Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 31

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

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

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

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

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

Varian buys CyberHeart, wins Norwegian ProBeam contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has purchased the privately held cardiac radioablation firm CyberHeart and has secured a contract with two Norwegian proton therapy centers for its ProBeam system.

May 8, 2019

Varian brings Bravos afterloader to Africa

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that its Bravos afterloader system has been used for the first time in Africa to deliver high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatments.

April 29, 2019

ESTRO: U.K. group finds favor with high-dose brachytherapy

By Abraham Kim

In a study presented on Monday at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting in Milan, U.K. researchers found that a single session of high-dose-rate brachytherapy safely treated prostate cancer in men, proving especially effective in low-risk cases.

April 29, 2019

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