Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 107

Cognitive deficits seen with radiotherapy for low-grade glioma
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 11 - Long-term survivors of low-grade glioma who were treated with radiotherapy show a progressive decline in attentional functioning not seen in their peers who were managed without radiotherapy, new research indicates.
August 10, 2009
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Limiting radiation field cuts risk of breast cancer in Hodgkin's survivors
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)m, Aug 11 - Women treated with radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma before age 41 are at high risk for breast cancer, but a reduction in radiation volume can lower this risk, according to a study published online Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
August 10, 2009
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Varian lands U.K. order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received an order from Barts and the London NHS Trust in the U.K.
August 5, 2009
Eckert & Ziegler continues record course
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fueled by sales growth in its Nuclear Imaging segment, radiation therapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen-und Medizintechnik set new sales records at the six-month mark of 2009.
August 3, 2009
Hormone therapy ups survival of radiation-treated men with prostate cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - Adding hormone therapy to radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer reduces disease recurrence and prolongs survival, according to a report in the August 1 issue of Cancer.
July 27, 2009
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Preop chemo plus radiation does not extend survival in patients with rectal cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 22 - The addition of chemotherapy to preoperative radiotherapy in patients with resectable rectal cancer improved local control, but did not increase long-term survival, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis by Belgian researchers.
July 21, 2009
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IBA secures Italian installation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a deal to build a proton therapy center in Trento, Italy.
July 19, 2009
More intense hyperthermia better treats cervical cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
When it comes to adding hyperthermia treatment to radiation therapy for advanced cervical cancer patients, hotter and longer treatment is better. That's the conclusion of a Dutch study that found that more intense hyperthermia treatments can extend overall survival.
July 14, 2009
RaySearch, Varian launch software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
RaySearch Laboratories and Varian Medical Systems have collaborated to introduce three new software modules.
July 1, 2009
Childhood cancer survivors at risk for pregnancy complications
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women who received radiation therapy for childhood cancers such as leukemia have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy and need to be closely monitored, researchers told attendees at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference this week.
July 1, 2009
FDG-PET/CT predicts radiation-induced lung toxicity
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET/CT exams may be able to identify lung cancer patients who are highly susceptible to developing radiation-induced lung toxicity early during radiation therapy, according to researchers at the Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
June 30, 2009
Hodgkin's survivors face high stroke risk
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Patients treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma with radiation therapy and chemotherapy experience a substantially increased risk of stroke compared to the general population, according to a multi-institutional Dutch study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
June 23, 2009
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