The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of 27 of the nation’s leading cancer centers, has been ...
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.
July 11, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first focused ultrasound device to ...
July 11, 2016 — A new study assed the rates of laryngeal preservation and laryngectomy-free survival in patients ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) and the key to improved patient outcomes. Once ...
July 5, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and the Institute Curie in Paris, France, announced the signature of an ...
June 30, 2016 — Accuray Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
June 23, 2016 — Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare, notoriously difficult to treat, and ...
June 23, 2016 — Aggressive neuroendocrine cancer is something of a dark horse — a rare, elusive and persevering force ...
June 20, 2016 — An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at the 2016 Annual Meeting of ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 13, 2016 — By combining local radiation therapy and anti-cancer vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors, researchers ...
June 9, 2016 — The Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, recently completed a ...
June 6, 2016 — Lung cancer patients with oliogometastases may benefit from aggressive local therapy, surgery or ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
June 6, 2016 — Elekta and Philips announced the installation of a third high-field (1.5 Tesla) magnetic resonance-guided ...
June 3, 2016 — Novocure announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its investigational ...
June 3, 2016 — Elekta announced that its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system has been cleared for clinical use ...
June 2, 2016 — University Hospitals in Cleveland recently held a ceremony to mark the completion of its new $30 million ...
In recent years, intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) has been growing in acceptance in the U.S. as an alternative to ...
As radiation therapy continues to evolve, new techniques and technologies are largely focused on maximizing the dose to ...
May 26, 2016 — Radiation oncologists from across the United States convened on Capitol Hill this week to encourage ...
May 25, 2016 — New Mayo Clinic research suggests that many pancreatic cancer patients whose tumors have grown around the ...
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