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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August 2, 2013 — A “test run” of radiation therapy in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma can show how much radiation is ...

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July 31, 2013 — The Proton Therapy Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center is helping lessen the fears associated ...

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July 22, 2013 — Elekta has received CE marking for its Clarity 4-D monitoring system, permitting European clinics to ...

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July 17, 2013 — Elekta and Royal Philips announced that the Froedtert and The Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical ...

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July 16, 2013 — The U.S. radiation therapy market appears to be rebounding after a major decline in 2009, with radiation ...

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Feature | Treatment Planning | Dave Fornell

This is a brief overview of the newest software systems available on the treatment planning systems market. Treatment ...

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June 28, 2013 — Kettering Medical Center in Ohio recently began installing Versa HD, an advanced linear accelerator ...

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June 24, 2013 — A new first for Georgia was celebrated Thursday, May 2, as Emory Healthcare and the Winship Cancer ...

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June 17, 2013 — Accurate estimation of radiation absorbed dose in radioimmunotherapy (RIT) based on state-of-the-art 3-D ...

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June 13, 2013 — Use of the newer intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and use of the older conformal radiotherapy ...

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Radiation oncology research received 197 grants, totaling only 1.6 percent ($85.5 million) of the $5.4 billion in cancer ...

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June 7, 2013 — Accuray Incorporated announced the first patient has been treated with its new TomoHDA System at Centre ...

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June 5, 2013 — Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) currently has openings in eight clinical trials for patients ...

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June 3, 2013 — Mevion Medical Systems has delivered the superconducting synchrocyclotron accelerator for its Mevion S250 ...

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May 31, 2013 — Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has become the most commonly used type of radiation in ...

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May 28, 2013 — Sensus Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat ...

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May 21, 2013 — Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumors in the chest region ...

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May 17, 2013 — New hope for cancer patients is building in North Texas as construction begins on the $105 million Texas ...

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May 16, 2013— The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) have ...

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May 16, 2013 — Elekta and Royal Philips Electronics announced that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Canada) ...

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