Cancer is perhaps the most highly personal, complex disease in our world today. While the various types of cancer are ...
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 therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands. The hospital provides ...
The ITN team recently attended the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA)’s 45th Annual Meeting and ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
September 7, 2017 — Advanced melanoma has a poor prognosis, but immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy can be effective for ...
September 5, 2017 — Augmenix Inc. announced that Palmetto GBA LLC — the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) ...
August 30, 2017 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and the Department of Radiation Oncology at Penn Medicine, in ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
August 30, 2017 — iCAD Inc. announced that the company’s Xoft Axxent balloon applicators have received approval from the ...
August 29, 2017 — Radioembolization is a radiation therapy method used for liver tumors that are uncurable with surgery ...
August 22, 2017 — Insightec announced recently that worldwide adoption of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
August 22, 2017 — A new UCLA study is the first to identify patient and tumor characteristics that predict the ...
Melissa Martin, MS, president of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), discusses her vision of the ...
Mark Pankuch, Ph.D., director of medical physics at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, discusses the ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
August 21, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and the Summit Cancer Center-Boise announced that the center is now treating patients ...
August 17, 2017 — The proton center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital will utilize RayStation for planning on ...
August 16, 2017 — In the featured translational article in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine ...
August 15, 2017 — DOSIsoft SA announced the official release, with CE marking, of ISOgray Treatment Planning System (TPS ...
August 10, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that the first studies validating the benefits of the Radixact System were ...
August 7, 2017 — Profound Medical Corp. recently announced that all closing conditions have been satisfied and it has ...
August 7, 2017 — ViewRay Inc. announced that several presentations of early clinical experience with its MRIdian Linac ...
August 3, 2017 — Researchers presented clinical data supporting use of the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) ...
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