Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 53

Mevion wins Swiss proton therapy contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Mevion Medical Systems has won a contract with the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne for its Mevion S250 proton therapy system.

October 7, 2015

Varian gets regulatory clearance for VitalBeam

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European CE Mark for its VitalBeam radiation therapy system.

October 6, 2015

Varian licenses software algorithm from Fraunhofer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has signed a licensing agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics in Germany for a radiotherapy treatment planning software algorithm.

October 5, 2015

Siemens joins European cancer initiative

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has joined the CANCER-ID consortium to explore the potential of blood-based biomarkers to detect and treat cancer.

September 29, 2015

BTG features clinical studies at CIRSE 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology developer BTG Intervention Medicine is highlighting a pair of clinical studies presented at the recent Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE 2015) meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.

September 29, 2015

Cancer staging app acts 'like a peripheral brain'

By Timothy Spence

A team of radiologists and cancer specialists has developed a free mobile phone application to help physicians determine the level of treatment and prognosis for cancer patients. It is "almost like a peripheral brain," said Dr. May Abdel-Wahab of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

September 22, 2015

First choice for neuroendocrine tumors: Ga-68 DOTATATE

By Wayne Forrest

PET/CT imaging with radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATATE significantly improves whole-body staging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors and should be the modality of choice in these cases, according to German researchers.

September 21, 2015

U.K. RCR gives lukewarm response to cancer proposal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has issued a guarded response to the government's plan for the faster diagnosis of cancer.

September 14, 2015

PET/MRI can be a boon for pediatric cancer patients

By Wayne Forrest

Young pediatric patients may benefit from FDG-PET/MRI for staging and clinically evaluating oncologic disorders, given the hybrid modality's superior soft-tissue contrast and significantly lower radiation dose, according to a study published online August 24 in Investigative Radiology.

September 10, 2015

IBA posts revenue increase in 1st half of 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy technology developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) posted financial results for the first half of 2015 (end-June 30).

August 26, 2015

MRI steers tumor-busting viruses to targets

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the U.K. have found that MRI scanners can steer cell-based, tumor-busting therapies to specific target sites in the body.

August 23, 2015

Proton delivery is feasible in a magnetic field

By Jude Dineley

With steeper dose gradients than x-rays, protons have the potential to target tumors more precisely and better spare healthy tissue. However, to exploit proton therapy's full potential, imaging that enables accurate treatment guidance and dose calculation is particularly important.

August 13, 2015

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