Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 84

Toshiba debuts new Aquilion LB scanner at ESTRO

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems Europe will be highlighting an updated version of its Aquilion LB large-bore CT scanner at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) annual meeting starting Wednesday in Barcelona.

May 6, 2012

Advanced radiotherapy gives extra hope to elderly in lung cancer

By Cynthia E. Keen

Advanced radiotherapy techniques are attributed to improvements in survival of elderly lung cancer patients in the Netherlands, according to a new study published online on 2 May in Annals of Oncology.

May 3, 2012

Varian, Siemens shed light on new partnership

By Cynthia E. Keen

It isn't an everyday occurrence for two medical device industry leaders to announce a collaboration, but such an event occurred last week between radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare.

May 3, 2012

Eckert & Ziegler posts Q1 growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiotherapy developer Eckert & Ziegler reported positive results in the first quarter of 2012 (end-March 30).

May 2, 2012

Philips secures Turkish deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has signed a deal with Medipol University Hospital in Turkey to install its BrightView XCT and Philips Sonalleve MR HIFU system and other cardiology and oncology technologies at the facility.

May 2, 2012

Elekta adds linac to Indian cancer center

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta announced the sale and activation of a Synergy linear accelerator at Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati, India.

May 1, 2012

Cardiac risks high in childhood cancer survivors

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depending on the treatment they received, survivors of childhood cancer may require long-term follow-up because of an elevated risk of symptomatic cardiac events, Dutch researchers report in an April 2 online paper in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

May 1, 2012

Accuray begins PACE prostate study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Accuray has launched the Prostate Advances in Comparative Evidence (PACE) study.

April 26, 2012

Varian, Siemens to collaborate on radiotherapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare have announced a collaboration under which they will provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices and services for treating cancer with image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery.

April 24, 2012

Nordion eyes Europe with phase III trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Nordion said that an additional phase III clinical trial for its TheraSphere yttrium-90 (Y-90) glass microsphere treatment for liver cancer will be based primarily in Europe.

April 23, 2012

Nucletron reaches 1000th sale of OncentraBrachy software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Nucletron, an Elekta company, announced that St. Vincent's Private Hospital in Dublin has become its 1,000th customer of OncentraBrachy brachytherapy treatment planning software.

April 23, 2012

Elekta reports first Agility treatments

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta said that St. James University Hospital in Leeds, U.K., has begun treating patients with its Agility multileaf collimator.

April 18, 2012

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