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AI may enhance MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy

By Erik L. Ridley

Wednesday, November 29 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSM12-01 | Room S404CDArtificial intelligence (AI) can provide automatic contouring of tumors and organs to support daily MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy, researchers will report in this Wednesday session.

November 5, 2017

ViewRay touts pancreatic cancer study results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided radiation therapy developer ViewRay is touting study results showing that higher radiation doses with its adaptive MR-guided radiation therapy technology may improve survival in patients with pancreatic cancer while maintaining a favorable toxicity profile.

October 24, 2017

ASTRO: Breast radiation 'less scary' than expected

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast cancer patients find the experience of radiation therapy to be less intimidating than they expected, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in San Diego.

September 25, 2017

ASTRO: Short radiation course safe for breast cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A shorter-course, higher-dose protocol for breast cancer radiation therapy is safe for patients younger than 50, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Diego.

September 25, 2017

ViewRay launches multicenter trial for pancreatic cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided radiation therapy developer ViewRay launched a multicenter prospective clinical trial using MRIdian for locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer.

September 24, 2017

Varian announces 1st patient treated with Halcyon

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems announced that a patient with head and neck cancer has become the first to be treated with the company's Halcyon system.

September 20, 2017