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Eckert & Ziegler to buy rest of IBt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products has filed papers in Belgium to take over the remainder of brachytherapy device developer International Brachytherapy (IBt) that it doesn't already own.
December 28, 2009
Radiation beats chemo in kids with lymphoma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Children diagnosed with a certain type of lymphoma have a significantly higher complete response rate to initial radiation therapy compared to initial chemotherapy, according to radiation oncologists from the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing.
December 28, 2009
Salvage prostate brachytherapy toxicities reported
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Prostate cancer patients who receive MRI-guided salvage brachytherapy following local failure experience steady sexual decline as well as worsening bowel and urinary symptoms after treatment, according to a Boston-based multihospital study.
December 28, 2009
GE licenses molecular radiotracers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has licensed technology related to molecular radiopharmaceuticals from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
December 28, 2009
Nuclear physicians lose ground in thyroid; top 10 stories of the decade
By Brian Casey
December 28, 2009
Study shows budding turf war for radioiodine procedures
By Wayne Forrest
A new study indicates that endocrinologists are handling more therapeutic radioiodine procedures for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer, taking more of that duty from nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists. A change in physician certification rules could be to blame for the shift, researchers say.
December 28, 2009
Second PET scan can spot seizure origin in epilepsy patients
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio say physicians should consider a second FDG-PET scan to help localize seizure origin in patients with refractory epilepsy whose initial images show regional hypermetabolism.
December 28, 2009
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Automated QCT offers hope for passive osteoporosis screening
By Eric Barnes
A new quantitative CT (QCT) technique offers hope that osteoporosis scans could someday be performed passively -- and automatically -- from abdominal CT scans acquired for other clinical purposes, according to researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.
December 27, 2009
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VC CAD aids experts in detecting intermediate polyps
By Eric Barnes
Computer-aided detection (CAD) can improve the performance of experienced radiologists in detecting intermediate-sized (6- to 9-mm) polyps, but it doesn't help find larger lesions, said researchers from Italy in results presented at the RSNA meeting earlier this month.
December 27, 2009
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Las mujeres con senos densos tienen alto riesgo del cáncer recurrente
By Alexandra Weber Morales
Un nuevo estudio difundido en noviembre en la publicación Cancer encuentra que pacientes de cáncer de mama con senos densos tienen un riesgo cuatro veces más alto de malignidad recurrente que las mujeres con senos menos densos. Pacientes con tejido denso podrían ser dirigidos a terapia por radiación por sus elevados niveles de riesgo, sugiere el estudio.
December 27, 2009
Adaptive radiation therapy monitors tumor change
By Tami Freeman
Although radiation therapy treatment plans are becoming increasingly accurate, they can't account for changes that occur once treatment has begun, such as tumor shrinkage and morphing. Researchers offer their latest work in the application of adaptive radiation therapy to address this issue.
December 24, 2009
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AECL reactor repairs on schedule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) has reported that repairs to its 52-year-old National Research Universal reactor continue, with approximately 11% of the planned repairs completed to date.
December 23, 2009
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