Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 244

Varian posts revenues, earnings growth in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Demand for its newer products helped radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems to revenue and earnings gains in its fiscal third quarter.
July 27, 2011
Accuray reprices offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray said it has upsized its previously announced offering to $100 million in 3.75% convertible senior notes due 2016.
July 26, 2011
Accuray plans new offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray is preparing to offer $75 million in convertible senior notes to qualified institutional investors.
July 25, 2011
Gene predicts risk of 2nd cancer in Hodgkin's lymphoma
By Cynthia E. Keen
Two genetic variations can help predict which survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma are most likely to develop radiation-induced second cancers years after treatment, according to a genome-wide association study published online July 24 in Nature Medicine.
July 25, 2011
Cyst drainage + SRS treats craniopharyngioma in adults
By Cynthia E. Keen
A treatment combining tumor cyst drainage with fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) seemed to be safe and effective for adult craniopharyngioma patients at Tokyo Medical University Hospital, according to an article published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
July 24, 2011
Improving radiation oncology safety is a continuous process
By Cynthia E. Keen
No matter how safe a radiation oncology department considers its operational procedures to be, more ways can be found to prevent errors from occurring. That's the underlying message of an article published in the July issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
July 21, 2011
Elekta touts SBRT research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta said that recent research from Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto showed favorable clinical results from treating early-stage, non-small cell lung cancer with its stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) technology.
July 19, 2011
IsoRay touts brachytherapy surgery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said that the first lung cancer surgery to implant its cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds embedded in mesh using da Vinci robotics was successful.
July 19, 2011
ASTRO advises on safe use of IMRT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published a white paper on safely integrating intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) systems into radiation oncology departments.
July 19, 2011
Varian's Aria achieves ONC certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems' Aria electronic medical record and radiation oncology clinical practice management software has been certified for clinics to qualify for federal funding under the U.S. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
July 18, 2011
Elekta rolls out upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta has released new versions of its XiO treatment planning, Focal contouring, and Monaco treatment planning systems.
July 17, 2011
RT + ADT increases survival of prostate cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Adding short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) to radiation therapy (RT) for early-stage prostate cancer improves long-term survival for men at intermediate risk, according to trial results from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group published in the July 14 New England Journal of Medicine.
July 17, 2011
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