Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 265

Cancer cost world economy $895B in 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer has the most devastating economic effects of any cause of death in the world, according to a report published by the American Cancer Society and cancer survivor advocacy group Livestrong in Austin, TX.
September 2, 2010
HHS issues $153M for antineutropenia drug
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has awarded a contract to Cellerant Therapeutics to continue developing drugs to combat neutropenia.
September 2, 2010
Calypso signs European sales pact with Siemens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Calypso Medical Technologies has signed a nonexclusive product distribution agreement with Siemens Healthcare for the sale of its Calypso system in Europe.
September 1, 2010
Elekta opens South Korean office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has opened an office in Bundang, South Korea.
September 1, 2010
Varian opens India training center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has opened a radiation therapy training center in Mumbai, India.
August 31, 2010
Humanetics licenses drugs to combat radiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical company Humanetics has acquired exclusive worldwide licenses from Henry Ford Health System in Detroit to commercially develop therapeutic agents that may provide short- and long-term postexposure protection from both lethal and nonlethal levels of ionizing radiation.
August 31, 2010
Accuray's revenue slips in FY 2010
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray reported lower revenues but increased net income in its 2010 fiscal year.
August 31, 2010
Topex sells RT skin cancer business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sensus Healthcare has announced that it is purchasing the radiation therapy (RT) skin cancer business of Topex of Danbury, CT.
August 30, 2010
Swiss first for Varian's Gated RapidArc
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc from radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.
August 30, 2010
Stillbirths, neonatal deaths linked to childhood RT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
What is the impact of radiation dose to the reproductive organs of children receiving radiotherapy (RT) treatments for cancer with respect to pregnancy outcomes? A new analysis of data from survivors of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study published in the August 21 issue of Lancet provides some long-awaited answers.
August 30, 2010
American Shared inks Brazil deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiosurgery center operator American Shared Hospital Services has signed a 10-year contract to supply radiation therapy services at Hospital Santa Paula in São Paulo.
August 29, 2010
U.K. audit reports survival stats of cervical cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
A large-scale audit of women treated throughout the U.K. for cervical cancer in 2001 and 2002 has reconfirmed that the combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone, according to findings published in the September issue of Clinical Oncology.
August 26, 2010
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