BOSTON—CIVCO Medical Solutions introduced new positioning products aswell as a new tracking and verification system at the 50th annualmeeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology(ASTRO) this week.

Radiation therapy device developer Varian Medical Systems is offering aglimpse of future product development at the 50th annual meeting of theAmerican Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) inBoston this week.

The state of Illinois’ Health Facilities Planning Board has approvedthe construction of the Proton Therapy Center at Central DuPageHospital.

Nucletron, a radiation oncology company, has formed a partnership with BrachySolutions, a breast brachytherapy company, to merge and co-market their high dose rate brachytherapy technologies.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been askedby representatives from the National Oncologic PET Registry toremove the current prospective data collection requirements as requiredfor certain cancers in Section 220.6 of the national coveragedetermination manual for PET reimbursements.

Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., introduced legislation Tuesday outlining the federal government's role in the national adoption of EHR systems and the development of a national health information network.

Accuray and IMPAC Medical Systems, an Elekta company, will collaborateto develop interoperability between the CyberKnife Robotic RadiosurgerySystem and the Mosaiq oncology information system.

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Sept.11 with the goal of re-examining and reforming the way physicians arepaid under the current Centers of Medicaid & Medicare (CMS) system.