Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 269

Varian gets U.K. RapidArc install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has won a contract with a cancer center in Scotland for its RapidArc radiotherapy system, the company said.
July 14, 2010
Xoft wins Premier contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brachytherapy device developer Xoft has inked a contract with group purchasing organization Premier for its electronic brachytherapy systems, the company said.
July 14, 2010
Database identifies radiation therapy toxicities in kids
By Cynthia E. Keen
Since 2004, radiation oncologists in Germany have been submitting information about pediatric radiotherapy treatments to a study trial center database. Now an analysis of acute toxicities from this database of more than 1,000 patients has been recently published in Radiotherapy & Oncology, providing an overview of the pattern of acute toxicities of irradiated organs.
July 14, 2010
U.K. cancer survival rates grow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women treated in England and Wales for breast and ovarian cancers are twice as likely to survive for at least 10 years as compared to patients diagnosed and treated in the early 1970s, while long-term survival for men treated for prostate cancer has more than tripled, according to new statistics from Cancer Research UK.
July 13, 2010
IORT shows promise as pancreatic cancer treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) combined with chemotherapy appears to be a promising treatment for patients who have undergone surgical resection of pancreatic cancer, according to a report published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
July 12, 2010
Varian, ASRT award scholarships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Education and Research Foundation and radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems have awarded 2010 Varian Radiation Therapy Student Scholarships.
July 11, 2010
Modeling predicts glioma radiation therapy response
By Tami Freeman
In an attempt to personalize treatment, a research team from the University of Washington has developed a mathematical model for predicting untreated glioma growth. Now, the researchers have extended the model to incorporate the effects of external-beam radiation therapy.
July 11, 2010
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HIFU for liver, pancreatic cancer has high complication rate
By Cynthia E. Keen
While effective, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of solid cancerous tumors comes with risk for both major and minor complications, according to research from the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul.
July 11, 2010
Active surveillance advised for elderly kidney cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
The best treatment for patients older than 75 who are diagnosed with localized renal cell carcinoma may be active surveillance, according to urologists at the Cleveland Clinic, whose recommendations were reported in the July 1 issue of Cancer.
July 8, 2010
IBA wins Swedish contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications has won a contract with a proton therapy center in Sweden.
July 7, 2010
IBA inks deal with Procure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a contract with Seattle Procure Management for the installation of a proton therapy system.
July 5, 2010
Incident learning lowers radiation therapy errors
By Tami Freeman
In an attempt to minimize errors and improve treatment safety, a team at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center has implemented an incident learning system for managing radiotherapy errors. The group details its initial experience in an article published online in Radiotherapy and Oncology.
July 4, 2010
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