Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 329

Smoking during radiation therapy reduces treatment benefit

By Cynthia E. Keen

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer who smoke during the weeks they receive radiation therapy may reduce their overall benefit of treatment. Smoking has a significant negative effect as measured by several factors for assessing radiation therapy's effectiveness, according to study results.

July 15, 2008

NAS taps new VP of marketing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) has appointed a new vice president of marketing to its senior executive team.

July 14, 2008

NY center starts Varian radiotherapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation Oncology Associates of Lake Success, NY, has begun offering RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.

July 10, 2008

TomoTherapy to buy Japanese distributor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has signed a deal to buy sales and service assets of the Japanese distributor for its Hi-Art treatment system.

July 8, 2008

CIVCO names China distributor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound and radiotherapy products provider CIVCO Medical Solutions has signed Biomedic as its exclusive distributor in China.

July 2, 2008

High-spatial-resolution SER imaging may improve breast cancer outcomes

By Kate Madden Yee

High-spatial-resolution signal enhancement ratio (SER) imaging can show the heterogeneous microvascular network in breast cancers, according to study results. Researchers assessed its ability to predict disease recurrence in breast cancer patients who had preoperative MR exams.

July 1, 2008

Nucletron taps new CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Nucletron of Veenendaal, Netherlands, has named Jos Lamers as CEO.

June 29, 2008

Xoft launches electronic brachytherapy registry

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Brachytherapy device developer Xoft has launched the Electronic Xoft Intersociety Brachytherapy Trial (EXIBT), a national electronic brachytherapy patient registry.

June 25, 2008

FDG-PET changes treatment plans for glioma patients

By Wayne Forrest

An Australian study is providing evidence that FDG-PET has an important impact on the management of patients with suspected recurrent glioma, and identifies those patients who are more likely to develop progressive disease.

June 25, 2008

Siemens installs Artiste Solution in three sites

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare's Artiste Solution accelerator for adaptive radiation therapy has been installed in three institutions.

June 24, 2008

On-board imaging adds accuracy to IMRT for prostate

By Cynthia E. Keen

The use of on-board imaging can improve the accuracy of intensity-modulated radiation therapy in the treatment of patients after surgery for prostate cancer by enabling oncologists to narrow their field of treatment, according to a new report by California researchers.

June 24, 2008

Swiss study links prostate radiotherapy to higher colon cancer risk

By Cynthia E. Keen

Prostate cancer patients who receive external-beam radiation therapy had a higher risk of developing colon cancer during their lifetime, but the overall risk may be declining with new technology, Swiss researchers report in a study published in the International Journal of Cancer.

June 23, 2008

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