Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 299

Red wine reduces radiotherapy skin toxicity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Drinking red wine while undergoing radiation treatment may reduce the incidence of skin toxicity in breast cancer patients, Italian researchers report in a new study.
August 13, 2009
Elekta scores Brazilian order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has received an order from the Cancer Institute of the State of SĂ£o Paulo in Brazil for six radiation therapy systems.
August 13, 2009
Intraop adds Colombian customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical has signed Instituto Nacional de CancerologĂ­a in Bogota, Colombia, as a new user for its Mobetron linear accelerator.
August 11, 2009
Elekta nets U.S. orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has added ProCure Treatment Centers of Bloomington, IN, and Integris Health of Oklahoma City to its customer stable.
August 11, 2009
Varian completes first Turkish order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its RapidArc radiotherapy unit for the first time in Turkey.
August 10, 2009
Childhood cancer survivors susceptible to diabetes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Individuals who received total body or abdominal radiation therapy as treatment for childhood cancer have an increased risk of becoming diabetic when they reach adulthood, according to a new study.
August 10, 2009
Congress eyes safety of VA prostate brachytherapy: Part 2
By Cynthia E. Keen
The radiation oncologist at the center of a scandal over prostate brachytherapy procedures performed at a Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital found himself on the hot seat in hearings before the U.S. Congress on July 22.
August 9, 2009
ASTRO publishes IMRT guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) this week published the first set of comprehensive guidelines for documenting intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments in detail.
August 6, 2009
Wider radiation fields don't bring bone cancer relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Does using a wider radiation field induce a more rapid response for cancer patients receiving palliative external-beam radiation therapy to reduce the pain of bone metastases? No, Toronto researchers discovered, after analyzing the records of more than 650 patients.
August 6, 2009
Varian lands U.K. order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received an order from Barts and the London NHS Trust in the U.K.
August 5, 2009
Congress hears testimony on VA brachytherapy scandal
By Brian Casey
August 5, 2009
Congress eyes safety of VA prostate brachytherapy: Part 1
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has suspended prostate brachytherapy programs at nearly half of the VA medical centers performing the procedure, VA representatives told members of U.S. Congress last month in hearings held to investigate allegations of shoddy work at a VA facility in Philadelphia.
August 5, 2009
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