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ARRS: How to manage the side effects of radiopharmaceuticals

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Three clinical issues that may arise with theranostics treatments will require special provisions, including spot imaging, according to insights shared during the 124th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Boston. It causes radiation injury that may be visible as dry desquamation or moist desquamation, for example.

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University Hospitals Cleveland, Siemens Healthineers in New Alliance to Improve Oncology, Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Care for Patients

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milla1cf Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:45 May 14, 2024 — University Hospitals (UH) and Siemens Healthineers announce a 10-year strategic alliance that builds on their 40-year history of clinical and research collaboration. Because there is no “typical” hospital or laboratory and many variables exist (e.g.,

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IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

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In terms of 2023 spending, the average radiopharmaceutical expenditure per fixed PET site is estimated to be $517,000. In 2023, 38% of PET systems were operated by the PET department, 28% by nuclear medicine, 24% by radiology/imaging, 5% by radiation oncology, and 2% by molecular imaging.

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Dr. Sameer Keole voted President-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

Imaging Technology

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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RefleXion highlights new CMS payment rate, codes for Scintix system

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RefleXion said while other technologies use anatomical images to guide radiotherapy delivery, Scintix therapy is the only radiotherapy to use emissions from cancer cells. These are created by injecting the patient with a radiopharmaceutical to deliver a radiation dose that targets the cancer itself.

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CMS Assigns Accretive Reimbursement for RefleXion’s Breakthrough SCINTIX Therapy

Imaging Technology

Other technologies use anatomical images to guide radiotherapy delivery; however, SCINTIX therapy is the only radiotherapy to use emissions from cancer cells, created by injecting the patient with a radiopharmaceutical, to deliver a radiation dose that continuously and autonomously targets the cancer itself.

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NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Curadh MTR Announce a Strategic Long Term Supply Agreement for Therapeutic Radioisotope Actinium-225 (Ac-225)

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milla1cf Thu, 08/31/2023 - 15:50 August 31, 2023 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes , LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals, and Curadh MTR Inc. Ac-225 to Curadh for use in its pioneering molecularly targeted radiation (MTR) programs for the treatment of common lethal tumors. “We

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