Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 69

Medicaid expansion under ACA linked to fewer cancer deaths

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

States that expanded Medicaid after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 saw greater declines in cancer mortality than states that didn't expand Medicaid access, according to new data presented virtually at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

May 13, 2020

New PET/CT tracer reliably detects prostate cancer

By Wayne Forrest

Nuclear medicine departments now have a second reliable radiopharmaceutical to consider with PET/CT when staging for prostate cancer, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

May 12, 2020

MITA joins coalition to lobby for COVID-19 relief

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has joined with a number of imaging organizations to lobby congressional leaders for direct financial support to radiology providers to be included in the next COVID-19 legislative relief package.

May 11, 2020

Mevion inks Texas contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mevion Medical Systems has inked an agreement to provide its Mevion S250i proton therapy system with Hyperscan pencil-beam scanning to a Texas healthcare facility. The center was not named.

May 10, 2020

Radiation oncologist beats COVID-19

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A radiation oncologist from Florida who was being treated in hospital for COVID-19 has beaten the disease and was discharged on May 1, according to published reports.

May 6, 2020

Companies partner on gallium-68 imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

ARTMS Products and Telix Pharmaceuticals have signed a partnership covering the manufacturing of a radiopharmaceutical-based imaging agent based on the gallium-68 isotope.

May 5, 2020

COVID-19 affects Varian's Q2 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems posted mixed financial results in its second quarter of fiscal 2020.

May 4, 2020

ASTRO switches to online annual meeting

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced that it will hold its annual meeting in October online rather than conducting it onsite in Miami.

May 4, 2020

The future of cancer screening could include blood test

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Standard cancer screening may one day extend beyond clinical and radiological exams to include blood tests. A liquid biopsy blood test identified dozens of previously undiagnosed cancer cases in a study published on April 28 in Science.

April 30, 2020

Pay attention to patient portals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Patients appreciate getting imaging results both via direct provider contact and via electronic patient portals – but they may have less understanding of advanced imaging results when they receive them online, according to a study published April 29 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 29, 2020

Travel cards could help radiopharma patients avoid delays

By Wayne Forrest

Patients who undergo radiation treatment with lutetium-177 DOTATATE for neuroendocrine tumors should receive and carry a travel card with details of their regimen to reduce unnecessary security checkpoint delays, according to an article published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

April 28, 2020

Mevion gets proton therapy nod in Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mevion Medical Systems has received a medical device license from Health Canada for its Mevion S250i proton therapy system with the company's Hyperscan pencil beam scanning technology.

April 22, 2020

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