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.

Technology

October 3, 2013 – Esteya, an electronic brachytherapy system, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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October 2, 2013 — The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine presented a study to evaluate the ...

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October 2, 2013 — Proton therapy is the most advanced radiation technique available. Unfortunately, access to proton ...

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October 2, 2013 — Results of EORTC trial 10853 appearing in Journal of Clinical Oncology show that breast conserving ...

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October 2, 2013 — Elekta unveiled a state-of-the-art learning center at its North American headquarters, in conjunction ...

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October 2, 2013 — Between 1999 and 2002, the UK Standardization of Breast Radiotherapy (START) trials recruited 4,451 ...

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October 1, 2013 — Patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) for cancers in the pelvic region can experience diarrhea, a ...

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Feature | Williette Nyanue

Treatment planning systems have been an integral part of radiation therapy since the 1980s; however, today’s systems are ...

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October 1, 2013 — Limiting the amount of radiation absorbed in the hippocampal portion of the brain during whole-brain ...

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September 30, 2013 – IMRIS Inc. and Varian Medical Systems presented data at the American Society for Radiation Oncology ...

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September 27, 2013 — Early-stage breast cancer patients who receive external beam therapy (XRT) are not at higher risk ...

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September 27, 2013 — Limiting the amount of radiation absorbed in the hippocampal portion of the brain during whole ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

As the use of mobile computing devices and smartphones has rapidly proliferated in healthcare over the past few years ...

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September 26, 2013 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released its list of five radiation oncology ...

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September 26, 2013 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) highlighted the recently published Adjuvant and ...

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September 26, 2013 — When used to treat pediatric patients with intracranial malignant tumors, proton therapy may limit ...

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September 26, 2013 – The ASRT Foundation and RAD-AID International have announced plans to offer a program for radiation ...

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Technology

September 26, 2013 – At the 55th American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, Sept. 22-25 in Atlanta ...

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September 25, 2013 – Accuray Inc. announced its momentum in gaining adoption for both the new CyberKnife M6 Series and ...

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September 25, 2013 — Adding the chemotherapy drug cisplatin to a treatment plan of radiation therapy (RT) and high-dose ...

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