While active surveillance is often recommended for patients with nonaggressive prostate cancer to reduce unnecessary ...
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 14, 2016 — Adding F-18-choline positron emission tomography (PET) to multi-parametric prostate magnetic resonance ...
July 13, 2016 — Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, Wash., recently announced it is formally adopting a new standard of ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
July 11, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first focused ultrasound device to ...
July 11, 2016 — A new study assed the rates of laryngeal preservation and laryngectomy-free survival in patients ...
Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) and the key to improved patient outcomes. Once ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
July 5, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and the Institute Curie in Paris, France, announced the signature of an ...
June 30, 2016 — Accuray Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
June 23, 2016 — Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare, notoriously difficult to treat, and ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 23, 2016 — Aggressive neuroendocrine cancer is something of a dark horse — a rare, elusive and persevering force ...
June 20, 2016 — Prostate cancer is the leading cancer among men, second only to skin cancer. With surgical removal at ...
June 20, 2016 — An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at the 2016 Annual Meeting of ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
June 17, 2016 — Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Ill., is now offering C-11 choline positron emission tomography (PET ...
June 13, 2016 — By combining local radiation therapy and anti-cancer vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors, researchers ...
June 9, 2016 — The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced it is one of two beta sites in the United States ...
June 9, 2016 — The Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, recently completed a ...
June 7, 2016 — A recent pilot study reported in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine found that sodium ...
June 7, 2016 — Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd. and Siemens’ PETNET Solutions Inc. announced the commercial availability of ...
June 6, 2016 — Lung cancer patients with oliogometastases may benefit from aggressive local therapy, surgery or ...
June 6, 2016 — Elekta and Philips announced the installation of a third high-field (1.5 Tesla) magnetic resonance-guided ...
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