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SPECT/CT pilots prostate brachytherapy in community setting
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
It can be difficult to adapt a technique that was developed in an academic venue for use in a community hospital environment. However, a group from Aultman Hospital in Ohio has taken a research-based SPECT/CT immunoscintigraphy-guided radiation therapy methodology developed at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and successfully adopted the protocol into its practice.
August 14, 2005
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Hepatic and renal MRI streamline preop organ donor tests
By Shalmali Pal
Becoming a living organ donor is no doubt a harrowing and emotional process. So should a potential donor be subjected to a battery of imaging tests to determine his or her suitability? No, according to Korean clinicians who advocate a single modality exam with MRI for evaluating liver donors. Dutch researchers also recommend MR angiography (MRA) over digital substracation angiography (DSA) for assessing kidney donors.
July 31, 2005
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NAS, Oncura sign palladium-103 deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) and cryotherapy developer Oncura have signed an agreement to distribute NAS' palladium-103 prostate brachytherapy source, Prospera.
July 20, 2005
Calypso launches rad therapy trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electromagnetic localization developer Calypso Medical Technologies of Seattle has launched a new clinical study to evaluate its patient positioning system for external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) of the prostate.
July 20, 2005
Merit debuts inflation device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Disposable products provider Merit Medical Systems has released its Viceroy inflation device for the radiology, urology, gastrointestinal, and OEM markets.
June 22, 2005
Siemens debuts Lithoskop
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced Lithoskop, a multifunctional lithotripter, at the American Urology Association meeting in San Antonio this week.
May 23, 2005
GE debuts Urology Suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has introduced its Urology Suite at this week's American Urology Association annual meeting in San Antonio.
May 22, 2005
CT measurement detects splenomegaly
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Among the splenic indexes used for evaluating splenomegaly, a simple CT measurement of the splenic length and the relationship between the inferior spleen and the inferior third of the left kidney are strong predictors of splenomegaly, according to researchers from the Catholic University Hospital in Brazil.
May 10, 2005
Cytogen revenues up in Q1, but loss widens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen reported first-quarter total product revenues of $4 million, up 10% compared with the $3.6 million posted last year.
May 4, 2005
Urologist promotes brachytherapy for prostate cancer
By Shalmali Pal
Men with localized prostate cancer have two basic treatment options: radiation therapy or surgery. As they decide which course to take, their physicians must ultimately lead them down the right path, according to Dr. Jerrold Sharkey from the Urology Health Center in Florida. Sharkey, a proponent of brachytherapy, shared his patient advisory strategy at the recent 2005 American College of Physicians (ACP) meeting in San Francisco.
May 2, 2005
Ultrasound measurements help diagnose testicular torsion
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Sonographic measurement and appearance of the testicular appendage can be used to diagnose torsion of the testicular appendage, according to Brazilian researchers. Their findings are published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 20, 2005
Ultrasound-guided biopsy identifies outer prostate benign hyperplasia
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Benign prostatic hyperplasia originating in the outer gland may mimic prostate cancer, according to researchers in China. Both pathologies appear on endorectal ultrasound as hypoechoic, so transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy should be used to provide histological differentiation, according to the research team.
April 14, 2005
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