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Dr. Sameer Keole voted President-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

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milla1cf Thu, 07/20/2023 - 20:11 July 20, 2023 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) recently elected three new officers to ASTRO’s Board of Directors, including Sameer Keole , MD, FASTRO , as President-elect; Wendy Woodward , MD, PhD, FASTRO, as Science Council Vice Chair; and Vivek S.

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GE HealthCare Announces Agreement to Acquire MIM Software

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Recognizing the industry transformation taking place as digital innovation reshapes the experience of patients and providers, GE HealthCare – a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital innovator – is focused on developing smart devices, aligned to disease states and enabled by digital.

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ASTRO: IMRT and proton therapy equally effective for prostate cancer

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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton therapy offer equally high quality of life and tumor control for people with prostate cancer, according to a study presented September 30 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting. each year – are diagnosed as localized disease.

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ASTRO and ESTRO Issue Clinical Guideline on Local Therapy for Oligometastatic Lung Cancer

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The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology. The guideline emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary team approach to guide treatment decisions for oligometastatic disease, a description for cancer that reaches a state in which the patient has a small number of metastases in addition to a primary tumor.

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4 Innovations Improving Pediatric Radiation Therapy

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milla1cf Fri, 12/01/2023 - 13:13 December 1, 2023 — The Radiation Oncology Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of only a few in the country to care exclusively for children. We’re entering an era of personalized medicine on all fronts, including pediatric radiation oncology ,” says Dr. Chang of USC.

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Multi-Institutional Study Data Presented at ASTRO 2023 Builds Upon Growing Evidence of GammaTile for Patients with Brain Tumors

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2 poster presentation at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 65th Annual Meeting, ASTRO 2023 , being held this week in San Diego, CA. The company noted this is likely increasing as a result of patients with systemic metastatic disease are surviving longer as a result of new innovations like immunotherapy.1

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Central Ohio’s First Proton Therapy Center Opens to Treat Children and Adults

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milla1cf Wed, 12/27/2023 - 20:01 December 27, 2023 — Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. This technology has the potential to literally improve the health and well-being of millions of people across Ohio and beyond.”