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Treatment delays common in men with breast cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 8 - Male breast cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage and axillary lymph node involvement is frequently seen at presentation, according to research presented at a conference organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).
July 7, 2008
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Education reduces children's need for anesthesia during radiotherapy
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 7 - Among young patients with cancer, a psychoeducational intervention reduces the percentage of patients requiring anesthesia during radiation treatment, Swiss researchers report in Radiation Oncology.
July 6, 2008
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Sectra gets Spanish PACS order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS vendor and digital mammography developer Sectra of Linköping has won a contract to install a PACS network in northwestern Spain.
July 6, 2008
Global RV function on ECG-gated 64-slice MDCT compares well with MRI
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Cardiac MDCT angiography for assessing coronary artery disease and coronary bypass grafts has enabled right ventricular (RV) function assessment, according to a study in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 3, 2008
Heel ultrasound may effectively assess osteoporotic fracture risk
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 2 - Quantitative heel ultrasound plus the presence of clinical risk factors may provide an easy, effective method of assessing the risk of osteoporotic fractures in elderly women, Swiss researchers report in the July issue of Radiology.
July 1, 2008
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Siemens places first S2000 scanner in U.K.
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its Acuson S2000 ultrasound scanner at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow, Scotland.
July 1, 2008
Report: Agfa talks possible sale with two companies
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa-Gevaert of Mortsel, Belgium, reportedly has spoken with Erlangen, Germany-based Siemens about the possibility of selling Agfa HealthCare as part of its strategic review process.
June 30, 2008
Nucletron taps new CEO
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Nucletron of Veenendaal, Netherlands, has named Jos Lamers as CEO.
June 29, 2008
Poor go through with colon screening less often
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Despite the best intentions, many people don't follow through with screening exams even though they understand their value. The phenomenon can be more pronounced among those who are poor or in poor health, according to U.K. researchers.
June 29, 2008
CARS report: Fuzzy theory yields sharper CTA images
By Eric Barnes
BARCELONA - Coronary CT angiography isn't as easy to perform as it could be, according to Chunliang Wang, who discussed the problem of hidden coronary arteries and introduced a novel segmentation method that might make them easier to examine at the 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.
June 26, 2008
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CARS report: CAD prompts range of behaviors in readers
By Eric Barnes
BARCELONA - How computer-aided detection (CAD) software works in theory is one thing, and how it functions in practice is another, as radiologists who use CAD have come to appreciate. But the ways in which readers react to CAD prompts, a subject that has received scant attention, has important implications for both CAD design and reader training.
June 25, 2008
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Siemens signs York Hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received a digital radiography order from York Hospital in the U.K.
June 25, 2008
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