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iCAD wraps up Xoft purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has finalized its acquisition of brachytherapy device developer Xoft for approximately $12.9 million.
January 2, 2011
Accuray moves to new Nasdaq market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray has been named to the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
January 2, 2011
McKesson completes purchase of US Oncology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems and pharmaceutical distribution corporation McKesson announced today that it has completed its acquisition of US Oncology.
December 29, 2010
NY Times takes aim at radiation oncology (again); top 10 stories of 2010
By Brian Casey
December 29, 2010
NY Times finds more treatment mistakes in radiation therapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
The New York Times this week once again took aim at radiation oncology. In a December 28 article, investigative reporter Walt Bogdanich detailed a series of treatment errors that occurred when linear accelerators were outfitted with cone attachments to enable them to perform stereotactic radiosurgery.
December 29, 2010
Oncology firm fights McKesson over US Oncology purchase
By Cynthia E. Keen
In a matter of days, a David versus Goliath battle will be fought in a New York City courtroom, as a small oncology services firm seeks to halt McKesson's $2.16 billion acquisition of US Oncology.
December 29, 2010
IBt Bebig buys German software firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer IBt Bebig has acquired SonoTech, a Neu-Ulm, Germany-based developer of brachytherapy treatment planning software.
December 27, 2010
Accuray creates medical affairs unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray has established a medical affairs unit to provide strategic guidance and accelerate data collection, utilization, and referral patterns for its CyberKnife technology.
December 19, 2010
Motion correction reduces prostate margins
By Tami Freeman
Researchers from Virginia have examined inter- and intrafraction prostate movement for a group of patients who received radiation therapy with implanted transponders. The study also simulated the effects of motion correction strategies that may be employed to improve alignment accuracy and reduce margins.
December 19, 2010
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Radiation ups ped thyroid cancer risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Children exposed to head and neck radiation, either from diagnostic CT or radiation therapy, show an increased risk of thyroid cancer for the next 58 years, according to a study published in Radiation Research.
December 16, 2010
Radiation therapy comparable to surgery in elderly patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Stereotactic radiation therapy produces the same survival outcomes for elderly patients diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer as surgery, according to research presented at the 2010 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology.
December 16, 2010
iCAD to acquire Xoft for $13.1M
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has signed an agreement to acquire brachytherapy device developer Xoft for approximately $13.1 million.
December 15, 2010
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