September 29, 2016 — Patients with cervical and endometrial cancer have fewer gastrointestinal and genitourinary side ...
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.
September 28, 2016 — Although approximately 50 percent of cancer patients in developing countries need radiation therapy ...
September 28, 2016 — In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team determined that men who received hormonal therapy for ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
September 28, 2016 — Samsung announced recently that The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston added ...
September 27, 2016 — Survival rates for elderly patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early ...
September 27, 2016 — For men with early stage, low-risk prostate cancer, hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) offers ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
September 27, 2016 — For patients who have cancer that has metastasized to the brain, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) ...
September 27, 2016 — Elekta announced that it has expanded its partnership with Radiating Hope, a volunteer organization ...
September 26, 2016 — In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers have identified and validated three distinct ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
September 26, 2016 — RaySearch and Mevion Medical Systems are extending their collaboration agreement to support the ...
September 26, 2016 — A new analysis of Veteran’s Affairs Central Cancer Registry records demonstrates a clear positive ...
September 26, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and Philips announced that they are stepping up their combined ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
September 26, 2016 — For men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, side effects at two years following radiation ...
September 26, 2016 — Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases decreases the likelihood of local recurrence ...
September 26, 2016 — At the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, Sept. 25-28 in Boston ...
September 26, 2016 — New research suggests hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) offers similar results to standard RT ...
September 23, 2016 — IBA unveiled its new platform, 'Leading the PATh', which gathers the leading experts in the field ...
September 23, 2016 — ZDi Solutions LLC announced that it will soon market its Z-System patient positioning devices to ...
September 23, 2016 — Three leading national cancer organizations issued a joint clinical practice guideline update for ...
September 23, 2016 — Mevion Medical Systems announced that it will be installing its Mevion S250i proton therapy system ...