Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 28

German group secures top molecular award
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from Heidelberg, Germany, have won this year's Image of the Year prize at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging meeting in Anaheim, California, U.S., for their radiotracer that can detect 28 different types of cancer.
June 26, 2019
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Dual-energy CT for proton therapy planning reaches clinic
By Marric Stephens
German researchers have introduced a technique for more accurate proton therapy planning into routine clinical use. They are implementing a novel, patient-specific method of proton range prediction based on dual-energy CT.
June 13, 2019
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Waiting times and cancer care come under scrutiny
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Royal College of Radiologists has endorsed a report encouraging greater involvement and oversight by National Health Service (NHS) England and NHS Improvement to reduce waiting times and improve care for cancer patients.
June 11, 2019
New guidance advises about anal sex after prostate cancer
By Erik L. Ridley
New clinical guidance supported by the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists and presented at this week's UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) has provided detailed recommendations about when men should abstain from receiving anal sex prior to or after getting tested and treated for prostate cancer.
June 10, 2019
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Why do so many minority women skip cancer screening?
By Erik L. Ridley
Women of black and minority ethnicity in the U.K. receive less cancer screening than women in the general population due to various social, cultural, and religious reasons, according to research presented at the UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO).
June 10, 2019
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Varian brings Halcyon to Denmark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that Herlev University Hospital in Herlev, Denmark, is the first institution in Scandinavia to begin using its Halcyon intensity-modulated radiotherapy system.
June 9, 2019
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Eczacibasi Monrol enters theranostics market
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Turkish radiopharmaceutical developer Eczacibasi Monrol has entered the theranostics market with the introduction of Lutec (lutetium-177 chloride), a radiopharmaceutical precursor.
June 9, 2019
Forsting: Brain imaging for metastasis is not easy
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Radiologists must beware of normal brain images in cancer patients with neurological symptoms and adopt more sensitive techniques to catch brain metastasis. That's the view of Prof. Michael Forsting, who will deliver a keynote lecture on this topic today at the 100th German Radiology Congress (RöKo 2019), to be held from 29 May to 1 June in Leipzig.
May 28, 2019
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IBA announces ProteusOne contract in Italy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has received an order from the European Institute of Oncology in Milan for its ProteusOne compact intensity-modulated proton therapy device.
May 27, 2019
Proton Partners to buy RaySearch planning software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch Laboratories has reported that Proton Partners International in the U.K. has placed an order for its RayStation treatment planning software.
May 26, 2019
Shine signs Czech license agreement
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies has signed an intellectual property license agreement with the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague).
May 15, 2019
How to train the medical physicists of the future
By Tami Freeman, PhD
At the recent European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology meeting in Milan, a debate examined the skills that medical physicists will require in 10 years' time and asked how training for medical physicists specializing in radiation oncology should develop over the next decade. Five expert speakers presented their thoughts -- and then let the audience decide.
May 9, 2019
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