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.

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May 9, 2011 - Initial findings from the SAVI Collaborative Research Project (SCRP), on SAVI radiation therapy for breast ...

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Technology

May 9, 2011 – IBA announced today at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology conference that it has ...

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May 6, 2011 – Nucletron will feature five new innovations at the ESTRO Anniversary Congress, May 8-11 in London, all ...

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May 5, 2011 – At the 2011 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) exhibition at the ExCel Centre ...

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Feature

May 3, 2011 — Cianna Medical announced that it has successfully completed a funding round totaling $12 million. The ...

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December 10, 2008 – A prostate cancer patient from Warrington in Cheshire, UK, becomes first in his country to be ...

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The Moores Cancer Center in San Diego, Calif., and Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, have both installed CIVCO ...

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Technology

A new laser alignment system has been released for Orbital Therapy’s ClearVue prone breast platform. Treatment rooms ...

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Technology

April 19, 2011 – A new brachytherapy applicator for treating endometrial cancer patients after a hysterectomy has been ...

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April 14, 2011 – A class I recall has been issued for the Xoft Axxent Flexishield Mini because the product may shed ...

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Technology

April 14, 2011 – The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a new brachytherapy treatment planning system ...

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Technology

April 12, 2011 – A new online network for physicians has gone live. Quentry, from Brainlab, provides the freedom to ...

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April 12, 2011 – The time spent on verifying the accuracy of a localized radiation treatment system should never be a ...

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April 5, 2011 – The volume of normal brain tissue exposed to radiation during treatment for multiple metastases appears ...

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April 4, 2011 – The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland and Elekta are collaborating to further develop ...

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Technology

March 31, 2011 – An oncology information system now includes an interface to radiotherapy systems. Elekta’s Mosaiq ...

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March 25, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a gamma ray neurosurgery system. The Infini ...

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Videos | Proton Therapy

IBA introduced its new Proteus One proton treatment system during ASTRO 2010. It is about one-third the size of current ...

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Videos | ASTRO

At ASTRO 2010, one of the big topics was how radiation oncology as a profession is in a period of retrenchment due to ...

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Videos | AAPM

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Mike Herman, Ph.D., radiation oncology medical physicist ...

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