Radiotherapists

UK Facing Shortage of Radiotherapists Delaying Cancer Treatment

A British Medical Journal report says that staff shortages in radiotherapy units across the country are delaying vital treatment to cancer patients// and thus reducing their chances of surviving the condition. "Radiotherapy services in the UK are inferior to those in most developed countries a...

New Market Research Study Shows Lung Cancer Treatments Differ Significantly by Both Age and Geography

...2008 across Western Europe (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the UK), the US and Japan. TNS Healthcare recruited oncologists in the US, oncologists, radiotherapists and pulmonologists in Europe and pulmonologists and respiratory surgeons in Japan to participate. Physicians who contributed provided information thr...

Ajou University Hospital Becomes First in Korea to Treat Using RapidArc(TM) Radiotherapy Technology from Varian Medical Systems

...accelerator can target beams at a tumor while continuously rotating around the patient. Conventional IMRT treatments are slower and more difficult for radiotherapists because they target tumors using a complex sequence of fixed beams from multiple angles. "RapidArc is a very effective way of delivering advance...

Radiotherapists in Biological Technology

Leading Middle East Cancer Hospital Acquires Advanced Radiotherapy Capability from Varian Medical Systems

...linac and Trilogy accelerators can target beams at a tumor while continuously rotating around the patient. Conventional IMRT treatments are slower for radiotherapists because they use many fixed angle beams rather than a continuous rotational beam. Part of the Hamad Medical Corporation, the government provide...