Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 228

Proton firm Mevion gets $45M investment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Proton therapy developer Mevion Medical Systems has closed a $45 million investment from venture capital firms.
January 25, 2012
Revenues up, profit down in Varian's Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An increase in international orders helped offset lower sales in North America and grow overall revenues for radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems in the company's first quarter of fiscal year 2012.
January 25, 2012
ACRIN merges with ECOG
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) have combined organizations to become the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN).
January 24, 2012
Mevion sells proton therapy unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Proton therapy developer Mevion Medical Systems has received an order from South Florida Radiation Oncology for its S250 proton therapy system.
January 22, 2012
Chromosomal abnormality guides rad therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has released clinical trial results indicating that a chromosomal abnormality -- specifically, the absence of chromosomes 1p and 19q -- has prognostic and predictive value for managing the treatment of adult patients with rare brain tumors.
January 19, 2012
Matted lymph nodes portend poor prognosis in throat cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
The identification of matted lymph nodes on a CT image does not bode well for throat cancer patients who are infected with the human papillomavirus. These patients have a significantly higher risk of their cancer spreading, an article published online January 13 in Head and Neck reports.
January 19, 2012
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Varian touts 1st Asia TrueBeam STx treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that BGS Global Hospitals in Bangalore, India, has begun radiotherapy treatments using Varian's first clinical TrueBeam STx medical linear accelerator in Asia.
January 17, 2012
Brainlab reaches milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has sold its 500th ExacTrac patient positioning system for frameless radiosurgery.
January 17, 2012
Obese patients require special attention during rad therapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
It's quite a challenge to treat severely obese women diagnosed with cervical cancer. Radiation oncologists at an Alabama cancer center described the techniques they have developed to treat such patients, which they believe can be easily replicated at other hospitals, in an article in Practical Radiation Oncology.
January 17, 2012
Couch attenuation undermines radiotherapy plan quality
By Tami Freeman
Treatment couches used to support a patient during intensity-modulated radiotherapy and arc therapy can unknowingly lead to an unacceptable reduction in dose to target structures. Rail placement can also affect the dose delivered.
January 15, 2012
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Varian builds presence in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has established a radiotherapy education center and a clinical contact center in Tokyo.
January 10, 2012
Abbott, CARO reach 10-year milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical and healthcare company Abbott Laboratories and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) have reached a $2 million milestone with their partnership of providing prostate cancer research grants.
January 10, 2012
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