Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 75

French agencies issue guide to ionizing radiation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Two French government agencies have jointly published a guide for the use of ionizing radiation in diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiotherapy treatments. The guide includes recommendations, tools, and programs designed to safeguard patients.

March 14, 2013

Elekta wins linear accelerator order in Denmark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has sold two Versa HD radiation therapy treatment systems to Odense University Hospital in Denmark. The hospital purchased the systems as replacements for two linear accelerators.

March 13, 2013

PET/MR shows great potential for detecting multifocal cancers

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - PET/MRI allows superior early detection and evaluation of cancers as they disseminate around the body. That was the key message of Dr. Heinz-Peter Schlemmer in his talk in Saturday's new horizons session at ECR 2013.

March 9, 2013

Ga-68 DOTATOC PET/MRI tops PET/CT for staging neuroendocrine tumors

By Wayne Forrest

VIENNA - Researchers from University Hospital Essen in Germany have shown the feasibility of whole-body staging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors with PET/MRI and the radiotracer gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATOC, and with greater reliability than PET/CT, in a preliminary study presented Friday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

Collaboration among specialties enhances prospects of cancer patients

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - Promoting more effective collaboration among radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiation oncologists to improve imaging and radiotherapy outcomes is a core principle underpinning the lectures in a special focus session on Friday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

Molecular advances boost evaluation of cancer treatment response

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - Advances in molecular imaging promise to make it realistic to identify differences in response of cancer cells to a specific treatment, and this information will eventually be used to better adapt therapies to a patient's specific needs.

March 6, 2013

Interventional techniques improve outcomes in colorectal liver metastases

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - Imaging is the mainstay of colorectal liver metastasis management. Although colorectal liver metastasis is one of the top causes of cancer death, patient prognosis has improved dramatically due to improved collaboration between oncology and radiology.

March 6, 2013

Elekta launches new Versa HD linear accelerator

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has launched a new advanced linear accelerator system, Versa HD.

February 28, 2013

Spanish symposium eyes personalized cancer medicine

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Medical Oncology is hosting the first in a series of events dedicated to issues surrounding personalized cancer medicine later this week.

February 26, 2013

IsoRay announces milestone at German hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer IsoRay announced that University Hospital in Rostock, Germany, became the first European hospital to use its GliaSite radiation therapy system, a liquid I-125 balloon catheter.

February 25, 2013

SFR president: Lessons must be learned from radiation scandal

By Frances Rylands-Monk

As the shockwaves from the French radiation scandal continue to reverberate, a senior radiologist remains convinced that the medical profession can learn from the tragic episode that led to the deaths of 12 prostate cancer patients and the serious injury of hundreds, as well as the conviction of Dr. Joshua Anah and two of his colleagues.

February 12, 2013

Elekta promotes prostate brachytherapy treatment

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has revealed doctors at Northampton General Hospital, U.K., have used "monotherapy" high dose rate brachytherapy for the first time to treat a patient with prostate cancer.

February 11, 2013

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