Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 220

AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider

By Cynthia E. Keen

March 28, 2012

Patients treated with SAVI APBI have good outcomes

By Cynthia E. Keen

Two-year cosmetic outcomes were good to excellent for nearly 800 women who had accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) treatment for early-stage breast cancer using a multichannel single-entry brachytherapy device called a strut-adjusted volume implant (SAVI).

March 28, 2012

GE names healthymagination challenge winners

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has selected five winners in the first stage of its $100 million GE healthymagination Cancer Challenge awards program.

March 26, 2012

Accuray introduces iPad app for CyberKnife

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Accuray has released PlanTouch software, an Apple iPad app to remotely review and approve patients' radiation treatment plans using the CyberKnife radiosurgery system.

March 26, 2012

SIR: Electric-pulse IR therapy used for pancreatic cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Irreversible electroporation, a new interventional radiology procedure, is being used to treat patients with inoperable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, attendees at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting learned this week.

March 26, 2012

Bigger is better for breast tumor resection margins

By Cynthia E. Keen

Women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ who have a lumpectomy face the lowest risk of cancer recurrence when enough breast tissue is resected to have a pathologically confirmed wide negative margin, according to an article published online March 22 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

March 22, 2012