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.

Feature | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | Dave Fornell

Focused ultrasound (FUS), also called high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), has gained a lot of interest in recent ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 3, 2017 — As the new Congress and administration wrestle with policy decisions on the provision of high-quality ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

February 2, 2017 — In the featured article from the February 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers ...

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Technology | Treatment Planning

February 1, 2017 — RayStation 6, the latest release of RaySearch’s radiation therapy treatment planning system, adds ...

Time February 01, 2017
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Rachael Bennett, BHS, R.T.(R)(T)

In 2016, the America Cancer Society expected 1,685,210 new cancer diagnoses in the United States alone. And according to ...

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News | Treatment Planning

January 30, 2017 — The Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has chosen RayStation as its ...

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News | Proton Therapy

January 27, 2017 — Mevion Medical Systems and UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health recently announced the first ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

January 26, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced recently that Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida ...

Time January 26, 2017
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News | Radiation Therapy

January 25, 2017 — Elekta announced new data demonstrating Leksell Gamma Knife better spares healthy brain tissue and ...

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News | Radiology Business

January 19, 2017 — Hitachi Ltd. announced the formation of a new Americas business group focused on consolidating its ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

January 18, 2017 — An article promoting standardized imaging efforts to improve diagnosis and treatment of prostate ...

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News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

Insightec, a leader in MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy, announced today that the Japanese Ministry of ...

Time January 17, 2017
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News | Brachytherapy Systems

January 16, 2017 — On Dec. 8, 2016, a female patient in her 60s became the first in the Australia/New Zealand region to ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

January 16, 2017 — Accuray Inc. signed an agreement in December with Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) for the ...

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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

January 16, 2017 — Augmenix Inc. announced that the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology and Physics ...

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News | Artificial Intelligence

January 16, 2017 — Management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and data analytics company Kaggle recently announced ...

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Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

January 10, 2017 — Mobius Medical Systems LP announced in December that DoseLab, the complete TG-142 solution, now fully ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

January 6, 2017 — New research demonstrates that a novel imaging agent can quickly and accurately detect metastasis of ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

January 5, 2017 — Varian Medical Systems recently announced the launch of a new website for the exchange of clinical ...

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Sponsored Content | Videos | Radiation Oncology

Join Chris Toth, president, Oncology Systems Americas, for a look at Varian’s new product introductions and major ...

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