RaySearch secures $18M Ion Beam Applications order
RaySearch Laboratories has secured a 17.3-million-euro ($18 million U.S....Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
RaySearch secures McLaren Proton Therapy Center contract
IBA expands use of myQA iON software to radiation therapy
IBA software now compatible with Varian software
IBA and SCK CEN pick name for autonomous joint venture
RaySearch appoints new board chair
RayStation system to be used in Canadian cancer center (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 9, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ASTRO updates endometrial cancer treatment guideline
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has updated its 2014 guidelin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
ASTRO: Shorter irradiation effective for breast cancer treatment
ASTRO: Therapy combo may slow growth of prostate cancer
ASTRO: Radiation therapy boosts survival rate from liver cancer
ASTRO: PSA screening rates drop, prostate cancer incidence rises
ASTRO: AI model predicts hospitalizations in outpatient cancer patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 7, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Exercise Might Ease Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment
FRIDAY, Nov. 25, 2022 -- An exercise program, even if it ' s not as intense as national guidelines suggest, could help breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy reduce fatigue and have a better quality of life, new research... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 25, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Oscar Lambret Center in France Installs Second Accuray Radixact(R) System, the Hospital's Fifth Accuray Radiation Therapy Delivery System
Hospital Adds Accuray ClearRT Helical Fan-Beam kVCT Imaging and Synchrony® Technologies to Both Radixact Systems, Creating the Ultimate System for Personalized Cancer Care
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) ... Devices, Oncology Accuray, Radixact System, ClearRT, radiosurgery (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 16, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
IMV: Dual-energy spectral imaging drives CT purchasing interest
Dual-energy spectral imaging CT systems are driving plans to purchase new C...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI delivers clinical decision support and workflow improvements
IMV: Broad use of fixed C-arms in hospitals drives future demand
Nuclear medicine sentiment improves with expectations for higher volume
IMV: Radiation therapy capital equipment budgets up 21% in 2021
IMV: Most U.S. hospitals plan to buy an x-ray system (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
When a Cyberattack Halts Radiation Therapy: Not'If' but'When'When a Cyberattack Halts Radiation Therapy: Not'If' but'When '
Three radiation oncologists describe living through cyberattacks that paralyzed their clinics. They urge all clinicians to make plans to keep services running so that patients don ' t miss out on treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 10, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Researchers design treatment to protect bones during cancer therapy
Approximately 50% of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy — a treatment that uses electrically charged particles to kill cancer cells. Although radiotherapy beams are aimed directly at the tumor, surrounding healthy tissue can be damaged… (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 9, 2022 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Shorter regimen in sarcoma care could widen access to treatment
Hypofractionated, preoperative radiotherapy for patients with nonmetastati...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Hypofractionated radiotherapy helped England survive COVID-19 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 8, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Brentuximab Vedotin + Chemo Ups Event - Free Survival in Peds Hodgkin Lymphoma
Event - free survival rate higher in pediatric patients, but no difference seen in the percentage of patients receiving involved - site radiation therapy (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - November 3, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Radiology, Journal, Source Type: news
New Research Focuses on Mesothelioma Brain Metastasis
Distant metastasis is common with malignant pleural mesothelioma – more than 60% of patients experience it – but rarely is it found around the brain.
A new study by a team of radiation oncologists in Great Britain, however, suggests that physicians should increase their focus on potential cerebral metastasis in mesothelioma patients.
“Patients will continue to live longer as a consequence of newer, more advanced treatments,” the study authors wrote. “It is critical now to recognize mesothelioma’s metastatic potential, particularly cerebral metastasis, which was previously only an autopsy finding.”
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 3, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments Pleural Source Type: news
CMS releases final 2023 Medicare reimbursement rules
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published it...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Radiology heading into unknown regulatory, economic waters
CMS officially postpones changes to radiation therapy payments
How will the MPFS proposed rule valuation changes impact radiology?
CMS releases proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 2, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
CMS releases final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published it...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
What will the MIPS Value Pathways option mean for radiology?
Radiology heading into unknown regulatory, economic waters
CMS officially postpones changes to radiation therapy payments
How will the MPFS proposed rule valuation changes impact radiology?
CMS releases proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 2, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ASTRO: Medical Physicist-Patient Consult May Ease Stress of RT
MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2022 -- A patient-facing role for medical physicists may improve the experience of patients receiving radiation therapy as part of oncology care, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 31, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
RaySearch secures McLaren Proton Therapy Center contract
RaySearch Laboratories has secured a contract to provide the McLaren Proto...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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RaySearch teams with U.K. firm on upright radiation therapy
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RaySearch tech to be used in Houston clinic (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 28, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ViewRay touts results of MIRAGE trial
ViewRay highlighted results from its phase III Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guide...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
ViewRay highlights clinical results at ASTRO
SUNY Upstate installs ViewRay radiation therapy system
ViewRay signs MD Anderson Cancer Center
ViewRay's radiation therapy system can be sold in China
ViewRay signs VA Houston Healthcare System (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 27, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
