Clinical News: Page 2358

Surgery doesn't improve survival for stage III lung cancer patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Performing surgery following concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for patients with stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung cancer does not lead to better overall survival rates than chemotherapy and radiation therapy alone, according to a landmark Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study published in the Lancet.

July 27, 2009

New oncology trial consent form template developed

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers have developed a new shorter and simpler consent form template for cancer patients invited to participate in phase I clinical trials.

July 27, 2009

Neoprobe nets $3.5 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe will receive $3.5 million after an exercise of warrants by investment firm Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences.

July 27, 2009

Just how bad is contrast nephropathy? And, AAPM news; Congress tackles moly crisis

By Brian Casey

July 27, 2009

Markey bill would fund U.S. isotope production

By Wayne Forrest

A bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives this month will authorize the U.S. Department of Energy to spend $163 million over the next five years toward the eventual production of molybdenum-99 in the U.S.

July 27, 2009

Hybrid linac-MRI prototype may offer more precise treatment

By Cynthia E. Keen

Canadian scientists are presenting research on a new technology that places an MRI scanner onboard a medical linear accelerator at this week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, CA.

July 27, 2009