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Lenox Hill First in New York State to Use Cutting-edge Imaging Technology to Enhance Radiation Oncology Treatment

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milla1cf Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:02 June 13, 2023 — The Cancer Institute at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital is the first in New York State to use the HyperSight imaging solution, which employs state-of-the-art cone-beam computed tomography technology to deliver faster, sharper images during the radiation therapy treatment process.

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IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

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In 2023 compared with 2022, the total volume of positron emission tomography (PET) scans increased 10.2% from 1,401 estimated PET scans per system in 2022 to 1,495 in 2023. year over year, according to the newly published IMV 2024 PET Market Summary Report. physicians reading PET scans per site.

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What’s One Thing Many of America’s “Great” Hospitals Have in Common? Clinical AI

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Becker’s Hospital Review recently released their list highlighting the “Great Hospitals in America.” In 2022, a research team at Cedars-Sinai analyzed the correlation between notification of pulmonary embolism response team members at the same time as diagnostic radiologists and time to thrombectomy.

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Raystation to Replace Existing Treatment Planning System at NYU Langone-Long Island

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christine.book Tue, 06/06/2023 - 14:41 June 6, 2023 — RaySearch Laboratories has announced that New York University (NYU) Langone Hospital - Long Island (Mineola, NY) has placed an order for the treatment planning system RayStation.

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ASTRO and ESTRO Issue Clinical Guideline on Local Therapy for Oligometastatic Lung Cancer

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The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology. ASTRO’s 2022 guideline for brain metastases provides guidance for these treatments, however. The guideline is endorsed by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology.

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Advances from MSK Researchers Reported at 2023 ASTRO Meeting

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At the meeting, held from October 1 to October 4, 2023, in San Diego, Simon Powell, MD, PhD, FRCP , Chair of MSK’s Department of Radiation Oncology and Enid A. Haupt Chair in Radiation Oncology, was honored with ASTRO’s Gold Medal Award. It is caused by an inherited mutation in the gene TP53.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 2 -- Moving into communities

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Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. When, in 2022, the U.S. However, few freestanding theranostics centers exist today.