Pediatric patients with head and neck cancer can be treated with proton beam therapy (PBT) instead of traditional photon radiation, and it will result in similar outcomes with less impact on quality of life. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as well as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed cases of pediatric head and neck cancer treated with PBT between 2010 and 2016 and found similar rates of tumor control and lower rates of toxicity than what is historically expected from photon radiation. They published their findings in the journal Pediatric Blood and Cancer.

October 31, 2017 — Cleveland Clinic researcher Chirag Shah, M.D., recently led the development of updated guidelines for ...

Urgent care is one of the fastest growing segments of the healthcare industry, delivering convenient and affordable care options for patients suffering from an acute episode of illness or injury or requiring ongoing primary or specialty care. Konica Minolta Healthcare highlighted its portfolio of imaging and healthcare information technology solutions for urgent care at the 2017 Fall Conference of the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA), Oct. 26-28 in Anaheim, Calif.

Some women, because of genetic predisposition, personal or family history, have a higher than average lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. For those women, earlier magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recommended for cancer screening.

The National Association for Proton Therapy (NAPT) announced a number of clinical papers showing promising results were presented at the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group – North America (PTCOG-NA) meeting, Oct. 23-25 in Chicago, by leading physicians from across the country. The clinical trial abstracts on key cancer indications continue to demonstrate the growing body of evidence supporting the clinical benefits of proton therapy.

MedRay Imaging, a private imaging clinic in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, recently turned to Agfa HealthCare to advance its value-based care initiative by delivering the benefits of direct (digital) radiography (DR). This development supports the clinic's mission to optimize the experience and care of patients, provide a smooth, efficient workflow for clinicians, and enhance the hospital's productivity by making processes more efficient.

October 27, 2017 — Carestream Health is demonstrating advanced imaging analytics software tools as part of its Clinical ...

October 27, 2017 — Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer survival in the U.S. are well documented, but the underlying ...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with collaborators in Sri Lanka, have shown that a portable scanning device can measure limb enlargement and disfigurement faster and more easily in patients with elephantiasis. The research tool makes it easy to obtain accurate measurements and determine whether treatments to reduce swelling are effective.