December 12, 2008 - Currently, combinations of chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the standard treatment approach for ...
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.
December 11, 2008 - The first patient to be treated clinically with a new treatment planning system for proton radiation ...
December 10, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
December 10, 2008 – A prostate cancer patient from Warrington in Cheshire, UK, becomes first in his country to be ...
December 4, 2008 - A 60-year-old prostate cancer patient from Montpellier has become the first person in France to be ...
December 5, 2008 - The release of the new T-form SecureVac Box Adapter from Bionix Radiation Therapy is a replacement of ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
December 1, 2008 - Radiation Shield Technologies (RST) introduced the new Demron-M radiation-blocking garments at RSNA ...
November 25, 2008 - Techniques such as axillary node sampling (ANS) and, more recently, sentinel node biopsy, in ...
November 24, 2008 - For breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy after immediate ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
November 20, 2008 – In the most comprehensive correlative analysis of biomarker data for glioblastoma multiforme ...
November 20, 2008 – Adult patients with low grade glioma, a type of malignant brain tumor, had a better chance for ...
November 20, 2008 -The recently FDA-cleared Aktina pinPoint system is a frameless noninvasive localization and fixation ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
November 20, 2008 - Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, has received 510(k) clearance from the ...
November 19, 2008 - IntraOp Medical Corp. announced its second German order for the Mobetron, which delivers ...
INFINITT North America's Xelis Cardiac software tool uses 3D volume rendering and other post-processing techniques to ...
October 5, 2008 - The Cancer Care of Western New York is the first and only treatment center in the area to offer ...
October 30, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) welcomed 12,487 people to its ...
October 29, 2008 – Technical University of Munich, Germany, recently welcomed 175 radiation oncology experts from 16 ...
October 20, 2008 – TomoTherapy Inc. said it has signed a letter of intent with Hitachi Medical Corp. (HMC) to distribute ...
October 16, 2008 - The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and US Oncology Inc. have entered into a collaboration to ...
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