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Lidocaine decreases pain of ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate

By Ultrasound Review

(Ultrasound Review) According to urologists in Milan, a single injection of local anesthesia into the prostate significantly decreases the pain associated with transrectal prostate biopsy.

February 10, 2002

Syncor reaffirms earnings estimates

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical provider Syncor International said it remains confident in the consensus earnings expectations of analysts for both the fourth quarter and full year of its fiscal 2001.

February 6, 2002

Varian posts Q1 sales growth despite x-ray weakness

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

For Varian Medical Systems, strength in oncology systems helped offset weakness in x-ray products in 2002's first fiscal quarter.

January 30, 2002

Mobile PET wins multiyear Kaiser Permanente contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mobile PET Systems of San Diego has signed a three-year service agreement with Kaiser Permanente.

January 30, 2002

Varian buys Argus Software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has acquired radiation oncology and radiology quality control software developer Argus Software.

January 15, 2002

Huestis taps Australian distributor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy provider Huestis Medical has named Alphatech International as its exclusive distributor for radiotherapy products in Australia and New Zealand.

January 9, 2002

Varian SmartBeam users double

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy provider Varian Medical Systems said that the number of cancer centers employing its SmartBeam intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) radiation therapy system more than doubled in 2001.

January 7, 2002

PointDx sues Voxar

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PointDx has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Scottish 3-D firm Voxar in a U.S. district court.

January 2, 2002

Schering buys rest of CIS bio

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Pharmaceutical firm Schering has purchased the remaining 40% of radiopharmaceutical firm CIS bio international from Areva of France.

January 2, 2002

Burdette rolls out implant assessment software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Brachytherapy firm Burdette Medical Systems has released version II of its iPAS post-implant assessment software.

January 2, 2002

US Oncology adds two PET sites

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Houston-based cancer care services provider US Oncology has installed two mobile PET units to serve the east Texas and Rio Grande Valley regions of Texas.

December 17, 2001

Brain cancer research grants available

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Brain Tumor Foundation is now accepting applications from U.S.- and Canada-based researchers for its 2002 grant funding cycle.

December 9, 2001

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