Radiation Oncology: Page 25

Elekta highlights ASTRO MR-linac research

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta is highlighting research presented at the recent American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) conference in Boston on the use of the company's work-in-progress high-field MR-adaptive linear accelerator (MR-linac) for radiation therapy.

September 28, 2016

Varian debuts HyperArc at ASTRO 2016

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems unveiled its HyperArc high-definition radiation therapy system at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Boston.

September 25, 2016

ASTRO: SBRT doubles survival in early-stage lung cancer

By Brian Casey

BOSTON - Patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer who were treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) had more than twice the survival of patients treated with conventional radiation therapy, according to a study presented on Sunday at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.

September 25, 2016

ASTRO: Outreach boosts radiation therapy rates for blacks

By Brian Casey

BOSTON - A patient outreach program essentially eliminated the treatment gap between the number of black and white patients who received radiation therapy for early-stage lung cancer, according to a paper presented on Monday at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) conference.

September 25, 2016

ZDi introduces radiation therapy positioning devices

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device developer ZDi Solutions is launching a line of patient positioning devices for proton and conventional radiation therapy at the 2016 American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting in Boston.

September 22, 2016

Siemens to launch CT for radiation therapy at ASTRO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers plans to launch a new work-in-progress CT scanner for guiding radiation therapy at the upcoming American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Boston.

September 21, 2016