Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 103

Lower total radiation dose for breast cancer improves quality of life

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 9 - In women with early invasive breast cancer, hypofractionated radiotherapy regimens -- with fewer, larger fractions and lower overall dose -- do not cause more adverse effects or worse body image than the global standard.

February 8, 2010

Italian rad oncologists go proactive to reduce adverse events

By Cynthia E. Keen

The recent series of articles in the New York Times on errors in radiation therapy has experts searching for better ways to prevent adverse events. Researchers from Italy may have found one solution by replacing the conventional "reactive" methods for risk management and quality assurance with a more proactive approach.

February 7, 2010

Combined treatments improve inoperable cervical cancer outcomes

By Cynthia E. Keen

Providing both chemotherapy and radiation therapy to women with locally advanced cervical cancer improves their chances of survival, according to a new report from the Cochrane Collaboration.

January 21, 2010

Varian completes German order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its intensity-modulated proton therapy technology using pencil-beam scanning at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center in Munich.

January 19, 2010

Varian completes U.K. install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A network of U.K. hospitals has completed its installation of chemotherapy software from radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.

January 11, 2010

European cancer rates declining, report indicates

By Cynthia E. Keen

Cancer mortality is steadily declining in Europe, echoing a trend also being seen in the U.S. and Japan, according to a study comparing cancer deaths between 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. In the European Union, mortality rates for all cancers fell by 10% in men and 8% in women.

January 6, 2010