Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 442

Proxima is cleared for MammoSite RTS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation-therapy developer Proxima Therapeutics has received FDA clearance for MammoSite RTS, a catheter-based radiation treatment device.
May 6, 2002
Viatronix, Tenet ink virtual colonoscopy deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Santa Barbara, CA-based Tenet Healthcare and 3-D-software developer Viatronix have signed a preferred-vendor agreement.
May 5, 2002
Mestman joins Siemens oncology group
Scott Mestman will join Siemens Medical Systems Oncology Care Systems.
May 2, 2002
Molecular Imaging brings PET to St. Pete
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile P.E.T. Systems subsidiary Molecular Imaging has joined forces with St. Pete MRI of Saint Petersburg, FL.
April 30, 2002
Varian books strong Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems reported healthy second-quarter results for fiscal 2002, with net earnings of $23.8 million, up 31% from the year-ago period.
April 25, 2002
Digirad raises $16 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital gamma camera developer Digirad has secured commitments for $16 million in equity funding.
April 24, 2002
Syncor posts sales gains in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical provider Syncor International reported first-quarter net sales of $215.5 million, up 18.8% compared from the $181.4 million reported in the same period last year.
April 23, 2002
Impac renews Siemens relationship
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impac Medical Systems has renewed its decade-long business relationship with Siemens Medical Solutions to develop and install oncology management systems.
April 23, 2002
Breast brachytherapy spares time and tissue
By Tracie L. Thompson
A decade’s worth of investigational use indicates that post-lumpectomy brachytherapy is an effective alternative to external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for preventing the recurrence of breast cancer.
April 11, 2002
Hopkins docs pursue robotic CT-guided biopsy
BALTIMORE - A robotic biopsy needle paired with CT can accurately biopsy patients with a variety of cancerous lesions. It can also help avoid multiple needle sticks and reduce radiation exposure, according to research presented Tuesday at the Society of Interventional Radiology.
April 9, 2002
PET zeros in on hypoxia in head and neck cancer treatment
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - FDG-PET and FMISO-PET scans offer valuable information on hypoxia, a condition that can hamper the treatment of head and neck tumors, according to researchers from the University of Washington and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle.
April 9, 2002
Study finds measurable risk of contralateral breast cancer after radiotherapy
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Women who are treated for early breast cancer with radiotherapy run a small, but hardly negligible, risk of developing cancer in the contralateral breast, according to a poster presentation Sunday at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference.
April 8, 2002
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