Applicator maximizes anatomical reach of therapeutic radiation for patients with advanced cervical cancer PR Newswire MUNICH, April 26, 2017 MUNICH, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A 51-year-old ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Novant Health Zimmer Cancer Institute is now offering a new treatment that reduces radiation exposure for patients with gynecological cancers. The procedure, interstitial ...

The FDA has cleared Elekta’s Venezia brachytherapy applicator for use in the treatment of cervical cancer. The device is designed to eliminate the need for freehand needle placement when delivering ...

The first large international study to investigate the late side-effects of a combination of two forms of brachytherapy to treat cervical cancer has shown that the technique successfully delivers ...

BT, the interstitial implantation of seeds, wires, or other materials that contain radioisotopes, has been used in the treatment of breast cancer since the 1920's. [15] BT delivers localized radiation ...

MAOLO is a disk-shaped device equipped with a high-precision, patient-friendly applicator to deliver image-guided adaptive Brachytherapy to larger areas in the pelvis and emerges as a ray of hope for ...

Lars Fokdal, a consultant at the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, who led the study. Ureteral stricture – a narrowing of the tube that takes urine from the kidneys to the bladder – is a rare but ...

Hyderabad: American Oncology Institute (AOI) at Citizens Specialty Hospital in Hyderabad, successfully treated a 64-year-old patient diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Under the care of Dr ...

The evidence on which this guidance was based is derived from treatment of breast cancer in women. Treatment depends on pathology, stage and grade. Surgery is usually the first option and may involve ...

A 51-year-old patient with advanced cervical cancer became the world's first to receive brachytherapy assisted by Elekta's Venezia™, a gynecological applicator designed to reach not only the cervix, ...