Womens Imaging: Page 168

ASCO news: Selenium use does not interfere with radiotherapy

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - German researchers reported that use of the nutritional supplement selenium in women who are diagnosed with gynecological cancers does not appear to compromise the effectiveness of radiation therapy. The findings could be good news for patients taking selenium for its antioxidant properties.

June 1, 2008

Sectra enjoys double-digit growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

High order bookings propelled Swedish PACS vendor and digital mammography developer Sectra to greater revenues and profits in fiscal 2008.

May 20, 2008

3D/4D ultrasound prospers in Western Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Sixty-six percent of doctors who specialize in ob/gyn in Western Europe are using 3D ultrasound, according to a survey by British research firm InMedica.

May 19, 2008

Carestream nets Latvian CR mammography install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health's authorized distributor for Latvia, NMS Grupa, has received an order for Carestream's computed radiography (CR) mammography package in the city of Riga, the Rochester, NY-based company said.

May 14, 2008

Family history of breast cancer confers lifetime elevated risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 14 - Women who have a sister diagnosed with breast cancer remain at increased risk of breast cancer throughout their lives, epidemiologists in Sweden report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for May 21.

May 13, 2008

Dilon nets CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies has received the European CE Mark for its Dilon 6800 gamma camera.

May 5, 2008

Cytyc merger boosts Hologic's Q2 financials

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic reported substantial revenue increases for its second quarter of 2008, which the company attributed to the new product lines it acquired when it merged with Cytyc last October.

April 30, 2008

Breast MRI with USPIO contrast helps assess lymph node metastases

By Cynthia E. Keen

Austrian researchers have found that breast MRI with a contrast medium based on ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) particles could help avoid mastectomy for women whose breast cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes. But further development of the technique could be limited by the investigational nature of the contrast agent.

April 24, 2008

MR-guided ultrasound surgery of uterine fibroids is cost-effective

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 21 - Surgical management of symptomatic uterine fibroids can be accomplished cost-effectively with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS), Canadian and British investigators report in the March issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

April 20, 2008

Siemens wins Scottish FFDM contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has earned a contract to install multiple full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems in Scottish hospitals, the Erlangen, Germany-based firm reported.

April 16, 2008

IMS gets Canadian install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian mammography firm Internazionale Medico Scientifica (IMS) and Canadian distributor BCL X-Ray Canada have installed IMS' Giotto digital mammography system at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston, Ontario.

April 9, 2008

Hormone therapy raises risk of breast cancer recurrence

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 26 - Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) not only increases the risk of first-time breast cancer, it also makes recurrence of the malignancy more likely, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for April 2.

March 25, 2008

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