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BSD Medical nabs Swiss contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Brachytherapy and hyperthermia therapy developer BSD Medical has won an installation of its hyperthermia system at a Swiss hospital.
February 17, 2010
Covidien signs deal to produce Mo-99 at Polish reactor
By Wayne Forrest
Healthcare technology firm Covidien has inked an agreement with the Institute of Atomic Energy in Poland to augment Covidien's supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), which is used in the production of the medical isotope technetium-99m.
February 16, 2010
DVT, pulmonary embolism common with superficial thrombosis
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 17 - Superficial venous thrombosis is often considered benign, but new research suggests that one in four patients also have deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). Moreover, many patients without DVT or PE on presentation will develop them in the next three months.
February 16, 2010
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PET/CT cost-effective for head, neck squamous cell carcinoma
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT is not only most effective for pretreatment screening of distant metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the combined modalities do so with no additional costs to healthcare providers, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
February 16, 2010
MRI does not reduce reoperation rates for breast cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 12 - Including MRI in the preoperative workup of breast cancer does not reduce reoperation rates, according to the results of the Comparative Effectiveness of MR Imaging in Breast Cancer (COMICE) trial.
February 11, 2010
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PET scan can increase accuracy of head/neck cancer staging
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 11 - Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck can be staged more accurately with whole-body PET using F-18 FDG, according to European researchers.
February 10, 2010
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Childhood cancer survivors at increased heart risk
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 11 - Survivors of childhood cancer who received certain types of treatment are at dramatically increased risk of dying from a heart-related condition later on, new research shows.
February 10, 2010
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Contrast MRI helps guide stem cell therapy for myeloma
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from France have found that whole-body dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI can help assess treatment response in patients receiving stem cell therapy for multiple myeloma by providing quantitative analysis of bone marrow and focal lesion enhancement.
February 10, 2010
Study to compare 320-row CT perfusion against SPECT
By Eric Barnes
Following up on the CORE 64 study that tested the value of coronary CT angiography vis-à-vis angiography, researchers have launched a new international trial to compare 320-detector-row CT perfusion to SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for detecting early coronary artery disease.
February 9, 2010
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
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Italian rad oncologists go proactive to reduce adverse events
By Cynthia E. Keen
The recent series of articles in the New York Times on errors in radiation therapy has experts searching for better ways to prevent adverse events. Researchers from Italy may have found one solution by replacing the conventional "reactive" methods for risk management and quality assurance with a more proactive approach.
February 7, 2010
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