March 12, 2018 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the...
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.
MEDraysintell released a report in January revising its projection for the number of proton therapy centers worldwide by 2030 down from 1,200 to 900. The company said that more than 50 proton therapy treatment rooms would need to be opened every year from 2018 to 2030 to hit the original projection of 1,200.
Feature | Proton Therapy | March 06, 2018 | By Jeff Zagoudis
Proton therapy has experienced major growth in the last decade, but that growth seems to have slowed slightly in...
News | Treatment Planning | February 26, 2018
February 26, 2018 — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RaySearch Laboratories announced a new...
Technology | Treatment Planning | February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018 — U.K.-based medical imaging software provider Mirada Medical has released DLCExpert, the first...
News | Treatment Planning | February 16, 2018
February 16, 2018 — The University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) in Mobile, Ala., has selected...
News | Radiation Therapy | February 15, 2018
February 15, 2018 — Accuray Inc. recently announced that data from a...
News | Quality Assurance (QA) | February 06, 2018
February 6, 2018 – Varian announced it has acquired privately-held Mobius Medical Systems, a...
News | Women's Health | February 01, 2018
February 1, 2018 – Injecting breast cancer with oxygen-filled microbubbles makes tumors three-times more sensitive...
News | Radiation Oncology | February 01, 2018
World Cancer Day takes place annually on Feb. 4 to raise awareness and education in the media, governments and...
News | Proton Therapy | February 01, 2018
February 1, 2018 – Apollo Hospitals, Asia´s foremost integrated healthcare provider, has selected RayStation for a...
News | Radiation Therapy | January 31, 2018
January 31, 2018 — Varian Medical Systems announced it has signed an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares...
News | Treatment Planning | January 30, 2018
January 30, 2018 — Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, U.K., has chosen RayStation as the sole...
News | Lung Cancer | January 29, 2018
January 23, 2018 — Despite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic...
News | Radiation Therapy | January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018 — Advaxis Inc. (NASDAQ:ADXS), a late-stage biotechnology immunotherapy company announced that data...
News | Proton Therapy | January 25, 2018
January 25, 2018 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) has announced that the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG...
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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) | January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018 — A University of Colorado Cancer Center...
News | Radiation Therapy | January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 — A registry that tracks the quality of medical care provided to patients receiving cancer...
News | Radiation Therapy | January 19, 2018
January 19, 2018 — Accuray Inc. announced recently that the Heidelberg University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany,...
News | Treatment Planning | January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018 – RayStation has been chosen as the treatment planning system for a new carbon-ion therapy facility...