' Eye-opening': Asking About Sexual Function After Brachytherapy'Eye-opening': Asking About Sexual Function After Brachytherapy
Women who undergo brachytherapy for cervical cancer are hardly ever asked about their sexual function, while men who undergo treatment for prostate cancer are almost always assessed, US researchers have found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Sexual Health Not Part of Discussion for Women Undergoing Brachytherapy
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Despite the fact that both men and women who receive brachytherapy for prostate or cervical cancer may experience some degree of sexual dysfunction, physicians are much less likely to engage in discussions about... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - October 25, 2022 Category: Hematology Source Type: news

High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Prostate Cancer Improves QOL
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer treated with external-beam pelvic radiotherapy (EBRT) had better quality of life (QOL) outcomes when the combined prostate brachytherapy boost had a high dose... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - October 24, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ART to offer AccuBoost technology to China
Radiation therapy firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) entered into a technolog...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: ART brings AccuBoost breast irradiation system to Jordan VA Ann Arbor expands use of ViewRay radiation therapy ART debuts ConfidenceRT breast brachytherapy system Advanced Radiation Therapy names new CCO ART installs breast system in Fla. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 14, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Brachytherapy Boost May Allow for Shorter ADT With EBRT Brachytherapy Boost May Allow for Shorter ADT With EBRT
In patients with high-risk prostate cancer undergoing EBRT alone, androgen deprivation therapy may be needed for more than 18 months, versus 18 months or ' possibly less ' with a brachytherapy boost, researchers say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines - February 1, 2022 Category: Radiology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

iCAD reports Xoft milestone
iCAD said that its Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy machine has been use...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: iCAD showcases research, technology at ASTRO iCAD reports Xoft Axxent milestone iCAD features Xoft Axxent upgrades at ASTRO 2019 iCAD touts clinical results with Xoft Axxent brachytherapy iCAD touts study on radiation therapy savings (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 14, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Prostate Cancer: Radiation, Brachytherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals
Title: Prostate Cancer: Radiation, Brachytherapy and RadiopharmaceuticalsCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/9/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - November 16, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Sirtex Medical and China Grand Pharmaceutical announce successful first administration of SIR-Spheres(R) Y-90 resin microspheres in China
WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 11, 2021 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Sirtex Medical ("Sirtex"), a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, announced today that the first procedure of selective internal radiation therapy (SIR... Devices, Oncology Sirtex Medical, SIR-Spheres, Y-90 resin microspheres, hepatocellular carcinoma (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - October 11, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Brachytherapy may continue following uterine perforation in cervical cancer patients
(Loyola University Health System) A new study finds that brachytherapy, a common procedure that delivers radiation directly to cancer cells, may continue safely, potentially without delay or antibiotics, in cervical cancer patients following uterine perforation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

NICE approval of selective internal radiation therapy for advanced HCC
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - March 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

What Are the Side Effects of Brachytherapy
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - January 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

With Elekta Studio, Elekta brings complete image-guided brachytherapy workflow to a single room
Introduction of ImagingRing completes Elekta Studio, unleashing full potential of interventional radiotherapy VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands, Nov. 19, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) today introduced Elekta Studio with... Devices, Oncology, Product Launch Elekta, Elekta Studio, ImagingRing, brachytherapy, radiotherapy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 19, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Outcomes of salvage low dose RT brachytherapy after EBRT for prostate cancer
(NRG Oncology) Researchers involved in the phase II NRG Oncology RTOG 0526 trial studying low dose rate (LDR) prostate brachytherapy (BT) following local recurrence (LR) after external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for patients with low-to-intermediate risk prostate cancer reported late Grade 3 gastrointestinal and genitourinary adverse events (AEs) occurring in 14% of trial participants. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 28, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

ART debuts ConfidenceRT breast brachytherapy system
Radiation therapy firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) has introduced its...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Advanced Radiation Therapy names new CCO ART installs breast system in Fla. Advanced Radiation Therapy gets AccuBoost Digital sale Advanced Radiation Therapy upgrades AccuBoost in RI AccuBoost debuts product upgrades at ASTRO 2019 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 6, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Terumo Acquires Quirem Medical to Enhance Its Interventional Oncology Field
TOKYO and DEVENTER, Netherlands, July 15, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Terumo Corporation (TSE: 4543) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Quirem Medical B.V., a Netherlands-based healthcare startup specializing in the ... Devices, Interventional, Oncology, Mergers & Acquisitions Terumo , Quirem Medical, Selective Internal Radiation Therapy, radiotherapy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - July 15, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news