated that between 1980 and 2006 the ...

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June 2, 2010 - Elekta AB, a Swedish Medical technology company, announced June 1, it acquired oncology imaging developer ...

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May 27, 2010 - Breast-conserving therapy is a viable treatment option for African-American women, although they tend to ...

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May 20, 2010 - Radiation oncologists are increasingly younger practitioners, and there is a larger number of women ...

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May 18, 2010 - Proton beam therapy is becoming more accessible in the United States. While proton beam therapy has ...

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May 18, 2010 - Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting one in six men. It is estimated ...

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May 17, 2010 - The radiation oncology community will discuss steps manufacturers of linear accelerators, radiation ...

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May 17, 2010 - The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St ...

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May 12, 2010 - This year, 35,720 Americans will be diagnosed with head and neck cancer, and 7,600 will die from the ...

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May 12, 2010 - There is a growing market for software developers to integrate 3-D radiation therapy software solution ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Perhaps there is no other area of medicine that requires as much of a team effort to deliver treatment as radiation ...

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April 28, 2010 - Cancer imaging innovation accounted for 40 percent of the reduction in U.S. cancer deaths between 1996 ...

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April 21, 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) is presently asking radiologists, radiation oncologists and all ...

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