Clinical News: Page 1597

Proton therapy helps oropharyngeal patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oropharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with intensity-modulated proton therapy were half as likely to need feeding tubes compared to patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
September 25, 2013
PET can help with early Alzheimer's diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
FDG-PET can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease sooner than usual and lead to better patient outcomes through the use of disease-specific medication.
September 25, 2013
ASTRO: Unstable chromosomes linked to poor response
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Detailed evaluation of a prostate cancer tumor biopsy may predict treatment outcomes for image-guided radiation therapy or surgery for prostate cancer.
September 24, 2013
Biodex releases thyroid analysis software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging table and accessory supplier Biodex Medical Systems has released a DICOM module that enables its Atomlab 960 thyroid analysis software to connect to hospital information systems.
September 24, 2013
IMRIS reports 1st patient in neurosurgical database
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS said that Washington University School of Medicine has enrolled the first patient in an expansion of a clinical neurosurgical database.
September 24, 2013
iCAD touts 3-year Xoft study at ASTRO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
iCAD is highlighting positive research on the use of its Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system for treating nonmelanoma skin cancer.
September 24, 2013
Breast cancer external-beam RT doesn't boost mortality
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Early-stage breast cancer patients who undergo external-beam radiation therapy (RT) are not at higher risk for serious long-term side effects, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting in Atlanta.
September 24, 2013
Philips launches oncology MRI unit at ASTRO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is launching an MRI scanner optimized for radiation oncology applications at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
September 24, 2013
Repeat bone density screening for seniors offers little value
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Repeating bone mineral density tests after two years -- and even up to four years -- provides little clinical benefit when assessing bone fracture risk in seniors ages 75 and older, according to a September 25 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 24, 2013
MR elastography detects liver disease in obese children
By Wayne Forrest
MR elastography can help physicians accurately detect fibrosis in obese children with chronic liver disease, according to a study published online September 23 in the Journal of Pediatrics.
September 24, 2013
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Leave out WBRT for younger brain cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer patients younger than 50 with a limited number of brain metastases have better survival when treated with stereotactic radiosurgery that is not combined with whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT).
September 24, 2013
MRI software opens views to blood-flow issues, stroke potential
By Wayne Forrest
When patients experience blood-vessel blockage that could lead to a stroke, correcting the condition as soon as possible can be critical. Vascular analysis technology firm VasSol believes its software, designed to quantify blood flow through any vessel in the body, can help with this and other conditions.
September 24, 2013
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