Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 93

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
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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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Varian's Halcyon treats 1st patient in Malaysia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that its Halcyon system has been used to treat a patient for the first time in Malaysia.
April 1, 2019
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AI improves contouring accuracy for radiation oncology
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can provide accurate, fast, and automated contouring of primary tumor volumes on multiparametric MR images of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients, potentially improving outcomes from radiation therapy, according to research published online March 26 in Radiology.
April 1, 2019
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Cinematic rendering makes strides in cancer evaluation
By Abraham Kim
Cinematic rendering proved to be as accurate as conventional volume rendering and CT angiography for presurgical identification of the potential invasion of soft-tissue tumors into major blood vessels, according to an article published online March 27 in the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.
March 31, 2019
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NorthStar to buy IBA accelerators for Mo-99 production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has signed an agreement with proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) to purchase as many as eight of IBA's Rhodotron TT300 HE electron-beam accelerators.
March 28, 2019
FDA expands AngioDynamics' clearance for dose monitoring
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has received expanded clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its OARtrac radiation dose monitoring system.
March 28, 2019
IAEA launches competition for radiation safety
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is taking submissions from healthcare professionals to be included in an upcoming training program on demonstrating radiation safety in medicine.
March 27, 2019
Bruce Power, Nordion get their cobalt-60
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bruce Power has begun manufacturing medical grade cobalt-60 for processing by radioisotope firm Nordion, according to a March 26 report in World Nuclear News.
March 26, 2019
Female radiation oncologists earn less than men
By Kate Madden Yee
Female radiation oncologists submit fewer Medicare charges and collect less revenue than their male counterparts in both private-office and hospital practice settings, according to a study published March 22 in JAMA Network Open.
March 26, 2019
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