A new novel imaging technique measurably improves upon current prostate imaging and may have significant implications for future treatment of prostate cancer patients, according to a report in the Jan. 6, 2015, issue of the journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Disease.

A 2013 survey of radiation oncologists indicates that they would like more formal recommendations and guidance in order to improve the peer review process, according to a study published in the January-February 2015 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), the clinical practice journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).  

ECRI Institute’s 2015 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List, available as a free public service, answers key questions on new and emerging health technologies that potentially provide new ways to treat patients, improve care and reduce costs.

Completely web-based and compatible with all devices and operating systems, the Exa PACS delivers efficiency and productivity benefits to hospitals, imaging centers and teleradiology groups via PACS accessibility and utility for end users.

Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Ohio’s breast density inform bill into law (HB 394, Section 3702.40). Ohio becomes the 20th state to enact such a bill, which requires healthcare providers to inform women if they have dense breast tissue, which may negatively impact the ability to clearly diagnose breast cancer. This raises the number of American women living in states with some level of mandatory breast density notification to 60 percent.
 

For two years now, Proton Therapy Center Czech (PTC) in Prague has been among the world’s top proton therapy facilities. Having treated altogether 750 patients from 22 world countries, the center has gradually opened most of its treatment rooms and launched a two-shift operation in reaction to the growing demand for proton beam therapy.

Elekta's Versa HD system is making its clinical debut or preparing to treat patients at three Australian centers. On Oct. 1, 2014, Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre at Campbelltown Hospital (Campbelltown, NSW) became the first clinic in Australia to treat patients on one of its two Versa HD systems. On Nov. 10, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre followed suit with its first Versa HD patient treatments. Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Prince of Wales Hospital (Randwick, NSW) is making preparations to begin treating patients on its Versa HD system.

In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, a team of researchers from Inserm led by Paul Hofman has just made a significant advance in the area of early diagnosis of invasive cancers.

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