Patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma who have large tumors at the time of diagnosis may benefit from radiotherapy after chemotherapy, even when all traces of the cancer appear to have gone. These findings are according to late-breaking results presented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) 38 conference, April 26-30 in Milan, Italy.

IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) announced a research agreement with Skandionkliniken, Université Catholique de Louvain and Telemis aimed at accelerating installation, optimizing service and improving clinical operations for proton therapy.

Shine Medical Technologies Inc. broke ground on their first medical isotope production facility in Janesville, Wis. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Lantheus Medical Imaging President and CEO Mary Heino and Janesville City Manager Mark Freitag joined Shine founder and CEO, Greg Piefer, and the Shine team to celebrate the milestone.

A CyberHeart cardiac ablation radiotherapy treatment plan showing where the radiation beam will ablate for a noninvasive pulmonary vein isolation procedure. Varian acquires, buys, purchases Cyberheart.
A CyberHeart cardiac ablation radiotherapy treatment plan showing where the radiation beams will ablate for a noninvasive pulmonary vein isolation, in green. The blue shows critical structures in the area around the heart that should be avoided by the radiation beam.

May 10, 2019 — Radiation oncology vendor Varian announced it acquired the start-up company CyberHeart, which has developed technology to use radiation therapy in the heart (cardiac radio-ablation) and other forms of radiosurgery for cardiovascular disease. This technology signals the company's entry into cardiology with a first of its kind technology that could represent a pardigm shift in electrophysiology (EP) ablation procedures. 

Imaging Technology News (ITN) earned an Honorable Mention at the 2019 National Azbee Awards of Excellence in the Cross-Platform Package of the Year category for its coverage of the ITN editorial team’s visit to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill.

When appropriate, short-interval follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify early-stage breast cancer and avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to a new study. The findings were presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2019 Annual Meeting, May 5-10 in Honolulu.

I miss the days when the difference between meaningful and meaningless was apparent; when the line separating relevant and irrelevant was easily drawn. I miss when truth mattered. When the old joke was just a joke: “How do you know when (the person, often a politician) is lying. His lips are moving.”

Today the joke is on us. All of us.

May 9, 2019 — A new clinical trial at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and two other sites is testing an innovative procedure that may provide hope in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

The DigitalDiagnost C90 is Philips newest premium digital radiography (DR) system, introduced here at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 meeting. It is the industry’s first radiography unit with a live camera image directly displayed at the tube head to provide a clear view of the anatomical area being scanned during the patient positioning process.

Radiation kills tumors by creating oxygen free radicals that damage the tumor DNA. However, the lack of oxygen in the center of tumors blocks the production of free radicals, inhibiting radiation killing. NIBIB researchers have now designed a nanoparticle that generates radiation-induced oxygen free radicals even in the low-oxygen center of tumors, dramatically increasing the success of radiation therapy.

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