Head and Neck Radiology: Page 15

Emerging techniques provide answers in head and neck cancer

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - Treatment planning and evaluation in head and neck oncology represents a major challenge for the radiologist. But new techniques and protocols are helping to overcome obstacles, and promise much in treatment prediction and early follow-up, delegates discovered at Friday's European Congress of Radiology Special Focus Session.

March 4, 2011

PET/MRI works for detecting head and neck tumors

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers are reporting promising results in the use of PET/MRI to detect malignant tumors in the head and upper neck area, according to a study published online February 10 in European Radiology.

February 23, 2011

Study questions PET efficacy with gliomas

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A report from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has determined that "no robust conclusions are possible" on the advantages or disadvantages of using PET to detect recurrences of malignant gliomas.

January 19, 2011

Elekta awarded CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish oncology firm Elekta said it has received CE Mark clearance for its Fraxion patient-specific cranial immobilization system.

January 18, 2011

IMRT reduces xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients

By Cynthia E. Keen

In a U.K. study evaluating dry mouth toxicities, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) proved to be far less debilitating for cancer patients than conventional radiation therapy. Results were published online January 12 in Lancet Oncology.

January 17, 2011

Radiation aids local control of head and neck mucosal melanoma

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Radiotherapy after surgery for head and neck mucosal melanoma can help prevent local spread of the disease, according to a retrospective study from France.

January 2, 2011

MDCT of heart and arteries aids etiologic workup of ischemic stroke

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Multidetector CT (MDCT) is highly sensitive and specific for identifying cardiac and arterial sources of ischemic stroke, according to a report online November 9 and in the January issue of Radiology.

November 8, 2010

MRI helps determine stroke onset

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MR images of the brain could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially lifesaving treatment, according to a new study published online and in the December issue of Radiology.

November 4, 2010

Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images

By Wayne Forrest

Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 2, 2010

Docetaxel with radiation helpful in anaplastic thyroid cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 2 - Patients with rare but aggressive anaplastic thyroid carcinomas responded extremely well to radiation and concomitant docetaxel in a small case series from Austria.

August 1, 2010

Transcranial Doppler IDs stroke risk in asymptomatic carotid stenosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cerebral emboli on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography are markers of an increased risk for stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, investigators reported in the Lancet Neurology. They also announced their findings at the European Stroke Conference in Barcelona.

May 30, 2010

Accelerated radiation therapy improves outcomes of head and neck cancers

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 9 - Accelerated radiation therapy is more effective than conventional fractionation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, but complications of treatment are more common, investigators report.

April 8, 2010

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