General News
For Persistent Fibroids, a Less Invasive Option (Reuters Health, July 28, 2010)
Explore Stroke Care With Society of Interventional Radiology's CLOTS: Stroke Is Third Leading Cause of Death in the United States;
SIR Course Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, Covers All Aspects of Acute Stroke Management;
Online Registration Now Open
Society of Interventional Radiology Advances Global Definition of Specialty, Benefits Patients: A First: 41 International Societies Join SIR in Supporting Statement That Stresses Interventional Radiology's Importance in Medical Care for Patients, Outlines Identity and Scope of IR Practices Worldwide, July 7, 2010;
Global Statement Defining Interventional Radiology, "Special Communications," and
"We Are IR," Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Former Surgeon Finds His Passion in Interventional Radiology: SIR Member Andrew G. Davis, M.D., "Captivated by the Constant Introduction of New Techniques and the Potential for Interventional Radiology to Go Where Surgeons Could Not" (RT Image, July 19, 2010)
SIR Summer Book Sale: Act Fast and
Save Up to 40 Percent Off Regular Prices on Select Products; Syllabi for Only $99
The Rise of Radioembolization: A Sophisticated Approach Is Gaining Favor as a Primary Liver Cancer Treatment (RT Image, June 21, 2010)
Less Invasive Treatment for Uterine Fibroids (King5 News, Seattle, Wash., June 20, 2010)
New Varicocele Technique Shows Promise (Renal & Urology News, June 18, 2010)
"Innovative Revolutionaries": Interventional Radiology Is Changing the Landscape of Health Care (Imaging Economics, June 2010)
Building the Practice:
Interventional Oncology Is Fastest-growing Area of Interventional Radiology (Imaging Economics, June 2010)
Vertebroplasty - Sorting Things Out When Studies Conflict With Clinical Experience (Radiology Today, June)
Removing Tiny Filter Embedded in Vein Takes Unique Interventional Radiology Expertise (BusinessWire, May 24, 2010)
Now Online: SIR's Photo Galleries of the 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting:
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FDA Has Authorized Guerbet to Import Lipiodol; Previous Updates:
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Interventional Radiology Highlighted in Wall Street Journal's "Innovations in Health Care"; Article Quotes SIR Members Brian Stainken, M.D., FSIR; Robert Vogelzang, M.D., FSIR; and Brian Schirf, M.D.
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