Practice Management: Page 500

Philips extends Indian cancer screening program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has completed a six-month pilot phase of its Asha Jyoti cancer screening program in India and has now made the program fully operational.
October 31, 2012
ASTRO sets course with initiatives for future success
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) President Dr. Michael Steinberg on Tuesday outlined several key initiatives in science, health policy, and patient advocacy to help the field of radiation oncology combat what he called seven "megatrends" in healthcare over the next several decades.
October 30, 2012
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ASTRO annual meeting resumes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The schedule is back to normal today, October 30, with a few exceptions at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting at the Boston Convention Center.
October 29, 2012
Hurricane forces ASTRO afternoon closure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The hurricane threatening the East Coast has forced the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to close its meeting at 1 p.m. on Monday, October 29, and to clear out the convention hall at Boston Convention Center.
October 28, 2012
AACR: Poorer women less likely to have mammo access
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas of Chicago were less likely to live near a mammography facility than women in more affluent areas, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in San Diego.
October 28, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Imaging Leaders Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
October 28, 2012
AACR: Black women at higher risk of breast cancer death
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Non-Hispanic black women diagnosed with breast cancer, specifically those with estrogen-receptor-positive tumors, are at a significantly greater risk for breast cancer death than non-Hispanic white women, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in San Diego.
October 28, 2012
Superficial RT offers alternative to surgery for skin cancers
By Cynthia E. Keen
This year, more than 2.8 million basal cell carcinoma and an estimated 700,000 squamous cell carcinoma skin cancers will be diagnosed in the U.S. alone, according to an estimate from the Skin Cancer Foundation. Superficial radiation therapy (RT) is an emerging option for many of these patients.
October 28, 2012
LEAD Technologies launches new module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging tool development firm LEAD Technologies has released its new LEADtools WinRT module, which provides native WinRT imaging libraries for developing applications for any desktop, tablet, or Windows Phone running Windows 8.
October 25, 2012
ASRT names new scholarship after past president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Education and Research Foundation has named its newest scholarship the Parsons Degree Achievement Scholarship to honor former ASRT president Catherine Parsons, who died on October 4.
October 25, 2012
Ontario imaging groups merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Technologists has completed its merger with the Ontario Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.
October 25, 2012
One-fourth of Congress opposes RT cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
More than 130 members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, have signed letters sent to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opposing the agency's proposed reimbursement reductions for radiation therapy (RT) that would be implemented in 2013.
October 24, 2012
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