October 19, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected Carrie Daly, A.P.N., of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., as the recipient of the 2009 ASTRO Nurse Excellence Award, which is awarded to a registered nurse who goes above and beyond the normal standards of nursing practice.

October 19, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is partnering with Gilda's Club Chicago to raise awareness of cancer survivorship issues, as part of an initiative to give back to the communities in the cities visited during its annual scientific meetings.

October 19, 2009 - Unscreened women accounted for 75 percent of breast cancer deaths in an analysis of data on 6,997 invasive breast cancers diagnosed in 1990-1999 and followed through 2007, according to a study presented at the at the ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium.

October 19, 2009 - When Jack Cumming, Hologic Chairman and CEO, presided over the NASDAQ opening bell ceremony in New York City on
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. (EST) for the fourth consecutive year to honor the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the company also kicked off the "Promise to Me" campaign.

October 16, 2009 - The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio’s one-year training certificate in medical dosimetry, offered through the School of Medicine’s Department of Radiation Oncology at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC), has became only the eighth program in the country to receive accreditation from the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, the field

VisualSonics Inc. introduced the NeuroPak Deep Brain Imaging System, a novel technology that provides pre-clinical neurology researchers with the capability to image biological and cellular processes in the brains of conscious animals.

October 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare announces that Cleveland Clinic Foundation has purchased its fourth ARTISTE for its Strongsville Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

October 16, 2009 - Researchers utilizing computed tomography (CT) scans have found that patients with severe cases of the H1N1 virus are at risk for developing severe complications, including pulmonary emboli (PE), according to a study published online Oct. 14, 2009, in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

October 16, 2009 - At the 95th annual RSNA meeting, Nov. 29-Dec 4, in Chicago, Agfa Healthcare will show how IMPAX Cardiovascular is designed to support heart and vascular diagnostics and documentation.

IMPAX for Digital Mammography is a a diagnostic tool that facilitates the reporting workflow in a digital mammography environment.

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