Prostate cancer patients who receive intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are less apt to suffer serious gastrointestinal complications following their treatment than those who receive three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (CRT), according to new…
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NJ Cancer Researcher Recognized For Work With Laryngeal Cancer
Amar Rewari, MD, MBA, a researcher from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), has been chosen to receive the Clinical Award in Clinical/Basic Science Research at the 52nd Annual Meeting of…
Drug Trial Success Could Reduce Risk Of Bladder Cancer Recurring By A Third
A major bladder cancer trial, funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown that adding two commonly used chemotherapy drugs to traditional radiotherapy can reduce the chance of a patient’s tumour coming back…
Frost & Sullivan Award Highlights Hybridyne Technologies’ Outstanding Technology Innovation
ProxiScan™, recently approved by the FDA, is based on the compact cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detector, which is the core enabling component for creating high resolution images. ProxiScan™ is unique because it differs from…
Radiation Before Surgery Keeps Colorectal Cancer From Returning
Patients with cancer found at the end of the large intestine called the rectum who receive one week of radiation therapy before surgery have a 50 percent reduction in chance that their…
Toshiba Ultrasound Systems Improve Workflow At University Hospitals Case Medical Center
One of the top priorities for healthcare facilities today is improving operational efficiency. To help address this issue, University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) in Cleveland, Ohio, rated among the best hospitals…
Forensic Scientists Use Postmortem Imaging-Guided Biopsy To Determine Natural Causes Of Death
Researchers found that the combination of computed tomography (CT), postmortem CT angiography (CTA) and biopsy can serve as a minimally invasive option for determining natural causes of death such as cardiac arrest,…
Virtual Colonoscopy Option Could Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates, Patient Survey Suggests
Providing computed tomography colonography (CTC) – otherwise known as virtual colonoscopy – as an alternative to conventional colonoscopy could improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, according to a study in the November…
Global Nuclear Medicine Market to Reach US$1.69 Billion by 2015
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Nuclear Medicine market. The global market for nuclear medicine is forecast to reach US$1.69 billion by the year 2015, driven by huge…
Halt Medical Receives Canadian License For Fibroid Treatment Device
Halt Medical, Inc. announced that it has been approved to market the Tulip™ Radiofrequency Volumetric Thermal Ablation (RFVTA) probe in Canada. “The license we just received from Health Canada brings us an…
‘Moratorium On Studying And Treating Terminal Cancer Has Ended’ – Genomic Systems Announcement
Terminal metastatic cancer – the presently untreatable cause of the great majority of all cancer deaths – has now been effectively treated in three common fatal cancers in mice, according to an…
CLS gets OK to pursue isotope production
The federal government has approved a Canadian Light Source proposal that aims to produce medical isotopes without using a nuclear reactor. Natural Resources Canada announced Friday proposals from four institutions — the…
GE Healthcare Helps Clinicians Understand Disease From The Beginning At European Society Of Nuclear Medicine
GE Healthcare Invests in Sequential Imaging with Integrated Registration (PET+MR), Provides Grant to EANM and ESTRO Guidelines for Use of PET in Radiotherapy Planning Vienna, Austria — Combining the power of anatomical…
Gene Could Predict Breast Cancer Patients’ Response To Tamoxifen
Scientists have identified a gene which could help predict whether a breast cancer patient will respond to taking tamoxifen. The study*, published in the British Journal of Cancer**, showed a potential link…
School of Medicine Teams Up to Bring $200 Million Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment Center to Baltimore
The University of Maryland School of Medicine, through its affiliated clinical faculty practice group, is playing a key role in plans for an estimated $200 million project to bring to Maryland for…