Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 291

SNM urges CARE bill passage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM is calling on the U.S. Congress to support the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE).
September 29, 2009
Siemens reports first Artiste treatment in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare said that the first patient in the U.K. has been treated using its Artiste image-guided radiation therapy system.
September 27, 2009
IsoRay touts cesium-131 treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said that the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has become the first institution to treat recurrent head and neck cancer using its cesium-131 implant.
September 27, 2009
Study compares hypopharynx treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Canadian study of patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx revealed that there was no difference in outcomes between radiation therapy with or without salvage surgery, and surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy, according to an article published online in Cancer.
September 27, 2009
Senators oppose rad therapy cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Several members of the U.S. Senate sent a letter to the Obama administration last week opposing cuts in Medicare reimbursement for radiation therapy procedures.
September 27, 2009
New European cancer organization established
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new organization called the European Academy of Cancer Sciences has been formed to advocate for cancer patients and to help prevent policy decisions that negatively affect oncology.
September 24, 2009
US can predict survival of melanoma patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Morphology criteria on ultrasound can be used to determine if cancer has metastasized in melanoma patients and, if so, how much it has spread, according to study results presented this week in Berlin.
September 24, 2009
Radiosensitive patients identified by genetic traits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An international group of scientists has taken the first step toward targeting radiation therapy dosage to individual patients based on their genetic characteristics.
September 24, 2009
Whole-brain radiation for mets may be ineffective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients with a limited number of brain metastases and stable primary cancer who receive whole-brain radiation therapy after surgery do not have better survival outcomes than patients who don't receive the treatment, according to study results presented this week in Berlin.
September 23, 2009
AccuBoost wins new installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm AccuBoost has won two new contracts for its AccuBoost system.
September 23, 2009
Medicare patients have high radiation therapy dropout rates
By Cynthia E. Keen
Nearly half of Medicare patients in the U.S. interrupt or don't complete their prescribed radiation therapy treatments for head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the September issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
September 23, 2009
AccuBoost completes Florida install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm AccuBoost has installed its first breast cancer radiotherapy system in South Florida.
September 22, 2009
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