Clinical News: Page 1192

Joint pain is increased in breast cancer patients

By Reuters Health

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters Health), Dec 12 - Joint pain is more common and more severe in women with breast cancer than in age-matched controls without breast cancer, researchers reported at the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

December 11, 2008

IBA responds to FDA warning letter

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has responded to a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration related to manufacturing practices for PET radiotracers at a facility in Virginia.

December 10, 2008

Nuance reports SpeechMagic/Centricity integration

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Nuance Communications said that its SpeechMagic speech recognition technology has been integrated with GE Healthcare's Centricity RIS in a Citrix environment.

December 9, 2008

Sectra sales climb in Q2

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Successful direct sales of its medical systems helped Swedish healthcare informatics firm Sectra to 11% net sales growth in its fiscal second quarter.

December 9, 2008

Quality of life suffers with cranial radiation to prevent lung cancer metastases

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 10 - While prophylactic cranial irradiation can reduce the occurrence of brain metastases and improve survival in patients treated for extensive-disease small cell lung cancer, it may adversely affect quality of life, new research shows.

December 9, 2008

Agfa signs Antwerp University Hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has inked a deal to install its Impax Cardiovascular PACS package at Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium.

December 9, 2008