News tagged with radiation therapy
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Radiotherapy results in higher diabetes risk for some childhood cancer survivors
The study – which analysed more than 2500 patient questionnaires and medical records from French and British people who had cancer in childhood but survived for at least 20 years after undergoing treatment – is ...
Cancer
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Older women may not benefit from radiotherapy after breast surgery
A Rhode Island Hospital radiation oncologist says in a new editorial that research exploring the impact of radiotherapy in older women with low risk of breast cancer recurrence has little effect on actual clinical decisions. ...
Cancer
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Researchers validate molecular signature to predict radiation therapy benefit
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, working with colleagues in Sweden, the Netherlands and Puerto Rico, have validated a radiosensitivity molecular signature that can lead to better radiation therapy decisions for treating ...
Cancer
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Urology-owned radiation oncology self-referral can increase patients' travel distance for treatment
Men with prostate cancer in Texas may be driving more than three times farther than needed to obtain radiation oncology treatments for their cancer when treated at a urology-owned radiation oncology practice versus other ...
Cancer
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Researchers aim to grow salivary glands using patient's own cells
Biologists, surgical oncologists and regenerative medicine specialists from Rice University, the University of Delaware and the Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., have begun a four-year program ...
Cancer
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Individualized care best for lymphedema patients: scientist
Millions of American cancer survivors experience chronic discomfort as a result of lymphedema, a common side effect of surgery and radiation therapy in which affected areas swell due to protein-rich fluid buildup. After reviewing ...
Cancer
Aug 10, 2012 |
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Study investigates proton radiation effects on cells
(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., has found radiation from protons could further enhance a process that occurs during ...
Cancer
Aug 05, 2012 |
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Active surveillance up in multidisciplinary prostate CA care
(HealthDay) -- Men with low-risk prostate cancer are more likely to pursue active surveillance when seen at a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic rather than when they see individual specialists in sequential ...
Cancer
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Researchers discover gene that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a mutant form of the gene, Chk1, that when expressed in cancer cells, permanently stopped their proliferation and caused cell death without ...
Cancer
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Standard radiation therapy dose provides pain relief for painful heel spurs
Patients with plantar fasciitis (painful bone heel spur) experience significantly less pain and improved quality of life following a standard dose of external beam radiation therapy, a common cancer treatment similar to receiving ...
Cancer
Jul 27, 2012 |
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New study reveals racial disparities in voice box-preserving cancer treatment
A new epidemiological study led by UC Davis researchers reveals significant racial disparities in the use of non-surgical larynx-preservation therapy for locally advanced laryngeal cancer.
Cancer
Jul 16, 2012 |
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Electronic medical record improves physician compliance of reviewing portal images, study suggests
The use of an electronic medical record (EMR) for reviewing portal images dramatically improves compliance with timeliness and record keeping, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of ...
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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Prostate cancer treatment regret is 52 percent higher in men with cardiovascular disease
Prostate cancer patients with cardiovascular disease were 52 per cent more likely to regret their treatment choices than men without problems with their heart or veins, according to a study published in the July issue of ...
Cardiology
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Nomogram developed to estimate early breast cancer survival
(HealthDay) -- A nomogram has been developed to predict five- and 10-year mastectomy-free survival (MFS) in older women with early breast cancer and estimate the predicted benefit of radiation therapy (RT) ...
Cancer
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Novel radiation therapy safely treats prostate cancer and lowers the risk of recurrence
A recent Phase I/II clinical trial has shown that a new combination of radiation therapies developed at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center escalates radiation doses to safely and effectively treat prostate ...
Cancer
Jun 26, 2012 |
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