Overcoming Barriers to Deliver Total Body Irradiation
It’s blood cancer awareness month! In this blog article, we are looking at the challenges in total body irradiation (TBI) and how the TomoTherapy® platform is making a positive difference for radiotherapy centres and their patients. But first here are 3 facts about blood cancer: The 3 main types of blood cancer are leukaemia, lymphoma […]
Want to Know How to Provide Best-in-class Technology Without Being Locked Into One Vendor? Learn How the UniteRT Movement is Shifting the Paradigm
We all share a common vision – to give cancer patients the best chance to live longer, better lives. Now imagine yourself embarking on a project to select a medical device that will be key to your clinic achieving its treatment goals. What challenges can you foresee? Purchasing a medical device is a long-term commitment […]
Advances in Technology Pave the Way for Expanding Access to Hypofractionation for a Myriad of Indications
This year’s ESTRO theme ‘From innovation to action’ really exemplifies the process of taking new ideas, technologies, or techniques and implementing them into clinical practice to improve patient outcomes. The importance of research to provide strong evidence to support these changes is crucial to ensure implementation is safe and effective. The use of stereotactic body […]
What Healthcare Organizations Need to Know about Medical Device Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity attacks in the healthcare sector have risen sharply over the past five years. A recent report showed a 44% increase in attacks just since 2021, with more than 600 reported attacks and over 50 million patient records compromised in the U.S. alone. Cybersecurity risks targeting healthcare organizations jeopardize patient privacy and brand reputation. They’re […]
Remote Treatment Planning: What’s Possible — and What’s Next?
The pandemic rapidly forced major shifts in the delivery of healthcare, while accelerating the maturity of many emerging trends. As the dust settles into an endemic phase, many fields of medicine now recognize entirely new capabilities and possibilities revealed by these forced changes. Remote treatment planning stands as a prime example. The early phase of […]
How Value-Based Care is Pushing Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments into the Mainstream
The key goals of radiotherapy, and cancer care more broadly, have never wavered: Achieving optimal long-term cancer control; mitigating the risk of side effects; and ultimately protecting and maximizing the patient’s quality of life both during and after treatment. Over the last two decades, technologies and techniques have emerged offering promise in one or more […]
Treatment Options for Cervical Cancer: A Potential Alternative to Brachytherapy
What is Cervical Cancer? Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the lining of the cervix grow in an uncontrolled way and eventually form a tumor. It has been found to be most common in women in their early 30s. Squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma are the two most common types of cervical cancer. Squamous […]
