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Survey: Radiation therapy equipment use far less than 90%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Utilization rates for radiation therapy equipment in freestanding cancer treatment centers are closer to the current assumed rate of 50%, not 90% as stated by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2010, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
August 16, 2009
SonoSite completes CardioDynamics acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has completed its purchase of impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics.
August 16, 2009
Patient Comfort debuts MRI pad sets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patient Comfort Systems has introduced its new CTL pad sets, designed for MRI scanners made byGE Healthcare and Philips Healthcare.
August 16, 2009
RTOG validates lysyl oxidase as prognostic marker
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the American College of Radiology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) have found a method to identify head and neck cancer patients with a higher risk of developing distant metastases or suffering a relapse.
August 16, 2009
Contrast US beats MRI, CT for liver lesions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is more accurate than MRI and CT for characterizing focal liver lesions, according to a new study.
August 16, 2009
Texas-sized heart screening law set for September debut
By Eric Barnes
Is it groundbreaking public policy or a case of the law outpacing the clinical evidence? Either way, the eyes of Texas are following the potential impact of new legislation that will take effect on September 1 requiring insurers to pay for CT and ultrasound scans for atherosclerosis screening.
August 16, 2009
Red wine reduces radiotherapy skin toxicity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Drinking red wine while undergoing radiation treatment may reduce the incidence of skin toxicity in breast cancer patients, Italian researchers report in a new study.
August 13, 2009
Elekta scores Brazilian order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has received an order from the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo in Brazil for six radiation therapy systems.
August 13, 2009
ART Q2 revenues slip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The sale of one Optix and one SoftScan unit provided the revenues for optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies of Montreal in the second quarter of 2009.
August 13, 2009
CMS backs coverage of FDG-PET for cervical cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is recommending national reimbursement coverage for FDG-PET for the initial staging of cervical cancer.
August 13, 2009
European healthcare IT outsourcing to grow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European outsourcing market for healthcare IT could grow by more than 50% to $1.09 billion in 2015, according to a new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
August 13, 2009
Wider field-of-view speeds 3D virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy is not only faster, it's just as accurate when readers increase the field-of-view and perform a single fly through rather than two for each view (prone and supine), say researchers from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
August 13, 2009
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