May 31, 2010 03:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Elekta Acquires Resonant Medical Inc., Adding New Solutions for Image Guided Radiation Therapy for Treating Cancer

Groundbreaking non-invasive, non-ionizing image guidance technology enables exquisite visualization of soft tissue targets, provides promising platform for next generation motion management.

STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elekta today announced the acquisition of Resonant Medical Inc., Montreal Canada....

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Cysview(TM) (Hexaminolevulinate HCL) Approved by the FDA for Cystoscopic Detection of Papillary Bladder Cancer

PRINCETON, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cysview™ (hexaminolevulinate HCl) for the detection of non-muscle-invasive papillary cancer of the bladder in patients with known or suspected bladder cancer. Cysview is an optical imaging agent indicated...

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The Times of India
ANI, May 15, 2010, 04.33pm IST

Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein, which, according to them, is involved in pushing tumours to become invasive – and deadly.

It is known that bladder cancer often becomes aggressive and spreads in patients despite treatment.

"We have found that IGF-IR is a critical regulator of motility and invasion of bladder cancer cells, and this could offer us a novel...

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BBC News
16:56 GMT, Monday, 19 April 2010 17:56 UK

Eating lots of meat, especially if it is overcooked, increases the risk of bladder cancer, say experts.

Frying, grilling and barbecuing until meat is charred can form cancer-causing chemicals, research shows.

In a study, people whose diets included well-done meats were over twice as likely to develop bladder cancer than those who preferred meats rare.

The research findings, based on over...

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