Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 29

Nordion explores Romanian partnership

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radioisotope firm Nordion has signed an agreement with Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica of Romania to explore the potential commercial production of cobalt-60 at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant.

October 9, 2019

MRI minimizes toxicity in prostate cancer radiotherapy

By Cynthia E. Keen

Hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy combined with MRI guidance to treat prostate cancer patients produced an impressively low incidence of early gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicities, Dutch researchers have reported.

October 1, 2019

IBA takes next step in China deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has taken a down payment for the purchase of its Proteus Plus proton therapy system by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government in China.

September 30, 2019

RaySearch signs Russian distribution contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch has signed a long-term distribution agreement with a Russian healthcare firm, Medeqi of Moscow.

September 25, 2019

IBA to install carbon therapy in France

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a deal to develop a cyclotron-based carbon therapy system in the Normandy region of France.

September 22, 2019

Training in FDG-PET/CT advances lung cancer outcome

By Wayne Forrest

Additional training in FDG-PET/CT to monitor concurrent chemotherapy for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer can significantly extend both overall and progression-free survival, according to an international study published in the October issue of European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

September 15, 2019

IBA awarded South African cyclotron installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) will install its Cyclone 70 cyclotron at iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (iThemba Labs) in Cape Town.

September 10, 2019

Europeans remain uninformed on CT lung cancer screening

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Awareness of clinical trials for screening and treating cancer continues to be very low among Europeans with lung cancer, according to a 10 September presentation at the 2019 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona, Spain.

September 10, 2019

IASLC urges tobacco cessation for cancer patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) released a statement urging physicians to recommend tobacco cessation for patients after cancer diagnosis, at the ongoing World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona, Spain.

September 7, 2019

RaySearch highlights 1st use of Monte Carlo dose method

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch is highlighting the first clinical use of its Monte Carlo dose calculation method for photon radiation with its RayStation carbon ion therapy treatment planning system.

September 4, 2019

ESC: Cancer cases rise in developed world

By Philip Ward

Fresh statistics presented at this week's European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Paris confirm that cancer is now the leading cause of death in high-income countries, while heart disease burden persists in less prosperous countries.

September 2, 2019

Researchers to study media coverage of 'overdiagnosis' tests

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Australia plan to explore media coverage of the benefits and harms of medical testing that they believe may lead to overdiagnosis in healthy individuals, according to a protocol published online on 24 August in BMJ Open.

August 26, 2019

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