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Long-term breast cancer survival similar with SNLB and complete axillary dissection
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 12 - With small breast cancers, doing complete axillary dissections only for positive sentinel lymph node biopsies (SNLB) yields the same 10-year disease-free survival -- roughly 90% -- as doing routine complete dissections in all cases, researchers say.
March 11, 2010
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FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved the use of the Maria Research Reactor in Poland as a site to irradiate highly enriched uranium targets for molybdenum-99 production, according to healthcare technology firm Covidien.
March 10, 2010
Vaginal dilation does not prevent damage from radiotherapy
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 11 - While vaginal dilation might help treat late effects of pelvic irradiation, evidence does not support routine dilation during or immediately after radiotherapy.
March 10, 2010
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Siemens completes U.K. order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has filled an order from Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust in the U.K. for the installation of 10 Ysio wi-D digital radiography systems.
March 9, 2010
Report: Sonographer training lacking in Eastern Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
More than half of cardiologists surveyed across Russia and Eastern Europe had not received training on how to get the best use of their ultrasound imaging equipment, according to a new survey from market research firm InMedica.
March 8, 2010
Hologic debuts upright biopsy at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - A new digital upright biopsy system, called Affirm, was among the new product launches at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting in Vienna by women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA.
March 7, 2010
Interpretation errors top clinical negligence claims in U.K.
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Compared with the U.S., the U.K. is perhaps not seen as a strongly litigious country, but a new analysis of clinical negligence claims in radiology presented at the European Congress of Radiology reveals a clear rise in recent years in the number and financial burden of malpractice suits.
March 7, 2010
CTA superior to exercise testing for evaluation of suspected coronary artery disease
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 8 - Exercise testing is sensitive for coronary artery disease when ST-segment changes, angina, and hemodynamic variables are considered -- but it's still not as sensitive as CT angiography (CTA), a study from Denmark shows.
March 7, 2010
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Organ-based tube-current modulation cuts breast dose
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Radiation doses to the breast can be cut by nearly 40% using a new organ-based dose modulation technique in combination with a noise-optimized image reconstruction method. The two techniques must be used together if the resulting images are to remain readable, researchers reported.
March 7, 2010
Breast MRI CAD yields high sensitivity, specificity
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - Breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can effectively distinguish between benign and malignant lesions, according to research from Germany presented at the 2010 European Congress of Radiology.
March 7, 2010
Economical DR, extremity MRI among GE ECR highlights
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - A new digital radiography (DR) system designed for developing markets and a recently acquired extremity MRI scanner are among the highlights in the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) booth of multimodality vendor GE Healthcare.
March 7, 2010
Biospace Med inks EOS distribution agreement
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French digital radiography firm Biospace Med has signed an exclusive agreement with a new distributor for its EOS low-dose 2D/3D x-ray imager.
March 7, 2010
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