Radiation therapy clinical trial study pelvic cancer diarrhea sulfasalazine

Patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) for cancers in the pelvic region can experience diarrhea, a negative side effect of radiation treatment. Sulfasalazine, an oral tablet used to treat inflammation of the bowels, had been shown in a past trial of 31 patients to decrease diarrhea during pelvic RT. Sulfasalazine does not reduce diarrhea, according to research presented today at the American Society of Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO’s) 55th Annual Meeting. The study also determined that the medication might be associated with a higher risk of diarrhea than placebo.

Clinicians face the challenge of effectively imaging larger patients. Recognizing this trend, Esaote’s new eHD Technology improves every element of the imaging chain and increases ultrasound’s ability to image with more clarity at greater depth.

ClinicalKey, a clinical insight engine, is an online clinical information resource that provides radiologists with access to Elsevier's radiology references at point of care for guidance on every aspect of the field.

Eizo Corp. released the RadiForce MX215, a 21.3-inch color LCD monitor for clinical review.


Reporting is one of the areas in medical imaging informatics that has advanced the most in recent years. With much of the imaging workflow now digitized and carried out through second-, if not third-generation image and information management systems such as picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) or radiology information systems (RIS), the ”third pillar” of the end-to-end digital imaging workflow has grown less isolated and more influential than ever before — signaling the advent of true voice-enabled and speech-driven radiology reporting.
New features added to treatment planning systems have not made dosimetrists more efficient. Treatment planning takes anywhere from one to six days.
Sasa Mutic, Ph.D., director of clinical medical physics and professor of radiation oncology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, uses Pinnacle and Eclipse treatment systems for brachytherapy and external beam IMRT. The clinic also has a Gamma Plan for stereotactic radiology.

Treatment planning systems have been an integral part of radiation therapy since the 1980s; however, today’s systems are more technologically advanced. Back then dosimetrists would sit in front of a computer all day long contouring and planning out treatments for patients. Afterward, physicians and physicists would review the plans. Although the fundamental workflow has not changed much, as technology improves, new features are continually added to the systems to allow physicians to get more out of them than ever before. 

Since opening in September 2011, the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center has become a premier regional center for cancer patients in the greater Phoenix area. With some of the latest state-of-the-art technology in place, the Gilbert, Ariz., facility prides itself on offering patients the same level of care that they would receive at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. “The philosophy is to treat patients with the same protocols and philosophy that they would get as if they went to Houston,” said Stephen Sapareto, Ph.D., DABR, director of medical physics, division of radiation oncology, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may serve as a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing the risk of heart attack and stroke in diabetic patients, according to a new clinical study published online in the journal Radiology. 

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