AXi Rapid Exchange FFR System

The most comprehensive review of the performance of Canada's cancer control systems reveals that some older Canadians with colon, lung or breast cancer are not receiving guideline-recommended radiation and chemotherapy at the same rate as younger patients with these cancers.

Proton beam therapy, already the most advanced and precise form of therapy for the eradication of cancers, has taken a major technological leap forward with the introduction of pencil beam scanning at the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset, N.J., the only proton facility in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state region.

Pre-operative PET Lung Surgeries Nuclear Imaging Clinical Study

New quantitative data suggests that 30 percent of the surgeries performed for non-small cell lung cancer patients in a community-wide clinical study were deemed unnecessary. 

Convergent R.N.R Ltd. (CRnR) completed a very successful and promising proof of concept session of the Mercy Beam technology, that will enable more accurate, less harmful and dramatically less expensive radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment using low-energy X-ray tube instead of high-energy sources commonly used today.

April 1, 2014 — In a new Mayo Clinic study, X-rays known as dual-energy CT (computed tomography) scans found gout in one-third of patients whose aspirates tested negative for the disease. These results are published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, the European League Against Rheumatism journal.

The Senate passed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302) March 31, in a vote of 64 to 35.

April 1, 2014 — A minimally invasive treatment that delivers cancer-killing radiation directly to tumors shows promise in treating breast cancer that has spread to the liver when no other treatment options remain, according to research presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

April 1, 2014 — Toshiba America Medical Systems introduced its Xario 200, a new premium ultrasound system that is sleek and lightweight and can provide high-quality imaging in a compact system.

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