Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 85

RaySearch wins Heidelberg order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg.
March 6, 2012
Imaging and therapy specialists combine to combat rectal cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - The odds are unpleasantly high that a rectal cancer diagnosis will be a death sentence. Advanced imaging techniques, however, are offering new hope to both low-risk and high-risk patients. Radiologists collaborating with radiation oncologists have the potential to make a world of difference for these patients.
March 1, 2012
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Pancreatic cancer management demands teamwork, multidisciplinary approach
By Frances Rylands-Monk
VIENNA - Management and treatment of pancreatic cancer patients is a complex and challenging task requiring a multilateral effort across medical specialties. Speakers at today's session intend to illustrate a unified approach to pancreatic cancer that enables the goals of each specialty to be achieved for timely diagnosis and effective treatment.
February 29, 2012
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Medspira to launch Breath Hold ES at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medspira plans to introduce a new respiratory motion control device for MRI and oncology applications at the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
February 22, 2012
Elekta reaches radiosurgery milestone in France
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta announced that University Hospital La Timone in Marseilles is celebrating its 20th year as a Leksell Gamma Knife user, and during 2012 will perform Gamma Knife radiosurgery on its 12,000th patient.
February 20, 2012
Radiotherapy skin care treatment uneven in U.K.
By Cynthia E. Keen
One of the most common side effects from external-beam radiation therapy treatments are skin reactions. Yet there is no uniformity in assessment or treatment among radiotherapy departments in the U.K., according to an article in the February issue of Radiography.
February 20, 2012
Varian wins $50M Russian proton contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has won a contract to equip a new two-room proton therapy center at the PTC St. Petersburg Center of Nuclear Medicine of the International Institute of Biological Systems in Russia, the company said.
February 15, 2012
Choline-PET/CT changes prostate cancer treatment plans
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss researchers have found that PET/CT scans with the radiopharmaceutical choline can change treatment plans for certain patients with recurrent prostate cancer. Study results showed that choline-PET/CT significantly affected therapy management.
February 13, 2012
Post-op rad therapy unneeded for elderly lung cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Patients who have undergone surgery to resect stage III non-small cell lung cancer with N2 lymph node involvement may not need postoperative radiation therapy if they are older than 65, as the treatment doesn't help survival, according to an article published online February 13 in Cancer.
February 12, 2012
Patient positioning has major impact on proton therapy
By Jacqueline Hewett
Proton therapy treatment is very expensive. And due to the scarcity of centers, access is limited. Therefore, efficient patient throughput is of paramount importance. Italian and Swiss researchers believe that remote positioning of patients may offer the potential of increasing patient throughput by up to 20%.
February 8, 2012
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Elekta makes sale in Ukraine
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Elekta announced the sale of a radiotherapy treatment package that includes an advanced digital treatment system, an oncology information system, and treatment planning systems to the Riyne Regional Oncologic Dispensary in Ukraine.
February 8, 2012
Breast IORT reported less painful than EBRT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) treatments produced fewer incidents of pain that were less severe than external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) treatments for breast cancer, according to women enrolled in a clinical trial comparing the two treatments. These findings were reported in the February issue of the journal Breast.
February 7, 2012
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