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CMS, NCI to partner in cancer fight
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have announced a collaboration designed to improve the process for bringing anti-cancer drugs to patients.
June 7, 2004
Dilon gets second chance with release of scintimammography unit
By Kate Madden Yee
Not many companies get a second chance at commercial success. But after nearly going out of business just a few years ago, gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies appears to have beaten the odds with the commercial introduction of a new dedicated scintimammography system.
June 6, 2004
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NAS shows Q2 sales upturn, but loss also increases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) reported 2004 fiscal second-quarter net sales of $3.5 million, a 20% uptick compared with the $2.9 million in sales posted last year.
May 26, 2004
Varian to sell MammoSite in Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has inked a deal with Proxima of Alpharetta, GA, to sell that company's MammoSite brachytherapy device in Europe.
May 25, 2004
High-tech rad therapy hospitals face lower reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare facilities that offer the latest in radiation therapy are being hit with the lowest Medicare reimbursement rates, according to an analysis in the upcoming Oncology Issues.
May 24, 2004
Proxima touts MammoSite research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Proxima Therapeutics said that research presented at the annual meetings of the American Brachytherapy Society in Barcelona, Spain, found its MammoSite radiation therapy system to be more efficient than electron radiotherapy in delivering a radiation boost to a breast tumor site following whole-breast external-beam radiation.
May 16, 2004
Point/counterpoint: Prostate cancer researchers battle over treatment options
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Prostate cancer research loomed large at this week's American Urological Association meeting, echoing a stubbornly high prevalence of the disease among aging men. A debate over what to do after failed radiotherapy and brachytherapy earned points for another procedure often performed by radiologists: cryoablation of prostate cancer tumors.
May 13, 2004
ASTRO prints breast cancer therapy information
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure, Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Understanding Treatment.
May 13, 2004
RITA, Horizon to merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology device developers RITA Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, and Horizon Medical Products of Atlanta have signed a definitive agreement to merge their companies.
May 12, 2004
IsoRay inks deal with PNNL and U.S. DOE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay has signed a manufacturing contract with Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to collaborate in the manufacture of cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds, according to the Richland, WA-based firm.
May 10, 2004
Impac, Siemens form development alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology developer Impac Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions have signed an agreement to use a full DICOM-RT compliant specification for the development of an interface for the firms' products.
May 10, 2004
Prowess gets 510(k) clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation treatment-planning software developer Prowess of Chico, CA, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its Prowess Panther direct-aperture optimization-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning system.
May 10, 2004
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