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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October 21, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected Gunnery Sgt. Edward Schrank as its ...

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October 19, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected Carrie Daly, A.P.N., of Rush ...

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October 19, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is partnering with Gilda's Club Chicago to raise ...

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October 16, 2009 - The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio’s one-year training certificate in medical dosimetry ...

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October 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare announces that Cleveland Clinic Foundation has purchased its fourth ARTISTE for ...

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October 13, 2009 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the recipients of several Annual ...

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October 8, 2009 - Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the American College of Radiology (ACR) CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine and PET ...

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Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for men after lung cancer. The American Cancer Society ...

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October 6, 2009 - At the University of Virginia Health System where they opened a new Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused ...

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September 30, 2009 - The founding members of the American Society of Clinical Radiation Oncology (ASCRO) announced its ...

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September 30, 2009 - The global diagnostic imaging market is forecast to reach $24.6 billion in 2015. According to a ...

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September 29, 2009 - Hologic Inc. has received CE marking approval for its ThinPrep integrated imager, a cervical cancer ...

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Philips Brilliance CT Big Bore Oncology configuration builds on its AcQsim single-slice CT scanner. The Big Bore ...

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September 29, 2009 - Worldwide sales of cancer drugs are forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 12-15 ...

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September 25, 2009 - Cancer physicians and cancer care advocates applauded a bipartisan letter led by Senators Richard ...

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September 25, 2009 - Nearly of 300 of the world’s leading researchers focused on the problem of prostate cancer will ...

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September 22, 2009 - Elekta will host its 2009 Radiation Oncology Users Meeting (ROUM), Saturday, October 31, 2009 in ...

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September 2, 2009 - ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, submitted official comments to the Centers for ...

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August 27, 2009 - The just-released 7th edition of the TNM (tumor, node, metastases) staging system for lung cancer will ...

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August 24, 2009 - A recently launched clinical trial focuses on a shorter course of radiation treatment for those with ...

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