Head and Neck Radiology: Page 43

GE inks deal with BrainLab
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed a joint development and marketing agreement with BrainLab to integrate BrainLab's BrainSuite surgical package with GE's MR surgical suite, GE said.
March 17, 2010
SPIE: New uses for focused ultrasound to treat brain diseases defined
By Tami Freeman
Focused ultrasound therapy can noninvasively deliver targeted energy deep into the body with precision. Adding MR imaging enables real-time guidance and visualization of heating and ablation effects. And while the technique may not traditionally be associated with brain treatments, focused ultrasound could prove a perfect fit for treating a range of brain diseases.
March 14, 2010
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RT plus chemo can preserve larynx in head and neck cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Induction chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy (RT) has produced good outcomes in larynx preservation for patients with advanced head and neck cancers, according to data presented this week at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Chandler, AZ.
February 25, 2010
PET/CT cost-effective for head, neck squamous cell carcinoma
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT is not only most effective for pretreatment screening of distant metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the combined modalities do so with no additional costs to healthcare providers, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
February 16, 2010
Case report: Imaging tracks course of H1N1 in girl
By Cynthia E. Keen
Texas researchers have published a case report demonstrating how medical imaging exams offer insight into the physiological changes wrought by the H1N1 virus in a 12-year-old girl who died of the disease.
February 11, 2010
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Peregrine touts Cotara study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study shows that brain cancer patients treated with Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' Cotara agent experience long-term survival.
February 10, 2010
New ultrasound techniques show promise in thyroid nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules can be difficult, but advanced ultrasound applications such as elastography, computer-assisted analysis, and 3D ultrasound may make that challenge a little easier, according to a trio of presentations at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
February 4, 2010
MRI links silent stroke to kidney failure in diabetics
By Wayne Forrest
With the help of MRI, Japanese researchers have found that silent cerebral infarction signals an increased risk of progressive kidney disease and kidney failure in patients with type 2 diabetes.
January 31, 2010
Perfusion CT handily distinguishes malignant neck nodes
By Eric Barnes
In a new study from Poland, perfusion CT showed impressive accuracy for distinguishing benign from malignant lymph nodes in a study of squamous cell cancer patients with suspected metastases.
January 24, 2010
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New guidelines issued for treatment of brain metastases
By Cynthia E. Keen
The most effective treatment for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases is either surgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery followed by whole-brain radiation, according to new evidence-based guidelines issued by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology.
January 19, 2010
Study assesses voice quality after glottic cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Voice quality is seldom the same after patients receive radiation therapy for early-stage glottic cancer. However, patients who smoke run the risk of having poorer voice quality following treatment compared to nonsmokers, according to results of a study conducted by Slovenian otorhinolaryngologists and radiation oncologists.
January 4, 2010
Study shows budding turf war for radioiodine procedures
By Wayne Forrest
A new study indicates that endocrinologists are handling more therapeutic radioiodine procedures for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer, taking more of that duty from nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists. A change in physician certification rules could be to blame for the shift, researchers say.
December 28, 2009
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