Incidents of cancer are on the rise globally. According to a press release from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ...
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.
Arc-based radiation therapy continues to gain ground as physicians opt for treatment options that not only are more ...
September 3, 2014 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) announced that Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, La., and ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Innovation was the theme at the recent 2014 annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) ...
September 2, 2014 — In an agreement signed in Tokyo, Elekta Japan will grant Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. (TMSC) wider ...
August 29, 2014 — Kit Lam and colleagues from UC Davis and other institutions have created dynamic nanoparticles (NPs) ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
August 27, 2014 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected San Francisco Bay Area resident and ...
August 26, 2014 — Vision RT launched its motion management solutions in the Japanese market, after receiving clearance ...
August 26, 2014 — A recent study completed at the University of Eastern Finland provides new information on the ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
August 22, 14 — The data by the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute (UFPTI) shows a three-year relapse-free ...
August 19, 2014 — iCAD Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire DermEbx, an electronic ...
August 18, 2014 — BSD Medical Corp. reported initiation of a Phase I/II study (HYPROSAR) using hyperthermia, delivered ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
Kettering's oncolcogy services worked with Elekta to provide the latest radiation therapy with the Veras HD system.
August 15, 2014 — A team of doctors at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Ontario, Canada, have, for the first ...
August 13, 2014 — Scientists now have a better understanding of how short DNA strands decompose in microseconds. A ...
August 12, 2014 — Elekta and Philips Healthcare announced The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist cancer center ...
August 12, 2014 — New technology installed at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center in ...
August 12, 2014 — Cellectar Biosciences Inc. submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food & ...
August 11, 2014 — Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery system took the first place ranking for the fourth ...
August 7, 2014 — Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning is a ...
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