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Lemon candy may suck for curbing dry mouth after thyroid cancer therapy
By Shalmali Pal
Mother always warned you that eating candy before dinner would spoil your appetite. She may not have known that eating candy during radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer can be just as bad. In a preliminary study, Japanese researchers have found that sucking on lemon candy too close to radiotherapy may actually worsen damage to the salivary glands.
March 1, 2005
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Agfa debuts CR Radiotherapy offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has debuted CR Radiotherapy Solution, a digital simulation and portable imaging system that can acquire computed radiography images in a radiotherapy environment.
February 28, 2005
Multicenter VC trial begins with high hopes, state-of-the-art protocol
By Eric Barnes
A new multicenter trial under way in the U.S. aims to assess VC's efficacy as a screening tool compared with conventional colonoscopy, using an up-to-the-minute VC protocol. Researchers for the ACRIN National CT Colonography Trial hope it will provide the definitive word on CT colonography's current capabilities.
February 28, 2005
NEMA offers ethics code for sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has made available its new code of ethics for member companies that manufacture medical imaging equipment and radiation therapy systems.
February 27, 2005
Elekta Beam Modulator gets 510(k) nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy provider Elekta has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) marketing clearance for its Elekta Beam Modulator, a multileaf collimator designed for use with its medical linear accelerators.
February 23, 2005
Siemens debuts Soarian Community Access
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DALLAS - Siemens Medical Solutions is highlighting Soarian Community Access in its booth at the 2005 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting this week.
February 14, 2005
Elekta partners with Swedish Cancer Institute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden, will sign a strategic partnership and technology-application agreement this week with the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle.
February 9, 2005
Siemens gets European particle therapy install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions said it will install its first particle therapy system in Europe, at the University Clinic Heidelberg in Germany.
February 8, 2005
ASTRO offers patient info for gynecologic cancers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has developed an up-to-date brochure that explains the role of radiation therapy in treating cancers of the uterine, vagina, and cervix.
February 8, 2005
Nucletron appoints de Groot
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has appointed E. (Bert) H. de Groot as managing director.
February 1, 2005
Payor changes aid brachytherapy in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lower reimbursement payments for external-beam and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are likely to compel U.S. physicians to consider brachytherapy treatment options because of its higher reimbursement, according to an analysis from Frost & Sullivan of San Jose, CA.
January 31, 2005
Medicare expands PET coverage for cervical cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it will extend Medicare coverage for the use of an FDG-PET scan for staging newly diagnosed cervical cancer subsequent to conventional imaging that is negative for extrapelvic metastasis.
January 30, 2005
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