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.

 IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a world leader in particle accelerator technology and the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, today announces it has signed a contract for the installation of a Proteus ONE proton therapy solution with the New Mexico Cancer Center in Albuquerque, NM, USA.
News | Proton Therapy
IBA and New Mexico Cancer Center Sign Contract to Install a Proteus ONE

December 22, 2021 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a world leader in particle accelerator technology and the world’s ...

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Immunolight LLC, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical firm leading the way in advancing technologies to transform cancer treatment, announced today it is now recruiting patients for a phase 1 study of its X-PACT Cancer Treatment system in Breast, Melanoma, Sarcoma and Head and Neck Cancers, to be conducted at Duke University Medical Center.
News | Radiation Oncology
Immunolight, LLC Now Recruiting Patients for Phase 1 Trial of the X-PACT System in Solid Tumors

December 20, 2021 — Immunolight LLC, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical firm leading the way in advancing technologies ...

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Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring solutions to the medical, nuclear, defense, and research end markets, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Computerized Imaging Reference Systems, Inc. (“CIRS”), a leading provider of medical imaging and radiation therapy phantoms serving the medical industry.
News | Radiation Therapy
Mirion Technologies to Acquire Computerized Imaging Reference Systems

December 10, 2021 — Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring ...

Time December 10, 2021
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RefleXion Medical Inc., a therapeutic oncology company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation for its biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) for use in treating lung tumors.
News | Radiation Therapy
RefleXion Receives Breakthrough Device Designation for Lung Cancer Treatment

December 6, 2021 — RefleXion Medical Inc., a therapeutic oncology company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Time December 06, 2021
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CIRS specializes in the design, development and commercialization of tissue equivalent medical imaging and radiation therapy phantoms for the radiotherapy and radio-diagnostic markets.
News | Nuclear Imaging
Mirion Technologies Completes Acquisition of Computerized Imaging Reference Systems, Inc.

December 3, 2021 — Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring ...

Time December 03, 2021
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Figure 1. Proportion of U.S. states offering equivalent early prioritization for COVID vaccination for patients with cancer and patients over the age of 65 as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Cancer Patients Overlooked in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

December 2, 2021 — Almost two-thirds of U.S. states failed to prioritize cancer patients for COVID-19 vaccinations ...

Time December 02, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Sedating Children With Movies Rather Than Drugs for Radiation Therapy

Jeffrey T. Chapman, a medical student at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Explains how watching ...

Time November 24, 2021
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Videos | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
VIDEO: Advances in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Ana Kiess, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences, Johns Hopkins ...

Time November 17, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Elekta Harmony Radiotherapy System Walk-around

The Elekta Harmony radiotherapy system gained FDA clearance in the summer of 2021 and was on display for the first time ...

Time November 17, 2021
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Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A new study identifies tumor features linked with resistance to radiotherapy, an important advance toward developing individualized cancer treatments.
News | Radiation Therapy
Study Identifies Cancer Features That Could Guide Personalized Radiotherapy

November 17, 2021 — Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A new study identifies ...

Time November 17, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Oncology
VIDEO: Example of an Ion Beam Radiotherapy Treatment System

This is a model of the Toshiba ion beam radiation therapy system at the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ...

Time November 16, 2021
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A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study of nearly 800,000 men found that between 2011 and 2017 black patients were 24% less likely than white patients to have a prostate MRI after receiving an elevated (prostate-specific antigen) PSA score
News | Prostate Cancer
Black Patients 24% Less Likely than White Patients to Have a Prostate MRI After Receiving an Elevated PSA Score

November 16, 2021 — A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study of nearly 800,000 men found that between 2011 ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Oncology
VIDEO: MRI-Linac and PSMA PET Imaging Technologies Aids Therapy at GenesisCare

Walter Curran, Jr. M.D., FACR, FASCO, GenesisCare global chief medical officer, discusses three technologies that are ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Oncology
VIDEO: Example of a Multileaf Collimator (MLC) on a Radiotherapy System

This is an example of a multileaf collimator (MLC) on the Accuray Thomotherapy radiation therapy system at the American ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: 4 Radiation Oncology Technologies to Watch

Anthony Zietman, M.D., interim chief, radiation oncology, Mass General Cancer Center, and former president of the ...

Time November 15, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Examples of Synthetic CT Datasets Made From MRI for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Siemens and Philips demonstrated examples of new imaging software to convert MRI datasets into synthetic computed ...

Time November 15, 2021
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Prelude Corporation (PreludeDx), a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine for early-stage breast cancer, announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new, dedicated current procedural terminology (CPT) proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) code for DCISionRT, the only test available to predict personalized recurrence risk and radiation therapy benefit for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
News | Radiation Oncology
American Medical Association Grants PreludeDx a CPT PLA Code for Proprietary DCISionRT Test

November 12, 2021 — Prelude Corporation (PreludeDx), a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine for early ...

Time November 12, 2021
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Videos | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)
VIDEO Example of the Varian Noona Bidirection Oncology Patient Interface Software

An example of the Varian Noona software used by clinicians to interface with oncology patients demonstrated at the ...

Time November 12, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Reflexion Radiation Therapy System Walk-around at ASTRO 2021

This is Reflexion’s X1 LINAC radiotherapy system on display at ASTRO 2021. It recently gained FDA clearance for standard ...

Time November 11, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Examples of a Flexible Custom Bolus for EBRT

An example of flexible bolus made from silicone on molds that were 3-D printed from patient CT scans. These are very ...

Time November 11, 2021
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