For more than 20 years, radiation oncologists have emphasized the importance of radiation-tolerant heart rhythm devices ...
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.
Adding radiation and/or tamoxifen therapy to the treatment plan of women who undergo a lumpectomy for ductal carcinoma ...
March 14, 2011 – Two of the most advanced tools for precise radiotherapy-based treatment are now under one roof in ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
March 14, 2011 – The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) in Madison, Wis., will soon become one of the ...
March 11, 2011 - The prospect of increasing radiation therapy treatment speed using dynamic, arc-based radiation therapy ...
March 10, 2011 – The CDH Proton Center in suburban Chicago can now treat a wider variety of cancer tumors with the ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
March 8, 2011 – Varian Medical Systems and ScandiDos have signed a nonexclusive distributor agreement. The agreement ...
March 8, 2011 – RaySearch Laboratories has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Princess Margaret Hospital ...
March 7, 2011 – Accuray, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, and TomoTherapy Inc., creator of radiation ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
March 1, 2011 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of Hologic and against SenoRX ...
February 24, 2011 – A cancer center in New Zealand has acquired several technology solutions that lets it cut prostate ...
During ASTRO 2010, Nucletron highlighted improvements in its new Oncentra 4.0 treatment planning software and Flexitron ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
February 21, 2011 – TomoTherapy has shipped its 350th treatment system, which will be installed at the Hong Kong ...
February 10, 2011 – For the first time in the UK, cancer patients are starting to receive treatment with Novalis Tx ...
February 10, 2011 – Cancer patients in Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people served by just 11 modern radiotherapy ...
February 3, 2011 – The Siteman Cancer Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is the first ...
January 31, 2011 – An oncology systems provider has launched The Year of Radiotherapy, an initiative to raise awareness ...
January 31, 2011 – A patient-specific cranial immobilization system has received the CE mark. The Fraxion head frame, by ...
January 27, 2011 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is continuing its commitment to Target Safely, a ...
January 20, 2011 – Researchers say radiofrequency fields can successfully treat pancreatic tumors, which kill more than ...
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