Accuray to showcase radiation therapy tech at ESTRO
Accuray will showcase its radiation therapy technologies at the upcoming European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) annual meeting being held May 3 to 7 in Glasgow, Scotland.
The company plans to highlight its Radixact System with a built-in CT scanner, CyberComm, and Cenos technologies. Additionally, the company will host a symposium and webinar at the conference. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
State of the RT profession more palpable than ever
As the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) prepares to announce changes to its professional pathways and practice standards at its June meeting in Orlando, FL, ASRT Board President Brandon Smith said the state of the field is "more palpable than ever." An ASRT video published in March began setting the stage for what is to come from the collective professional trust of 18 radiologic science organizations. Together, they form the Consensus Committee on the Future of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy. With industry guidance on professional-entry pathways coming soon, the Consensus Committee's findings...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Jobs Market Analysis Associations Careers Radiologic Technologist Source Type: news
GE HealthCare partners with Elekta to enhance radiation therapy
Elekta ’s radiation therapy offerings will now utilize GE HealthCare’s recently acquired MIM software. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
GE expands collaboration with Elekta via MIM subsidiary
GE HealthCare (GEHC) is collaborating with Elekta through its recent acquisition, MIM Software.
Under the partnership, Elekta’s radiation therapy offerings will incorporate MIM Software’s medical imaging management tools, which will “enable advanced … oncology treatment planning in the delivery of radiation therapy,” the company said.
GEHC acquired MIM Software earlier this month. It has sustained a partnership with Elekta since 2022. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?
A range of federal and state legislation and other developments in the works could have a significant impact on radiologic technologists and registered radiology assistants, either supporting and strengthening these professions or weakening them.
For example, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is working with lawmakers to reintroduce the federal Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act (MARCA) in the current legislative session. Last introduced in June 2021 as HR-3657 and companion SB-2641, MARCA would amend Medicare reimbursement policy for radiologist assistants (RAs) to align reimbursement with st...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Industry News Radiologic Technologist Source Type: news
FAPI-PET shows promise in patients with lung cancer
FAPI-PET imaging could emerge as a new tool for assessing patients with single pulmonary tumors, especially in those with negative results on other scans, according to a study published April 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
A group at University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany assessed the approach in 19 patients referred by their treating physicians because of inconclusive lung cancer findings on CT and F-18 FDG-PET. FAPI-PET either confirmed or ruled out the disease in all cases, the group found.
“Our results suggest that supplemental Ga-68 FAPI-46 PET may improve the noninvasive assessment of primary pulmonary...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Riding the 'Boob Bus'; Prior Authorization Pushback; Cancer Warning for Alcohol?
(MedPage Today) -- "The Boob Bus" -- An entrepreneur turns mammography into a road show. (Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utah)
Radiation therapy before mastectomy for breast cancer reduced delays in reconstructive surgery. (University... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - April 12, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Accuray touts data presented at Radiosurgery Society Meeting
Accuray is touting data presented at the 2024 Radiosurgery Society (RSS) meeting in Chicago, which the company said supports the use of the CyberKnife System in treating high-risk and recurrent prostate cancer.
CyberKnife allows for treatment of prostate cancer using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), where high doses of radiation are delivered over a shorter duration than traditional treatments. The company said that CyberKnife offers a treatment option for prostate tumors in four to five sessions.
Data presented at the meeting suggested that at three years follow-up, the system achieved favorable biochemical c...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
RSNA calls out toxicity concerns with theranostics
While recent evidence suggests that theranostic agents may be more effective when used earlier for prostate cancer patients, experts recommend proceeding conservatively with theranostic treatments until more is known about dose limits, according to an article published March 21 by the RSNA.
Data from theranostics is starting to focus on radiation dosimetry and dose limits in relation to kidney and other organ damage, said Nadine Mallak, MD, associate professor of body imaging and nuclear medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
The article points out that compared with external beam radiation therapy...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
MRI/ultrasound combination effective for treating prostate cancer
A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.
A team led by Steven Raman, MD, of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the treatment -- dubbed MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) and performed by interventional radiologists -- proved a viable alternative to surgery or radiation, showing a recovered continence rate of 92% at five-year follow-up.
"This image-...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Interventional MRI Ultrasound Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Targeted radiopharmaceuticals offer new hope for longer'healthspans '
Mark Crockett, MD, chief medical officer at TeleDaaS.Americans today can expect to live long lives. However, increased longevity has brought on a troubling rise in chronic disease, diminishing the quality of life later in life. A 2018 study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that more than a quarter of U.S. adults now battle multiple chronic conditions, up from 22% in 2001. We may be living longer, but more Americans struggle through these extra years in poor health — presenting a pressing need to extend not just lifespans but “healthspans.”
An emerging field of precision radiopharm...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Does breast radiation therapy raise risk of skin cancer?
Radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment leads to an increased risk of skin cancer, according to research published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
A team led by Shawheen Rezaei from Stanford University found that the risk of non-keratinocyte skin cancer diagnosis such as melanoma and hemangiosarcoma after breast cancer treatment with radiation was more than 50% higher.
“Although occurrences of non-keratinocyte skin cancers are rare, physicians should be aware of this elevated risk to help inform follow-up care,” the Rezaei team wrote.
While breast cancer treatment strategies have improved over the decades, survi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Novel Therapy Promising for Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis
(MedPage Today) -- The first-in-class uridine phosphorylase inhibitor TK-90 almost completely eliminated severe oral mucositis (SOM) in patients with non-metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who underwent radiation therapy, a... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 5, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
BAMF Health to partner with Corewell Health
BAMF Health and Corewell Health Haworth Innovative Therapeutics Clinic plan to collaborate on a clinical trial to test targeted radiation therapy for cancer patients.
The phase I trial is sponsored by Y-mAbs Therapeutics and will include both adolescent and adult patients with recurrent or resistant small-cell lung cancer, sarcoma, and malignant melanoma. Trial participants will receive tumor-targeting treatment with an antibody that binds to a protein called GD-2 on the surface of the cancer cells, then a radioisotope infusion that binds to the antibody and delivers the radiation to cancer cells, BAMF Health said. (Sourc...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Vismodegib-RT Regimen Achieves High Rate of Disease Control in Head and Neck BCC
(MedPage Today) -- More than 90% of patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the head and neck achieved locoregional control (LRC) with vismodegib (Erivedge) and radiation therapy (RT), a small clinical trial showed.
LRC at... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - March 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
