Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 113

Varian reaches Imager milestone

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy developer Varian Medical Systems has installed its 1,000th On-Board Imager image-guidance system at Kantonsspital in Lucerne, Switzerland.

October 23, 2008

Elekta adds Norway install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish oncology firm Elekta has added Haukeland University Hospital in Norway to its customer roll.

October 19, 2008

Faster respiratory motion prediction aids radiotherapy

By Eric Barnes

Respiratory motion compensation algorithms are helping to reduce the irradiation of healthy tissues during radiotherapy by compensating for the patient's breathing during treatment. Researchers from Germany have developed new algorithms that reduce the computational burden of motion-tracking algorithms while maintaining accuracy.

October 9, 2008

Elekta donates Leksell to Ukraine

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta has donated a Leksell stereotactic radiation therapy system for minimally invasive brain surgery to the international charitable foundation Ukraine 3000.

September 29, 2008

IBA nets proton therapy order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said it will be providing a proton therapy system at the upcoming Proton Therapy Center at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL.

September 22, 2008

Oncology firms ink C-Rad deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Oncology equipment provider Acceletronics and Radiology Oncology Systems have signed an exclusive distribution agreement with C-Rad Positioning of Uppsala, Sweden.

September 21, 2008

Chemoradiation toxicity rates differ between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews

By Reuters Health

STOCKHOLM (Reuters Health), Sep 18 - Among patients receiving postoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced gastric cancer, Ashkenazi Jews experience more treatment toxicity than Sephardic Jews, according to a report at the 33rd Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology.

September 17, 2008

Elekta extends stereotactic line, posts Q1 results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta has launched a new stereotactic treatment program, called Extend, for neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists.

September 17, 2008

Elekta plans new products for ASTRO

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta will introduce its new Elekta Infinity digital linear accelerator at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston.

September 15, 2008

Voice outcome similar with endoscopic surgery or radiotherapy for glottic cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 16 - As treatments for T1a midcord glottic carcinoma, endoscopic laser surgery and radiotherapy provide similar voice outcomes, according to a report in the Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery for September.

September 15, 2008

Varian wins Indonesian, Belgian contracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has inked an agreement with Indonesia's first private cancer hospital to provide radiotherapy treatments.

September 14, 2008

Nucletron debuts gynecology brachytherapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Nucletron has launched a gynecologic brachytherapy technology partnership with AKH Vienna.

September 8, 2008

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