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.

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May 11, 2010 - Stereotactic radiosurgery using gamma knife is a safe and effective option for selected children with ...

Time May 11, 2010
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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Perhaps there is no other area of medicine that requires as much of a team effort to deliver treatment as radiation ...

Time May 05, 2010
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May 5, 2010 - SenoRx Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with C. R. Bard at a price of $11 ...

Time May 05, 2010
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April 4, 2010 - Each year, Mayo Clinic neurologists and neurosurgeons care for more than 2,200 patients with brain and ...

Time May 04, 2010
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April 28, 2010 - Infusing tiny, melanin-covered nanoparticles into patients may protect bone marrow from the harmful ...

Time April 28, 2010
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April 28, 2010 - New approaches to image-guidance and motion management are making it possible to successfully target ...

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April 23, 2010 - Professor Lars Leksell, the inventor of the Gamma Knife, a radiosurgical instrument, performed the ...

Time April 23, 2010
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April 21, 2010 - A computerized segmentation system can reliably estimate changes in tumor size on computed tomography ...

Time April 21, 2010
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April 21, 2010 - Tracking tumor motion is one of the biggest challenges in radiation therapy. Gating is of the most ...

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April 21, 2010 - A new platform for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and radiosurgery designed to treat a moving tumor ...

Time April 21, 2010
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Feature | Gordon L. Grado, M.D., FACRO, FACR, founder and medical director of the Southwest Oncology Centers and the Grado Radiation Centers of Excellence.

Cancer doesn’t discriminate by gender, age or where a person resides. But in many cases, the quality of care a patient ...

Time April 19, 2010
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April 14, 2010 - A diagnostic imaging center expands its services to offer image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and ...

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April 14, 2010 - One of the biggest challenges in radiation therapy is delivering the dose without damaging surrounding ...

Time April 14, 2010
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April 9, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer allow a third party review process on new ...

Time April 08, 2010
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April 8, 2010 - Lung tumors have been among the most challenging radiation therapy targets because the patient's ...

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April 7, 2010 - The lack of radiation therapy treatment African-American women receive is not responsible for the poorer ...

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April 7, 2010 - According to statistics from the American Cancer Society, an estimated 48,000 people in New Jersey and ...

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April 6, 2010 - The three-year survival rate for patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) was 55.8 ...

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April 6, 2010 - Helical TomoTherapy delivers continuous arc-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) that ...

Time April 06, 2010
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Feature | Darhiana Mateo

In the ongoing battle for breast conservation, the arguments in favor of brachytherapy, a form of radiotherapy where a ...

Time March 31, 2010
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