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 therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

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September 16, 2009 - Cancer patients in Australia have gained access to advanced RapidArc radiotherapy treatments from ...

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September 15, 2009 – Elekta reported net sales increased by 15 percent, profit after taxes increased to SEK 56 million ...

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September 10, 2009 - Hitachi has selected Elekta to provide workflow enhancing software for its PROBEAT proton therapy ...

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September 9, 2009 - Breast cancer surgeons and radiation oncologists at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange delivered ...

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September 9, 2009 - The Edith Cavell Clinic in Brussels, Belgium, recently installed Siemens’ Artiste system to use with ...

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September 3, 2009 - Hologic Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) for the ...

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September 2, 2009 - ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, submitted official comments to the Centers for ...

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August 31, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems is introducing a low-energy radiotherapy system with image-guidance and ...

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August 28, 2009 - More than 40 presentations at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology ...

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August 28, 2009 - Resonant Medical, an innovator in soft tissue planning, image-guidance and adaptive radiotherapy ...

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August 27, 2009 - Staged stereotactic radiotherapy with a 2-week interfraction interval for unresectable brain ...

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August 27, 2009 - The just-released 7th edition of the TNM (tumor, node, metastases) staging system for lung cancer will ...

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August, 26, 2009 - The Department of Health in the United Kingdom adopted a revolutionary approach to radiotherapy ...

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August 26, 2009 - The Swedish government have selected Varian Medical Systems to equip a new proton therapy center in ...

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August 24, 2009 - A recently launched clinical trial focuses on a shorter course of radiation treatment for those with ...

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Moffitt Cancer Center engaged in the GE Healthcare Performance Solutions team to improve work and enable additional ...

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August 21, 2009 - A study published in the August 2009 edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology found that non-small ...

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August 19, 2009 - Actual utilization rates for radiation therapy equipment used in freestanding cancer treatment centers ...

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August 17, 2009 - Elekta has received a multiple order of six radiation therapy systems from the Cancer Institute of the ...

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Varian Medical Systems exhibits the RapidArc linear accelerator and BrachyVision Acuros, among other technologies at the ...

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