Senators Enzi, Kennedy Introduce 2007 CARE Bill.

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Congresswoman Wilson Reintroduces Consumer Assurance of Radiologic...

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CARE bill introduced in house.(The Bill Box)(Consistency, Accuracy,...

Imaging Economics;  March 1, 2007 ;   Vasko, Cat;   256 words ......Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (aka the CARE bill)--was introduced into the...Lois Capps (D-Calif). The CARE bill would require people...components of medical imaging and radiation therapy to meet federal education...said in a statement. The ...

CARE Bill Introduced in House of Representatives.

PR Newswire;  January 23, 2007 ;     600 words ......Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (CARE bill) was introduced...year. The CARE bill would require...imaging and radiation therapy to meet federal...Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill with...Congress. The CARE bill is the short...

Senators Enzi, Kennedy Introduce 2007 CARE Bill

U.S. Newswire;  April 2, 2007 ;     558 words ......Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill, or CARE bill, was introduced...imaging and radiation therapy professionals...our year." The CARE bill would require...is sponsoring CARE Bill in the House...imaging and radiation therapy," Ms. Lung ...

CARE Bill Introduced in House of Representatives

U.S. Newswire;  January 23, 2007 ;     606 words ......Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (CARE bill) was introduced...year." The CARE bill would require...imaging and radiation therapy to meet federal...Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill with...Congress. The CARE bill is the short...

House Adjourns Without Acting on CARE Bill

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  February 1, 2007 ;   Anonymous;   348 words ......the Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy-a coalition of 20 participating organizations focused on medical imaging and radiation therapy and representing more than 350,000 members-time...credentialing standards for medical imaging and radiation therapy ...

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RECOGNIZES...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 2, 2006 ;     351 words ......issues surrounding radiologic technology and patient care. NRTW commemorates German physicist Wilhelm Rentgen...of radiologic technology is focused on patient care issues of the future. The Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Bill (HR 1426) (CARE) would establish basic educational and ...

CARE Bill Reintroduced in House

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  March 1, 2007 ;   Cannon, Hugh;   777 words ......Energy and Commerce. The CARE bill would define standards...medical imaging and radiation therapy. Medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy treatments for patients...letter discussing the CARE bill and an electronic delivery...

The new alignment: CT and radiation therapy: image-guided radiation...

Medical Imaging;  October 1, 2006 ;   Bronson, Judith Gunn;   787 words ...The ideal radiation therapy protocol delivers a killing...example, in women undergoing radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer...large fields, the morbidity of radiation therapy for some tumors was legendary...

When to Consider Radiation Therapy for Your Patient.

American Family Physician;  March 1, 1999 ;   Tisdale, Bernard A.;   787 words ......Hospitals, Inc., Richmond, Virginia Radiation therapy can be an effective treatment modality...or without other forms of therapy. Radiation therapy is often curative but is sometimes...should be aware of the usefulness of radiation therapy. In the United States, approximately...

A second look given to role of radiation therapy in treating certain lung...

Medical Imaging;  August 1, 2006 ;   Hinesly, Dana;   325 words ......patients with surgery followed by radiation therapy can improve their chances of long-te...Of the patients, 47% had received radiation therapy after the surgery and 53% had not...study's lead author, Postoperative radiation therapy has failed to demonstrate a survival...

Study Finds Adding Chemotherapy to Radiation Therapy Increases Survival...

U.S. Newswire;  March 22, 1999 ;     787 words ......to determine whether supplementing radiation therapy with chemotherapy would improve the...tested positive for metastatic cancer. Radiation therapy has been used to treat these patients...that indicate adding chemotherapy to radiation therapy improves overall survival rate for...

PHARMACYCLICS INITIATES PHASE Ib/II TRIAL OF GD-TEX FOR USE IN TREATMENT...

PR Newswire;  January 29, 1996 ;     787 words ......Gd-Tex) in cancer patients receiving radiation therapy, it has initiated a multicenter Phase...who will be receiving whole brain radiation therapy. Study participants will receive...patients receiving a standard course of radiation therapy. The study will be conducted at multiple...

Radiation Therapy Services Acquires Maryland Facility.

PR Newswire;  May 30, 2007 ;     644 words ......Fla., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radiation Therapy Services, Inc. , a leading operator of radiation therapy centers, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire a radiation therapy treatment center in Salisbury, Maryland...