Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 271

Orbital Therapy receives patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer treatment products developer Orbital Therapy has been issued a U.S. patent for its self-shielded radiation therapy device, which does not require a traditional bunker, or vault, for operation.
August 4, 2010
US Oncology posts Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Although results were below expectations, radiation therapy center operator US Oncology reported a slight increase in revenue in the second quarter.
August 4, 2010
Elekta gets CE Mark for iViewC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta has received the European CE Mark for its iViewC digital patient position verification system.
August 4, 2010
ViewRay to test rad therapy system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer ViewRay will have its radiation therapy system tested by researchers at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
August 3, 2010
Varian expands consulting services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems is now also offering its clinical consulting services to customers in Europe and Australasia.
August 3, 2010
Japan expands CyberKnife uses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market its CyberKnife G4 robotic radiosurgery system in Japan to treat tumors noninvasively anywhere in the body, including the head and neck.
August 3, 2010
MR spectroscopy with MRI detects prostate cancer recurrence
By Wayne Forrest
Combining MR spectroscopy with T2-weighted MR imaging "significantly improves" the diagnostic accuracy of endorectal MRI to detect locally recurrent prostate cancer after external-beam radiation therapy, according to a study in the August issue of Radiology.
August 3, 2010
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Medrad signs distribution pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with WFR-Aquaplast/Qfix Systems for the company's Pro-Tekt endorectal balloon device.
August 2, 2010
IBA to build proton center in Poland
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications has won a contract to build a proton therapy center in Krakow, Poland.
August 1, 2010
RT doesn't impede breastfeeding by Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors
By Cynthia E. Keen
Radiation oncologists questioned by Hodgkin's lymphoma patients undergoing chest radiation therapy (RT) about their future ability to breastfeed can now reference a study published online in Cancer: Results showed that survivors had a breastfeeding success rate comparable to that of the general population of mothers.
July 29, 2010
Tool predicts breast cancer recurrence risk for DCIS patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Physicians at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City have developed a predictability model for determining the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conservation surgery for women diagnosed with early-stage, low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
July 28, 2010
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Stem cell irradiation helps in glioblastoma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brain cancer patients with glioblastoma may survive longer if they undergo radiation treatments that include stem cell niches as well as their primary tumors. Patients who received this treatment experienced 15 months of progression-free survival, compared with 7.2 months for patients who had little or no radiation to stem cell niches, according to a study published online in BMC Cancer.
July 27, 2010
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