Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 119

Europe should coordinate cancer fight: EU report
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Feb 6 - European countries should band together to fight cancer to help cut the soaring costs of treating an aging population increasingly prone to the disease, a European Union report said on Tuesday. Cancer experts from across Europe contributed to the report, which EU health ministers will discuss in Ljubljana this week.
February 5, 2008
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Elekta repurchases own shares
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy provider Elekta of Stockholm has repurchased 100,000 of its own B shares, the company reported.
January 23, 2008
IsoRay takes stake in Russian manufacturer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay has purchased a 30% ownership stake in Russian medical isotope manufacturing and distribution company UralDial.
January 22, 2008
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
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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
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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
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