June 20, 2016 — Prostate cancer is the leading cancer among men, second only to skin cancer. With surgical removal at ...
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.
June 20, 2016 — An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at the 2016 Annual Meeting of ...
June 17, 2016 — Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Ill., is now offering C-11 choline positron emission tomography (PET ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
June 13, 2016 — By combining local radiation therapy and anti-cancer vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors, researchers ...
June 9, 2016 — The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced it is one of two beta sites in the United States ...
June 9, 2016 — The Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, recently completed a ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
June 7, 2016 — A recent pilot study reported in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine found that sodium ...
June 7, 2016 — Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd. and Siemens’ PETNET Solutions Inc. announced the commercial availability of ...
June 6, 2016 — Lung cancer patients with oliogometastases may benefit from aggressive local therapy, surgery or ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 6, 2016 — Elekta and Philips announced the installation of a third high-field (1.5 Tesla) magnetic resonance-guided ...
June 3, 2016 — Novocure announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its investigational ...
June 3, 2016 — Elekta announced that its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon radiosurgery system has been cleared for clinical use ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
June 2, 2016 — Physicians have long used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect cancer, but a new study describes ...
June 2, 2016 — University Hospitals in Cleveland recently held a ceremony to mark the completion of its new $30 million ...
In recent years, intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) has been growing in acceptance in the U.S. as an alternative to ...
As radiation therapy continues to evolve, new techniques and technologies are largely focused on maximizing the dose to ...
June 1, 2016 — A new Phase III clinical trial will look to evaluate if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can replace the ...
May 26, 2016 — Radiation oncologists from across the United States convened on Capitol Hill this week to encourage ...
May 25, 2016 — New Mayo Clinic research suggests that many pancreatic cancer patients whose tumors have grown around the ...
May 20, 2016 — Registration opened this week for the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) 58th Annual ...