Clinical News: Page 1493

Bard authorizes $500M share repurchase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer C. R. Bard's board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the company's common stock.

June 11, 2014

Screening has prevented more than 500K colorectal cancers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Colorectal cancer screening has prevented more than 500,000 cancers in the U.S. over the past 30 years, according to a study published online by Yale University researchers in Cancer.

June 11, 2014

MDCT: Kalender offers update on breast CT

By Kate Madden Yee

Clinical trials for a high-resolution breast CT scanner will begin in Germany in early 2015, according to a talk by Willi Kalender, PhD, at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (MDCT). The hope is that the technology will outperform full-field digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis at equivalent dose levels.

June 11, 2014

Cancer: Screening mammo cuts incidence of late-stage cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

Over the past 30 years, screening mammography has not only identified more early-stage breast cancer, it decreased the incidence of late-stage disease by more than a third, according to a study published online in the journal Cancer.

June 11, 2014

MDCT: CT perfusion opens new windows in pancreatic disease

By Eric Barnes

SAN FRANCISCO - Pancreatic imaging with CT perfusion (CTP) offers new ways to view the pancreas, unveiling dangerous tumors that are difficult to see with conventional CT and potentially offering more patients the chance for a cure, according to a talk at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (MDCT).

June 11, 2014

Univ. of Utah launches MicroThermX study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

BSD Medical said the University of Utah School of Medicine has launched a study that will evaluate the firm's MicroThermX microwave ablation system for treating liver tumors.

June 10, 2014

Elekta's Mosaiq wins stage 2 MU certification

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Elekta's Mosaiq oncology information system has been tested and certified as a complete ambulatory electronic health record for stage 2 of the meaningful use (MU) IT stimulus program.

June 10, 2014

Canadian court approves Sterigenics' Nordion purchase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving Sterigenics' acquisition of Canadian radioisotope firm Nordion.

June 10, 2014

Navidea touts Lymphoseek phase III trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is highlighting results from a phase III clinical trial of its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical.

June 10, 2014

MDCT: Setting up a lung cancer screening program

By Eric Barnes

SAN FRANCISCO - If your institution doesn't have a lung cancer screening program, it's probably time to set one up, according to a presentation on Tuesday at the annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (MDCT).

June 10, 2014

AMS sells off Turkish business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiosurgery technology provider American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) said it has sold its gamma knife and image-guided radiation therapy services business in Turkey.

June 10, 2014

MDCT: Is California's dose reporting law really working?

By Brian Casey

SAN FRANCISCO - Is the California law requiring imaging facilities to report radiation dose to patients really working? Yes, but perhaps not in the way the legislation's authors had intended, according to a series of talks at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (MDCT).

June 10, 2014

Previous Page

Page 1493 of 3669

Next Page