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Orbital Therapy installs breast table at MGH
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer treatment products developer Orbital Therapy has installed its ClearVue prone breast table at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.
July 15, 2009
ASTRO publishes APBI guidelines for early-stage breast cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) this week published a new set of clinical guidelines covering the use of accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) as a treatment for early-stage breast cancer.
July 15, 2009
Charité to study CTLM system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems announced that Charité Medical University in Berlin has begun a clinical study of its breast imaging technology.
July 15, 2009
EMR-driven reminders boost mammo compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A program driven by electronic medical records (EMR) that reminds women to schedule their yearly mammogram boosted screening compliance rates by more than 17%, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
July 14, 2009
U-Systems adds to clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems and the University of Kansas Breast Imaging Center have initiated the somo-InSIGHT clinical study.
July 12, 2009
One-third of breast cancers overdiagnosed, European study finds
By Kate Madden Yee
Nine years ago, researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Centre roiled the women's imaging community with a study challenging the usefulness of mammography screening. Their new study, which indicates that screening mammography programs contribute to overtreatment of cancers that are actually harmless, is likely to have the same effect.
July 12, 2009
AccuBoost wins Mississippi contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm AccuBoost has signed a contract with a cancer center in Mississippi for its image-guided breast cancer treatment system.
July 8, 2009
XCounter, Artemis to develop breast CT unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish 3D mammography developer XCounter and University of Erlangen spin-off Artemis Imaging said they are working to develop a 3D breast CT system.
July 8, 2009
Sectra hires Carestream vet Varian
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has tapped imaging veteran Chris Varian as senior business manager, international business development.
July 5, 2009
PET measures novel breast cancer treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. researchers have successfully used PET and a specially developed radioactive compound to image a protein often associated with aggressive breast cancer in breast cancer cells before and after treatment.
July 1, 2009
Canadian cancer screening rates rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography use and colorectal cancer testing are up in Canada, according to two research articles published in Statistics Canada's Health Reports that include data from the 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey.
July 1, 2009
Orbital Therapy adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer treatment products developer Orbital Therapy has installed its ClearVue prone breast table at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, CT.
June 30, 2009
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