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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February 13, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have reversed some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice ...

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February 11, 2015 — Using advanced imaging technology to more precisely target radiation beams to treat soft tissue ...

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February 11, 2015 — Breast cancer patients who undergo a mastectomy should receive subsequent radiation treatment if ...

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February 11, 2015 — A pioneering clinical trial is testing whether focusing high-frequency sound waves onto the surface ...

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February 11, 2015 — In a surprising finding, a collaborative national clinical trials group (RTOG) including Dartmouth ...

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February 11, 2015 — Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical ...

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February 11, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commends the February 5, 2015, decision by the ...

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February 11, 2015 — Patients with soft tissue sarcoma of an extremity treated with preoperative image-guided ...

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February 6, 2015 — The Proton Therapy Center (PTC) in Prague has signed contracts with the majority of Czech health ...

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February 5, 2015 — Three American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) staff members have been promoted to new ...

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February 5, 2015 — A new study identifies several genes that together enable a lethal form of brain cancer to recur and ...

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IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a global high-tech leader in the next generation of proton therapy solutions and ...

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February 4, 2015 — Radiologists at the prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Mass.) are using Carestream’s ...

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February 4, 2015 — Elekta's Mosaiq Oncology Information System (OIS) has earned the number one ranking among OISs ...

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February 3, 2015 — Scientists are working to develop breakthrough therapies for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest ...

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February 2, 2015 — Some older women with breast cancer could safely avoid radiotherapy, without harming their chances of ...

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January 30, 2015 — The conversion to Elekta's Mosaiq oncology information systems (OIS) for radiation oncology ...

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Imaging is pivotal for detection, staging and evaluation of tumor response to treatment. It is instrumental in ...

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January 29, 2015 — Mevion Medical Systems is announcing that the Mevion S250 proton therapy system at the Stephenson ...

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January 28, 2015 — Using a camera and water tank, investigators from Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center ...

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