Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have shown that administering radiation therapy prior to surgery nearly doubles survival in pancreatic cancer patients with operable tumors, according to a study published in the Nov. 15 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have formed a new partnership for radiation oncology practice accreditation that builds on the ACRs current program, which has served as the industry standard.

For mastectomy patients who undergo radiation therapy after immediate breast reconstruction, autologous tissue reconstruction provides fewer long-term complications and better cosmetic results than tissue expander and implant reconstruction, according to a study in the November issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

Physicians participating in the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) reported changing the treatment plan for 43.1 percent of their patients undergoing cancer treatment as the result of information gained from a PET scan, according to a study published online Nov. 17 in Cancer.

Advanced visualization applications are breaking new ground in answering the challenge of interpreting ever-increasing image data sets. Most notable in this years class of applications is a focus by developers on thin-client applications, allowing the utilization of the technology on multiple computing platforms across the enterprise. This strategy allows access to the rich feature set of advanced visualization to the entire clinical community; which, in turn, should drive greater demand for further development of these tools for medical specialties.

A series of factors, including low insurance reimbursement rates, high risk of getting sued, an aging roster of practitioners and a high demand for services, have converged to make radiologists a highly sought commodity in Pennsylvania.

Adult patients with low-grade glioma had a better chance for survival if they received chemotherapy, in addition to their course of radiotherapy, according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) presented this week at the Society for Neuro-Oncology's 13th annual meeting in Las Vegas.

IntraOp Medical, a provider of technology solutions for the treatment of cancer, has received an order from University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, located in Marburg, Germany.