ESTRO

At this year’s ESTRO Congress in Vienna, Austria, Micropos Medical hosted a seminar on augmented stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), a concept encompassing technologies for motion tracking and enhanced methods for accuracy in radiotherapy for prostate cancer, with a focus on treatment outcomes and quality of life. The seminar brought together experts in the field […]

Siemens Healthineers showcased its latest MRI system at this year’s European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology Congress in Vienna, Austria. The 1.5T Magnetom Flow RT Pro Edition is helium-independent and does not require a quench pipe so it can be sited close to a linac to help deliver adaptive radiation therapy. Through AI-powered image reconstruction […]

Specialists from Vertec Scientific attended the ESTRO 38 congress in Milan and took the opportunity to discuss latest updates and future trends with delegates. Among its key partners are Canada-based CDR Systems, with a range of innovative patient positioning systems, and Sweden’s C-RAD with the Catalyst patient positioning monitoring system. The company says its reputation […]

Xstrahl presented its full range of superficial/orthovoltage treatment systems and radiation research platforms at ESTRO 2019 in Milan. The new Xstrahl 150 device will be the company’s most comprehensive superficial system dedicated to skin cancer treatments, offering clinicians the ability to treat the full range of non-melanoma skin cancer cases with optimum dose control. It […]

Michelle Leech presents the award for best RTT poster at ESTRO33 to Hayley Chesham. Presentation of research into prostate cancer treatment, carried out by R&D lead dosimetrist at Cancer Partners UK Hayley Chesham, has won an RTT poster award at ESTRO33. The event in Vienna focused on new and emerging developments in radiation oncology, providing […]

Therapy radiographer Victoria Glanney receives her prize from OSL’s Stuart Baldwin.   An Apple iPod was the prize in the Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) prize draw at ESTRO and the lucky winner was Victoria Glanney, therapy radiographer at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust.   Victoria took a look at the company’s OnQ rts and […]

ESTRO Anniversary Congress held at London’s ExCel Centre this week has attracted delegates from around the world.   The meeting celebrates the first ESTRO meeting held in London in 1982 and brings together the GEC-ESTRO-ISIORT Europe Conference and the 11th Biennial Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy.  The ESTRO International Oncology Forum […]