Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 339

TomoTherapy to change ticker symbol
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy will change its ticker symbol on the Nasdaq Global Select Market to TOMO, effective January 1, 2008.
December 13, 2007
Varian gets FDA OK for scanning algorithm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new proton scanning dose algorithm.
December 13, 2007
IsoRay's cesium isotope used for eye cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay's cesium-131 seeds have been used for an application besides prostate cancer, the product's main clinical application, the Richland, WA-based company reported.
December 12, 2007
Nasdaq approves NAS' plan for continued listing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy products firm North American Scientific (NAS) has received approval from the Nasdaq Stock Market for the company's request to transfer from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Chatsworth, CA-based company said.
December 12, 2007
TomoTherapy brings Hi-Art to Switzerland
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has installed its first Hi-Art treatment system in Switzerland.
December 12, 2007
Varian receives Swiss orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has received orders for its Clinac linear accelerator from the Clinique de Genolier and the Genève Centre de Radio-Oncologie in Switzerland.
December 11, 2007
NAS takes $1 million loan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy products firm North American Scientific (NAS) has entered into a loan agreement with Three Arch Capital, TAC Associates, Three Arch Partners IV, and Three Arch Associates IV.
December 11, 2007
Radiotherapy planning with 3-tesla MRI optimizes control for reduced morbidity
By Shalmali Pal
By incorporating 3-tesla MRI, radiation oncology departments can look forward to a whole new world of bioanatomical information for guiding treatment planning, according to Dr. Edward Shaw from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC. He recently discussed the benefits of having a 3-tesla MR scanner in the radiation oncology suite.
December 11, 2007
IBA sells cyclotron to Saudi Arabia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has sold a Cyclone 30 cyclotron to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
December 3, 2007
MDS Nordion divests two product lines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope developer MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, announced the sale of its external beam therapy and self-contained irradiator product lines in a move to focus the firm's resources on molecular medicine initiatives.
November 29, 2007
Varian scores U.K. install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, announced it will install four high-energy Clinac IX linear accelerators at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, scheduled to open in the summer of 2009 in Portsmouth.
November 28, 2007
NCI trial to use Endocare cryoablation system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cryoablation vendor Endocare of Irvine, CA, announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting a multicenter trial to compare the palliative effects of cryoablation and radiation therapy for cancer patients experiencing focal pain caused by bone metastasis.
November 28, 2007
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