Oncology Imaging

Medical imaging has become integral to cancer care, assessing the stage and location of cancerous tumors. By utilizing powerful imaging modalities including CT, MRI, MRA and PET/CT, oncology imaging radiologists are able to assist referring physicians in the detection and diagnosis of cancer.

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Varian Software Successfully Connected with Siemens Linear Accelerators

Siemens Healthcare and Varian Medical Systems today announced that clinicians at The Ohio State University are now using Varian software to plan and manage radiotherapy treatments delivered on a Siemens medical linear accelerator. The companies have developed and deployed an interface that connects Varian’s ARIA® oncology information system with Siemens’ ONCOR™ and PRIMUS™ accelerators and imaging systems.

Depression passes, anxiety persists for cancer patients & partners

Cancer survivors face an increased risk of anxiety for 10 years or more following diagnosis, according to a study published June 5 in The Lancet Oncology. In addition, their partners face similar levels of depression but even higher rates of anxiety as cancer survivors themselves.

High-dose RT 'clear detriment' to survival in patients with stage III lung cancer

In the setting of concurrent chemotherapy, high-dose radiotherapy did not improve survival of patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared with treatment featuring standard-dose radiotherapy, according to the results of a randomized phase III clinical trial to be presented June 4 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2013 annual meeting in Chicago.

Image-guided brachytherapy cuts cervical cancer morbidity

Image-guided brachytherapy could deliver targeted high doses of radiotherapy while sparing cervical cancer patients from serious side effects, according to preliminary findings presented in April at the 2nd ESTRO Forum in Geneva.

The first century of the American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding in May.

African American prostate cancer patients experience longer treatment delays

African American men experience longer prostate cancer treatment delays than Caucasian men, according to a study published online May 28 in Cancer.

NLST update: CT detects 2X as many early-stage lung cancers as x-ray

Low-dose screening CT detected 132 cases of stage IA lung cancer, while chest x-ray detected 46 stage IA cancers in the first-screen results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), according to research published May 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Older, sicker men with prostate cancer may bypass aggressive treatment

As men with localized prostate cancer weigh the multitude of treatment options, they may want to consider the interplay between comorbid conditions, age and tumor features with other-cause mortality and disease-specific mortality. Older men with several comorbid conditions face a higher risk of other-cause mortality within 10 years of diagnosis, according to a study published May 20 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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