Radiation Oncology

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• Colorectal Cancer News in Brief: November 16

  
  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition — Authority: 126
  Written by Kate Murphy . Briefly: African Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer at later stages and have surgery less often which contributes to their poorer survival.  Women have a greater risk of a missed or early colorectal cancer after a negative colonoscopy. If you can’t have a loved one with ...
  5 hours ago

• Mauritian Government Urges Institutions Using Radiation to Register

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  All private and state institutions in Mauritius that are using radiation materials will have to inscribe the name of their institutions in a register in the future. Marcel Olitte, Responsible Officer for the Radiation Protection Authority, indicated here that in this context, the Ministry of Renewable Energy is ...
  1 week ago

• TomoMobile Radiation Therapy System on Wheels

  
  Medgadget — Authority: 676
  TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, recently announced that the company has developed the worlds first mobile radiation therapy system to bring cancer treatment to places otherwise underserved or to help clinics provide service while undergoing remodeling or during a facility relocation. The first customer is Artesian ...
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• Radiation Oncology Only to Receive 1% Cut and not 19% – CMS

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  The American Society for Radiation Oncology got busy after the initial announcements and conducted surveys and found that as many as 50% of the facilities in rural areas could face closing if the reductions went through, so now instead of 19% at once, it’s 1% over 4 years for a total of 5% overall. Due to ...
  1 week ago

• TomoHD, a New Radiotherapy System from TomoTherapy

  
  Medgadget — Authority: 676
  TomoTherapy out of Madison, Wisconsin is releasing a new radiation oncology device at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Chicago next week. The company touts its TomoHD as an all-purpose radiation therapy system that packs lots of useful clinical and operational features: ...
  2 weeks ago

• UF names new cancer center director, radiation oncology chair

  
  insider - UF College of Medicine News Resource - University of Florida — Authority: 421
  Paul Okunieff, M.D. Dr. Paul Okunieff has been named director of the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center and chairman of the UF College of Medicine department of radiation oncology, effective Dec. 1. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Okunieff is currently the Philip Rubin professor in radiation oncology ...
  3 weeks ago

• Exercise can help recover memory after radiation

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Washington, Oct 19 (IANS) Exercise is the key to improving both memory and mood after whole-brain radiation treatment that is used to treat brain cancer, says a new study.“This is the first demonstration that exercise can prevent a decline in memory after whole-brain radiation treatment,” said lead researcher ...
  4 weeks ago

• Exercise helps memory, mood after brain radiation

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 133
  Exercise is a key factor in improving both memory and mood after whole-brain radiation treatments in rodents, according to data presented by Duke University scientists at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.“This is the first demonstration that exercise can prevent a decline in memory after whole-brain radiation ...
  4 weeks ago

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