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.

News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

April 12, 2017 — Theraclion announced results of a study evaluating the long-term assessment of breast fibroadenoma ...

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Feature | Prostate Cancer | By Jeff Zagoudis

While prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among American men — the third leading cause of cancer deaths in ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

April 6, 2017 — A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess ...

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News | Proton Therapy

April 4, 2017 — Mevion Medical Systems announced the installation of the first Mevion S250i proton therapy system with ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

April 4, 2017 — Profound Medical Corp. announced that the first TULSA-PRO patient paid procedure has been successfully ...

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News | Biopsy Systems

March 30, 2017 — Analogic Corp. announced that it will introduce its bkFusion solution for improving biopsy targeting in ...

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News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

March 29, 2017 — EDAP TMS SA announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article that analyzed Ablatherm Robotic HIFU ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 27, 2017 — Radiation therapists and physicians know that education can reduce anxiety before radiation treatment ...

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News | Proton Therapy

March 24, 2017 — A new study offers hope for patients with recurrent lung cancer, who historically have been considered ...

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News | Biopsy Systems

March 23, 2017 — Urology specialists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (Detroit) have begun using the UroNav ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

March 22, 2017 — Profound Medical Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the first sale of a TULSA-PRO ...

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News | Lung Imaging

March 22, 2017 — An emerging approach for cancer treatment seeks to combine radiation therapy with immune checkpoint ...

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

March 20, 2017 — Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early-stage lung cancer but cannot undergo an operation can be ...

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News | Biopsy Systems

March 16, 2017 — Exact Imaging has received Health Canada approval and the corresponding medical device license (#98667) ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

March 16, 2017 — The featured clinical investigation article of the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

March 15, 2017 — iCAD Inc. announced that more than 3,000 early-stage breast cancer patients have been treated with ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 14, 2017 — Over half of older women with early stage breast cancer received more radiation therapy than what might ...

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News | Lung Imaging

March 13, 2017 — FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is a valuable imaging tool for treatment ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

March 9, 2017 — Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan have launched the nation’s first prostate cancer risk ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

March 6, 2017 — Results from a new prospective clinical trial indicate high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy administered ...

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