Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 91

Helical tomotherapy enhances local control of mesothelioma
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adjuvant radiation via helical tomotherapy can achieve excellent local control of malignant pleural mesothelioma, researchers from France and Canada reported online June 12 in Lung Cancer.
July 13, 2011
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Accuray touts CyberKnife clinical results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Accuray touted new clinical data, presented at the recent 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, on the company's CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system and its TomoTherapy radiation therapy system.
July 6, 2011
Varian installs TruBeam in Sweden
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems' TrueBeam system is now installed and in operation at Vasteras Hospital, west of Stockholm.
July 5, 2011
12-year outcomes of Dutch TME rectal cancer trial reported
By Cynthia E. Keen
Twelve-year outcomes of a Dutch study investigating the efficacy of preoperative radiotherapy with total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer are reported in the June issue of Lancet Oncology. They reconfirm the need to individualize treatments to prevent unnecessary suffering from toxicities.
June 28, 2011
French researchers aim for standardization in CT reporting
By John Brosky
CT has emerged as a critical validation tool in assessing tumors. Yet radiology has an image problem with oncologists. Standardization of reporting should help convince oncologists about the value of imaging for assessing treatment, and ensure radiologists improve their reporting quality, according to French researchers.
June 27, 2011
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Novel dosimetry is needed for advanced radiotherapy
By Tami Freeman, PhD
Advanced radiotherapy delivery techniques have improved accuracy of treatment for many types of cancers but they require innovative dosimetry. Robust new quality assurance methods still need to be developed to verify these advanced dose distributions.
June 21, 2011
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AMS supplies Gamma Knife in Turkey
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiosurgery center operator American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) has supplied one of its Gamma Knife systems to Baskent University in Adana, Turkey.
June 20, 2011
Radiotherapy cures breast cancer, but at what risk?
By Becky McCall
Radiation therapy is an effective treatment for patients with early-stage breast cancer, but at what risk of developing other cancers? Findings from studies presented at last month's European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) annual meeting document there is higher risk to these patients.
June 16, 2011
Proton therapy: Is randomization needed?
By Tami Freeman, PhD
Are randomized clinical trials appropriate for demonstrating proton therapy's superiority to x-ray therapy? The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, held last month in London, was the venue of a contentious debate on this subject.
June 8, 2011
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Brainlab to buy Voyant Health
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has entered into an agreement to acquire Voyant Health, an orthopedics imaging informatics company based in Tel Aviv.
June 6, 2011
Philips partners with charity on Moscow pediatric unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is partnering with the cancer charity the Grant Life Foundation to provide imaging technology to a new Children's Oncology complex in Moscow, which opened yesterday.
June 1, 2011
Elekta signs distributor deal with ScandiDos
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta has entered into a nonexclusive distribution agreement to sell the Delta4PT pretreatment verification system from ScandiDos.
May 29, 2011
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