April 21, 2010 - A new platform for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and radiosurgery designed to treat a moving tumor ...
Radiation Therapy
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.
Cancer doesn’t discriminate by gender, age or where a person resides. But in many cases, the quality of care a patient ...
April 14, 2010 - A diagnostic imaging center expands its services to offer image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
April 14, 2010 - One of the biggest challenges in radiation therapy is delivering the dose without damaging surrounding ...
April 9, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer allow a third party review process on new ...
April 8, 2010 - Lung tumors have been among the most challenging radiation therapy targets because the patient's ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
April 7, 2010 - The lack of radiation therapy treatment African-American women receive is not responsible for the poorer ...
April 7, 2010 - According to statistics from the American Cancer Society, an estimated 48,000 people in New Jersey and ...
April 6, 2010 - The three-year survival rate for patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) was 55.8 ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
April 6, 2010 - Helical TomoTherapy delivers continuous arc-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) that ...
In the ongoing battle for breast conservation, the arguments in favor of brachytherapy, a form of radiotherapy where a ...
March 31, 2010 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), an association representing the manufacturers ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
March 30, 2010 - Among a group of patients who should received radiation therapy according to medical guidelines, 95 ...
March 29, 2010 - Researchers found in patients with early breast cancer, delivering radiation therapy to the lymph nodes ...
March 25, 2010 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has elected the officials to serve on ASTRO's ...
March 24, 2010 - “The NCBC stands as a testament to collaboration, cooperation and camaraderie,” said NCBC President Don ...
March 24, 2010 - A moderately aggressive hypofractionation schedule can be used along with chemotherapy, with low side ...
Ground zero in the battle against breast cancer flared up when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued ...
Radiation oncology is an important area of concentration for Imaging Technology News (ITN), as we provide coverage of ...
March 17, 2010 - Researchers found a two-week break in radiation therapy for patients with stage I small cell lung ...
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