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The FlightPlan for Liver tool (GE Healthcare), developed by physicians and engineers, helps interventionalists plan their liver embolization procedures in a simpler manner. read more
Accuray Incorporated has announced that Medanta – The Medicity Cancer Institute, and the Roentgen-BLK Super Speciality Hospital both recently acquired and started treating patients with the CyberKnife VSI System, marking it the first-in-country CyberKnife VSI System in India. read more
The new system, sponsored by the Massachussets Life Sciences Centre, utilises radiofrequency for the treatment of large tumours, including liver cancer. read more
The first treatment with the SIR-Spheres Microspheres for inoperable liver tumours was carried out at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires in Argentina. read more
According to a company release, the Surefire Angiographic Catheters are designed to provide interventional radiologists with greater flexibility and a high level of trackability when performing infusion procedures. read more
At CIRSE 2012, Philips and Biocompatibles announced a collaboration to advance the use of image guidance to control the delivery of beads during the arterial embolization of hypervascularised tumours. read more
Is one device more effective than the other, with respect to radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma with or without portal vein thrombosis, metastatic colorectal cancer and neuroendocrine tumours? Examining the medical literature, the answer is “no”, Robert Lewandowski, Chicago, USA, said. read more
In a retrospective study of 29 patients, infusion of therapeutic agent with the Surefire Infusion System showed no angiographic evidence of reflux and no clinical evidence of non-target embolization. read more
The guidance recommends the use of SonoVue (Bracco) in adults to investigate lesions to the liver that is detected incidentally, but not characterised, on an unenhanced ultrasound scan. read more
