Most women who undergo partial mastectomy (lumpectomy) surgery for breast cancer also complete a course of radiotherapy ...
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.
December 12, 2013 — Omission of radiotherapy is a reasonable option for women ages 65 or older who receive hormone ...
December 11, 2013 — C4 Imaging LLC announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its first ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
December 11, 2013 — The Radiation Therapy Alliance (RTA), a nonprofit organization representing 227 community-based ...
Women with interruptions in health insurance coverage or with low income levels had a significantly increased likelihood ...
December 10, 2013 — American Shared Hospital Services, a provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
December 4, 2013 — A technique that uses focused ultrasound under magnetic resonance (MR) guidance to heat and destroy ...
December 3, 2013 — Researchers have used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining HIV-infected cells in the blood ...
December 2, 2013 – Nanovi’s first product, BioXmark, is an injectable tissue liquid marker, used to improve accuracy in ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
November 26, 2013 — New and updated evidence-based guidelines to help health care providers choose the most appropriate ...
November 21, 2013 — Civco Medical Solutions announced that its EX3 Stepper for low-dose rate (LDR) and high-dose rate ...
November 19, 2013 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released a report, “Current Status and ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
November 18, 2013 — Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) provides promise for cancer patients through its ability to ...
November 15, 2013 — For patients who fail to respond to current first-line and second-line treatments for colorectal ...
November 15, 2013 — Hospital La Fe, a clinical collaborator of Nucletron, an Elekta company, is nearing the conclusion ...
November 14, 2013 — Accuray Inc. announced the publication of two papers stemming from a large multi-center study of ...
November 14, 2013 — A University of Colorado Cancer Center study, published in the journal Physics in Medicine and ...
November 8, 2013 — University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers used data from 4,276 cases of male breast cancer and ...
The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, N.Y., consistently ranks No. 1 on the U.S. News & World Report list ...
Radiation therapy has played an important role in the treatment of cancer for more than a century. Used typically as a ...
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