Oncology

The new “virtual biopsy” device relies on vibrational optical coherence tomography to analyse tissue.

The new laser is actually a Spaser, which is a plasmonic nanolaser that stores energy within so-called surface plasmon polaritons.

The new ProBeam 360° Proton Therapy System is designed for next-generation proton therapy.

Hyperthermia is used as an effective tool along with radiation or chemotherapy to treat cancer. Dr Nagraj G. Huilgol, Chief Radiation Oncologist, Nanavati Superspeciality Hospital & Centre for Hyperthermic Oncology and Medicine speaks to Neha Wagle about advances in Hyperthermia and the future of it. Excerpts:

On the world cancer day which is observed on 4th February every year with this year theme ‘I Am and I Will’ the experts from medical industry share their insights and awareness about the cancer. 2020 marks the halfway point of the 3-year ‘I Am and I Will’ campaign - by Neha Wagle, Sub-Editor.

Deep Bio, a leading AI healthcare company specializing in deep learning and cancer pathology, is proud to announce its participation in the groundbreaking CancerX...

Renova Hospitals, a Multi-Specialty Hospital Chain with its branches at Langar Houz, Sanath Nagar, Kompally and Banjara Hills and has forayed into Cancer Care...

Fluidx Medical Technology, Inc. released details on the clinical use of their GPX Embolic Device for blocking flow to small microvasculature and large tumor...

More than 80% of oncologists frequently see mental health distress in their patients with cancer, and more than 90% say it has a significant...

Lightpoint Medical, a medical device company developing miniaturized surgical tools for advanced intraoperative cancer detection, received CE Mark approval for SENSEI, a robotic gamma...

Lightpoint Medical received CE Mark approval for SENSEI, a robotic gamma probe. It is to be commercially available to European hospital systems. SENSEI has...

The American Oncology Institute (AOI) in Hyderabad accomplished a medical milestone by successfully treating Deepika, a 4-year-old girl, with innovative haploidentical stem cell transplantation...

SkylineDx signed a collaboration agreement with a multi-disciplinary clinical consortium in the Netherlands that designed a trial to implement a diagnostic innovation to manage continuity of care delivery, due to COVID.

Synthego, the genome engineering company, launched Eclipse. Eclipse is a new high-throughput cell engineering platform designed to accelerate drug discovery and validation by providing...

Smart Breast Corporation (SmartBreast), a privately held company focused on breast cancer screening and detection, has acquired certain Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) assets from...

An Indian doctor, using technology- traditionally used to crush kidney stones and with heart pump support, performed a complex heart treatment on 81 year old cancer survivor. A review of medical journals and literature in the field reveals that this is probably the first successful instance of this kind of treatment; successfully used even at the global level, to clear hard and rocky blocks in the heart and limb.

Offering the possibilities of smaller, lighter, and faster materials and devices, nanotechnology is working its way into the world of medical technology. - Dr. Meinal Chaudhry

In the market of healthcare & analytics, Technotrans SE is broadening its solution competence. The thermal management specialist is currently working on several new cooling...

Vysioneer, the leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for cancer care, received FDA clearance for VBrain, the first-ever AI-powered tumor auto-contouring solution. VBrain has been...

Crosscope Inc. a leading provider of AI-enabled digital pathology software and Mindpeak Gmbh, known for building sophisticated AI tools for clinical diagnosis, today announced...