Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 71

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Brainlab gets CE Mark for ExacTrac Dynamic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer Brainlab has received the CE Mark for its ExacTrac Dynamic patient positioning and monitoring system for use in radiation therapy.
April 20, 2020
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AI can enhance MRI-guided radiation therapy plans
By Erik L. Ridley
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can rapidly predict 3D dose distributions for online adaptive MRI-guided radiation therapy plans, enabling swift optimization and quality assessment of these treatments, according to research published online April 19 in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics.
April 20, 2020
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PET/CT pinpoints Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment response
By Wayne Forrest
PET/CT significantly outperformed CT alone in predicting treatment response in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma when treated with the cancer drug nivolumab, according to multicenter results published April 14 in Radiology.
April 19, 2020
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RefleXion raises $100M in equity round
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy equipment developer RefleXion Medical has raised $100 million in a round of equity financing.
April 15, 2020
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Insurance change leads to more hypofractionated therapy
By Theresa Pablos
A change in one major health insurer's utilization management policy led to a significant increase in shorter, hypofractionated radiotherapy treatments for women with breast cancer -- in agreement with evidence-based treatment guidelines, according to the findings of a study published on April 16 in JAMA Oncology.
April 15, 2020
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