Governor vetoes bill that would have benefited new Franklin cancer center
Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed a bill that would have aided a cancer treatment center being constructed in Middle Tennessee.
The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 82-13 and by a 29-1 vote in the Senate, would have required insurance coverage of proton cancer therapy for state employees.
The veto comes as the construction of a $100 million cancer-treatment center by Provision CARES Proton Therapy nears completio n in Franklin. It will be the second center for Knoxville-based Provision CARES,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 3, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joel Stinnett Source Type: news
Boom in proton therapy is a bust for some. Blame a shortage of patients.
But about 30 years after the Food and Drug Administration first approved proton therapy for limited uses, doctors often hesitate to prescribe it and insurers often will not cover it. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 30, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Jay Hancock Source Type: news
For Cancer Centers, Proton Therapy ’ s Promise Is Undercut by Lagging Demand
Hospitals and private investors keep pumping vast sums of money into an advanced type of radiology whose effectiveness, in many cases, has not yet been shown to justify its price. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JAY HANCOCK Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Prostate Cancer Radiation Particle Accelerators Law and Legislation Emanuel, Ezekiel J Food and Drug Administration Georgetown University University of Maryland Medical Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Ca Source Type: news
Varian posts Q2 revenue increase
Revenue growth in its Oncology Systems business propelled radiation oncology...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Varian touts proton therapy educational milestone (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 26, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Varian releases Halcyon updates
Varian Medical Systems has released updates to its Halcyon radiation therapy...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Varian acquires decision-support firm (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Engineering during the “Fuzzy Front End” of Development
What’s the “fuzzy front end”? It’s the phase between first consideration of an opportunity and when it’s deemed ready to enter a structured development process. A common characteristic of the “fuzzy front end” is the desire to create and evaluate multiple concept alternatives on the road to selecting a single preferred approach.
It’s pursuing multiple concepts that often pose a special chicken-or-the-egg challenge for engineering because you:
Don’t have a complete design to assess feasibility.
Can’t fully assess feasibility without a complete design.
This dilemma means engineers must thoughtfully ass...
Source: MDDI - April 10, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Dave Franchino Tags: BIOMEDevice Boston Design Source Type: news
Varian releases new version of Velocity
Varian Medical Systems has released a new version of its Velocity cancer imaging...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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India clears Varian's Halcyon radiation therapy system (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 9, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Brainlab, Varian team up on product integrations
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has signed a deal with Varian Medical Systems...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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FDA clears 2 Brainlab software applications
Brainlab ships planning software package (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mevion touts first use of S250i proton therapy system
Mevion Medical Systems today announced the launch of its Mevion S250i proton therapy system, touting that the first patient in the world had been treated with the system.
The Mevion S250i features improved pencil beam scanning fields and Hyperscan pencil beam scanning tech to allow for faster energy layer switching, the Littleton, Mass.-based company said.
The system also features the company’s Adaptive Aperture multi-leaf collimator designed for multi-layer conformal field delivery, Mevion said, which it claims provides dose gradients with up to 3 times sharper lateral penumbra.
“The launch of the Hyperscan syste...
Source: Mass Device - April 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Oncology Mevion Medical Systems Source Type: news
Mevion treats 1st patient with proton therapy system
Mevion Medical Systems treated its first patient using the Mevion S250i proton...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Mevion completes milestone installation (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 2, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
IBA posts mixed 2017 results
Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) posted mixed results for...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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IBA inks Va. installation deal (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Varian bid for Sirtex clears regulatory hurdle
Varian Medical Systems' proposed acquisition of Sirtex Medical has been cleared...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Sirtex touts microsphere study at ASCO 2017 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Varian touts proton therapy educational milestone
Varian Medical Systems is highlighting an educational milestone at the Maryland...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 5, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
No Reduced Toxicity for Proton Tx vs IMRT in NSCLC (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Study challenges assumptions about supposed superiority of proton therapy (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - February 4, 2018 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Emory Proton Therapy Center gears up to open in late 2018 (Photos)
Patient consults are slated to begin for the center in fall 2018, and the first patients will be treated in winter 2018. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 30, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ellie Hensley Source Type: news
