Nucletron will be releasing Oncentra, multi-modality treatment planning system for brachytherapy and external beam treatment, during the fourth quarter.

The board of directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health has appointed Scott Campbell, PhD, as its new executive director and CEO.

The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), which is funded by the American College of Radiology, has named Christopher H. Crane, MD, as its new chair of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Committee.

James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, England has begun treating cancer patients via the TomoTherapy HiArt treatment system from radiation therapy provider TomoTherapy.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided clarification of the term direct supervision in the 2011 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rule.

New health insurance plans or insurance policies beginning on or after Sept. 23 will be required to cover, without cost sharing, several recommended preventive healthcare services--including breast cancer screening--under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Double non-coplanar-intensity modulated arc therapy (NC-IMAT) can improve treatment for pediatric posterior fossa tumors compared to NC-IMRT, and it may provide dose reduction to critical structures and surrounding tissue, according to a study presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Philadelphia on July 18.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) research evaluation committee has named the recipients of the junior faculty career research training award and the residents/fellows in Radiation Oncology Research Seed Grant Award.