Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 281

NY Times article details radiation therapy errors
By Cynthia E. Keen
While cancer patients are undergoing radiation therapy intended to cure them, serious mistakes may be made, all attributable to failure by medical staff to follow detailed, established quality assurance protocols, according to an article published January 24 in the New York Times.
January 25, 2010
IsoRay targets Canada research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said that it has shipped a set of cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to a Canadian customer as part of a research initiative.
January 24, 2010
Hospitals may influence decisions for prostate cancer treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
Cancer patients who are treated in county hospitals are more likely to receive surgical treatment than patients at private hospitals, which had higher rates of using radiation therapy-based treatment, according to an article published online in the January 25 issue of Cancer.
January 24, 2010
Radiation therapy markers may have role in drug delivery
By Paula Gould
Given the proximity of inert implants such as fiducial markers and spacers to the target tumor, why not make more use of these devices? Researchers from Boston suggest they can be used to deliver radiosensitizing drugs or cytotoxic agents in situ, possibly improving efficacy without increasing radiation dose.
January 24, 2010
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Combined treatments improve inoperable cervical cancer outcomes
By Cynthia E. Keen
Providing both chemotherapy and radiation therapy to women with locally advanced cervical cancer improves their chances of survival, according to a new report from the Cochrane Collaboration.
January 21, 2010
Grant awarded for molecular image-guided system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston will receive a $690,000 research grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to develop a molecular image-guided system to diagnose and treat small-cell peripheral lung cancer in one sitting.
January 21, 2010
Varian Medical taps Australian hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has appointed an Australian hospital as a teaching facility for its image-guided radiation therapy technology.
January 20, 2010
IsoRay touts cesium-131 colorectal treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Doctors at Weill Cornell Medical Center in October performed a cesium-131 implant for the treatment of colorectal cancer, according to medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical.
January 20, 2010
Varian completes German order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its intensity-modulated proton therapy technology using pencil-beam scanning at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center in Munich.
January 19, 2010
New guidelines issued for treatment of brain metastases
By Cynthia E. Keen
The most effective treatment for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases is either surgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery followed by whole-brain radiation, according to new evidence-based guidelines issued by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology.
January 19, 2010
VA responds to NRC report on brachytherapy violations
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has responded to a report issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on treatment errors in the prostate cancer brachytherapy program at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) between 2002 and 2008.
January 17, 2010
RTTs receive proton therapy degrees
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Twelve radiation therapists (RTTs) received advanced proton therapy certificates on January 13 from Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington, making the graduates the first proton-certified RTTs in the nation.
January 13, 2010
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