August 7, 2015 — Philips and Profound Medical Corp., a Toronto-based medical device company, announced a joint ...
Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. 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.
August 7, 2015 — Recent advances in the understanding of cancer have led to more personalized therapies, such as drugs ...
August 6, 2015 — Mevion Medical Systems announced today that it has entered into an investment agreement where up to ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
August 6, 2015 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the successful debut of the IBA Dosimetry Support Portal ...
August 5, 2015 — Pets are at risk of getting cancer just like humans. Of the estimated 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 ...
August 5, 2015 — A Coral Springs, Florida, surgeon is among the first in the state to adopt an innovative new device ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
August 4, 2015 — The American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has raised concerns about proposed additional ...
August 3, 2015 — Leading radiosurgery experts presented their experiences with Automatic Brain Metastases Planning ...
Joseph Deasy, Ph.D., discusses his study on dose-volume relations for late rectal bleeding in 1,001 patients from five ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
July 29, 2015 — Teams at the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, have achieved high levels of ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President John Boone, Ph.D., discusses the impact of imaging in ...
July 22, 2015 - ViewRay's MRIdian System, the world's first and only magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiation ...
July 17, 2015 - Accuray Inc. announced that studies on the clinical use of the CyberKnife System continue to demonstrate ...
July 17, 2015 - Increased radiation dose is associated with higher survival rates in men with medium- and high-risk ...
July 16, 2015 - The Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center (KF-SYSCC) has established an entirely paperless and ...