U.S. Cancer Rates Decline
A recent CNN article reported that cancer rates in the U.S. continue to fall. Below are a few highlights. Please join us in our mission to get cancer-fighting equipment to all areas of the world in need. Sell, recycle, or…
What Happens When Rural U.S. Hospitals Shut Down?
Imagine this scene Ellen, a 75-year-old cancer patient, has just been prescribed 30 days of radiation therapy. She lives in a town of 25,000 people. Each day, her son drives her to her local hospital, where she lays on the…
After 40 Years Treating Thousands of Cancer Patients, it’s Time for this Varian 6/100 Linear Accelerator to Retire
How long do medical linear accelerators really last? At Radiology Oncology Systems, we’ve spent decades tracking medical linear accelerators around the world—and thanks to that experience, we have come to recognize that these devices have a much longer useful life…
MagnetTx’s New Aurora-RT Linear Accelerator
For this installment of our interview series with leaders in the field of radiation oncology, we spoke with Dr. Gino Fallone. The inventor of MagnetTx’s new Aurora-RT linear accelerator, he serves as Professor and Director of the Division of Medical…
New Radiotherapy Software To Be Showcased at ASTRO
Radiation therapy technology is advancing as quickly as ever—but where previous decades have seen improvements in precision, localization, and patient outcomes, experts are now turning their attention to other areas for improvement. For 20 years, Dr. Marco Carlone has been…
Refurbished CyberKnife Helping to Save Lives in the Dominican Republic
OncoServ, a comprehensive cancer center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, recently inaugurated its new stereotactic radiosurgery suite (SRS). The newly installed equipment, a CyberKnife robotic system, complements other linear accelerators at the center, including a Varian Unique linear accelerator capable…
Why Proton Therapy Centers Are Here to Stay
With the announcement of a new contract for Ion Beam Applications to install proton therapy systems in Arkansas and Albuquerque, some industry insiders are revising their thoughts on this cancer treatment’s potential. Widely perceived as being on the decline, proton…
Stand Up to Cancer
We’re at an exciting moment in cancer research: New advances in precision medicine, immunotherapy, and epigenetics hold real promise to produce breakthroughs in research and treatment. However, these cutting-edge research avenues require substantial funding, and more support is needed to…
Are Freestanding Centers Making a Comeback?
According to a recent article in Radiology Business summarizing recent announcements by the country’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group (which covers 70 million people across all 50 states), freestanding centers are a better alternative than hospitals for a variety of treatments. The…
COVID-19 and Advanced-Stage Cancer Diagnoses
The long-term public health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic go far beyond the disease itself, and even beyond its direct economic and health impacts. It has also had a tremendous impact on the healthcare decisions of patients who have not…