Womens Imaging: Page 153

Agfa plans ECR 2010 product releases

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare plans to show new products and an expanded portfolio at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria.

February 8, 2010

Lower total radiation dose for breast cancer improves quality of life

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 9 - In women with early invasive breast cancer, hypofractionated radiotherapy regimens -- with fewer, larger fractions and lower overall dose -- do not cause more adverse effects or worse body image than the global standard.

February 8, 2010

Uterine fibroid embolization does not accelerate ovarian reserve decline

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 27 - Uterine fibroid embolization in young women does not accelerate a decline in ovarian reserve as they age, Italian researchers say. They reported their five-year follow-up data in a January 13 online paper in Fertility and Sterility.

January 26, 2010

Sectra readies ECR introductions

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra will showcase new PACS and digital mammography technology at the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in March.

January 25, 2010

Combined treatments improve inoperable cervical cancer outcomes

By Cynthia E. Keen

Providing both chemotherapy and radiation therapy to women with locally advanced cervical cancer improves their chances of survival, according to a new report from the Cochrane Collaboration.

January 21, 2010

U.K. scientist wins medal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A U.K. scientist who founded a firm that is developing a new computer-aided detection software application has received a prestigious award from the country's Royal Academy of Engineering.

January 18, 2010

DNA defect predicts RT outcome for endometrial cancer

By Cynthia E. Keen

Radiation therapy (RT) may not be an effective treatment for women diagnosed with endometrioid endometrial cancer whose tumors have a DNA deficiency, according to preliminary research from the Canary Institute for Cancer Research in Las Palmas, Spain.

January 5, 2010

Caution urged on early mammography for high-risk women

By Edward Susman

Women at high risk of breast cancer should be cautious about undergoing mammography or other chest x-ray studies before the age of 30 due to the risk that radiation exposure might trigger cancer, according to research presented at last week's RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 10, 2009

Sequential trastuzumab does poorly in European breast cancer study

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - In women with axillary node-positive breast cancer, giving trastuzumab after the end of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation did not significantly reduce their risk of relapse, European researchers report online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

December 2, 2009

Matrox partners with Fuji Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Display controller board provider Matrox Graphics has announced that Fujifilm Europe is shipping the Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards in several of its PACS and mammography systems using Fujifilm Synapse.

December 1, 2009

Sectra signs medical distributor in Spain

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has announced completion of a partnership agreement with the Fundación García Muñoz, a medical equipment supplier in Spain.

November 29, 2009

Optical sensor tracks radiotherapy treatment site breast motion

Postsurgical radiotherapy is an effective way of preventing breast tumors from reappearing, but the downside is the mismatch between ideal treatment plans and the doses actually delivered. Although conformal methods of delivery could address this issue, switching delivery techniques raises another potential problem: Will breast motion compromise the accuracy of a highly targeted radiotherapy regimen?

November 25, 2009

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