The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently published a statement regarding its Radiation Oncology Practice Accreditation (ROPA) program for patient quality assurance (QA) and whether treatment machine log files are an acceptable alternative measurement for IMRT/VMAT.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) are encouraging congressional leaders to pass the Protecting Access to Lifesavings Screenings Act (H.R. 3339). Passage of the act would ensure women who want to get regular mammograms retain insurance coverage with no copay and avert thousands of unnecessary deaths.

IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the completion of the divestiture of IBA Molecular North America Inc. (IBAM NA) to Illinois Health and Science (IHS), a non-profit healthcare system.

Philips and Profound Medical Corp., a Toronto-based medical device company, announced a joint development agreement to support Profound Medical's proprietary TULSA (Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation) technology on Philips' Ingenia and Achieva 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. The technology is designed to treat patients with prostate cancer

Recent advances in the understanding of cancer have led to more personalized therapies, such as drugs that target particular proteins and tests that analyze gene expression patterns in tumors to predict a patient's response to therapy. Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, have contributed to these advances by developing the first test that analyzes the sensitivity of tumors to radiation therapy. They discovered that colon cancer metastases have varying sensitivity to radiotherapy based on their anatomic location.

British-based MR Solutions has introduced the world’s first commercial, superconducting, preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner that does not require the traditional liquid helium cooling jacket. The introduction follows a call in June by anaesthetist Tom Dolphin of the British Medical Association’s junior doctors’ committee for a ban on using helium in balloons, as there is a shortage for MRI scanners.