Head and Neck Radiology: Page 45

Varian wins Latvia contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has won a contract for its Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform with RapidArc technology in Latvia.
October 14, 2009
FDA CT overdose probe focuses on Cedars-Sinai
By Brian Casey
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is the focus of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into more than 200 cases of overexposure to radiation during CT brain perfusion studies.
October 12, 2009
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New protocol treats pediatric choroid plexus tumors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new protocol that may improve the odds by nearly twofold of children surviving choroid plexus tumors, a rare pediatric brain tumor, was announced by a team of international researchers at the International Society of Pediatric Oncology annual meeting.
October 12, 2009
FDA issues radiation alert after CT brain perfusion overexposure
By Brian Casey
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating cases of radiation overexposure during CT brain perfusion scans conducted to aid the diagnosis and treatment of stroke. The agency said that at one particular facility, patients received radiation doses that were eight times the expected level.
October 7, 2009
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MEG imaging finds where tinnitus rings in the brain
By Edward Susman
SAN DIEGO - Researchers from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have found that magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging can help doctors locate -- and possibly treat -- the part of the brain repsonsible for the mysterious ringing in the ears known as tinnitus.
October 5, 2009
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IsoRay touts cesium-131 treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said that the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has become the first institution to treat recurrent head and neck cancer using its cesium-131 implant.
September 27, 2009
Study compares hypopharynx treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Canadian study of patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx revealed that there was no difference in outcomes between radiation therapy with or without salvage surgery, and surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy, according to an article published online in Cancer.
September 27, 2009
Whole-brain radiation for mets may be ineffective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients with a limited number of brain metastases and stable primary cancer who receive whole-brain radiation therapy after surgery do not have better survival outcomes than patients who don't receive the treatment, according to study results presented this week in Berlin.
September 23, 2009
Medicare patients have high radiation therapy dropout rates
By Cynthia E. Keen
Nearly half of Medicare patients in the U.S. interrupt or don't complete their prescribed radiation therapy treatments for head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the September issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
September 23, 2009
Radiology data better estimate incidence of pediatric stroke
By Cynthia E. Keen
The incidence of pediatric stroke may be seriously underreported in the U.S., according to California researchers who reviewed radiology data to develop what they believe is a better estimate of stroke incidence among infants and children. Their results were published online September 17 in the journal Stroke.
September 22, 2009
Can VMAT top IMRT for glioma treatment?
By Paula Gould
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) makes it easier to target brain tumors while reducing dose to critical structures nearby. But can volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) do even better? A retrospective planning study from Canada has revealed the pros and cons of making the switch.
September 17, 2009
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Radiation therapy slows return of head/neck cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A large, long-term outcomes study conducted in Norway revealed that radiation therapy may actually inhibit premalignant lesions in the upper aerodigestive tract from becoming cancerous for many years.
September 14, 2009
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