January 15, 2009 - There is no survival disadvantage to waiting up to 20 weeks to start radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS), but delaying more than that does adversely affect outcomes, according to results from a large study published in the January 2009 issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology (J Clin Oncol, 2009 Jan 1, IA Olivotto, et al).

January 15, 2009 - Society of Nuclear (SNM) will devote its annual Molecular Imaging Summit to introducing the new SNM Clinical Trials Network, Feb. 8–9, at the Hilton Clearwater Hotel, Clearwater, FL.


By Cristen C. Bolan

In these difficult financial times, healthcare facilities are looking for ways to cut costs without having to cut corners on patient care. As a result, access to the most up-to-date medical imaging technology and quality patient care has been especially challenging for the under-served pediatric population and their families in both rural and urban settings.

January 15, 2008 - Cancer patients in Estonia now have access to advanced radiotherapy techniques— including intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)— with the official unveiling shortly before Christmas of an advanced Varian Medical Systems treatment machine at the North Estonia Regional Hospital in the country's capital, Tallinn.

January 14, 2009 – Leaders from the medical field and academia urge Obama Administration, Congress, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to increase federal funding for research into imaging technologies for less invasive and more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer.

January 14, 2009 - Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center became at the end of December one of the first cancer treatment centers in the state of New Jersey to offer cancer patients treatment using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.

January 14, 2009 – After performing stereotactic transperineal prostate biopsy on 747 patients, researchers concluded that forty percent of men with prostate cancer may not even know they have it, according to research study published in a recent issue of Urology.

January 14, 2009 - Kubtec has received 510(k) pre-market certification notification certification to market its XPERT 20 digital specimen radiography device.

The XPERT 20 is reportedly the most compact digital cabinet X-ray system to the KUBTEC line of specimen


Is an evolution of sorts happening within advanced visualization?

January 14, 2009 – A published report of a meta-analysis by Thad Wilkins, M.D., et al.

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