Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 191

Accuray revenues sag, loss widens in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Despite an increase in new orders and installation of the first of its new CyberKnife M6 series and TomoTherapy H series systems, radiation oncology firm Accuray reported a 44% drop in revenue and a more than doubling of its net loss in its fiscal third quarter.

May 7, 2013

ASTRO, AUA issue prostate radiation therapy guideline

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) have published a joint guideline for the practice of radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence.

May 6, 2013

ASTRO members mark annual Advocacy Day

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced that more than 100 members convened in Washington, DC, for the society's 10th annual Advocacy Day.

May 2, 2013

RaySearch nets Md. cancer center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center announced it has purchased a RayStation system from radiotherapy planning software firm RaySearch Laboratories.

April 29, 2013

Patient access to radiation therapy still a major concern in Africa

By Cynthia E. Keen

There is an acute shortage of radiotherapy equipment of any type in Africa, and the scarcity of resources is becoming even more severe and pronounced with the increase in cancer incidence in the continent, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency report published in Lancet Oncology.

April 29, 2013

SAVI breast brachytherapy produces good 4-year outcomes

By Cynthia E. Keen

Patients who received breast brachytherapy delivered with a strut-based applicator had low recurrence rates and minimal toxicities four years after treatment, according to a presentation at last week's American Brachytherapy Society meeting.

April 25, 2013