Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 356

RTS ups guidance for Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology treatment center operator Radiation Therapy Services (RTS) of Fort Myers, FL, has revised its fiscal 2006 fourth-quarter (end-December 31) guidance upwards in response to preliminary unaudited financial results.
January 22, 2007
CARE bill reintroduced in U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After failing to pass the U.S. House of Representatives prior to the end of the last Congress, a bill designed to ensure credentialing of radiologic and radiation therapy technologists was reintroduced on January 19.
January 22, 2007
From staging to lymph node status: Studies look to refine cervical cancer diagnosis, treatment
By Shalmali Pal
Several new studies examined the roles of imaging and radiotherapy for cervical cancer staging and treatment. Canadian researchers sought a connection between interstitial fluid pressure and MR-derived kinetic-modeling parameters, while U.S. investigators in a national trial compared CT to MRI for presurgical assessment. A third study in Italy scrutinized lymph node involvement and preoperative chemoradiation.
January 22, 2007
California hospital to install Gamma Knife
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta will deliver and install its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system at Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA.
January 15, 2007
Varian notches multilinac install in London
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has placed four of its Clinac iX linear accelerators at the new Queen's Hospital in London.
January 15, 2007
NAS trims year-end losses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific reported fiscal 2006 year-end results that showed a downturn in revenues, but with a sizeable drop in net loss.
January 11, 2007
Intraop raises $1.2 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical has closed a $1.2 million financing arrangement.
January 10, 2007
Physician Oncology Services acquires RCOG
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atlanta-based outpatient oncology start-up Physician Oncology Services reported that it has acquired a controlling interest in Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG), a seven-facility radiation therapy provider, also in Atlanta.
January 8, 2007
UPMC to install Elekta's Gamma Knife
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta will deliver and install its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian (UPMC) in the second quarter of this year.
January 4, 2007
Eckert & Ziegler notch Venezuelan order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen-und Medizintechnik said that the Venezuelan Health Ministry has ordered six of the firm's MultiSource tumor radiation systems.
January 3, 2007
Varian to acquire Accel Instruments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has signed an agreement to acquire Accel Instruments, a Bergisch Gladbach, Germany-based supplier of proton therapy systems for cancer treatment and scientific research instruments.
January 3, 2007
Spring-loaded biopsy poses potential hazard of artificial tumor spread
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Spring-loaded 14-gauge biopsy guns come with a ballistics impact similar to that associated with firearms, according to an editorial in the current issue of the European Journal of Cancer Prevention (EJCP). As a result, cancer cells may scatter, causing damage to healthy tissue and/or spreading disease.
December 26, 2006
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