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.

Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

April 27, 2018 — Sun Nuclear Corp. released significant new functionality for its SunCheck Platform for patient and ...

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News | Treatment Planning

April 27, 2018 — In the first World Championships of Treatment Planning, arranged by radiation oncology analytics ...

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News | Treatment Planning

April 24, 2018 — Brainlab announced the implementation of a software solution that can achieve better radiation therapy ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

April 23, 2018 — Radiotherapy given in high doses over a shorter period of time is safe and effective for prostate ...

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News | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

April 20, 2018 — Elekta announced that it is making a strategic investment in PalabraApps LLC to advance the development ...

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Feature | Lung Imaging | Jeff Zagoudis

In recent years, low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening has emerged as a proven, effective method to detect lung ...

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Technology | Treatment Planning

April 16, 2018 — Varian announced a new version of its Velocity cancer imaging software that includes Rapidsphere, a ...

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

April 6, 2018 — Accuray Inc. and Erasmus MC announced the first patient has been successfully treated using an online ...

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News | Proton Therapy

April 5, 2018 — Mevion Medical Systems announced the treatment of the first patient in the world on the Mevion S250i ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

April 5, 2018 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued an update to its clinical guideline for the ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

March 27, 2018 — While there are many treatment options for men with prostate cancer, a recent national study published ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 26, 2018 — Medical school students receive little formal instruction in radiation oncology, a Loyola study has ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 26, 2018 — Radiotherapy treatment to part of the breast or a reduced dose to the whole breast yields fewer ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

March 21, 2018 — ViewRay Inc. recently announced that the company received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 12, 2018 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the use ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

An Italian study featured in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine demonstrates that a novel nuclear ...

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Feature | Proton Therapy | By Jeff Zagoudis

Proton therapy has experienced major growth in the last decade, but that growth seems to have slowed slightly in recent ...

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News | Treatment Planning

February 26, 2018 — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RaySearch Laboratories announced a new ...

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Technology | Treatment Planning

February 22, 2018 — U.K.-based medical imaging software provider Mirada Medical has released DLCExpert, the first ...

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News | PET Imaging

February 21, 2018 — Blue Earth Diagnostics announced that Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) injection has been added to the ...

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