Radiation Oncology: Page 36

AAPM issues guidelines for radiation therapy error databases
By Cynthia E. Keen
With the goal of improving radiation therapy safety, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has published technical recommendations to aid developers of databases that are designed to track and record treatment errors and near misses.
January 17, 2013
ASRT: Fewer new radiography students
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
While enrollment in radiation therapy and nuclear medicine programs climbed in 2012, the number of students entering radiography educational programs dipped by 4.7%, according to a new report from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).
January 14, 2013
ART acquires AccuBoost assets from Elekta
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of all AccuBoost installations held by radiation oncology firm Elekta.
January 13, 2013
BSD Medical nets Fla. sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hyperthermia and ablation system developer BSD Medical has sold a BSD-500 hyperthermia system to mobile radiation therapy center Horizon Medical Services of Tamarac, FL.
January 6, 2013
RaySearch, Siemens end partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories and multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare have agreed to terminate their partnership in radiation therapy treatment planning.
January 2, 2013
RTA commends CMS for revising RT payment cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Alliance (RTA) commended the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for mitigating "drastic cuts" in reimbursement for radiation oncology in its 2013 Physician Fee Schedule.
November 4, 2012
ASTRO commends CMS for reducing RT cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a comment on Friday commending the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for issuing a final rule on reimbursement payment policies for radiation therapy (RT).
November 1, 2012
Varian awards grant for U.S. brachytherapy registry
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has awarded a $100,000 grant to the American Board of Radiology Foundation to establish a national brachytherapy registry.
October 30, 2012
ASTRO: Rad therapy helps older women with breast cancer survive
By Cynthia E. Keen
Older women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer who were treated with radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery showed higher survival rates than those who did not have radiation therapy, a California study found. Results were presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 30, 2012
ASTRO: SBRT provides advances for NSCLC patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) yielded higher overall survival rates and low toxicity for patients with inoperable, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to conventional radiation therapy, according to research presented on Monday at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Boston.
October 30, 2012
Mirada launches new software at ASTRO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer Mirada Medical is launching new software designed to perform automated image processing for radiation therapy at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 29, 2012
ASTRO: No rise in heart problems after breast radiotherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
Breast cancer patients who undergo radiation therapy do not have increased cardiac morbidity compared with patients undergoing radical mastectomy, indicating that routine radiation therapy is safe, according to a study presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Boston.
October 28, 2012
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