Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 219

Accuray revenues helped by TomoTherapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Continued improvement in service margins and 14% growth in its installed base helped radiation oncology firm Accuray advance revenues in its third quarter of fiscal year 2012.
May 8, 2012
Breast societies criticize JAMA APBI study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Brachytherapy Society and the American Society of Breast Disease have issued statements identifying what they believe are deficiencies and misleading information in a study on breast brachytherapy published in the May 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
May 7, 2012
iCAD reports mixed Q1 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
iCAD reported what it called "mixed" financial results for the company's first quarter, with growth in its therapy business offset by declines in its cancer detection operations.
May 7, 2012
ASBrS: Radiotherapy after mastectomy may not be beneficial
By Cynthia E. Keen
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and several involved axillary lymph nodes may not benefit from having radiation therapy following a mastectomy, according to a study presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) annual meeting held in Phoenix last week.
May 6, 2012
Varian, Siemens shed light on new partnership
By Cynthia E. Keen
It isn't an everyday occurrence for two medical device industry leaders to announce a collaboration, but such an event occurred last week between radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare.
May 6, 2012
ASBrS: RF ablation shows promise; thermography not so much
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imagers and surgeons continue to seek ways to treat breast cancer that are less invasive surgically and expose women to less radiation dose. Researchers presented studies addressing these issues in a press conference on Friday during the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) annual meeting in Phoenix.
May 3, 2012
iCAD nets Calif. Xoft order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
iCAD has taken an order from the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills, CA, for the company's Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system.
May 2, 2012
Elekta nets Chinese Mosaiq order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has installed its Mosaiq oncology information system at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in Guangzhou, China.
May 2, 2012
Varian plans major Brazilian investment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems is expanding its holdings in Brazil.
May 2, 2012
Elekta adds linac to Indian cancer center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta announced the sale and activation of a Synergy linear accelerator at Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati, India.
May 1, 2012
Immunomedics lands patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical firm Immunomedics has added another U.S. patent to its intellectual property portfolio.
May 1, 2012
JAMA paper reignites debate over APBI treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
The debate over the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment with accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy has resurfaced with the publication of a paper critical of the technology in the May 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
April 30, 2012
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