Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 419

NeoRx, MURR in holmium-166 supply deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer therapy firm NeoRx has signed a supply agreement with the University of Missouri-Columbia Reactor Center (MURR).
March 21, 2004
RITA gets Japanese reimbursement nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) developer RITA Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, said that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has approved and established reimbursement for the treatment of liver cancer with radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
March 10, 2004
Radiation oncology sites adopting new techniques
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. radiation oncology sites are rapidly adopting new therapeutic techniques and the related equipment and consumables that facilitate them, according to a recent study published by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.
March 9, 2004
New fusion method joins MR and CT in prostate cancer therapy planning
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - CT and MRI, both anatomical and functional, can be combined to improve the targeting of radiation therapy of the prostate, according to researchers from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. At today’s prostate imaging sessions of the European Congress of Radiology, Jorn van Dalen, Ph.D. presented a study utilizing the novel coregistration method the group created.
March 4, 2004
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Varian to acquire OpTx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The acquisition will enable the firm to offer an integrated single software system for managing and coordinating radiation therapy and chemotherapy used in the treatment of cancer, according to Palo Alto, CA-based Varian.
March 3, 2004
Siemens debuts lithotripsy technology at ALS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The firm is debuting products that expand the clinical workflow of its urological platform, Lithostar Modularis.
March 3, 2004
RITA claims reimbursement momentum for RFA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The newly published policies bring the total number of states with established BCBS positive written reimbursement policies to 24, RITA Medical said.
March 3, 2004
Boston Scientific to build intercontinental distribution center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The site will serve the company’s European, Japanese, and intercontinental markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
March 3, 2004
Kodak builds PACS installed base
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Imaging has signed more than 20 contracts for its DirectView PACS System 5 platform around the world, and has installed more than 25 DirectView Web distribution systems in the U.S., according to the Rochester, NY-based vendor.
March 2, 2004
Kereos, Bristol-Myers Squibb to collaborate in molecular imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging of North Billerica, MA, and Kereos of St. Louis, MO, have entered into agreements for the development and commercialization of molecular imaging agents.
March 2, 2004
MDS Nordion offers new radioisotopes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian radioisotope supplier MDS Nordion of Kanata, ON, is now offering commercially available rhenium-186 (Re-186) and high-specific-activity lutetium-177 (Lu-177).
March 1, 2004
Philips, RaySearch expand partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems and radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories are entering the next phase of a co-development relationship for the creation of inverse treatment planning systems for intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
March 1, 2004
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