June 1, 2007 — In January, at just 31⁄2 months old, Jake Joye became the first patient to undergo a revolutionary surgical procedure at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.

"Baby and family are doing just fine," according to Dr. Steven R. Cohen in an update on the condition of baby Jake.

June 1, 2007 – The Cancer Centers of Excellence (CCE), a new national network of oncologists made up of a group of 224 physicians representing 21 practices in the U.S announced that it has launched with the goal of bringing together community-based oncologists to improve the care of cancer patients by aiming to provide high-quality, cost-effective, best-in-class care for cancer patients.

June 1, 2007 - NovaRad Corp. recently announced the signing of three new NovaPACS contracts for hospitals in the Midwest: Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Shenandoah, IA, Starke Memorial Hospital in Knox, IN and Western Plains Regional Hospital in Dodge City, KS.

June 1, 2007 – Clinicians at Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL, recently reported that they are using Trilogy, an image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) technology from Varian Medical Systems to offer some cancer patients a treatment that adapts to changes in the tumor so that more healthy tissue can be preserved.

May 31, 2007 - Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS), located in Ann Arbor, MI, recently announced it will begin treating patients with the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, a system that non- invasively treats cancers anywhere in the body, including previously inoperable tumors, with accuracy and with little to no discomfort.

As the only hospital in Michigan to offer CyberKnife, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor expects to draw patients from across the state who are seeking new hope in their cancer treatment.

May 31, 2007 — A new study to be published in the June issue of the journal Medical Care finds that hospitals that have better staffing and less overtime for registered nurses are safer for elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

The study is yet another piece of scientific evidence that bolsters the case for increasing RN staffing in hospitals, prohibiting mandatory overtime and limiting the number of patients assigned to a nurse.

May 31, 2007 — Encysive Pharmaceuticals today announced that Health Canada's Therapeutic Products Directorate has approved THELIN (sitaxsentan sodium) 100 mg tablets.

May 31, 2007 - GE Healthcare today announced a collaboration with IntrinsiQ LLC, a leading provider of cancer care software solutions, to seamlessly connect a cancer patient’s team of clinicians by providing oncology clinical information within that patient’s electronic medical record (EMR). The partnership will be unveiled this week at the 43rd annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago.

May 31, 2007 - The week of June 3 has been declared “Molecular Imaging Week,” which coincides with SNM’s 54th Annual Meeting. In addition, the District of Columbia issued a “letter of welcome” to SNM for holding the world’s largest event for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals in the city.

May 31, 2007 - According to a study released today in the June 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, women with breast cancer who receive higher doses of radiation with IMRT each day can reduce their treatment time by two weeks without increasing side effects.

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