Limited Number Of Cancer Patients In UK Receive Newer Radiotherapy Services

According to recent reports, a limited number of cancer patients in the United Kingdom (UK) have access to newer radiotherapy services. Experts from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) mentioned that only 7% of cancer patients are having access to newer types of radiotherapy devices, while the percent of such patients in Europe is about 20%. CRUK experts added that patients are having radiotherapy from older types of machines, while other patients travel outside the UK to have treatment from newer machines.

Radiotherapy Systems Vendors To Deploy Radiation Safeguards

A number of radiotherapy systems vendors announced that they are going to deploy safeguards into their systems to ensure further protection for patents against accidental radiation over doses. Among the intended safeguards, quality assurance treatment plans, which must be approved by a doctor or medical physicist before being programmed on the radiotherapy machine or it will not work. Moreover, radiotherapy machines that use focused beam radiation will stop working unless important accessories to position a patient are adjusted in their place. Radiotherapy machines will also provide technicians with images for the proper position the patient should take to confirm that he receives the right amount of radiation. The safeguards will be deployed voluntary by radiotherapy systems vendors during the coming two years.

CvergenX Acquires Global Rights Of InterveneXRT

CvergenX, Inc. and Moffitt Cancer Center announced that they have signed a licensing agreement, which includes CvergenX having the exclusive global rights of InterveneXRT. The latter is a technology platform that provides individualization of radiotherapy. InterveneXRT was developed by researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center.


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Radiotherapy Increases Infant Mortalities For Women

According to a new study, women with cancer who had radiotherapy when they were children are having higher risk for stillbirth or infant mortalities in later stages of their lives. Researchers mentioned that delivering radiotherapy to the pelvic area in childhood elevates the risk for losing babies by up to 12 times. The study was published in the online edition of The Lancet medical journal.


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Radiotherapy More Useful Than Drugs For Cancer Patients

According to a new study, radiotherapy was found to be more effective in saving lives of cancer patients than other treatments, including drugs. The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Professor Lester Peters, the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, and the lead author of the study, said that giving patients additional drug treatments does not always seem to be the best approach.

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Advanced RapidArc Radiotherapy Treatments Is Now Available for Cancer Patients In Scotland

Four head & neck cancer patients have been treated to date at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in Glasgow by the fast and efficient RapidArc® technology from Varian Medical Systems, in which one of the UK's largest radiotherapy departments has begun treatments using it."This is a significant advance for one of the busiest cancer centers in the country and provides an opportunity to offer advanced IMRT treatments to more patients," says David Dodds, clinical lead for radiotherapy. "In the past the provision for IMRT has been limited as this sophisticated technique typically takes longer to deliver. RapidArc will allow us to treat much more quickly and as a result more patients will be able to benefit from the technology."

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Radiotherapy Affects Sleeping Quality

According to a new study, head and neck cancer patients are suffering from the side effects of radiotherapy, such as dry mouth and pain, which cause disturbance to their sleeping. Jeffrey Terrell, Cancer Center expert from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, said that the reduced quality of sleeping can result in adverse effects on the immune system of patients. The study was highlighted in the online version of the journal The Laryngoscope.

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New Radiotherapy Technique Developed In New Zealand

One of the private radiotherapy clinics in Auckland, New Zealand, announced that it has developed a new radiotherapy technique to control tumors while reducing harmful complication resulted from radiation exposure.The radiotherapy clinic, Auckland Radiation Oncology, said that it is the first clinic in New Zealand or Australia to use the new technique. Public cancer treatment facilities are going to use the new technique within the next few months.

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Radiotherapy Improves Prostate Cancer Survival

According to a new study, radiotherapy can improve the survival rate of men suffering from prostate cancer that has begun to spread outside the prostate. Statistics say that there are about 200,000 men sufferin ....Read More

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