February 17, 2009 - The total PET and PET/CT patient studies increased only 4 percent, from 1,457,400 to 1,520,800, compared to estimates for 2007 provided by respondents to a 2008 survey by IMV Medical Information Division, representing a slowdown in procedure growth.

February 17, 2009 - Doctors in Hong Kong have carried out the first treatments in south-east Asia using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems, and treated a 74-year-old patient with localized prostate cancer.

February 17, 2009 – Over the next several weeks, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is offering several education opportunities for its members on the implications and opportunities of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, expected to include $19 billion for health IT and to be signed into law this week.

February 17, 2009 - Updated guidelines of best practices identify using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to newly diagnose breast cancer and to make treatment decisions for breast cancer as a best practice, but not as a substitute for screening or diagnostic mammography.

February 17, 2009 - Cancer may well surpass cardiovascular diseases as the primary case of death in Europe by 2012; to prevent this from happening, cancer therapeutics have to shift in focus from the treatment of symptoms to offering a total cure, despite the complex, multifactorial nature of cancer indications, according to Frost & Sullivan.

February 16, 2009 - University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany reduces treatment times for the TomoTherapy Hi·Art system from between 40 to 75 percent, while at the same time improving plan quality by further reducing radiation dose to normal tissue.

February 16, 2009 - The deadline for submitting the application for a scholarship program for radiology residents interested in imaging informatics sponsored by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is March 2, 2009.
For the fourth year, SIIM offers this scholarship to all trainees in North America who intend to pursue a career in radiology or imaging sciences.

February 16, 2009 - Researchers found modest benefits from an exercise program patients being treated with radiation therapy for prostate cancer underwent during treatment, according to a study published in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

February 16, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems will supply proton therapy equipment for the planned three-room treatment facility, which American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) is developing in the San Francisco Bay area.

February 16, 2009 - Researchers have also identified an even more accurate biomarker of prostate cancer: high levels of ionized serum calcium, according to studies findings out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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