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.

News | Prostate Cancer

March 22, 2017 — Profound Medical Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the first sale of a TULSA-PRO ...

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News | Lung Imaging

March 22, 2017 — An emerging approach for cancer treatment seeks to combine radiation therapy with immune checkpoint ...

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

March 20, 2017 — Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early-stage lung cancer but cannot undergo an operation can be ...

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News | Biopsy Systems

March 16, 2017 — Exact Imaging has received Health Canada approval and the corresponding medical device license (#98667) ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

March 16, 2017 — The featured clinical investigation article of the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

March 15, 2017 — iCAD Inc. announced that more than 3,000 early-stage breast cancer patients have been treated with ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 14, 2017 — Over half of older women with early stage breast cancer received more radiation therapy than what might ...

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News | Lung Imaging

March 13, 2017 — FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is a valuable imaging tool for treatment ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

March 9, 2017 — Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan have launched the nation’s first prostate cancer risk ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

March 6, 2017 — Results from a new prospective clinical trial indicate high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy administered ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 3, 2017 — An extensive study by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers found significant ...

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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Dave Fornell

Focused ultrasound (FUS), also called high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), has gained a lot of interest in recent ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 2, 2017 — The Internet is one of the first places patients turn to for healthcare information after receiving a ...

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Technology | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

February 27, 2017 — ViewRay Inc. announced that the company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 17, 2017 — Accuray Inc. recently announced data from a prospective, Phase II, 17-center study which showed that ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 16, 2017 — University of Missouri (MU) School of Medicine researchers compared two common postsurgical ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 14, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently published an updated clinical guideline ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 13, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that it has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health ...

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Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

February 13, 2017 — aycan recently introduced ayDCE software powered by aycan workstation. The new software helps ...

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News | Proton Therapy

February 10, 2017 — Independent market research consultancy Robust Insight recently conveyed a survey commissioned by ...

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