Clinical News: Page 2389

Study: Partial-breast irradiation is cost-effective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
External-beam partial-breast irradiation is more cost-effective for treating postmenopausal women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer than either conventional whole-breast radiation therapy or brachytherapy partial-breast irradiation, according to a new study.
June 2, 2009
FDA gives GE's DaTscan priority review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted GE Healthcare's new drug application for DaTscan (ioflupane iodine-123 injection) for priority review.
June 2, 2009
Report: GE hikes price of Tc-99m generators
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The global shortage of medical isotopes has prompted GE Healthcare to become the second company in less than three weeks to increase the price of its technetium-99m (Tc-99m) generators.
June 2, 2009
Ultrasound breast scanning protocol boosts efficiency
By Erik L. Ridley
A preprogrammed protocol can significantly improve the efficiency of breast ultrasound survey scans compared to standard scanning routines, according to research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
June 2, 2009
Noncontrast MRI effective in adhesive capsulitis diagnosis
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals have found that noncontrast MRI of the shoulder is an effective way to diagnose adhesive capsulitis.
June 2, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Insider
By Eric Barnes
June 1, 2009
U.K. hospital deploys homegrown IT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has implemented an internally developed IT system at its Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) for referring hospitals to share medical data on emergency patients more quickly and securely.
June 1, 2009
Canon debuts new DR system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canon U.S.A. has unveiled its new Canon CXDI-40G Compact digital radiography (DR) system.
June 1, 2009
UltraSPECT nets FDA OK for software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its attenuation correction/scatter correction (ACSC) software package.
June 1, 2009
Cranial irradiation decreases brain metastases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients with locally advanced lung cancer who received a course of radiation therapy to the brain at the completion of their lung cancer treatment were less likely to develop brain metastases within the first year after treatment, according to research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
June 1, 2009
Sybermedica adds U.K. clients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. healthcare software developer Sybermedica has connected six of Spire Healthcare's imaging centers to its PACSMail network.
June 1, 2009
ASTRO updates booklet for cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published an updated edition of "Radiation Therapy for Cancer," a 24-page booklet that provides information for cancer patients and their families who are considering or planning to have radiation therapy.
June 1, 2009
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