News Releases
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July 28, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Targeted therapy from within: Presentation at AAPM meeting in Anaheim on Nanoparticles that package cancer-killing isotopes and deliver them into cancer cells.
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July 28, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Teeny-tiny X-Ray vision: X-ray tubes miniaturized by nanotechnology
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July 28, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Chicago team uses artificial intelligence to diagnose metastatic cancer : Results of pilot study to be presented at medical physics meeting in Anaheim
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July 28, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Forecasting Cancer Recurrence Award-winning: computer model gauges resiliency of cervical cancers
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July 27, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Hybrid Linac-MRI system described at medical physics meeting in Anaheim: Technology would help people with cancer by allowing doctors to image and treat tumors at once
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July 24, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Breast cancer research highlights from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, July 26 - 30
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July 20, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Protons in the War on Cancer: Latest research on proton therapy highlights medical physics meeting next week in Anaheim
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July 14, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Radiation exposure, tracking, and dose reduction: Trends and guidelines to be discussed at major medical physics meeting this month in Anaheim, CA.
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July 1, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Preliminary Highlights of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 51st Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, July 26 - 30, 2009
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June 22, 2009 - UPCOMING CONFERENCE: American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 51st Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, July 26 - 30, 2009
RELATED LINKS
- Main Meeting Web site: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09AM/
- Search Meeting Abstracts: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09AM/PRSearch.asp?mid=42
- Meeting program: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09AM/MeetingProgram.asp
- AAPM home page: http://www.aapm.org/
- Background article about how medical physics has revolutionized medicine:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538208/
HOW TO COVER THE MEETING
Reporters who would like to attend the meeting in person should fill out the press registration form on the AAPM Virtual Press Room.
See: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09AM/VirtualPressRoom/documents/pressregform.pdf.
Reporters who would like to cover the conference remotely will find releases and articles on the Virtual Press Room highlighting many of the interesting and important talks presented at the meeting. Even if you can't make it to Anaheim, the Virtual Press Room will make it possible to write stories about the meeting from your desk.
ABOUT AAPM
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a scientific, educational, and professional nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the application of physics to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. The association encourages innovative research and development, helps disseminate scientific and technical information, fosters the education and professional development of medical physicists, and promotes the highest quality medical services for patients. Please visit the association's Web site at http://www.aapm.org/.
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Media contacts:
Jason Socrates Bardi, American Institute of Physics,
301-209-3091 (office) 858-775-4080 (cell)
jbardi@aip.org
Sudarshan Chamakuri,
AAPM Media Relations Subcommittee Chair
radiationtherapy@hotmail.com