February 9, 2016 — Head and neck cancers that test positive for the herpes papilloma virus (HPV) are known to respond ...
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.
February 8, 2016 — The ASRT Foundation’s 30th anniversary celebration campaign reached a major milestone in January with ...
February 4, 2016 — RAD Technology Medical Systems (RAD) has added a new patent to its expanding portfolio of modular ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
February 4, 2016 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) announced the establishment of the Maryland ...
February 3, 2016 — The nuclear medicine, proton therapy and brachytherapy markets represent less than 0.1 percent of ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2015 annual meeting drew a crowd of more than 11,000 attendees. This ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
Computed tomography (CT) has long been the gold standard for image acquisition during radiation therapy treatment ...
February 2, 2016 — Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found ...
February 2, 2016 — Focal Healthcare Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
February 1, 2016 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has established a new Electrical Prescription ...
January 29, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently welcomed Judy Keen, Ph.D., as its ...
As proton therapy becomes more widely available, imaging for the development of proton treatment plans will become more ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
January 29, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the noninvasive SEEit prostate magnetic ...
January 27, 2016 — Bestselling author John Grisham has written "The Tumor," a fictional account of how a real medical ...
January 26, 2016 — A phase 1 trial examining precision hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) in locally advanced non ...
January 25, 2016 — gKteso introduces two models of the Radiotherapy Patient System (RPS) 6-D robotic couch for ...
At ASTRO 2015, Mevion highlighted the exceptional results its customers are seeing with the Mevion S250 Series proton ...
January 21, 2016 — Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found the method they developed to image the prostate ...
January 20, 2016 — A lengthy review of increasing medical evidence shows that cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and ...
January 19, 2016 — The Department of Medical Physics at Vejle Hospital in Denmark has purchased RaySearch Laboratories’ ...
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