Clinical News: Page 2299

Ultrasonido más eficaz que la escintigrafia en estudio de la función vesicular
By Erik L. Ridley
La ecografía es más económica, reproducible y rápida que la escintigrafía en el estudio de la función vesicular con colecistoquinina (CCK), según una investigación publicada en el número de septiembre de la Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
November 1, 2009
Sectra installs mammo units in Norway
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has installed three Sectra MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography units at a Norwegian imaging services provider.
November 1, 2009
Xoft adds Axxent installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brachytherapy device developer Xoft has installed its Axxent electronic brachytherapy system at several luminary sites in the U.S.
November 1, 2009
VC sidesteps Medicare payment cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy appears to have avoided deep cuts in U.S. physician reimbursement, according to an announcement on October 30.
November 1, 2009
Nucletron launches Oncentra VMAT at ASTRO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Nucletron introduced its new Oncentra VMAT (volumetric-modulated arc therapy) treatment planning system at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Chicago this week.
November 1, 2009
Specialized RT unnecessary for some breast cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CHICAGO - Breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not have better survival outcomes than patients who don't receive radiation in this difficult-to-treat area.
November 1, 2009
Radiation oncology celebrates as CMS backs down on 19% cut
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - Radiation oncology is celebrating in the Windy City this week after learning that a 19% cut in Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology procedures won't happen after all. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30 announced new payment rates for 2010 that call for a far less severe cut in radiation oncology payments.
November 1, 2009
Varian nets multifacility install in Portugal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has announced the sale of seven radiation therapy machines to the Instituto Português Oncologia in Porto, Portugal.
November 1, 2009
PETNet to supply ACRIN trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare PETNet Solutions has signed a deal to supply fluorine-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) and investigational fluorine-18 fluorothymidine (F-18 FLT) to the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) for use in clinical trials.
November 1, 2009
Varian grows sales, earnings in FY 2009
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite the challenging economic climate, radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has reported gains in both revenues and net income for fiscal 2009.
November 1, 2009
Acceletronics launches sales of IGRT unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology equipment provider Acceletronics announced commercial shipments in the U.S. of the TheraView KV image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) system at the American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting this week.
November 1, 2009
Meta-analysis reveals paucity of advanced neoplasia in small polyps
By Eric Barnes
The prevalence of advanced neoplasia in subcentimeter polyps is extremely rare, according to a new meta-analysis of virtual colonoscopy data from more than 20,000 patients. As a result, the study authors believe that it's unnecessary to incur the costs and risks associated with resecting diminutive colorectal lesions detected at VC.
November 1, 2009
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