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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September 11, 2013 -- Cancer patients from all over the world now have a new opportunity to access proton therapy at the ...

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September 9, 2013 — More than two decades after becoming the world’s first hospital-based proton therapy center, the ...

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September 5, 2013 -- American Shared Hospital Services announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

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RaySearch Laboratories AB has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from Provision Center for ...

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Case Study | Sponsored by Civco

Confidence is an important part of a radiation therapy planning session, especially when a facility is treating as many ...

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Feature | Raissa Rocha

The variety of radiation therapy options continues to grow with the development of treatment planning software, imaging ...

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Feature | Williette Nyanue

Beatriz Amendola, M.D., FACR, FASTRO, radiation oncologist, medical director, Innovative Cancer Institute (ICI), decided ...

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August 28, 2013 — Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased ...

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August 28, 2013 — Experts have found that radiation dosage can have serious complications for patients with cancer ...

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August 28, 2013 — Nucletron, an Elekta company, has signed an agreement with the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) to ...

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Technology

August 23, 2013 — Users of linear accelerator, Versa HD, can now bring target immobilization to new levels through ...

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August 21, 2013 — Proton therapy, using high-energy subatomic particles, may offer a precise, organ-sparing treatment ...

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August 20, 2013 — With a score of 93.1 out of 100, Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system earned the top ranking ...

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August 15, 2013 — Mevion Medical Systems Inc. has secured $55 million to accelerate the deployment of its revolutionary ...

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August 13, 2013 — Mirada Medical Deformable Image Registration software is the highlight of multiple scientific studies ...

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Videos | Radiation Oncology

AAPM President John Hazle, Ph.D., discusses trends in medical physics and major initiatives that the association is ...

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Technology

August 9, 2013 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A) has launched its Compass 3.0 plan verification system. Compass, the ...

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August 6, 2013 — MIM Software Inc. announced newest application yet for Reg Refine in radiation oncology: dose ...

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August 6, 2013 — Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

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August 6, 2013 — CIRS will introduce the Stereotactic End-to-End Verification Phantom (STEEV) at the 55th Annual AAPM ...

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