Head and Neck Radiology: Page 47

Swiss group performs transcranial HIFU
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A group of Swiss clinicians is reporting the successful use of MRI-guided transcranial high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat brain disease.
June 22, 2009
Varian touts Dutch studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems announced that doctors in the Netherlands have developed new ways to perform radiosurgery on benign acoustic tumors using Varian's RapidArc radiotherapy technology.
June 17, 2009
NeuroLogica brings CereTom to China
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable scanner developer NeuroLogica has received approval from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration for its CereTom portable CT scanner.
June 15, 2009
NeuroLogica shows portable gamma camera at SNM meeting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TORONTO - Portable scanner developer NeuroLogica is launching a work-in-progress portable gamma camera called inSPira HD at this week's SNM meeting.
June 14, 2009
Final results reported for glioblastoma clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A final analysis of a large clinical trial spanning two continents confirms that a combination of postoperative radiation therapy and chemotherapy rather than radiation therapy alone better prolongs survival for patients with glioblastoma throughout the remainder of their lives.
June 14, 2009
Cranial irradiation decreases brain metastases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients with locally advanced lung cancer who received a course of radiation therapy to the brain at the completion of their lung cancer treatment were less likely to develop brain metastases within the first year after treatment, according to research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
June 1, 2009
HPV status predicts outcomes of oropharyngeal cancers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients with advanced oropharyngeal cancer whose tumors contain the human papilloma virus (HPV) have better outcomes than patients who do not, according to research conducted by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and presented at this week's American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
June 1, 2009
Study: US not ready to verify intubation tubes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Can ultrasound replace radiography to confirm endotracheal intubation? Emergency physicians from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio report that ultrasound verification is faster and highly reproducible, but doesn't achieve the accuracy of a conventional chest x-ray.
May 27, 2009
RT increases hypothyroidism risk in older patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Receiving radiation therapy (RT) increases the risk of developing hypothyroidism for patients with head and neck cancers. However, patients who do develop this condition may survive longer than those who do not, according to researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
May 21, 2009
Avid closes on financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Avid Radiopharmaceuticals has completed the first round of $34.5 million in financing led by Alta Partners, a leading life sciences venture capital firm.
May 21, 2009
MRI reveals meditation's effects on the brain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
With the help of high-resolution MRI, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have found that people who practice regular meditation have increased brain volume in certain regions.
May 12, 2009
Protons promise lower second cancer risk
By Tami Freeman
Proton therapy offers a lower second cancer risk than that associated with photon radiotherapies, even when neutron effects are taken into account, according to research from M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
May 7, 2009
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