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Breast-conserving therapy appropriate for black women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-conserving therapy is a viable treatment option for African-American women, who tend to present with more advanced breast cancer, researchers from Michigan recently reported in the journal Cancer.
May 19, 2010
Virus plus RT escalates tumor shrinkage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A naturally occurring, harmless human virus given in combination with radiation therapy (RT) has shown significant benefit in patients with advanced cancers, according to results of a study conducted by the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
May 19, 2010
Accuray taps Puppo for GM post
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray has named Dr. Vittorio Puppo as general manager of the company's EIMEA (Europe, India, Middle East, and Africa) region, effective May 17.
May 17, 2010
Varian debuts ProBeam system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems is introducing its new ProBeam proton therapy system at the 2010 Particle Therapy Co-operative Group meeting in Gunma, Japan, this week.
May 17, 2010
U.K. oncology center learns lessons with tomotherapy adoption
By Cynthia E. Keen
How does a busy radiation oncology department adopt and implement a new treatment technology with which it has no prior experience? Through careful planning, effective teamwork, and ample time allocated for training and development of a rigorous quality assurance program.
May 17, 2010
Nucletron, ART add AccuBoost customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Nucletron and women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) are teaming up to provide an AccuBoost breast brachytherapy system to Cook County Radiation Oncology at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago.
May 16, 2010
Elekta, Mitsubishi report treatment milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta and Mitsubishi Electric said that Gumma University Heavy Ion Medical Center in Gumma, Japan, has used the firms' carbon ion radiotherapy technology to treat a prostate cancer patient.
May 16, 2010
American Shared reports Q1 2010 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiosurgery center operator American Shared Hospital Services this week released financial results for the first quarter that showed the company reporting a slight decrease in revenues and an increase in net income.
May 13, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
May 12, 2010
IsoRay sales slip, net loss narrows
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical reported slightly lower sales for the company's second fiscal quarter, although its net loss narrowed in the period.
May 11, 2010
IBA's sales decline in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) stated in its first-quarter financial report that the company was still "feeling the consequences" from the global economic and financial crisis.
May 11, 2010
FDA schedules meeting on RT error reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public meeting for June 9-10 in Gaithersburg, MD, to discuss steps that could be taken by manufacturers of radiation therapy (RT) systems to help reduce treatment errors.
May 9, 2010
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