Clinical News: Page 1154

Varian wins Swedish contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has won a contract with a proton therapy center in Sweden.
August 19, 2009
Stents give good results for unprotected left coronary disease
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 20 - Stenting is a feasible treatment for unprotected left main coronary artery disease and is associated with good long-term outcomes, according to data from the Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting registry.
August 19, 2009
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Xograph completes Ziehm install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, recently delivered a Ziehm Vision mobile C-arm image intensifier to the Runnymede Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey.
August 18, 2009
Siemens gets U.K. MRI order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for its Magnetom Verio 3-tesla MRI system from the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
August 18, 2009
Primary PCI vs. prehospital lysis for MI: similar survival
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 19 - Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or prehospital lysis followed by transfer to an interventional facility.
August 18, 2009
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High-field MRI appropriate for fetal autopsy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Whole-body high-field MRI yields diagnostically accurate images of human fetuses, according to a new U.K. study. As a minimally invasive postmortem exam, a whole-body high-field MRI exam may be more acceptable than a conventional autopsy to parents, who are often reluctant to approve this invasive procedure.
August 17, 2009
Petten reactor back online
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, is back online ahead of schedule.
August 17, 2009
Salvage radiotherapy preserves useful vision in retinoblastoma
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 17 - In patients with bilateral retinoblastoma, salvage external-beam radiotherapy is highly effective in preserving eyes with useful vision following failed chemotherapy and focal treatments, U.K. researchers report.
August 16, 2009
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Quality of life better with brachytherapy for endometrial cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 24 - Endometrial cancer patients who undergo vaginal brachytherapy have a better quality of life (QoL) than those who receive external beam pelvic radiotherapy, according to Dutch researchers.
August 16, 2009
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PET testing reduces futile resections for colorectal liver metastases
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 17 - Use of F-18 FDG-PET imaging can reduce the rate of futile laparotomies in patients with colorectal liver metastases from 45% to 28%, according to a report in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 16, 2009
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Elekta scores Brazilian order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has received an order from the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo in Brazil for six radiation therapy systems.
August 13, 2009
European healthcare IT outsourcing to grow
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European outsourcing market for healthcare IT could grow by more than 50% to $1.09 billion in 2015, according to a new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
August 13, 2009
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