Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 79

Proton therapy center opens in Prague

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A proton therapy center has opened in Prague, using equipment from radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA).

December 20, 2012

Theragenics signs brachytherapy services deal with Oncura

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Brachytherapy seed manufacturer Theragenics has finalized a three-year agreement to provide worldwide brachytherapy loading services to cancer treatment product company Oncura, a unit of GE Healthcare.

December 20, 2012

Chartrounds offers expert advice to radiation oncologists

By Cynthia E. Keen

Where can radiation oncologists working in community hospitals get advice or feedback about a treatment plan for a patient? If they have an Internet connection, they can join Chartrounds, a virtual networking site that links radiation therapy luminaries with any practicing radiation oncologist in the world.

December 19, 2012

BSD promotes rectal cancer hyperthermia clinical trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Hyperthermia and ablation system developer BSD Medical has reported the launch of a clinical trial in Germany to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of adding hyperthermia to a chemoradiotherapy regime to treat patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer.

December 17, 2012

IBA moves ahead with installation in Belgium

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said it will install its compact ProteusONE single-room proton therapy system at Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, in Nice, France.

December 13, 2012

GE completes 1st Discovery IGS 730 installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has completed the first global installation of its Discovery IGS 730 mobile interventional imaging system for hybrid operating rooms and imaging departments at the University Hospital of Lille in France.

December 11, 2012

Artemis Diagnostics gets cash injection

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cancer surgery imaging technology company Artemis Diagnostics has been awarded two grants from the U.K. Technology Strategy Board to support development of its imaging devices for clinical trials and to undertake market research in the U.K. and the U.S.

December 10, 2012

MILabs pushes ahead with new Tokyo installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch molecular imaging developer MILabs said it will install MILabs VECTor/CT at Japan's National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Tokyo.

December 9, 2012

Varian takes U.K. order for 2 TrueBeams

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has taken an order for two TrueBeam STx medical linear accelerators from the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.

December 2, 2012

GE highlights biomarker testing research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare is highlighting results of three health economic models that estimate potential cost offsets to the healthcare system of biomarker testing in patients with early breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, and renal cell carcinoma to guide therapy selection, the company said.

November 6, 2012

Acupuncture relieves radiation-induced xerostomia

By Cynthia E. Keen

Acupuncture can relieve the symptoms of xerostomia, chronic dry mouth, according to the findings of a randomized clinical trial published online on 23 October in Annals of Oncology. This may be welcome news to the nearly half million patients worldwide diagnosed each year with head and neck cancers.

October 28, 2012

Elekta, Philips expand imaging venture

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta and Philips Healthcare will expand their joint program to develop an imaging treatment platform that merges radiation therapy and MRI technology in a single cancer treatment system.

October 24, 2012

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