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Elekta shows Q2 downturn
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta reported a slight slump in its sales and profit for the firm's fiscal 2007 second quarter (end-October 31).
December 11, 2006
Elekta notches Toronto contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta has sold two of its Synergy linear accelerators, as well as an oncology PACS from Impac Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, an Elekta company, to Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre.
December 6, 2006
Eleka nets U.K. cancer center contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta has been selected to supply Somerset Oncology and Haematology Center at Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust’s Musgrove Park Hospital in the U.K. with two Elekta Synergy platform linear accelerators, as well as its PrecisePLAN software packages for treatment planning and information management.
November 28, 2006
IBA to supply technology for French proton therapy project
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Institut Curie has chosen the IBA/Besix consortium to expand the proton therapy center at its Orsay branch in Essonne, France.
November 19, 2006
RaySearch, Nucletron partner on proton therapy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has signed an agreement with RaySearch Laboratories of Stockholm, Sweden, for a long-term collaboration on the development and licensing of a proton-beam radiation therapy (PBRT) system.
November 15, 2006
Radiolabeled antibodies kill HIV-1-infected cells
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 13 -- Radiolabeling antibodies to HIV proteins may provide a successful strategy against the infection, investigators in Germany and the U.S. report in the November issue of PLoS Medicine.
November 12, 2006
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Elekta receives order for multiple gamma knives
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta said that it has received an order for four Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion systems.
November 6, 2006
PSA bounce after radiation for prostate cancer does not predict clinical failure
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 2 - Transient increases in prostate-specific antigen level (PSA bounce) after radiation therapy for prostate cancer are associated with a higher risk for biochemical failure, but not for clinical failure, according to a report in the October 1 issue of Cancer.
November 1, 2006
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Philips, RaySearch finalize RT agreement
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips Electronics, the parent company of Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, and Stockholm-based RaySearch Laboratories said today they have a signed a long-term license and development agreement covering a suite of new adaptive radiation therapy products.
October 30, 2006
BrainLab lands SingHealth deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has received an order from Singapore Health Services (SingHealth).
October 30, 2006
Paperwork error led to teen's radiation overdose
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Oct 27 - A teenage cancer patient was mistakenly given massive overdoses of radiation for a brain tumor, mainly because of a mistake in paperwork, a report found on Friday.
October 26, 2006
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Girl given massive overdose of radiation dies
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Oct 19 - A schoolgirl cancer patient who was given a massive overdose of radiation has died. Lisa Norris, 16, died at her home in Ayrshire, Scotland, on Wednesday, surrounded by her family. Human error has been blamed for the overdoses during treatment at Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow but an investigation is continuing.
October 18, 2006
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