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Accelerated RT improves lung cancer survival

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Patients diagnosed with non-small cell or small cell lung cancer that has not metastasized have better overall survival outcomes when treated with hyperfractionated or accelerated radiation therapy (RT), according to a new meta-analysis.

May 2, 2010

Cardinal warns of May Tc-99m shortages

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardinal Health is warning its customers that the first week of May will see limited availability of technetium-99m (Tc-99m), as the worldwide molybdenum-99 shortage continues.

May 2, 2010

PET detecting tumor 'cold spots' may aid RT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using PET to fine-tune radiation therapy (RT) to take into account which portions of a cancer patient's tumor grow the most rapidly may improve cancer control while subjecting the patient to lower radiation doses, Dutch researchers suggested at the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva.

May 2, 2010

FDG-PET uptake linked to risk of acute aortic dissection

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers in Japan have found that uptake of FDG in PET/CT scans of acute aortic dissection is significantly associated with an increased risk of rupture and poor patient outcomes, according to a new study published in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

April 29, 2010

Computer stolen from Ky. mammo center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Kentucky hospital is notifying patients that their personal information may have been compromised after a computer hard drive was stolen from the facility's mammography unit.

April 29, 2010

AuntMinnie.com Digital X-Ray Insider

By Brian Casey

April 29, 2010