The Society of Interventional Radiology and its Women in Interventional Radiology section have issued a position statement to support interventional radiologists who choose to become parents. The statement was published in the July issue of SIR’s Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR).
The FOXFIRE, SIRFLOX and FOXFIRE Global randomised studies evaluated the efficacy of combining first-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer with selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT) using yttrium-90 resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres, Sirtex) in patients with liver metastases. The combined FOXFIRE analysis comprises data from the SIRFLOX study, first presented in 2015, and data from two new studies – FOXFIRE and FOXFIRE Global.
SIRveNIB is an investigator-led Asia Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Study to be presented on 4 June 2017 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, USA.
Spectranetics has announced receipt of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket approval of the Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB), designed to restore and maintain blood flow to the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
The Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO) has announced new officers and a Board of Directors.
The treatment can help restore fertility in women with uterine fibroids, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
TVA Medical has announced the online publication of positive results from the Novel Endovascular Access Trial (NEAT) evaluating its everlinQ endoAVF system. The 12-month data published online in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) demonstrate the potential benefit of the novel approach to create haemodialysis access as an alternative to traditional open surgery.
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that the Royal Free National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (London, UK) did not adhere to the UK’s Data Protection Act when it provided patient details to Google DeepMind.
The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) has announced the presentation of the second edition of the European Curriculum and Syllabus for Interventional Radiology.
A session at the World Conference on Interventional Oncology (WCIO; 8–11 June, Boston, USA), organised by the Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO), identified the most influential publications of 2016–17. The session was moderated by Muneeb Ahmed (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA) and David C Madoff (Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA).
American women are largely unaware of uterine fibroid embolization according to results from a new nationwide poll released by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). The data included in the report, “The fibroid fix: What women need to know”, show that 44% of women diagnosed with uterine fibroids say they have never heard of the less invasive treatment option.
At the 2017 Charing Cross Symposium (25–28 April, London, UK), speakers and panellists discussed the challenges of endovascular aortic arch procedures and their potential impact on acute stroke. Looking at both the causes and potential solutions for this problem, those involved noted that while understanding has increased, significant obstructions and risks still remain.
It is well known that women have worse outcomes following treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms, but a recent study finds that the results are similar for women undergoing TEVAR (thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair) and that gender should be considered in an analysis of risk versus benefit.
iVascular has announced the release of Angiolite BTK, a sirolimus-eluting stent which has received CE mark approval for treating chronic and acute arterial lesions in lower limbs below the knee, improving blood flow in severe claudication and critical limb ischaemia.
Fifty-two-week outcomes of the MOBILE trial indicate a “significant reduction in major amputations” among Rutherford 4 and non-diabetic Rutherford 5 critical limb ischaemia patients following the use of intramuscular injection of autologous bone marrow cells (cBMA).
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