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Heidelberg University Hospital pioneers use; providing precise and efficient treatments SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), announced today that Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, has treated the world's first patients with the new TomoEDGE(TM) Dynamic Jaws technology combined with VoLO(TM) Planning as part of its TomoTherapy® System. The new TomoEDGE Dynamic jaws technology was introduced at ASTRO 2012 as the newest evolution...
TUCSON, Ariz., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, has signed an exclusive license agreement with the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany to commercialize a novel immunohistochemistry (IHC) primary antibody developed by researchers Andreas von Deimling, MD, Hanswalter Zentgraf, PhD and David Capper, MD, to detect the V600E BRAF mutation...
Pain therapy for cancer patients "“ whether inpatient or outpatient "“ is often inadequate. At Heidelberg University Hospital, the use of an innovative electronic system "“ combined with guidance by an experienced clinical pharmacist "“ has been successfully tested. The treatment of the patients showed little variance from international guidelines on pain therapy. In addition, patients reported having less pain. The results of the study have been published in the journal Pain. The...
Boxing is possibly less dangerous for the brain than previously feared "“ at least for amateurs. However, conclusive statements on the level of danger are not yet possible. Whether professional boxers such as Muhammad Ali contracted their later brain conditions "“ in his case Parkinson's disease at the age of 40 "“ presumably from boxing, remains unclear. The all-clear cannot be given until more extensive studies of both amateur and professional boxers tell us more about the risks for...
