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 19, 2014 — A Japanese multi-institutional study1 of 1,194 patients, has found that individuals with five to 10 ...

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May 16, 2014 — Proton therapy is in the proverbial chicken or the egg scenario. Companies are pulling back on ...

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May 16, 2014 — An old idea of re-treating lung tumors with radiation is new again, especially with the technological ...

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May 14, 2014 – In May 2011, the U.S. company Prowess filed a lawsuit against Swedish-based RaySearch at a court in ...

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To help battle cancerous tumors, the Discovery CT590 RT offers precise imaging for accurate treatment planning in ...

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May 8, 2014 — Cianna Medical announced the results of a trial examining the long-term side effects of strut-based ...

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May 8, 2014 — Elekta has established a Center of Excellence program that seeks the collaboration of its clinical ...

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April 6, 2014 — iCAD, a provider of advanced image analysis, workflow solutions and radiation therapy, reported it has ...

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May 5, 2014 — The first clinical mARC treatment, planned with RaySearch’s treatment planning system RayStation, has been ...

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May 2, 2014 — The University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht and Quirem Medical, both in the Netherlands, announced they ...

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Feature | Williette Nyanue

Proton therapy is becoming more prevalent in cancer treatment as it is the most advanced form of radiation available ...

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April 23, 2014 — Researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have successfully used focused ultrasound for the first time to ...

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April 21, 2014 — Proton Therapy Center Czech is located in the capital of the Czech Republic and has successfully ...

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April 16, 2014 — Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have tested an experimental cancer vaccine in combination ...

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April 15, 2014 — Mevion Medical Systems announced an agreement with Chiyoda Technol Corp. for the exclusive distribution ...

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April 10, 2014 — Elekta, Royal Philips and University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht (the Netherlands) announced that the ...

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April 10, 2014 — Stephen Wiley of Terrell, Texas, is the first known patient to be treated for vocal cord cancer with ...

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April 10, 2014 — Dose-escalated intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with use of a moderate hypofractionation ...

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April 7, 2014 — Cianna Medical announced the results of a retrospective study of breast cancer patients with ductal ...

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April 4, 2014 — Researchers have discovered that microscopic "bubbles" developed at Kansas State University are safe and ...

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