According to the Fox Chase Cancer Center study presented at the recent 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, external-beam radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer can be delivered safely and in a shorter course that eliminates as much as two weeks from conventional treatment.

An analysis by Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers sought to identify which treatment-related factors are more likely to avoid feeding-tube dependency in patients with head and neck cancers.
"Three-dimensional treatment planning appears to have a significant impact on improving quality of life by reducing feeding tube dependency," said medical intern Linna Li, M.D., who presented the results at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Philadelphia.

Compared to higher-priced combination treatments, the least expensive, single-modality cancer treatment may cost more in the long run because of the costs associated with treating complications and recurrence of cancer, said the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study’s lead author Andre A. Konski, M.D., M.B.A., M.A., a radiation oncologist and director of clinical research in Fox Chase Cancer Center's radiation oncology department.

New research findings show men have fewer long-term gastrointestinal side effects with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) than with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT) for prostate cancer treatment, despite the higher doses of radiation used in the IMRT group.

Flu vaccine drives can prevent potentially deadly influenza outbreaks in nursing homes but only if both residents and staff are immunized, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

Vaccinating elderly residents alone did not decrease the number of flu outbreaks, nor did vaccinating staff alone, the study by the nonprofit Rand Corporation found.

But if more than 55 percent of the staff and more than 89 percent of the residents were vaccinated for influenza, outbreaks of influenza-like-illness were reduced by 60 percent, the study said.

The Radiological Society of North America’s annual post-Thanksgiving scientific assembly gave thousands of radiologists and other related healthcare professionals in blustery and frigid Chicago a taste of what’s ahead in the diagnostic imaging market.
Among the noteworthy highlights:

North American Scientific Inc., a leading manufacturer of brachytherapy sources, announced that the Company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the high-dose rate radiation treatment design of ClearPath, its breast brachytherapy product designed to enhance current accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) treatment options.

The combination of MData Mobile and BlackBerry gives INTEGRIS Health’s clinicians fast and easy access to comprehensive patient medical record information from any location and at any time.
According to James Lynch, R.N., M.B.A., director of Clinical Applications at INTEGRIS Health Inc., “MData Mobile’s ability to sync patient data seamlessly from our clinical system proved a tremendous success with our physicians, practice nurses and physician assistants.

UltraRAD Corp. and Nightshift Radiology have entered a partnership agreement to supply high-quality, on-call radiology services. The two companies have been working together over the last 12 months to replace Nightshift’s previous PACS system with an UltraRAD solution.
The solution utilizes UltraRAD’s advanced DICOM UltraGATEWAY, which supplies advanced JPEG2000 compression and optional encryption to route and manage the data flow from the customer site(s) to the multiple data centers and the information to the remote reading physicians.

UltraRAD Corp. and Nightshift Radiology announced a partnership agreement to supply high-quality, on-call radiology services. The two companies have been working together over the last 12 months to replace Nightshift’s previous PACS system with an UltraRAD solution.
The solution utilizes UltraRAD’s advanced DICOM UltraGATEWAY, which supplies advanced JPEG2000 compression and optional encryption to route and manage the data flow from the customer site(s) to the multiple data centers and the information to the remote reading physicians.

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