Clinical News: Page 2361

PET measures novel breast cancer treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. researchers have successfully used PET and a specially developed radioactive compound to image a protein often associated with aggressive breast cancer in breast cancer cells before and after treatment.
July 1, 2009
Philips ships Veradius digital surgical c-arm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has starting shipping Veradius, a surgical c-arm with a flat-panel digital detector.
July 1, 2009
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Wayne Forrest
July 1, 2009
Elekta targets developing countries
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta and investment firm Swedfund International have formed an investment company for financing and establishing cancer care projects in developing countries.
July 1, 2009
Animal care firm buys Eklin
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Veterinary digital radiography developer Eklin Medical Systems has been acquired by animal healthcare provider VCA Antech.
July 1, 2009
Childhood cancer survivors at risk for pregnancy complications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women who received radiation therapy for childhood cancers such as leukemia have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy and need to be closely monitored, researchers told attendees at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference this week.
July 1, 2009
Peregrine nets European patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals has received a European patent for its In-Line labeling technology, used to link biological agents to labels for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
July 1, 2009
RaySearch, Varian launch software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RaySearch Laboratories and Varian Medical Systems have collaborated to introduce three new software modules.
July 1, 2009
Canadian cancer screening rates rise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography use and colorectal cancer testing are up in Canada, according to two research articles published in Statistics Canada's Health Reports that include data from the 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey.
July 1, 2009
CMS OKs MRI blood-flow coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided to extend coverage to the use of MRI for blood-flow management scans.
July 1, 2009
CDs may come up short in long-term storage reliability
By Erik L. Ridley
Legacy PACS users who still have CD media in their archives may find their disks are not as reliable as their vendors would have them believe, according to research from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.
July 1, 2009
FDG-PET benefits findings in children with refractory epilepsy
By Wayne Forrest
While PET and MRI work well together in guiding surgery for children with refractory epilepsy, PET may have an edge in several areas in evaluating these patients, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston.
July 1, 2009
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