July 21, 2017 — RaySearch Laboratories reported that eight additional proton therapy centers worldwide have recently ...
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.
July 20, 2017 — Rates of recurrence in early-stage non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) patients were virtually identical if ...
July 19, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently collaborated with professional medical societies to ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
July 19, 2017 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have elected three new officers to ...
July 19, 2017 — RAD Technology Medical Systems announced their most recent project at Glendale Adventist Medical Center ...
July 18, 2017 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and Inova recently signed a contract for a two-room Proteus Plus proton ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
July 17, 2017 — Radiologists from Synergy Radiology Associates (SRA) in Houston are using the power of 3-D medical ...
July 17, 2017 — Proton International (PI) and Beaumont Health recently opened the state’s first proton therapy center ...
July 17, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations for ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
July 14, 2017 — Fluorine-18 (18F)-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) is a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer that is ...
July 13, 2017 — Elekta and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have initiated installation of Elekta’s MR-linac, an ...
July 5, 2017 — Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
July 5, 2017 — A new study from Roswell Park Cancer Institute reporting the findings of the first clinical trial to ...
Recently, the oncology department needed to update its radiation therapy treatment planning system. The department ...
Image-guided radiation therapy offers great potential to improve the efficiency of treating cancer patients by more ...
While radiation oncologists have a number of proven techniques at their disposal for treating patients, the reality is ...
July 3, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC), part of the Montefiore Health System ...
July 3, 2017 — IBA and Philips announced in mid-June they are stepping up their combined effort for proton therapy in ...
July 3, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M ...
June 29, 2017 — IBA announced the accreditation of an International Competence Center (ICC) training course by the ...