Cancer experts have warned that over 80% of Ireland's radiotherapy machines need immediate or imminent replacement, with little or no active planning to do so.
The use of artificial intelligence in creating radiation treatment plans for prostate cancer appeared to be a success, according to a blinded, head-to-head study. Overall, radiation oncologists ...
Campaigners and clinicians call for urgent replacement programme for linear accelerators that are up to 18 years old ...
ST. LOUIS — At Siteman Cancer Center, cures often require power tools. Tools like a Linear Accelerator. "These machines deliver high doses or high-level radiation to patients," Dr. Stephanie Perkins ...
At its core, the new LINAC delivers high-precision, targeted radiation treatment, allowing clinicians to focus therapy on ...
South Korea has officially launched a project to develop its own next-generation 'FLASH radiotherapy machine,' a technology ...
For radiotherapy centres, daily quality assurance (QA) provides the final safety check before each day of patient treatments – ensuring that all linear accelerators (linacs) deliver radiation safely, ...
There are several different types of radiation therapy. The type that may be recommended for you depends on a variety of factors, such as your cancer, its stage, and your treatment goals. Radiation ...
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 3 (ANI): With the objective of providing advanced and high-quality cancer care to patients from Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states, facilities are being ...
Radiation therapy is used to treat tumors of the liver that can’t be removed with surgery and that are too large for other treatment options. Radiation therapy alone isn’t a cure for liver cancer, but ...
An employee at Halifax's cancer centre estimates as many as 48 radiation appointments a day are going unfilled after the ...