June 19, 2017 — The Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan – and first in the world – to offer patients ...
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.
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 ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like X-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in ...
The alliance will study the feasibility of using CRnR’s converging x-ray lens technology as an effective radiotherapy ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) employs significantly higher per fraction radiation doses than conventional ...
In an article published in the June 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers assert that exposure to ...
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), precision-based medicine is an emerging approach for disease ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
Up to 45 percent of all cancer patients develop brain metastases, tumors that spread to the brain from cancers located ...
May 31, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released a statement last week strongly opposing the ...
May 30, 2017 — Patients who were implanted with the BioZorb 3-D bioabsorbable marker during their lumpectomy could be ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
May 25, 2017 —The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published a new edition of its guidance on the application and ...
May 24, 2017 — A research team funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has ...
May 24, 2017 — The University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht in the Netherlands recently treated the first patient as part ...
May 23, 2017 — IBA announced that the first patient has been treated with pencil beam scanning (PBS) technology at the ...
May 19, 2017 — Registration has opened for the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO ...
May 17, 2017 — RAD Technology Medical Systems and MidMichigan Medical Center — Alpena broke ground the end of March on a ...
May 16, 2017 — Proton International announced the successful financing of a new state-of-the-art radiation therapy ...
May 15, 2017 — Blue Earth Diagnostics announced that the Trial Steering Committee recommended further recruitment be ...
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