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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
FDA OKs Varian planning software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Smart Segmentation knowledge-based contouring radiotherapy software.
January 10, 2012
Accuray touts sales gains, growth prospects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
With the installation of more than 600 CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery and TomoTherapy systems in 33 countries, radiation therapy firm Accuray this week told investors in San Francisco that there are additional opportunities for future growth.
January 9, 2012
Proton therapy effective for prostate cancer treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
Early outcomes of men treated with proton therapy for prostate cancer suggest that it is a safe and effective treatment, according to two studies published in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
January 8, 2012
Long-term cancer study raises controversial question
By Cynthia E. Keen
Which end point of a clinical trial comparing cancer treatments is more important: disease-free or long-term survival? This question and others were raised in an article and editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the long-term outcomes of Hodgkin's lymphoma patients.
January 8, 2012
Radiology dominates ECRI list of healthcare tech issues
By Brian Casey
Topics related to either diagnostic or therapeutic use of radiation dominated a top 10 list of important hospital technology topics for 2012, published this week by nonprofit technology research firm ECRI Institute.
January 5, 2012
Cancer death rates continue 10-year decline in U.S.
By Cynthia E. Keen
Cancer incidence rates have held steady in the U.S., but cancer death rates declined slightly, according to a report released this week by the American Cancer Society. More than 1.6 million new cases of cancer are projected to occur in 2012, along with more than 575,000 deaths.
January 3, 2012
IMRT, laser surgery improves survival in head/neck cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
The combination of functional resection laser surgery and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment is more effective at extending the lives of patients with advanced head and neck cancers than having only radiotherapy treatment, according to a study presented at the recent RSNA 2011 conference in Chicago.
December 28, 2011
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