Radiation Therapy

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.

News

October 12, 2012 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has named Mark P. Carol, M.D., a distinguished ...

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Technology

October 10, 2012 — At the opening of the 2012 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) annual meeting in Chicago, Elekta ...

Time October 10, 2012
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News

October 4, 2012 — Less than three months after beginning clinical use of their Elekta Agility 160-leaf multi-leaf ...

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September 28, 2012 — On Sept. 3, three patients became Gleneagles Hospital's first to receive their radiation therapy ...

Time September 28, 2012
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Feature

September 24, 2012 — Three Texas healthcare leaders announced new details of their plan to provide cancer patients with ...

Time September 24, 2012
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Technology

September 19, 2012 — Elekta recently announced the latest production release of its Monaco treatment planning system ...

Time September 19, 2012
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Technology

September 7, 2012 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announces that version 3.0 of RaySearch’s RayStation treatment planning ...

Time September 07, 2012
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Case Study

As radiation treatments have advanced in complexity, cancer treatment facilities have faced greater demands for accuracy ...

Time September 05, 2012
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Feature | Helen Kuhl

The external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) market has been active in recent months, with advances in techniques, devices and ...

Time September 05, 2012
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Feature | Joost Nuyttens, M.D., Ph.D.

The preferred treatment for patients with operable lung cancer is surgical resection. However, many lung cancer patients ...

Time September 05, 2012
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News

August 29, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems announced that it has become a supporter of a phase III study comparing ...

Time August 29, 2012
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August 29, 2012 — The ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to create exquisite images of the body’s soft tissues ...

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Videos | Radiation Therapy

Dr. Gary Ezzell, president of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), talks about current trends in ...

Time August 28, 2012
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Feature

August 27, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems, a manufacturer of technology for the treatment of cancer with radiotherapy and ...

Time August 27, 2012
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Feature

August 23, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems is establishing an in-country subsidiary in South Korea. Varian Medical Systems ...

Time August 24, 2012
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August 21, 2012 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) officially opened its International Competence Center (ICC) in July ...

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News

August 21, 2012 — Ospedale Borgo Trento in Verona, Italy, recently published a study of 226 women with early-stage ...

Time August 21, 2012
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Radiation Therapy

IBA Dosimetry offers commissioning services for linear accelerators (linacs), using state-of-the-art equipment like the ...

Time August 21, 2012
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News

August 15, 2012 — Mission Search Corp., a Tampa, Fla.-based healthcare search and staffing organization, announced it ...

Time August 15, 2012
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Technology

August 15, 2012 — Philips Healthcare showcased its advances in radiation treatment planning and computed tomography (CT) ...

Time August 15, 2012
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