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High-intensity focused US for prostate cancer: no good evidence
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no good evidence to support the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound in prostate cancer, although the treatment was developed nearly two decades ago.
October 28, 2010
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U.K. scientist invents portable breast scanner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A scientist from the University of Manchester in the U.K. has invented a portable breast scanner based on radiofrequency technology.
October 28, 2010
IBA gets French OK to market Filtracis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French radiopharmaceutical developer IBA Molecular has received approval to market its Filtracis radiopharmaceutical kit in France.
October 27, 2010
Colorectal cancer biomarkers less sensitive in real-world screening
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blood-based colorectal cancer markers might be less sensitive in a real-world screening program than what's been reported in the literature, say the authors of a new systematic review.
October 26, 2010
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Contrast ultrasound helps direct chemotherapy treatment
By John Brosky
PARIS - French researchers have found that contrast-enhanced ultrasound can help to determine whether chemotherapy should be stopped, continued, or even enhanced, according to a presentation at the Journées Françaises de Radiologie annual congress.
October 26, 2010
Carestream nets Dutch RIS contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received a contract to supply a new RIS for eight departments at University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.
October 26, 2010
SIGGAR trial results a win-win for virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - A decade-long colorectal cancer screening initiative involving more than a dozen radiologists and thousands of patients across the U.K. delivered positive early results at this week's International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy.
October 26, 2010
Healthy life could prevent 23% of colon cancers
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - Getting people to eat a healthy diet, not smoke, cut down on alcohol, and exercise more could prevent almost a quarter of the some 1.2 million cases of colon cancer diagnosed each year, scientists said on Wednesday.
October 26, 2010
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Forcare moves to new office space
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The need for more space is prompting Dutch healthcare IT firm Forcare to move to a new location.
October 25, 2010
French radiology faces crisis due to lack of scanners
By John Brosky
PARIS - Despite good patient outcomes, France has a critical lack of imaging technology that must be addressed if the nation is to maintain the same level of healthcare quality available in other European countries, according to the opening press conference of the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) meeting.
October 25, 2010
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Vision RT signs on Varian
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. radiation therapy software developer Vision RT has inked a distribution agreement with radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.
October 24, 2010
Low-dose aspirin lowers colon cancer risk: study
By Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Low doses of aspirin taken to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes can also lower the risk of colon cancer, British researchers reported today in the Lancet.
October 21, 2010
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