Breaking news on radiology
The Risk Of Childhood Cancer Following Fetal Exposure To Radiation published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Fetal exposure to radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: what is the likelihood of a risk? A new study published in this week's PLoS Medicine aims to evaluate the possibility that exposure of a fetus to computed tomography or radionuclide imaging performed during pregnancy might increase subsequent risk of childhood cancer...
Poor Public Awareness Highlights Radiotherapy's 'Cinderella' Status published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Only one in ten people know that radiotherapy helps cure forty per cent of cancer patients according to new figures* published by Cancer Research UK today (Tuesday). The survey of more than 2,000 people from across the UK also reveals just 14 per cent are aware that half of all cancer patients could benefit from radiotherapy as part of their treatment...
First Radiation Oncologist Hired For BC Cancer Agency Centre For The North And Appointed To The Northern Medical Program published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Dr. Robert Olson, a radiation oncologist, is the first physician to be hired for the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North. He will be part of the provincial Radiation Therapy Program which will bring service to the North for the first time when the new centre is opened. The centre, now under construction, is expected to start treating patients by the end of 2012. Dr...
New Model May Simplify High-Dose Radiosurgery Planning published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
There is yet no straightforward way to determine the optimal dose level and treatment schedules for high-dose radiation therapies such as stereotactic radiation therapy, which is used to treat brain and lung cancer, or for high-dose brachytherapy for prostate and other cancers. Radiation oncologists at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G...
CyberKnife Treatment For Prostate Cancer published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
CyberKnife radiosurgery treatment for prostate cancer is rapid, effective and has no side effects, with the added benefit of being non-invasive. Since 2003, the CyberKnife Center of Miami and the CyberKnife Center of Palm Beach have been providing this high tech cancer treatment longer than any facility in South Florida...
Research Initiatives Collaboration Between SRNL, Chernobyl Laboratory published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Under a recently signed agreement, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the Ukraine's International Radioecology Laboratory (IRL) will collaborate on radiation ecology research, including projects in the region impacted by the catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 24 years ago...
Molecular Imaging's Benefits In The Evaluation And Successful Treatment Planning For A Wide Spectrum Of Diseases published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
A series of studies published in the September Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) show that molecular imaging plays a critical role in the evaluation and treatment planning for a broad spectrum of cancers, including thyroid cancer and lymphoma...
BARDA Funds Development Of New Way To Treat Illness From Acute Radiation published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) today awarded a $153 million contract to Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. of San Carlos, Calif...
Cancer Center To Be The First In Europe To Install A CyberKnife VSI System, The Latest Generation Of The CyberKnife System published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced that the first CyberKnife VSI System to be installed in Europe was placed at the Leon-Berard Cancer Multidisciplinary Center (CLB) in Lyon, France. The CyberKnife VSI System is the newest addition to the CyberKnife product family...
Open House At Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center Introduces Elekta Synergy® To Community published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center, the area's only American College of Radiology-accredited radiation oncology center, introduces the Elekta Synergy system. The new technology will be showcased at the center's Open House on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center (GCCTC) is located at 2100 State Avenue in Panama City. Radiation oncologists Dr. D.B...
Radiation Oncology Services Of America, Inc. To Work With Washington University On Quality Assurance Initiative published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Radiation Oncology Services of America, Inc. (ROSA), a subsidiary of Ambulatory Services of America, Inc. (ASA), announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine to embark on a Cooperative Quality Assurance Project...
Varian Medical Systems Establishes Radiotherapy Training Center In Mumbai, India published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), a world leader in radiotherapy equipment and software, has established its first education center in India to train medical physicists and technologists working on the company's advanced cancer treatment systems...
Study Suggests That Staggered Radiologist Work Shifts Improve Patient Care published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Implementation of staggered radiologist work shifts can expedite the communication of urgent findings and improve patient care, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology...
Nanotherapeutics Submits Investigational New Drug Application To FDA For Clinical Testing Of Oral Drug To Treat Radiation Exposure published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Nanotherapeutics, Inc., announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for NanoDTPA™ an orally administered capsule that is a less invasive treatment alternative to the FDA approved injectable Zn-DTPA (diethylenetriamine pentacetic acid)...
Swiss Breast Cancer Patient Becomes First In World To Receive Treatment Using Gated RapidArc From Varian Medical Systems published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc®, which makes it possible to monitor patient breathing and compensate for tumor motion while quickly delivering radiotherapy during a continuous rotation around the patient...
Study: Explosion Of Medical Imaging Due Partly To Overuse published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
"Part of the explosion in medical imaging over the past two decades may be attributable to overuse, and steps need to be taken to cut back," according to a study in the journal Radiology, MedPage Today/ABC News reports...
Combining Resistance And Endurance Training Best For Heart Health published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
A study of triathletes published in the online edition and October issue of Radiology reveals that the heart adapts to triathlon training by working more efficiently. "To our knowledge, this is the first study using MRI to investigate effects of triathlon training on cardiac adaptations," said lead researcher Michael M. Lell, M.D...
Toshiba Installs 1,000th MR System Worldwide published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Diagnostic imaging leader Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has installed its 1,000th MR system worldwide. Kosair Children's Medical Center - Brownsboro, the only pediatric outpatient facility of its type in Kentucky, is the site of Toshiba's milestone installation. The new facility, dedicated to the care of children, is located in the eastern suburbs of Louisville, Ky...
Revolutionary Way To Treat Eye Cancer May Prevent Blindness published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Rare but devastating, eye cancer can strike anyone at any time and treating it often requires radiation that leaves half of all patients partially blind. But a new technique developed by Scott Oliver, MD, assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, may change all that...
Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology Sees Growth, Promise Of Tumor Ablation published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
The unprecedented growth and promise of using thermal ablation to target and kill cancer is the subject of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology's August supplement, "Thermal Ablation 2010: At the Crossroads of Past Success, Current Goals and Future Technology...
CareFusion Announces National Launch Of Spinal Fracture Device published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical device company, announced the national commercial launch of the AVAmax® Vertebral Balloon, a minimally invasive device for use during kyphoplasty, a procedure for treating spinal compression fractures...
Australian Patent Issued To CreAgri® For Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) Protection By Its Hydroxytyrosol-Based Formulations published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
CreAgri, Inc.® announced today that the company has received a Patent by the Australian Patent Office, Patent Number 2003249719, which covers the protective effects provided by Hydroxytyrosol against skin damage caused by UV exposure...
World's Tallest Man Stretches Out Over Eight Feet For Needed Gamma Knife Surgery published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Much of Sultan Kosen's eight feet, two-inch stature rose up in an 17-year period starting at age 10, when the benign tumor in his brain's pituitary gland highjacked the organ, causing it to secrete massive amounts of growth hormone, making Mr. Kosen's body grow fast and grow without ceasing...
Detection System Sniffs Out The Tiniest Amounts Of Radioactive Material In The Air published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
The set-up looks rather unimposing to the uninitiated eye: a container, a satellite dish, a generator. Yet this container in the midst of lush green scenery some kilometres to the southeast of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, houses a highly sensitive apparatus...
Society Of Interventional Radiology Supports Research For New M.S. Treatments published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Recognizing that venous interventions may potentially play an important role in treating some patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis -- an incurable, disabling disease -- the Society of Interventional Radiology has issued a position statement indicating its support for high-quality clinical research to determine the safety and effectiveness of interventional M.S. treatments...
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