October 4, 2010 — A new collaboration between researchers at King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Center and a British company is targeting skin cancer with a new type of imaging probe.

September 30, 2010 — A Vision 2015 plan outlines Philips’ strategy to strengthen its leadership in the domain of health and well-being in the next five years. It builds on Vision 2010 gains; focuses on fueling growth, increasing brand preference and leadership in key markets, including healthcare.

September 30, 2010 — October 1, a special opening bell ceremony at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange will take place to mark the start of breast cancer awareness month.

September 29, 2010 — A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc, which makes it possible to monitor patient breathing and compensate for tumor motion while quickly delivering radiotherapy during a continuous rotation around the patient.

September 29, 2010 — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Salisbury, N.C., has installed a new dual-detector digital imaging system incorporating the Canon CXDI-40G and CXDI-50G digital receptors. The college is an open-door, comprehensive learning-centered institution of higher education serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus counties.

September 29, 2010 — DatCard Systems Inc., a global supplier of DICOM digital distribution systems, recently filed suit against PacsGear Inc. and Data Distributing Inc. to prevent the alleged infringement of DatCard’s medical disc publishing patent portfolio. The lawsuits were filed Aug. 24 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

September 29, 2010 — In a prospective study published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, researchers at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, Fla., showed that positron emission mammography (PEM) and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) had a comparably high ability to detect cancerous lesions.

September 28, 2010 — SAVI Sisters, a program designed to provide education about breast cancer treatment options, primarily through social networking, has been launched.