Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 53

RaySearch's new planning system treats 1st patients in Japan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RaySearch Laboratories said that its RayStation treatment planning system has been used to treat the first patients at a new carbon ion therapy center at Yamagata University Hospital in Japan.

April 15, 2021

Canon Medical, RaySearch expand partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems USA said it is expanding its partnership with RaySearch Laboratories to distribute Canon CT and PET/CT scanners in the U.S.

April 14, 2021

Siemens Healthineers completes Varian acquisition

By Brian Casey

It's been called the biggest acquisition in healthcare this year, and now it's a done deal. Siemens Healthineers announced on Thursday that its purchase of Varian Medical Systems is complete. The purchase instantly makes Siemens the dominant player in the global radiation therapy market.

April 14, 2021

Reps. ask CMS to change policy on radiopharmaceuticals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to change what they said was a fundamentally flawed policy of reimbursing diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals as ancillary supplies for procedures.

April 13, 2021

iTheranostics, Novartis ink FAP-targeted drug development agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sofie subsidiary iTheranostics has inked an agreement with Novartis to collaborate on the development of therapeutic fibroblast activation protein (FAP) drugs.

April 8, 2021

Varian to work with Google on new diagnostic AI platform

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems plans to work with Google Cloud to build artificial intelligence (AI) tools for radiation oncology organ segmentation using the Google Cloud AI Platform.

April 7, 2021

Breast cancer incidence to increase by 2040, but not mortality

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast cancer incidence will likely grow over the next two decades in the U.S., although mortality rates for the disease will decrease, according to a study on changes in cancer incidence and death published April 7 in JAMA Network Open.

April 7, 2021

IBA's ProteusOne selected for new Fla. radiation center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advocate Radiation Oncology and its affiliate Southwest Florida Proton have selected a compact proton therapy system by Ion Beam Applications (IBA) for its new radiation oncology center in Florida.

April 6, 2021

Radium-223 treatment in men increases risk of bone fracture

By Will Morton

Bone health agents should be mandatory to help prevent fractures in men who receive radionuclide therapy with radium-223 for prostate cancer, according to a study published online April 4 in Clinical Genitourinary Cancer.

April 5, 2021

FDA clears IceCure Medical's cryoablation system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to IceCure Medical's ProSense liquid nitrogen-based cryoablation system.

April 5, 2021

Vysioneer secures FDA clearance for brain tumor contouring software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared artificial intelligence (AI) firm Vysioneer's brain tumor autocontouring software, called VBrain.

April 4, 2021

ASTRO survey finds rise in advanced-stage cancer

By Erik L. Ridley

The disruption of cancer screening programs during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a very real impact. In a recent survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), 66% of radiation therapy practice leaders said that new patients are presenting with more advanced-stage cancers.

March 29, 2021

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