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Enhanced workflow visualization and streamlined care coordination keep busy radiotherapy clinics around the world running efficiently Oncology Informatics

Enhanced workflow visualization and streamlined care coordination keep busy radiotherapy clinics around the world running efficiently

Aug 9, 2022 8 minute read
University of Chicago earns Elekta’s 2022 Registry Team of the Year Oncology Informatics

University of Chicago earns Elekta’s 2022 Registry Team of the Year

Aug 4, 2022 3 minute read
Wayne makes a hole in one with his prostate cancer treatment MR/RT

Wayne makes a hole in one with his prostate cancer treatment

Jul 27, 2022 3 minute read

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Enhanced workflow visualization and streamlined care coordination keep busy radiotherapy clinics around the world running efficiently Oncology Informatics

Enhanced workflow visualization and streamlined care coordination keep busy radiotherapy clinics around the world running efficiently

Collaboratively managing the patient’s cancer care journey and monitoring progress are essential for better outcomes and a positive patient experience. However, cumbersome documentation processes and…

Aug 9, 2022 8 minute read
University of Chicago earns Elekta’s 2022 Registry Team of the Year Oncology Informatics

University of Chicago earns Elekta’s 2022 Registry Team of the Year

At the recent National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) annual meeting, Elekta announced that a group of 12 certified tumor registrars (CTR) at the University of…

Aug 4, 2022 3 minute read
Wayne makes a hole in one with his prostate cancer treatment MR/RT

Wayne makes a hole in one with his prostate cancer treatment

When he’s not in his boat fishing, Wayne Crawley, 73, can often be found on the golf course or cooking in the kitchen. These pastimes…

Jul 27, 2022 3 minute read
Brazilian hospital streamlines pre-radiotherapy workflow with phantom-less QA solution Radiotherapy

Brazilian hospital streamlines pre-radiotherapy workflow with phantom-less QA solution

In 2021, with the impending implementation of VMAT at Hospital Unimed Bauru’s (Bauru, Brazil) radiotherapy department, physicians set out to acquire a volumetric detector for…

Jul 19, 2022 4 minute read
Xiao puts safety first, in his hobbies and his health Neuroscience

Xiao puts safety first, in his hobbies and his health

An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a tangle of blood vessels in the brain, which can be a serious condition, especially if it grows and changes…

Jul 7, 2022 2 minute read
Elekta MR-Linac Consortium meeting debuts new programs, opportunities for all Elekta Unity users Leadership Perspectives

Elekta MR-Linac Consortium meeting debuts new programs, opportunities for all Elekta Unity users

By Marco Luzzara, Senior Director of Medical Affairs and Clinical Research and Cameron Baillie, Medical Affairs Manager With Covid-19 in the rear-view mirror for the…

Jul 5, 2022 4 minute read
Improving cancer care in rural America Insights and Trends

Improving cancer care in rural America

Patients who face difficulties in receiving appropriate cancer care typically live in developing countries, such as India and those in sub-Saharan Africa, but in reality,…

Jul 1, 2022 8 minute read
Remote monitoring of Thailand hospital’s radiotherapy system boosts patient volume Elekta Care

Remote monitoring of Thailand hospital’s radiotherapy system boosts patient volume

To maintain its prolific volume of 70 patient treatments each day, Sakon Nakhon Hospital’s radiotherapy department can’t afford to let technical issues with its Elekta…

Jun 22, 2022 3 minute read
Ongoing MOMENTUM study highlights safety of Elekta Unity MR-Linac MR/RT

Ongoing MOMENTUM study highlights safety of Elekta Unity MR-Linac

On behalf of Elekta Unity researchers at eight centers in five countries, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) investigator Jasmijn Westerhoff, MD, recently presented the latest…

Jun 20, 2022 2 minute read
Unlocking advanced radiation therapy techniques for Veterinary Radiation Therapy Radiotherapy

Unlocking advanced radiation therapy techniques for Veterinary Radiation Therapy

The brand new Elekta linear accelerator installed at the University of Missouri Veterinary Health Center (VHC) in June 2020 replaced a fifteen-year-old machine. The capabilities…

Jun 15, 2022 4 minute read
Automation transforms radiotherapy planning at GenesisCare Radiotherapy

Automation transforms radiotherapy planning at GenesisCare

GenesisCare Australia’s 2021 transition to Monaco® 6 treatment planning system for all of its Elekta treatment machines has been a resounding success, enabling the organization…

Jun 8, 2022 8 minute read
Florencia finds reassurance and support in her mobile app Oncology Informatics

Florencia finds reassurance and support in her mobile app

Like many of us, Florencia Escobar loves meeting up with friends or just enjoying a nice meal with her partner. On these occasions, she wants…

Jun 3, 2022 3 minute read
How Min Xuan turned fear into courage Stereotactic Radiosurgery

How Min Xuan turned fear into courage

In 2004, when Min Xuan was only six years old, he was treated for hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the cavities deep within the…

May 30, 2022 2 minute read
Unleashing possibility in multidisciplinary oncology care Leadership Perspectives

Unleashing possibility in multidisciplinary oncology care

MOSAIQ® Plaza offers so much more than treatment management. It is a dedicated oncology informatics ecosystem, built from the ground up specifically for cancer care…

May 27, 2022 4 minute read
Linac-based cranial SRS a mainstay in many departments Radiotherapy

Linac-based cranial SRS a mainstay in many departments

While Leksell Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is the undisputed gold standard for treating cranial indications, the linear accelerator maintains its position as the most…

May 19, 2022 4 minute read
Improving daily treatment with proton arc therapy Radiotherapy

Improving daily treatment with proton arc therapy

Proton arc therapy is an advanced radiation therapy technique that consists of a continuous delivery of a proton beam as the gantry rotates around the…

Apr 28, 2022 7 minute read
Enhanced confidence for prostate SBRT with Clarity Autoscan Radiotherapy

Enhanced confidence for prostate SBRT with Clarity Autoscan

In October 2019, the radiation therapy department at the University Hospital Virgen Macarena (UHVM) in Seville installed Clarity® Autoscan with a view to implement prostate SBRT….

Apr 7, 2022 4 minute read
Radiosurgery as it should be – smooth, painless, effective and close to home Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Radiosurgery as it should be – smooth, painless, effective and close to home

Losing her hearing due to a vestibular schwannoma* would have been devastating for Jane. After all, she plays both percussion and harp in her free…

Mar 23, 2022 2 minute read
Linac replacements at French clinic boost productivity and enable advanced techniques Radiotherapy

Linac replacements at French clinic boost productivity and enable advanced techniques

In 2016, U2R, an international cancer management company, acquired an underperforming cancer clinic in Clermont-Ferrand, France and set it on a path to greater success…

Mar 17, 2022 4 minute read
Third Elekta Unity MR-Linac helps Dutch hospital maintain prolific clinical and research pace MR/RT

Third Elekta Unity MR-Linac helps Dutch hospital maintain prolific clinical and research pace

In an effort to expand its research and clinical bandwidth in MR-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT), University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) recently became the world’s first…

Mar 4, 2022 7 minute read
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