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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The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to ...

Time January 09, 2013
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Technology

January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...

Time January 02, 2013
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Technology

December 28, 2012 — Elekta announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Time December 28, 2012
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December 28, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced clinical findings using noninvasive CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation ...

Time December 28, 2012
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For men undergoing proton therapy for prostate cancer, fewer treatments with higher doses appear to be well tolerated ...

Time December 21, 2012
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December 21, 2012 — Vacancy rates for radiation therapists declined in 2012, according to the American Society of ...

Time December 21, 2012
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The top step I took to the 2012 RSNA exhibit halls at the McCormick Center in Chicago bore the RSNA theme “Patients ...

Time December 07, 2012
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Treatment Planning

At ASTRO 2012, Ray Search Americas demonstrated the latest features for its radiation therapy treatment planning system.

Time November 20, 2012
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Videos | Proton Therapy

At ASTRO 2012, Mevion featured its compact Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System, which has a footprint comparable to ...

Time November 20, 2012
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The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) will be at RSNA ’12 to show off the country’s hottest ...

Time November 20, 2012
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Feature | Helen Kuhl

In a comparison of patients with Stage-1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the period 1999-2008, those in the ...

Time November 20, 2012
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November 9, 2012 — The team of dosimetrists and physicists at D3 Oncology Solutions (D3), an affiliate of UPMC and UPMC ...

Time November 09, 2012
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November 8, 2012 — At the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society for Radiology Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston, Siemens ...

Time November 08, 2012
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November 6, 2012 – GE Healthcare showcased a number of new advanced imaging technologies and software capabilities at ...

Time November 06, 2012
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November 5, 2012 — Accuray launched its new TomoTherapy H Series, featuring the TomoHDA system, with faster planning ...

Time November 05, 2012
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November 2, 2012 — Elekta and Philips announced they will expand a joint program to develop an imaging treatment ...

Time November 02, 2012
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November 2, 2012 — A first-of-its-kind clinical trial conducted at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center Seidman ...

Time November 02, 2012
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IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) launched the new Visicoil Twin-Line fiducial marker at the annual meeting of the 2012 ...

Time October 31, 2012
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October 31, 2012 — Older women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer who were treated with radiation therapy (RT) ...

Time October 31, 2012
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October 31, 2012 — Concurrent use of sorafenib and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for advanced liver cancer ...

Time October 31, 2012
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