Oncology-focused drug development company Curis has obtained the conditional approval for Erivedge (vismodegib) to treat adult patients with symptomatic metastatic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or locally advanced BCC inappropriate for surgery ...
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has cleared Roche's Avastin (bevacizumab) as a combination therapy and monotherapy to treat the aggressive form of brain cancer glioblastoma. The first new medicine that is ...
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has announced positive opinion for conditional approval of Curis' Erivedge in European Union. Erivedge (vismodegib) is used to treat adults with ...
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, US, has purchased Elekta's two radiation therapy systems. Equipped with the Agility multileaf collimator, Versa HD linear accelerators provide high-speed, high-precision beam ...
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MagForce has obtained German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices' (BfArM) approval for the start of a post-marketing clinical study in recurrent glioblastoma patients. The controlled, open-label and randomized study will ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died Tuesday in Caracas after an almost two-year battle with cancer and 14 years of a dominating socialist presidency that leaves the country with the world's largest oil reserves mired in uncertainty. The ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Varian Medical Systems' Vitesse brachytherapy treatment planning solution. The CE-marked solution enables clinicians to plan and perform high-dose-rate (HDR) ...
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Cancer patients in the north-east of England will be able to receive modern radiosurgery treatments without having to travel outside the region since the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) in Newcastle –upon-Tyne announced that it ...
Tags: Cancer patients, NCCC, TrueBeam STx, medical linear accelerators
Specialty hospital management solution provider Concord Medical Services has acquired 19.98%of indirect ownership interest in the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Proton Therapy Center. Under the transaction,CCM paid an ...
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The China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has granted marketing clearance for Varian Medical Systems' UNIQUE radiotherapy system in China. The UNIQUE system available in two configurations, UNIQUE Performance Edition and ...
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The Carol and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center and Christiana Care Helen F. Graham Cancer Center have ordered for RaySearch Laboratories' RayStation treatment planning system. The Carole Cancer Center will use RayStation for ...
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Paris based cancer center Institut Curie has ordered four radiotherapy treatment systems - three Varian TrueBeam systems and a Novalis Tx machine - from Varian Medical Systems. The cancer institute has purchased the devices to replace ...
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Mevion Medical Systems, a radiation therapy company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its MEVION S250 Proton Therapy System. The MEVION S250, powered by a patented TriNiobium Core, provides the delivers precise and intense proton ...
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BSD Medical has featured its hyperthermia product line at International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology (ICHO), which was held as a joint conference with the Japanese Congress of Thermal Medicine in Kyoto, Japan, in 2012. BSD's ...
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IMRIS has received the US patent to use its MR guided radiation therapy in pelvic, brain, and head and neck imaging. The FDA-approved MR guided radiation therapy includes the combination of radiation therapy and a moveable magnet system. ...
Tags: IMRIS, MR image, radiation therapy