Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 118

Elekta signs French hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy provider Elekta has received an order from Chu de Poitiers Hospital Center in France.

January 20, 2008

Elekta VMAT in use in Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Two sites in Europe are using Stockholm-based radiation oncology firm Elekta's Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) technology for clinical treatment.

January 17, 2008

Top London cancer hospital evacuated after fire

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Jan 3 - A fire tore through the top floor of a leading cancer hospital in London on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of all staff and patients including some already in the operating theater. There were no reports of casualties or early indications of the cause of the blaze.

January 2, 2008

Headgear: Is radiosurgery the right treatment for trigeminal neuralgia?

By Sydney Schuster

The nerve disorder trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is not that common, but with the median age of 67 at diagnosis it has the potential to be a widespread health issue among aging baby boomers. Radiosurgery has gained popularity as a way to manage TN, but will it become the gold standard treatment? Neurosurgeons who work with radiosurgery praise it as being faster, safer, and just as effective as traditional management methods.

December 30, 2007

TomoTherapy completes deal in Germany

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has completed installation of its radiation therapy platform at a German hospital group, the company reported.

December 19, 2007

FDA OKs Compass dosimetry device

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance to Stockholm-based RaySearch Laboratories and Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, for their jointly developed Compass dosimetry device.

December 17, 2007

TomoTherapy brings Hi-Art to Switzerland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has installed its first Hi-Art treatment system in Switzerland.

December 12, 2007

Varian receives Swiss orders

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has received orders for its Clinac linear accelerator from the Clinique de Genolier and the Genève Centre de Radio-Oncologie in Switzerland.

December 11, 2007

IBA sells cyclotron to Saudi Arabia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has sold a Cyclone 30 cyclotron to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

December 3, 2007

Varian scores U.K. install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, announced it will install four high-energy Clinac IX linear accelerators at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, scheduled to open in the summer of 2009 in Portsmouth.

November 28, 2007

Accuray receives Russian order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiotherapy firm Accuray of Sunnyvale, CA, has signed a contract to install its CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system at the N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center in Moscow.

November 19, 2007

Electromagnetic anisotropy detects prostate cancer noninvasively

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 15 - The tissue-resonance interaction method (TRIM) for analyzing electromagnetic anisotropy can be used to detect prostate cancer noninvasively, according to a report in the November issue of BJU International.

November 14, 2007

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