As patients lay on beds with massive machines swirling around them during radiation therapy, one simple obstacle stands in ...

Stereotactic body radiation therapy distinguishes itself from other techniques of radiotherapy in its requirements of more rigid patient immobilization, respiratory motion control, sophisticated ...

CORALVILLE, Iowa, April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CIVCO Radiotherapy, the leading global provider of high quality, innovative, patient-centric radiotherapy solutions, will present their Universal ...

Nanor, a thermoplastic material enhanced with nanoparticles, has been developed to precisely immobilize patients during cancer treatment using radiation therapy. Limiting the movement of the patient ...

Radiation therapy involves directing strong beams of energy to kill cancer cells. Patient immobilization is another key aspect to reducing toxicity from radiation.

Such data can help identify a patient who may require different immobilization due to set-up difficulties. “In this limited cohort, we found opportunities to improve treatment delivery for individual ...

The ProForm Head & Neck Extension is quick and easy to attach and features a large, 121.5 cm junction-free and artifact-free treatment area. ProForm features geometry that allows for direct access ...

Proton or carbon RT has the best reported outcomes postradiation in patients with HCC. 10,11 In one prospective study, patients with Child-Pugh A liver disease and potentially resectable single HCCs, ...

While data is promising, many questions remain about topics such as timing and doses in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.

Increasingly, though, oncologists are trying to use less radiation, long one of the main pillars of cancer therapy. In some cases, they are even keeping certain patients with low-risk tumors off ...