http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. heralded for its low complication rates—actually results in more complications than whole-breast radiation one year after treatment, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-older-breast-cancer-patients-complications.html Cancer Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:04 EST news270136740 Ribonucleotide reductase (RR) is a target metabolic enzymes for cancer therapy. Few studies have described the correlation between RRM2 and the development of colorectal cancer. And the possible mechanism by which RRM2 mediates colorectal cancer progression is unclear. It is well established that in some types of cancer, elevated RRM2 levels correlate with chemoresistance, but whether it may contribute to the response to ultraviolet irradiation is unclear. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-role-ribonucleotide-reductase-m2.html Cancer Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:03:04 EST news267184966 Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy have a significantly reduced risk of developing brain metastases if they also receive prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI); however, this study did not show an improvement in overall survival with PCI, according to research presented at the 2012 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology. This symposium is sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and The University of Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-brain-lung-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:47:21 EST news266158033 (HealthDay)—Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) yields five-year clinical outcomes and patterns of failure similar to those achieved with whole breast irradiation (WBI), with excellent three-year survival for women who develop an ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR), according to a study published in the Sept. 1 issue of Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-outcomes-similar-partial-breast-irradiation.html Cancer Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:10:01 EST news265033685 Johbu Itoh at the Tokai University School of Medicine in Japan has developed a new and highly effective cancer therapy method where cancer cells are irradiated with ultraviolet C (UVC) light. The new method employs high intensity-UVC pulse flash rays (UVCPFR) of a broad UVC spectrum (230 to 280 nm) produced by a modified UV-flash sterilization system (BHX200). The experiments showed the pulsed nature of the spectrum to enhance the efficiency of destruction of neoplastic cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cancer-therapy-ultra-violet-uvc-pulse.html Cancer Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:01:17 EST news264862872 Accelerated whole breast irradiation after lumpectomy is an effective treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a very common early stage and noninvasive form of breast cancer, meaning many more breast cancer patients could see their treatment times reduced by half, according to a study in the June issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-treatment-effective-noninvasive-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:00:07 EST news260189988 A multicenter trial showed that nearly half of young patients with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma can be cured without undergoing either irradiation or intensive chemotherapy that would leave them at risk for second cancers, infertility, heart and other problems later. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-quest-treatment-pediatric-hodgkin-lymphoma.html Cancer Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:00:07 EST news259940424 Barcelona, Spain: Using a concentrated, highly targeted dose of radiation to the breast has equally good results as irradiating the whole area, with no adverse effects on survival and a much better cosmetic outcome, Hungarian researchers have found. Reporting the ten-year results of a randomised trial, Professor Csaba Polgár, MD, Director of the Centre for Radiotherapy, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, will tell the World Congress of Brachytherapy [1 & 2] today (Friday) that he believes that accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) could be offered to many more breast cancer patients, resulting in fewer side effects and major cost savings to healthcare systems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-highly-irradiation-good-breast-radiotherapy.html Cancer Fri, 11 May 2012 09:27:52 EST news255947267 (HealthDay) -- In children and adolescents with brain tumors treated with proton radiation, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores are affected by both disease type and treatment, with assessments made by the patients correlating well with those of their parents, according to a study published online May 7 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-health-related-qol-children-brain-tumors.html Cancer Wed, 09 May 2012 12:58:52 EST news255787046 Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy, the localized form of radiation therapy growing increasingly popular as a treatment choice for women with early-stage breast cancer, is associated with higher rate of later mastectomy, increased radiation-related toxicities and post-operative complications, compared to traditional whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-apbi-mastectomies-toxicities-complications-traditional.html Cancer Tue, 01 May 2012 16:50:01 EST news255108634 (HealthDay) -- Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) treated with anthracyclines and/or cardiac irradiation have a higher risk of developing symptomatic cardiac events (CEs) in the long term, according to a study published online April 2 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-childhood-cancer-survivors-cardiac-events.html Cardiology Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:43:56 EST news252762205 Breast cancer patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) instead of standard whole breast irradiation (WBI) have a lower incidence of acute or chronic toxicities, according to a study in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), the official clinical practice journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-imrt-side-effects-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:50:18 EST news252154210 Accelerated partial breast irradiation using brachytherapy (APBIb) for the treatment of breast cancer has been rapidly increasing over the last several years in the U.S. as an alternative to standard whole-breast irradiation (WBI), according to a study published December 16th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-advantages-uncertain-brachytherapy-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:42:02 EST news243279712 Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy, the localized form of radiation therapy growing increasingly popular as a treatment choice for women with early-stage breast cancer, is associated with higher rate of later mastectomy, increased radiation-related toxicities and post-operative complications, compared to traditional whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-side-effects-complications-mastectomy-partial.html Cancer Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:01 EST news242454425 Human neural stem cells are capable of helping people regain learning and memory abilities lost due to radiation treatment for brain tumors, a UC Irvine study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-stem-cells-cognitive-abilities-impaired.html Cancer Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:22:02 EST news229782098 Researchers at King's College London have found a molecule in the body which controls sensitivity to pain from UVB irradiation, identifying it as a new target for medicines to treat pain caused by other common inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-discovery-sunburn-pain-relief-inflammatory.html Medical research Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:03:49 EST news229183399