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Linear accelerator is island's first Versa HD PONCE, Puerto Rico, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Serving a region of 650,000 inhabitants in southern, central and western Puerto Rico, Caribbean Imaging and Radiation Therapy (CIRT, Ponce, PR) Center has improved its radiation therapy capabilities with the acquisition of an Elekta Versa HD(TM) system, the first in Puerto Rico. Versa HD offers clinicians the versatility to deliver conventional therapies to treat a wide range of tumors...
To Begin I-124-CLR1404 (LIGHT) Phase 2 Imaging Trial in Brain Cancer in Early 2014 MADISON, Wis., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQX: NVLT), a pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, today provided an update on its product pipeline, including I-124-CLR1404 (LIGHT) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent for solid tumor indications, I-131-CLR1404 (HOT) cancer-targeted molecular...
Los Angeles Cancer Institute team member shares her personal journey of overcoming skin cancer. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 When 60-year-old Edna Mayorga first accepted a job with the large cancer care provider, Los Angeles Cancer Institute, a division of 21st Century Oncology of California, she did not know she would eventually become a patient. In November 2012, the 16-year veteran Patient Care Coordinator was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma – skin cancer on her nose....
WAYNE, N.J., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intended for U.S. Media Only -- Bayer HealthCare announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xofigo(®) (radium Ra 223 dichloride) for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), symptomatic bone metastases and no known visceral metastatic disease. Xofigo is the first and only alpha particle-emitting radioactive therapeutic agent approved by the FDA that has demonstrated...
A novel drug may help increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy for the most deadly form of brain cancer, report scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center. In mouse models of human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the new drug helped significantly extend survival when used in combination with radiation therapy. Recently published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, the study provides the first preclinical evidence demonstrating that an ATM kinase...
[311 Pages Report] The Radiotherapy Devices Market Report segments global market of Monitoring Devices by various technologies Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Cyber knife, Gamma knife, Proton / Neutron Therapy, Dynamic Multi-Leaf Collimator (DMLC) and by Geography (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 The “Radiotherapy Market By Technology, Applications & Products (2011 – 2016)”, published by MarketsandMarkets analyzes and studies the major...
Research projects to have implications for cancer treatment worldwide TORONTO, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (NSE: EKTAb) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced today that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Canada) will join their growing consortium to validate the clinical potential of MRI-guided radiation therapy. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the sixth largest cancer center in North America, is the fourth member to sign the research...
In a retrospective study recently online by The Oncologist, Jason Faris, M.D., Medical Oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston, and colleagues described their institutional experience with the FOLFIRINOX treatment protocol in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Durham, NC (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Treatment with neoadjuvant 5-FU, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and leucovorin (FOLFIRINOX) followed by chemoradiation shows substantial activity in patients...
Because pregnant women and cancer patients share common safety concerns and experience many of the same skin conditions, the topical skin care products they desire are very similar. Pretty Mommies along with truespa Skin Care Center discuss the recent trend of maternity skin care being used by oncology patients. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 It is no surprise that pregnancy and nursing skin care products are held to a higher standard of safety. This is due to the fact that many...
Guideline provides detailed direction on treatment options for prostate cancer patients SAN DIEGO, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) are pleased to announce the publication of the joint guideline on radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence. The 81-page document represents an intensive collaboration among experts in the radiation...
