March 27, 2009 - Siemens Healthcare demonstrates fast speed and low dose for cardiac applications with the SOMATOM Definition Flash dual source computed tomography (CT) scanner at the 58th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) from March 29-31 in Orlando, FL, at booth #1842.

March 27, 2009 - SenoRx said this week that it has received the right to apply the CE Mark to its Contura MLB short-term breast radiation balloon catheter.

March 26, 2009 - At HIMSS 2009, Agfa HealthCare will showcase its IMPAX Data Center and IMPAX Mobility Enterprise Clinical Viewer designed to solve enterprise imaging storage infrastructure and viewing needs, enabling a longitudinal imaging patient record in the continuity of care.

March 26, 2009 - SNM and the International Partnership for Critical Markers of Disease (CMOD) are co-hosting an in-depth meeting on Friday, May 1, 2009, examining FDA requirements for manufacturing positron emission tomography (PET) radiopharmaceuticals, at the Natcher Auditorium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

March 25, 2009 – Men who continued on hormonal therapy for at least five years after their treatment for locally advanced prostate cancer lived longer than men who discontinued their therapy sooner, reports the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG).

March 26, 2009 - Saudi Arabia’s leading cancer center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh, will become the region’s first to treat patients with the Hi·Art treatment system, TomoTherapy Inc.’s next-generation radiation therapy solution designed to improve the precision of cancer care.

MARCH 25, 2009 – St. Joseph Hospital (SJH) in Nashua, NH, has expanded its relationship with GE Healthcare through the selection of Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) version 9.0 to enable its physicians to provide better, more coordinated patient care.

March 25, 2009 - Patients who undergo numerous CT scans over their lifetime may be at increased risk for cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.