Clinical News: Page 1743

Philips extends Indian cancer screening program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has completed a six-month pilot phase of its Asha Jyoti cancer screening program in India and has now made the program fully operational.
October 31, 2012
Trial evaluates MRgFUS for treating Parkinson's disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Surgery can sometimes help patients with their Parkinson's disease symptoms when medications are ineffective. But could transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) offer a better and more noninvasive treatment alternative? Researchers at the University of Virginia are taking the first step toward answering that question.
October 31, 2012
Varian awards grant for U.S. brachytherapy registry
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has awarded a $100,000 grant to the American Board of Radiology Foundation to establish a national brachytherapy registry.
October 30, 2012
Agfa to unveil new DR unit at RSNA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare plans to announce the U.S. availability of its DX-D 400 digital radiography (DR) unit at the upcoming RSNA meeting in Chicago.
October 30, 2012
Lantheus extends molybdenum-99 supply contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging agent developer Lantheus Medical Imaging has extended its contract with NTP Radioisotopes, a subsidiary of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation.
October 30, 2012
Navidea tries again with Lymphoseek NDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has resubmitted a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical.
October 30, 2012
ASTRO: Rad therapy helps older women with breast cancer survive
By Cynthia E. Keen
Older women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer who were treated with radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery showed higher survival rates than those who did not have radiation therapy, a California study found. Results were presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 30, 2012
Varian debuts oncology IT options at ASTRO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems is launching a new line of oncology IT deployment options, called FullScale, at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 30, 2012
ASTRO: APBI with EBRT may not be best for breast cosmesis
By Cynthia E. Keen
Breast cancer patients who undergo breast-conserving surgery and then get accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) with 3D external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) have worse cosmetic outcomes than those who receive whole-breast irradiation, concluded research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 30, 2012
ASTRO sets course with initiatives for future success
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) President Dr. Michael Steinberg on Tuesday outlined several key initiatives in science, health policy, and patient advocacy to help the field of radiation oncology combat what he called seven "megatrends" in healthcare over the next several decades.
October 30, 2012
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ASTRO: Prostate screening has edge for high-risk patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Annual prostate-specific antigen screening yields a slightly greater quality-adjusted life expectancy among patients who have a high risk of developing metastatic disease compared to unscreened patients, according to research presented on Tuesday at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting.
October 30, 2012
Qfix announces ASTRO product launches
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy patient positioning technology developer Qfix is launching a range of new products at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Boston.
October 30, 2012
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