Clinical News: Page 2683

How good is breast MRI? Also, breast cancer rates fall again

By Brian Casey

September 24, 2007

Mindray promotes two execs

Medical device manufacturer Mindray Medical International of Shenzhen, China, has promoted two executives.

September 24, 2007

NAS receives Nasdaq notice

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Nasdaq stock exchange has notified North American Scientific that the Chatsworth, CA-based company does not comply with the minimum $10 million stockholders' equity requirement under the stock exchange's standards.

September 24, 2007

Elekta receives Italian orders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Two Italian hospitals will open new radiation therapy clinics with technology from Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden.

September 24, 2007

Does MRI help in treatment of second breast cancers? Don't be too sure

By Kate Madden Yee

Given breast MRI's impressive sensitivity, a natural assumption might be that MR results would improve outcomes and lead to more on-target cancer treatment planning. But the data just aren't there yet for breast MR to be used routinely in the staging and screening of second breast cancers, according to breast surgeon Dr. Kimberly Van Zee, who expressed her reservations about breast MR at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2007 Breast Cancer Symposium.

September 24, 2007

Cook receives FDA nod for Zenith stent trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device firm Cook Medical said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to begin a phase I clinical trial for the evaluation of its Zenith Dissection endovascular stent system.

September 23, 2007

American Shared reallocates funds toward PBRT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

American Shared Hospital Services (ASHS) will suspend its cash dividend and invest the funds to advance its proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) business.

September 23, 2007

MR-guided breast biopsy results need careful correlation with histology for on-time diagnosis

By Shalmali Pal

Concordance between imaging results and histology results after biopsy is essential to avoid a breast cancer diagnosis delay. Investigators from Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City looked at the rate of imaging-histologic discordance on MRI-guided biopsy, and found that while mismatches frequently were significant, they can be reduced through careful planning.

September 23, 2007

AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider

By Shalmali Pal

September 23, 2007

Premium CT market proliferates with new purchasing options

By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.

If you're in the market for a new premium multislice CT scanner, you'll find that picking the right system can be much more difficult than it was even a few years ago. In the premiere article in our new Buyer's Guide Update series, learn about the state of the art in premium multislice CT technology, and find out what to keep in mind when considering a CT scanner purchase.

September 23, 2007

NAS posts mixed results in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A 17% sales increase for its brachytherapy seeds and accessories partially offset a 14% decline in nontherapeutic product sales in North American Scientific's fiscal third quarter (end-July 31).

September 20, 2007

SNM adds track to annual meeting

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SNM is adding a new scientific investigation track called "Novel Approaches to Molecular Imaging" to its schedule for next year's 55th annual meeting.

September 20, 2007

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