Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 88

NRG Oncology receives $95M in NCI funding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded funding of more than $95 million to NRG Oncology to continue its work as a lead protocol organization program.

April 16, 2019

Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT for prostate wins Australian favor

By Wayne Forrest

When a prostate cancer staging exam is needed, clinicians at one Australian hospital are overwhelmingly choosing PET/CT with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), according to a study published online April 11 in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology.

April 16, 2019

Qfix validates couch top on Varian radiotherapy systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiotherapy positioning technology developer Qfix said that it has validated its kVue One couch top for use with radiotherapy systems from Varian Medical Systems.

April 11, 2019

Alpha Tau receives ISO certification

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Israeli radiation therapy technology developer Alpha Tau Medical said it has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485:2016 certification.

April 10, 2019

ASTRO hails new anti-self-referral legislation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is applauding the introduction of the Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2019, a new bill in the U.S. Congress that would eliminate the in-office exemption for four services -- including advanced imaging and radiation therapy -- from anti-self-referral provisions of the Stark law.

April 10, 2019

Study shows benefits of AirXpanders' tissue expander

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

AirXpanders is promoting the results of a study demonstrating several advantages of its AeroForm tissue expander over traditional saline expanders for breast reconstruction.

April 8, 2019

Varian installs cyclotron for 1st ProBeam in China

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems completed the installation of the cyclotron for its ProBeam single-room proton therapy system at Hefei Ion Medical Center in China.

April 7, 2019

RaySearch lands treatment planning deal in Calif.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch Laboratories has signed a deal to install its RayStation treatment planning system at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach and Irvine, CA.

April 4, 2019

RANZCR praises government pledge to support MRI access

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) is lauding opposition leader Bill Shorten's announcement that if elected, the country's Labor Party will increase access to MRI for cancer patients as part of its $2.3 billion Australian ($1.6 billion U.S.) Medicare cancer plan.

April 3, 2019

Radsource secures 11 new contracts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS software developer Radsource has secured 11 new ProtonPACS contracts.

April 3, 2019

Varian opens South Africa office

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems opened a new office on March 8 in Johannesburg.

April 3, 2019

Varian touts preclinical Flash therapy results at AACR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems is touting the results of a preclinical study on an ultrahigh dose rate cancer treatment with protons, which the company is calling Flash therapy. The results, presented this week at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Atlanta, showed that Flash therapy reduced toxicity in both healthy tissues and organs.

April 2, 2019

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