The objective of ASTRO’s 49th Annual Meeting is “Treating Cancer While Preserving Quality of Life.” With radiation therapy, in particular, achieving this goal requires accuracy and a bit of finesse to precisely deliver treatment with minimal collateral damage. Consider it a skillful fusion of art and science.


Until recently, certain types of cancer patients had very few or no options after they had been turned down as candidates for traditional surgery. Surgeons may reach the conclusion that surgery will not be effective for a patient if a tumor is in an unreachable anatomical location or the patient’s medical history includes special concerns.
SBRT changes the prognosis

Fighting cancer is serious business. Every day in hospitals and cancer clinics worldwide, radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons and physicists combat the disease in its myriad forms with the help of medicine’s most sophisticated tools and technologies. As radiation therapy continues to evolve, the latest cancer treatments are not only becoming more precise, but also more widely available.
As little as 10 years ago, for example, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was only offered at a few university hospitals; today, virtually every radiation center has IMRT.

Fighting cancer is a tough-enough ordeal for patients and clinicians alike. But waging war against an eminently deadly organic mass with the right tools that pinpoint the delivery of radiation therapy without harming healthy surrounding tissue in a reimbursement-challenged healthcare environment ultimately fuses art with science.

October 12, 2007 - Scientists at Oxford University have released the latest version of their FSL software, which reportedly allows clinicians and researchers to analyze images of the brain, providing insights and improved treatment of conditions including schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Parkinson’s.

GE Healthcare released the latest version of Centricity Enterprise, an integrated software suite of clinical and financial applications that is designed to improve patient care and increase collaboration between clinicians, reportedly providing a better overall healthcare environment.

New technology for the Stellant D CT Injection System from MEDRAD is designed to improve timing for cardiac CT imaging. SmartFlow automatically suggests injection protocols by factoring in patient-specific parameters, which can be a time-consuming process if done manually.

October 5, 2007 - Medical display maker Barco introduced its new 24-inch MDSC-2124 wide-screen surgical display solution with full high-definition resolution this week at the ACS Clinical Congress in New Orleans. The display will also be shown at the 2007 ASA.

October 10, 2007 - Datascope Corp. recently announced the U.S. launch of the Panorama Web Viewer, a Web-based software product which enables remote access to patient data from virtually anywhere, using an Internet connected PC.

Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products Inc., a patient temperature management products manufacturer, will feature its Gelli-Roll at ASA 2007.
The Gelli-Roll reportedly offers the benefits of two different products, combining patient temperature management and tissue pressure reduction in one simple-to-use reusable product.

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