Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 47

RCR, BIR voice concerns on radiotherapy plan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

While welcoming the announcement that the National Health Service (NHS) in England intends to spend 130 million pounds (145.3 million euros) on linear accelerator (linacs) equipment to treat cancer, the British Institute of Radiology (BIR) and the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) have expressed concerns the investment won't be sufficient.

October 25, 2016

Rad Technology expands patent portfolio

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Modular radiotherapy building firm Rad Technology Medical Systems said it has received patent approvals from the Japanese Patent Office and the European Patent Office for technology used in its Temporary Radiotherapy Vault offering.

October 24, 2016

First Australian MRI-linac proves feasible

By Jude Dineley

Real-time image guidance of radiotherapy using MRI promises dramatically improved tumor targeting and an increase in the number of treatable disease sites. An MR-guided cobalt-60 unit is already in clinical use and three groups are developing integrated MRI-linac systems.

October 23, 2016

IBA delivers cyclotron for proton therapy to Russia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has completed installation of its Cyclone 230 cyclotron for a new proton therapy center in Dimitrovgrad, Russia.

October 18, 2016

Elekta lands large order from India

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has received an order from the All India Institute of Medical Science for seven of its Versa HD linear accelerators and six of its microSelectron brachytherapy systems.

October 17, 2016

Oncology Systems aids prostate cancer trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Oncology Systems is supplying its SpaceOAR hydrogel radiotherapy system to Belfast City Hospital in the U.K. as part of a National Health Service-sponsored trial.

October 12, 2016