Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 75

Findings from NELSON trial affirm benefits of CT lung screening

By Abraham Kim

The much-anticipated final results from the Dutch-Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening (NELSON) trial were published online January 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings reaffirm that CT lung cancer screening can significantly reduce high-risk smokers' likelihood of death from lung cancer.

January 28, 2020

Accuray posts mixed Q2 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Despite a decline in overall revenue, radiation oncology firm Accuray posted net income for its second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2020.

January 28, 2020

Should cancer centers ban the bell?

By Brian Casey

Bells have become commonplace within oncology centers as a means to allow cancer patients to mark the end of their course of treatment. But is it time to ban the bell? A new study published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics suggests it might.

January 23, 2020

2 ultrasound features predict cancer recurrence risk

By Theresa Pablos

Machine learning might one day be able to tell which breast cancer patients will benefit from additional genetic testing. In a recent study, researchers used natural language processing to identify key features from ultrasound reports associated with cancer recurrence risk.

January 22, 2020

Radsource expands ProtonPACS customer base

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS software developer Radsource said it completed 23 new installations of its ProtonPACS software in the fourth quarter of 2019.

January 21, 2020

Shine reports Lu-177 production milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies and partners GE Healthcare and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Czech Republic said they have produced patient dose quantities of the lutetium-177 (Lu-177) therapeutic isotope.

January 21, 2020

Education affects follow-up for CT lung screening exams

By Louise Gagnon

Individuals with higher education are most likely to have appropriate follow-up of incidental findings after CT lung cancer screening, according to a study published online January 10 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

January 20, 2020

Mevion makes proton sale in major China region

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mevion Medical Systems has signed an agreement to install one of its proton therapy systems at Jinshazhou Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in Guangzhou, China.

January 15, 2020

Samsung NeuroLogica lands Memorial Sloan Kettering

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Samsung NeuroLogica has won a contract to install its NeuroLogica BodyTom Elite mobile CT scanner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

January 15, 2020

ASRT: Enrollment down for radiologic technology programs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The number of students enrolling in radiologic technology programs trended downward in 2019, according to a report released by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

January 14, 2020

ASTRO names new editor in chief for clinical journal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has chosen Dr. Robert Amdur to serve as editor in chief of its clinical practice journal Practical Radiation Oncology, effective January 1, 2021.

January 14, 2020

ViewRay expects revenue growth in 2019, despite slow Q4

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided radiation therapy vendor ViewRay reported in its preliminary results a growth in total revenue of roughly 8% for its fiscal 2019, despite a large drop in orders in its fourth quarter.

January 12, 2020

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