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Robotic prostate brachytherapy technique avoids penile damage
By Marty Graham
Using real-time imaging and robotics to abandon fixed needle templates for prostate brachytherapy may be the best way to avoid penile bulb trauma during prostate cancer treatment, a researcher reported at the American Brachytherapy Society annual meeting in April in San Diego.
June 12, 2011
MRI, CT both have strengths for brachytherapy guidance
By Marty Graham
Which modality should be used to guide brachytherapy treatments, MRI or CT? Both have strengths and weaknesses, but either is superior to traditional 2D x-ray guidance, which is still used in nearly half of U.S. cancer treatment centers.
June 9, 2011
Proton therapy: Is randomization needed?
By Tami Freeman
Are randomized clinical trials appropriate for demonstrating proton therapy's superiority to x-ray therapy? The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, held last month in London, was the venue of a contentious debate on this subject.
June 8, 2011
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IsoRay obtains license from Dr. Reddy's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has completed a license agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories for exclusive worldwide licensing rights to Iotrex, a liquid iodine radiation used in brain cancer treatment.
June 7, 2011
'No-fly' policy improves radiation oncology safety
By Cynthia E. Keen
What's more important, starting radiation therapy for a patient as scheduled or ensuring treatment accuracy? For a network of New York radiation therapy centers, safety trumps schedule under a quality assurance (QA) program that "grounds" patients from treatment if a mandatory QA process doesn't check out.
June 7, 2011
Brainlab to buy Voyant Health
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has entered into an agreement to acquire Voyant Health, an orthopedics imaging informatics company based in Tel Aviv.
June 6, 2011
ASCO: Breast brachytherapy use rising in elderly women
By Cynthia E. Keen
More women over the age of 70 with early-stage breast cancer are having breast brachytherapy treatments in lieu of conventional radiotherapy treatments following breast conservation surgery, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) last week in Chicago.
June 6, 2011
Postlumpectomy radiation boosts survival
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Disease-free survival rates in women with early-stage breast cancer who have had breast-conserving surgery are boosted when the women undergo additional radiation treatment, according to a study presented on Monday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
June 5, 2011
CARE bill introduced in U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has introduced the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 2, 2011
Elekta signs distributor deal with ScandiDos
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta has entered into a nonexclusive distribution agreement to sell the Delta4PT pretreatment verification system from ScandiDos.
May 29, 2011
NCCN creates imaging entity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has created the NCCN Specialized Imaging Research Consortium to advance the treatment of cancer patients through the clinical application of specialized imaging technologies.
May 26, 2011
Specialized brachytherapy preserves breasts with implants
By Marty Graham
Image-guided interstitial brachytherapy may be the breast cancer treatment of choice for women with breast augmentation who pursue breast conservation therapy, according to a study presented at the recent American Brachytherapy Society annual meeting in San Diego.
May 25, 2011
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