AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton therapy offer equally high quality of life and tumor control for people with prostate cancer, according to a study presented September 30 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting. at 60 months).

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JULY 20, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/20/2023 - 20:11 July 20, 2023 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) recently elected three new officers to ASTRO’s Board of Directors, including Sameer Keole , MD, FASTRO , as President-elect; Wendy Woodward , MD, PhD, FASTRO, as Science Council Vice Chair; and Vivek S.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) was disappointed in the final MPFS rule. Although the 2025 MPFS calls for an overall 2.9%

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 3, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 08/03/2023 - 20:52 August 3, 2023 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that Lausanne Univeristy Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland, has treated their first patient using RayStation treatment planning system together with the oncology information system RayCare in combination with the Accuray CyberKnife treatment delivery system.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 17, 2024

Neha Vapiwala, MD Members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have elected five new officers to its board of directors, including Neha Vapiwala, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, as president-elect. Andrea Ng, MD, as education council vice chair.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology. Chang insists that BAMF Health is not a clinical company.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

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. Hope added. But prostate cancer will be different," Hope continued. "A

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The nomogram incorporating radiomics and clinical features could be a useful clinical tool for the early and accurate assessment of long-term prognosis in patients,” the group wrote. They extracted radiomics features from this data based on their clinical effectiveness in predicting 3- and 5-year progression-free survival.

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APRIL 26, 2023

The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology. The guideline task force also created algorithms on the optimal clinical scenarios for local therapy and the different types of local therapy available for these patients.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

In a clinical trial, F-18 FAPI-04 radiotracer performed better than F-18 FDG in identifying primary tumors, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastases in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). In the future, F-18 FAPI-04 PET/CT may play a greater role in the actual clinical management of PDAC,” the group wrote.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

milla1cf Fri, 12/01/2023 - 13:13 December 1, 2023 — The Radiation Oncology Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of only a few in the country to care exclusively for children. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles recently became one of the first institutions in the world to use it in pediatric patients.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 08/30/2023 - 14:45 August 30, 2023 — A published study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center shows that multiple beams and intervals in delivery during FLASH proton therapy treatment reduced skin-saving effects in preclinical models.

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APRIL 29, 2024

a professor in Radiation Oncology at the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center , aims to demonstrate the feasibility of PGHD collection during proton beam radiotherapy for lung cancer. These adverse events often lead to hospitalizations and treatment interruptions that can reduce treatment efficacy.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“F-18 FDG-PET/CT scanning is crucial in identifying tumor lesions, determining staging, and devising treatment strategies for individuals diagnosed with NK/T-cell lymphoma,” wrote lead author Huixia Geng, MD, of the Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since the U.S. please insert video here.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 3, 2023

2 poster presentation at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 65th Annual Meeting, ASTRO 2023 , being held this week in San Diego, CA. We could not have achieved these interim clinical results without the support of the doctors and patients who were part of this registry study from across the nation," said Brachman.

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Aidoc

JULY 19, 2023

Becker’s Hospital Review recently released their list highlighting the “Great Hospitals in America.” Each of the facilities “are renowned for clinical excellence, patient safety, innovation efforts, research and education, patient satisfaction and more.”

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 8, 2024

These efforts are reflected in the company’s mission to make hospitals more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and happier.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 23, 2023

CCPSC is the first in France to offer ZAP-X and is part of the renowned American Hospital of Paris, known for offering the most innovative technologies and most advanced treatment methods. This pioneering approach supports the clinical objective of protecting healthy brain tissue and patient cognitive function.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:49 November 20, 2023 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a clinical guideline on partial breast irradiation for patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ ( DCIS ).

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 14, 2024

The proton system is scheduled to be installed in 2025, and once in use will usher in a new era of cutting-edge radiation oncology services. The MEVION S250-FIT Proton Therapy System is not yet available for clinical use. News & World Report. For more information: www.mevion.com Friday, June 14, 2024 - 19:22

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

This collaboration pioneered the use of IBA Proteus PLUS systems and Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) in hospitals globally. Olivier Legrain , Chief Executive Officer of IBA, commented: "We are very pleased to continue our work with Massachusetts General Hospital after a rewarding 25 years of collaboration.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 12/27/2023 - 20:01 December 27, 2023 — Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Varian is testing the FLASH system in pre-clinical models, and FLASH is not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 17, 2023

The five-week course of treatment is part of a European clinical trial involving both PSI and University Hospital Zurich. Pan-European study Nineteen research partners across Europe – including universities, hospitals and research centres – are joining forces in the collaborative PROTECT trial.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 2, 2024

“These new capabilities align with our precision care strategy to personalize care, enhance hospital efficiency and clinician effectiveness, and appeal to new and existing GE HealthCare and MIM Software users who see this as an opportunity to better serve patients and help improve outcomes." Oncotarget. 2017 Jun 8;8(37):62742-62758.

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MAY 15, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 05/15/2023 - 10:26 May 15, 2023 — GE HealthCare is presenting three new global innovations – Intelligent Radiation Therapy (iRT), Auto Segmentation, and an updated Magnetic Resonance (MR) Radiation Therapy Suite (AIR Open Coil Suite) – that underscore the company’s commitment to enhancing the radiation oncology care pathway.

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MAY 20, 2024

announced that internationally recognized radiation oncology physician, researcher and thought leader Steven E. DABR, FACRO , has joined its care team as Director of the Center of Advanced Radiation Excellence (CARE) and Director of Radiation Oncology Research. Finkelstein, M.D., is an affiliate of U.S.

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MARCH 28, 2024

This was much higher than the 47% who felt the responsibility should be shared with physicians, or the 43% who felt it should be shared with hospitals. It's critical that we assess now, in the early stages of AI's application to clinical care, how it will impact that care and what we need to do to make sure it's deployed responsibly.

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MARCH 17, 2025

tim.hodson Mon, 03/17/2025 - 12:17 March 14, 2025 Another pivotal milestone in the nations fight against cancer recently took place with the reintroduction of bipartisan federal legislation to transform Medicare reimbursement for radiation therapy. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), ASTRO applauds Sen.

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JUNE 6, 2023

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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MAY 19, 2023

Muroff, MD, FACR , the 2023 Leadership Luminary Award recipients for their exceptional lifetime achievements, innovation, leadership and service to the medical specialties of radiology or radiation oncology. He was the founding medical director of the Seattle/King County Clinic. Lawrence R.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since the U.S.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

D’Abreo currently serves as the director of the Breast Medical Oncology Program at Perlmutter Cancer Center–Long Island, where she coordinated teams of physicians to assist patients from diagnosis to survivorship. D’Abreo has extensive clinical experience treating patients with breast cancer , having practiced in Mineola for 15 years.

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TTG Imaging Solutions

MAY 5, 2023

Enhances TTG’s continued commitment to offer a full spectrum of high-quality and cost-effective service solutions in the cardiology and radiation oncology markets PITTSBURGH, PA (May 5, 2023) – TTG Imaging Solutions, LLC (TTG) announced today the acquisition of Digirad Health, Inc., headquartered in Suwanee, GA. Digirad Health, Inc.

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Midstate Radiology Associates

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

is a professional organization in existence since 1960, providing diagnostic and therapeutic radiology and radiation oncology services for The Hospital of Saint Raphael and surrounding communities in the Greater New Haven Area. About New Haven Radiology Associates, PC. New Haven Radiology Associates, PC.

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Ben White

APRIL 23, 2023

This is an improvement over the prior oral exam model and is facilitated by current technology, including software developed specifically for this purpose by the ABR and currently used for oral exams in the three other disciplines (interventional radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics). We can test for that directly.

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