March 1, 2016 — McKesson Corp. announced that it has signed definitive agreements to purchase Vantage Oncology LLC, a ...
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.
March 1, 2016 — Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with the Belfast Trust, is leading the world’s first ever ...
February 29, 2016 — Radiotherapy effectively damages brain tumors but the cancer cells can repair themselves in order to ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
February 29, 2016 — Metastatic prostate cancer, where better therapeutic strategies are desperately needed, appears to ...
February 26, 2016 — Head and neck cancer patients who receive induction chemotherapy (IC) rather than the standard ...
February 26, 2016 — New Venture Medical announced the release of an anti-radiation product from their research and ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
February 25, 2016 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) announced that the Maryland Proton Treatment ...
February 25, 2016 — While two advanced radiosurgery approaches — Gamma Knife and RapidArc — offer different strengths ...
February 24, 2016 — The addition of chemotherapy to radiation therapy (RT) improves survival rates among a subset of ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
February 19, 2016 — For most men with low-risk prostate cancer, the recommended strategy is active surveillance with ...
February 18, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commended the proposed investment in cancer ...
February 17, 2016 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that version 5 of the RayStation treatment planning system has ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
February 16, 2016 – A superconducting synchrocyclotron proton accelerator was delivered Valentine’s Day weekend to ...
After five years of almost constant lobbying efforts and numerous attempts by the U.S. House to push through a repeal of ...
February 10, 2016 — Elekta took the first place ranking in radiation therapy in KLAS's 2015 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical ...
February 10, 2016 — Cancer patients who miss two or more radiation therapy sessions have a worse outcome than fully ...
February 9, 2016 — Head and neck cancers that test positive for the herpes papilloma virus (HPV) are known to respond ...
February 8, 2016 — The ASRT Foundation’s 30th anniversary celebration campaign reached a major milestone in January with ...
February 4, 2016 — RAD Technology Medical Systems (RAD) has added a new patent to its expanding portfolio of modular ...
February 4, 2016 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) announced the establishment of the Maryland ...