New technology visualizes radiation therapy dose in real-time
U.S. researchers say they have developed a new 3D imaging prototype for visualizin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
MRgFUS up to the task for relieving painful bone metastases
ASTRO updates endometrial cancer treatment guideline
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ASTRO: Fresh hopes for ultrahigh-dose radiation treatment
ASTRO: Shortened radiotherapy is effective in high-risk prostate cancer (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 11, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
RaySearch secures Ohio State University contract
RaySearch Laboratories has secured a contract with the Ohio State Universit...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
RaySearch secures $18M Ion Beam Applications order
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RaySearch appoints new board chair
RayStation system to be used in Canadian cancer center
RaySearch teams with U.K. firm on upright radiation therapy (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Genomic Assay May Pinpoint Who Can Skip RT After Breast-Conserving Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- An investigational genomic assay may be able to identify women who don't stand to benefit from adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) following breast-conserving surgery, researchers reported.
Using tumor samples from a completed phase... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 6, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
One in Four Patients Experience Breast Reconstruction Burnout
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 -- Reconstructive burnout in breast reconstruction is associated with tissue expander complications, high body mass indices, and radiation therapy, according to a study published in the January issue of Plastic and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Recommendations Updated for Radiation Therapy in Endometrial Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 2022 -- In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and published online Oct. 21 in Practical Radiation Oncology, recommendations are presented for the use of adjuvant radiation therapy... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 28, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to Participate in Clinical Trials for Kidney Cancer
It is fortunate that, in a majority of cases, kidney cancer is caught before spreading to other parts of the body. For these patients, treatment usually involves a nephrectomy, which is the surgical removal of one or both of the kidneys. The goal of the surgery is to prevent the cancer from metastasizing. Unfortunately, many people who undergo a nephrectomy for high-risk disease—between 20% to 50%, according to recent estimates—will eventually go on to develop metastatic cancer.
Until recently, there wasn’t much a person’s care team could do in this situation to stop the cancer from coming back. Rel...
Source: TIME: Health - December 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Cancer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
South Africa: Living With a Stoma in SA - We Deserve Better
[spotlight] In May 2016, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I was lucky. Detecting the cancer early meant that I required no chemo or radiation therapy and just had surgery, which left me with a stoma and a permanent colostomy bag. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
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:
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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:
ASTRO: Shorter irradiation effective for breast cancer treatment
ASTRO: Shortened radiotherapy is effective in high-risk prostate cancer
New radiation therapy tools are highlight of ASTRO 2021
Hypofractionated radiotherapy helped England survive COVID-19 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 8, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
