Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 118

Combining chemo and radiation improves NSCLC outcomes for elderly
By Barbara Boughton
SAN DIEGO - French researchers have found that combining chemotherapy with radiation treatment is effective and tolerable for elderly patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In a study presented at this week's American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting, the investigators analyzed the efficacy and side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy regimens in patients older than age 65.
April 15, 2008
Varian forms clinical council
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has formed a global clinical council to continue development of clinical protocols using its RapidArc radiotherapy technology.
March 19, 2008
Siemens joins particle therapy center project
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare of Erlangen, Germany, will participate in creating and operating the first particle therapy center in northern Germany.
March 18, 2008
Siemens nets U.K. Artiste order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare of Erlangen, Germany, has received an order for its Artiste radiation therapy system from the Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K.
March 11, 2008
PET/CT beats 3T MRI in whole-body primary tumor staging
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Finding how far a patient's cancer has spread is critical in planning and optimizing treatment. Various imaging techniques now provide indispensable tools for staging primary tumors, but a new comparative study found fused whole-body PET/CT to be significantly more accurate than whole-body MRI -- even at 3 tesla -- for primary tumor staging.
March 9, 2008
Elekta completes CMS purchase
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has closed on its acquisition of radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis.
March 4, 2008
Elekta receives French MEG contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta of Stockholm has signed a contract to deliver its Elekta Neuromag magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology to NeuroSpin of Saclay, France.
February 21, 2008
Nucletron debuts brachytherapy products
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has introduced three new offerings for brachytherapy applications.
February 19, 2008
Eckert & Ziegler, IBt consolidate brachytherapy units
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products of Berlin has signed a letter of intent with Belgian medical device company International Brachytherapy (IBt) to consolidate their respective implant businesses.
February 18, 2008
Elekta to buy CMS
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta of Stockholm has finalized plans to acquire radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis.
February 18, 2008
Varian runs with the bulls in Spain
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has installed its Trilogy linear accelerator at Hospital General de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
February 11, 2008
IBA inks French particle-beam therapy deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, announced a collaboration with ARCHADE, a regional healthcare association, to develop a prototype system for hadron (subatomic particle) therapy in Caen, France.
February 6, 2008
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