August 22, 2017 — A new UCLA study is the first to identify patient and tumor characteristics that predict the ...
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.
Melissa Martin, MS, president of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), discusses her vision of the ...
Mark Pankuch, Ph.D., director of medical physics at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, discusses the ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
August 21, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and the Summit Cancer Center-Boise announced that the center is now treating patients ...
August 17, 2017 — The proton center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital will utilize RayStation for planning on ...
August 15, 2017 — DOSIsoft SA announced the official release, with CE marking, of ISOgray Treatment Planning System (TPS ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
August 10, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that the first studies validating the benefits of the Radixact System were ...
August 7, 2017 — Profound Medical Corp. recently announced that all closing conditions have been satisfied and it has ...
August 7, 2017 — ViewRay Inc. announced that several presentations of early clinical experience with its MRIdian Linac ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
August 3, 2017 — Researchers presented clinical data supporting use of the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) ...
Aktina Medical announced a collaboration with Philips Medical Systems and Elekta Instruments for SRS interlocking at the ...
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. announced that The Mammography Center of Monterey, an ACR-accredited breast ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
July 31, 2017 — Elekta’s magnetic resonance radiation therapy (MR/RT) system will be the subject of 21 abstracts at the ...
July 31, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Each year, up to 650,000 people who were previously diagnosed with various forms of cancer will develop brain metastases ...
July 25, 2017 — ViewRay Inc. announced recently that the first cancer patients have been treated using the company's ...
July 24, 2017 — Moffitt Cancer Center researchers launched a first-of-its-kind study comparing the long-term benefits of ...
July 21, 2017 — El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, Calif.) announced the installation of a new Calypso 4-D Localization ...
July 21, 2017 — RaySearch Laboratories reported that eight additional proton therapy centers worldwide have recently ...
July 20, 2017 — Rates of recurrence in early-stage non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) patients were virtually identical if ...
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