Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 125

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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Elekta nets Kuwait order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta said that it will install its Leksell gamma knife device at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
October 18, 2006
Elekta adds German, Irish orders
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta has received an order from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science (MPI CBS) in Leipzig, Germany.
October 10, 2006
Radiotherapy cuts bowel cancer recurrence: study
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Oct 9 - Giving bowel cancer patients radiotherapy before surgery to remove the tumor, rather than after, can reduce the risk of the disease recurring to as little as one percent, researchers said on Monday. They found that patients in the preoperative group had a lower rate of recurrence and a better five-year survival rate.
October 8, 2006
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VA awards contract extension to Elekta
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has renewed its contract with Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta for one year, with the option of three more years.
October 3, 2006
Survey reveals inequalities in European cancer care
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Sep 4 - Cancer care varies widely throughout Europe with large discrepancies in the number of specialists and facilities for patients, a survey by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) showed on Tuesday.
October 3, 2006
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Varian adds to Belgian installs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology developer Varian Medical Systems said that its Clinac medical linear accelerator equipped with an On-Board Imager device is in use at UZ Gasthuisberg in Belgium.
September 20, 2006
Chemotherapy improves local control of radiation-treated rectal cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 14 - The findings come from a study of 1,011 patients with stage T3 or T4 resectable rectal cancer who were randomized to receive preoperative radiotherapy, preoperative chemoradiotherapy, preoperative radiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy, or preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy.
September 13, 2006
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Chemo, radiation, and stem cell transplantation effective for brain lymphoma
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 1 - A sequential protocol of chemotherapy, autologous stem cell transplantation, and hyperfractionated whole brain radiation therapy is highly effective as first-line treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), German researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
August 31, 2006
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Elekta inks US Oncology deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta said it has signed an agreement with radiation therapy center operator US Oncology of Houston outlining pricing as well as terms and conditions for Elekta's technology for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT).
August 30, 2006
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