Latest Intraoperative radiation therapy Stories
For Some Patients INTRABEAM Could be a One-Shot Alternative to Six Weeks of Radiation after Lumpectomy WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, breast cancer patients in the Washington, DC area have an opportunity to skip the traditional six weeks of radiation after breast cancer surgery and get just one dose in the operating room immediately after having their cancer removed. Making this possible is INTRABEAM Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) a...
CTCA at Midwestern is the only Illinois hospital to receive this high honor for providing quality care for breast cancer patients CHICAGO, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Midwestern) has been recognized by the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program (NQMBC) as being among the top centers in the country for providing quality breast cancer care. The CTCA at Midwestern breast center...
One single dose of IORT on Novac7 provides shorter treatment times Zion, Ill., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cancer Treatment Centers of America® at Midwestern Regional Medical Center announced today that it has added Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT), a breakthrough radiation treatment option for cancer patients undergoing surgery, and who also require radiation therapy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090612/CTCALOGO) This cutting edge radiation...
PLEASANT HILL, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Diablo Valley Oncology a large oncology practice in the San Francisco East Bay, recently administered its first breast intraoperative radiation treatment (IORT) using the Xoft Axxent(®) eBx(TM) electronic brachytherapy system at Aspen Surgical in Walnut Creek. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111213/LA21575) "We are excited to be the first practice to offer this type of treatment to patients in the East Bay," said...
Intraoperative radiation therapy provides alternative for women with early stage breast cancerNorthwestern Medicine physicians are currently utilizing a new treatment option for breast cancer that allows women to receive a full dose of radiation therapy during breast conserving surgery. Traditionally, women who opt to have a lumpectomy must first have surgery then undergo approximately six weeks of radiation. This schedule can be challenging for women who have busy schedules or do not have...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoft, Inc., developer of the Axxent® Electronic Brachytherapy, eBx(TM) System, will showcase its industry leading multi-platform IORT (intraoperative radiation therapy) capabilities here at the 52nd American Society for Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting, October 31 - November 4. The Axxent System, which delivers non-radioactive, electronic therapy directly to cancer sites with minimal radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue, is...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoft, the leading provider of FDA-cleared Electronic Brachytherapy Systems, announced today that Hoag Breast Care Center of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., has recently installed an Axxent® Electronic Brachytherapy, eBx(TM) System to support the launch of its Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) program as part of its progressive, comprehensive approach to breast cancer treatment. The first hospital in Orange...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoag Hospital announced the launch of its Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) program as part of its progressive, comprehensive approach to breast cancer treatment. IORT is a radiation therapy technique in which a concentrated dose of radiation is delivered to a cancerous tumor site during surgery after the tumor is removed. Hoag Hospital is the first in Orange County to offer IORT brachytherapy for breast cancer as a component of a...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The clinical benefits of isotope-free electronic radiation therapy delivered directly to cancer sites with minimal exposure to surrounding healthy tissue continues to be substantiated by multiple publications, according to Xoft, Inc., developer of the Axxent® Electronic Brachytherapy, eBx(TM) System. The leading provider of FDA-cleared Electronic Brachytherapy Systems, Xoft provides systems for single-dose intraoperative radiation therapy...
CHICAGO, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical experience with the FDA cleared Axxent® Electronic Brachytherapy, eBx(TM), System from Xoft shows promise for the multi-disciplinary use of the isotope-free cancer treatment platform to deliver intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). Xoft will showcase a variety of investigational IORT oncology applications at the American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress here in Chicago, October 11-15, 2009. IORT is a radiation therapy...
