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Mayo says 3K patients at risk in hep C scandal
By Eric Barnes
The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, said that more than 3,200 patients may have been put at risk by an interventional radiologic technologist who has been fired. The employee has admitted to stealing drugs and contaminating needles used for injectable pain medications before administering drugs to patients, Mayo said.
September 2, 2010
Accuray wins French CyberKnife contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray has installed its first CyberKnife VSI system in France.
September 2, 2010
Cancer cost world economy $895B in 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer has the most devastating economic effects of any cause of death in the world, according to a report published by the American Cancer Society and cancer survivor advocacy group Livestrong in Austin, TX.
September 2, 2010
HHS issues $153M for antineutropenia drug
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has awarded a contract to Cellerant Therapeutics to continue developing drugs to combat neutropenia.
September 2, 2010
Digisonics receives Veterans Affairs order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has taken an order for its DigiView CVIS PACS and structured reporting system from the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM.
September 2, 2010
Staggering rad work shifts improves patient care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Putting staggered radiologist work shifts in place can improve communications between doctors regarding patient findings and, thus, improve patient care, according to a new study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
September 2, 2010
Women of Mexican origin at higher risk for breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Women of Mexican origin in the U.S. are younger when diagnosed with breast cancer, and starting screening at age 50 as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force would result in missed cancers in a third of this population, according to new research published online in the journal Cancer.
September 2, 2010
SPECT/CT for thyroid cancer helps avoid more imaging tests
By Wayne Forrest
Use of SPECT/CT can help avoid additional imaging tests for thyroid cancer evaluation and prompt changes in risk classification and treatment management among intermediate- and high-risk patients, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
September 2, 2010
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Calypso signs European sales pact with Siemens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Calypso Medical Technologies has signed a nonexclusive product distribution agreement with Siemens Healthcare for the sale of its Calypso system in Europe.
September 1, 2010
IBA inks Tc-99m deal, sells prototype
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA), the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, and the National Institute for Radioelements have signed an agreement to secure the supply of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) beginning in 2015.
September 1, 2010
Elekta opens South Korean office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has opened an office in Bundang, South Korea.
September 1, 2010
AECL's NRU resumes operation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) yesterday resumed operation of its National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, following unscheduled maintenance this week to repair the temperature controls for a moderator heat exchanger.
September 1, 2010
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