Radiation Oncology: Page 40

RaySearch signs Princess Margaret Hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories has received an order from Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.
March 19, 2012
Brain PET enhances radiation therapy planning
By Tami Freeman
A brain PET scanner based on semiconductor detectors can provide more accurate tumor delineation than a conventional whole-body PET system, according to researchers from Japan, who found that the newly developed system had twice the spatial resolution of conventional PET systems.
March 14, 2012
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New report shows radiation therapy volume remains stable
By Lin Muschlitz
Radiation therapy treatment visit volume in 2010 in the U.S. appears to have bounced back to 2007 levels. Patients made 20.8 million treatment visits that year, after dips in the number of visits in 2008 and 2009, according to a report from market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.
March 7, 2012
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RTOG/ACRIN trial to assess radiotherapy through PET/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) have launched a joint phase II trial to evaluate adaptive radiation therapy with FDG-PET/CT in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
March 6, 2012
Brainlab partners with Radion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab and Radion are collaborating to provide an integrated radiation therapy patient management product, featuring enhanced image sharing tools.
February 26, 2012
Vero SBRT system installed in Texas
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have installed a Vero stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) system at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
February 23, 2012
Rad therapy may create breast cancer stem cells
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
When a breast cancer patient has a radiation therapy treatment, half of any residual tumor cells are killed. However, radiation therapy intended to cure patients may transform the other 50% into treatment-resistant breast cancer stem cells, according to an article published online February 10 in Stem Cells.
February 15, 2012
PET after radiation therapy predicts NSCLC survival
By Wayne Forrest
PET can provide strong indicators of overall and disease-free survival among patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving radiation therapy, according to a study published in the February Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
February 2, 2012
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Accuray touts CyberKnife study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray said recent research found its CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system to be beneficial in treating central lung tumors.
January 26, 2012
Varian wins $77M Saudi proton contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has booked a $77 million contract with a Saudi Arabian firm to equip a new proton therapy facility.
January 25, 2012
Chromosomal abnormality guides rad therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has released clinical trial results indicating that a chromosomal abnormality -- specifically, the absence of chromosomes 1p and 19q -- has prognostic and predictive value for managing the treatment of adult patients with rare brain tumors.
January 19, 2012
Varian builds presence in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has established a radiotherapy education center and a clinical contact center in Tokyo.
January 10, 2012
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