Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 74

CIVCO to showcase rad therapy products at ESTRO

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions said it will feature three of its products at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) forum in Geneva, Switzerland, 19-23 April.

April 14, 2013

Elekta wins U.K. Versa contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has landed a contract with a U.K. hospital for its Versa HD linear accelerator.

April 9, 2013

iCAD signs distribution deals for China, Russia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection and radiation therapy firm iCAD has signed distribution agreements for its Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system in China and Russia.

April 8, 2013

BSD Medical signs Terumo Europe as distributor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Brachytherapy and hyperthermia therapy developer BSD Medical has signed an exclusive multimillion dollar agreement with Terumo Europe to sell its MicroThermX microwave ablation system.

April 7, 2013

Pelvic RT cuts risk for secondary prostate cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Men who receive pelvic radiotherapy to treat a primary cancer have a significantly lower risk of developing prostate cancer as a second cancer, according to a study of more than 550,000 men published in the April issue of Cancer Epidemiology.

March 28, 2013

Free breathing recommended for MRI-guided radiotherapy

By Cynthia E. Keen

Free breathing by patients can reliably reduce uncertainty in tumor position caused by respiratory motion during MRI-guided radiation therapy procedures on the kidney, according to Dutch researchers.

March 28, 2013

Elekta wins Versa HD install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has landed a contract with a Swiss hospital for its Versa HD linear accelerator.

March 26, 2013

Mirada signs Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imaging software developer Mirada Medical has received an order from the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen for its XD3 and RTx software.

March 25, 2013

Imaging community reflects on French radiation scandal

By Becky McCall

As the dust continues to settle on last month's radiation therapy overdose litigation and prison sentences in France, experts believe the gravity of the case relates to the attempts to conceal the errors, and they are keen to see reinforcement of a culture in which staff are encouraged to report and not hide mistakes.

March 19, 2013

Radiotherapy boosts heart disease risk in breast cancer patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiation therapy has played a key role in reducing breast cancer mortality rates, but even at low doses it can increase a woman's risk of heart disease, according to new research from the University of Oxford in the U.K. published on 14 March.

March 19, 2013

IBA results improve in fiscal 2012

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) benefited from increasing market adoption and expanded use of proton therapy treatment, increasing revenues for sales and services by 8.8% during its 2012 fiscal year compared with 2011.

March 18, 2013

Elekta makes 1st Finnish sale of Agility multileaf collimator

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has sold its first Agility 160-leaf multileaf collimator in Finland.

March 14, 2013

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