July 5, 2018 — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., has begun patient treatments using the ...
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.
Established in 2009, Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is the largest center of its kind in the north of England ...
The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access (APTA) released a national report in late May revealing the heavy emotional and ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
A new software developed and recently tested at the MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the ability to largely ...
July 2, 2018 — Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have launched a clinical trial that eliminates ...
June 29, 2018 — In the battle against metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, studies have demonstrated a high ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
June 19, 2018 — EDAP TMS SA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Focal ...
June 18, 2018 — A multicenter clinical trial being led by UT Southwestern physicians is testing a technique for sparing ...
June 18, 2018 — Elekta announced that its Elekta Unity magnetic resonance radiation therapy (MR/RT) system has received ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 14, 2018 — NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that Florida Hospital in Orlando ...
June 14, 2018 — Hitachi Medical Systems Europe has been awarded the contract to supply six ultrasound systems as part of ...
June 14, 2018 — The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
June 13, 2018 — A recently presented investigational clinical trial evaluated the impact of 18F fluciclovine positron ...
June 12, 2018 — Recently published data from two new studies demonstrate the benefits of Accuray’s TomoTherapy System in ...
June 12, 2018 — IsoRay Inc. announced the initiation of research funding for brain cancer treatment to Ochsner Clinic ...
June 7, 2018 — IsoRay Inc. announced the upcoming release of its Build-Blu delivery system for real-time prostate ...
What something does is more important than what it is. This is common knowledge in consumer electronics. Seventeen years ...
Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) systems and the key to improved patient outcomes ...
For smokers and former smokers, the threat of lung cancer always lurks in the shadows. To flush it out of the darkness ...
May 31, 2018 — Members of Beaumont Health’s proton therapy team presented research on a new treatment for patients with ...