Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 86

Danish hospital launches stereotactic RT center
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Finsen Centre at Rigshospitalet of Copenhagen University Hospital has commissioned a TrueBeam Novalis STx accelerator from Brainlab to provide stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) to its patients with certain types of prostate and brain cancer.
March 15, 2012
Smoking reduces radiotherapy's effectiveness
By Cynthia E. Keen
Regular smokers diagnosed with head and neck cancers need to be told that it's never too late to stop smoking, especially if they are about to begin radiation therapy for their smoking-induced disease, according to new research from Denmark.
March 14, 2012
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Varian names Polish hospital as reference center
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has named the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center in Gliwice, Poland, as the first hospital in Eastern Europe to become one of its European reference centers for education.
March 13, 2012
Mevion gets CE Mark for proton therapy system
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy company Mevion Medical Systems has received CE Mark approval for its Mevion S250 proton therapy system.
March 13, 2012
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
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