Topic

Radiation Therapy


Suit filed in Missouri excess radiation case

Top Stories | Monday, March 08 2010
 

Congressional hearing: More oversight needed for medical radiation procedures

Industry News | Monday, March 01 2010
 

TomoTherapy posts losses for Q4, FY09

Financial News | Thursday, February 18 2010
 

MITA endorses 8 principles to reduce medical radiation

Industry News | Thursday, February 11 2010
 

TomoTherapy inks deal with Nucletron, allowing sales Down Under

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, February 10 2010
 

ASTRO commits to patient protection plan for radiotherapy

Industry News | Monday, February 08 2010
 

Cancer: Prostate cancer treatment varies at county vs. private hospitals

Clinical Studies | Sunday, January 24 2010
 

ASRT survey: Enrollment for RT programs on a downward trend

Industry News | Wednesday, December 09 2009
 

JACR: Radiation oncologists often plan with advanced imaging technologies

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, December 01 2009
 

ASTRO: Post-lumpectomy breast cancer RT can be safely reduced to four weeks

Conference News | Friday, November 06 2009
 

MHNC: Abridged therapy could reduce amount of chemo in head and neck cancer patients

Clinical Studies | Monday, March 01 2010
 

MHNC: Pre-treatment SUV predicts treatment outcomes in head and neck cancer

Conference News | Friday, February 26 2010
 

RTOG names Bradley as new lung cancer chair

Industry News | Tuesday, February 16 2010
 

NEJM: Hypfractionated radiation therapy effective in early-stage breast cancer

Top Stories | Thursday, February 11 2010
 

ASTRO, ACR issue radiotherapy guidelines

Top Stories | Monday, February 08 2010
 

Spotlight on AAPM to reduce radiation therapy risk

Industry News | Monday, February 01 2010
 

Study: Racial disparities revealed in rad onc treatment, scale across U.S.

Clinical Studies | Monday, December 14 2009
 

Eckert & Ziegler plans to re-enter U.S. market

Partnerships & Alliances | Thursday, December 03 2009
 

Study: RT could shrink pancreatic cancer tumors

Clinical Studies | Monday, November 23 2009
 

ASTRO: Chemo+RT before prostatectomy may prevent cancer recurrence

Conference News | Friday, November 06 2009
 


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New patient monitoring model draws scrutiny

 A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.

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