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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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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April 8, 2010 - Lung tumors have been among the most challenging radiation therapy targets because the patient's ...

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April 7, 2010 - The lack of radiation therapy treatment African-American women receive is not responsible for the poorer ...

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April 5, 2010 - The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) will participate in a medical device security ...

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March 31, 2010 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), an association representing the manufacturers ...

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March 30, 2010 - Among a group of patients who should received radiation therapy according to medical guidelines, 95 ...

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March 22, 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced today it strongly opposes the current medical imaging ...

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March 19, 2010 - To alleviate the effects of the global molybdenum shortage, a national network of 47 radiopharmacies ...

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Ground zero in the battle against breast cancer flared up when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued ...

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Radiation oncology is an important area of concentration for Imaging Technology News (ITN), as we provide coverage of ...

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