July 13, 2017 — Elekta and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have initiated installation of Elekta’s MR-linac, an ...
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.
July 5, 2017 — Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the ...
July 5, 2017 — A new study from Roswell Park Cancer Institute reporting the findings of the first clinical trial to ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Recently, the oncology department needed to update its radiation therapy treatment planning system. The department ...
Image-guided radiation therapy offers great potential to improve the efficiency of treating cancer patients by more ...
While radiation oncologists have a number of proven techniques at their disposal for treating patients, the reality is ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
July 3, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC), part of the Montefiore Health System ...
July 3, 2017 — IBA and Philips announced in mid-June they are stepping up their combined effort for proton therapy in ...
July 3, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 29, 2017 — IBA announced the accreditation of an International Competence Center (ICC) training course by the ...
June 29, 2017 — Due to its widespread success in treating several types of brain cancer, global market growth for Gamma ...
June 28, 2017 — Augmenix Inc. announced that the first patient in New Zealand has been treated with SpaceOAR hydrogel at ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
June 23, 2017 — Medidata and Median Technologies announced a new collaboration to streamline the growth and use of ...
June 23, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently issued a new clinical guideline for the use ...
June 21, 2017 — The Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has entered into an agreement ...
June 20, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that the University Cancer Institute of Toulouse Oncopole (IUCT Oncopole) in ...
June 19, 2017 — The Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan – and first in the world – to offer patients ...
An estimated one in seven American men will be affected by prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate-specific ...
In the battle against metastatic prostate cancer, the removal of lymph node metastases using image-guided surgery may ...
Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like X-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in ...
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