North American Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its prostate brachytherapy product line to Best Theratronics, part of the TeamBestgroup of companies.

TomoTherapy, developer of the HiArt radiation therapy system, reported an upwsing in sales along with a downturn inincome for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2008.

Nucletron, a radiation oncology company, and Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) have signed an exclusive, global partnership to offer the AccuBoost system with the microSelectron high-dose rate brachytherapy afterloader treatment delivery solution for the treatment of breast cancer.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed decision memo for screening CT colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer, finding that the evidence is inadequate to conclude that it is an appropriate colorectal cancer screening test.

Frederick O. Cope, PhD, will be joining Neoprobe as its vice president (VP) of pharmaceutical research and clinical development.

The U.S. Senate Tuesday passed its version of President Barack Obama's stimulus package, setting the stage for lawmakers to iron out the details and resolve the differences in two congressional bill's healthcare IT provisions.

Only two of 15 Medicare programs designed to improve care and costs for patients with chronic illnesses, such as coronary heart disease and heart failure, resulted in reduced hospital admissions, and none of the programs generated net savings, according to a study in the Feb. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reported that it is resuming implementation of the Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) program, which was temporarily suspended for four months after a protest was lodged over the contract award process.