Oncology

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

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

McKesson launches Ontada, an oncology technology and insights business dedicated to help advance cancer research and care.

Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, launched HANAROSTENT Esophagus TTS self-expanding metal stents (SEMS)...

Accuray Incorporated states multiple sites in Japan are now using the Radixact System with Synchrony, including Takarazuka City Hospital in Hyogo, Japanese Red Cross...

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.

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.

World renowned breast cancer expert, Dr. David Weintritt visits India to hold clinical workshops on role of Spy-Phi Fluorescence Imaging technology in breast cancer surgery and reconstruction.

UE LifeSciences have created a portable device that enables women to perform a self-exam for early detection of breast cancer.

Apollo Hospitals recently announced that renowned senior Oncologist, Dr Anil K. D’Cruz has joined the group as Director, Oncology – Apollo Hospitals, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi.

For a long time, cancer has been treated with conventional open surgery that left patients with pain and prolonged recovery. However, the advent of robotics has completely transformed this space. - Dr Sandeep Nayak

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.

Our research found that health care organisations with a social heart and a business brain can be quite profitable, sometimes more profitable than so called profit-maximising hospitals. Ravi Ramamurti, University Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director, Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University

The purpose of screening mammography is to detect cancer in the early stages. Advances in the treatment of cancer have considerably improved the cure rates. Screening mammography and other imaging techniques like breast ultrasound and breast MRI can help to detect small tumours at an early stage. - Dr. Umesh S. Mudaliyar

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

Dr. Beri, do share with us your vast experience in the healthcare domain, both as a clinician as well as a management professional.After...