News tagged with radiotherapy
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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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A promising step forward in prostate cancer treatment
When treating prostate cancer with radiotherapy, knowing the prostate cancer position is critical to accurately targeting the radiation beam to avoid missing the tumour and irradiating healthy tissue. Prostate cancer patients ...
Cancer
Aug 06, 2012 |
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Induction chemo beneficial in locally advanced pancreatic CA
(HealthDay) -- For most patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma (LAPC), induction with a combination of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GEMOX) followed by chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is feasible, resulting ...
Cancer
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Pre-op chemoradiotherapy ups survival in esophageal cancer
(HealthDay) -- For patients with esophageal or esophagogastric-junction cancer, treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection is associated with improved survival compared with ...
Cancer
May 31, 2012 |
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Chemotherapy and radiation given together could help elderly patients with lung cancer live longer
Despite more than two-thirds of lung cancer cases being diagnosed in people 65 years or older, there have been few trials of treatments in this age group, and it is not known if the standard treatment for patients with inoperable ...
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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Adjuvant radiochemotherapy has lasting benefit in gastric cancer
(HealthDay) -- Ten-year data from the Southwestern Oncology Group-directed Intergroup Study 0116 confirm the benefits of adjuvant radiochemotherapy after gastric cancer resection in terms of overall survival ...
Cancer
May 18, 2012 |
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HPV-positive throat cancer patients respond better to radiotherapy alone than HPV-negative patients
Barcelona, Spain: New findings from a large Danish database of cancer patients suggest that, even though the human papilloma virus (HPV) can trigger throat cancer, patients who are HPV-positive and are light smokers, or don't ...
Cancer
May 10, 2012 |
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Adding chemo to radiotherapy halves risk of deadly bladder cancer returning
(Phys.org) -- Bladder cancer patients given low doses of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy were nearly 50 per cent less likely to relapse with the most lethal form of the disease compared to patients given radiotherapy ...
Cancer
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Radiotherapy doses to be more accurate
Cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatments in future will be safer thanks to a collaborative piece of research by NPL, the University of Montreal, and McGill University which will result in improved ...
Medical research
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Less intense chemotherapy more effective and less toxic for patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma
A study published Online First by The Lancet has found that patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma (a cancer affecting lymph tissue) can be treated more effectively with lower doses of chemotherapy. The study is by Dr ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Margin threshold for women with ductal carcinoma in situ
Negative surgical margins should be attained for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) regardless of radiotherapy, and surgeons should attempt to reach wide negative margins in their ...
Cancer
Mar 22, 2012 |
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'Mindfulness' stress reduction helps breast cancer survivors
(HealthDay) -- A mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program provides significant and lasting improvements in mood, breast- and endocrine-related quality of life, and well-being, according to research ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Stereotactic radiotherapy provides excellent local control for lung malignancies
(Medical Xpress) -- Image-guided stereotactic radiation therapy is well tolerated and very effective in locally-controlling lung cancer, Methodist Cancer Center researchers report in the April issue of the Journal of Radiation On ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Pleurectomy/decortication proposed preferred surgical procedure
Patients with early stage malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs, may be eligible for aggressive multi-modality therapy involving surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. There ...
Surgery
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Web-based support helps women with breast cancer
Every day 18 Swedish women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Although there is a real need for support and information, many women struggle and get lost in the deluge of information. In a study of 227 women, researchers at ...
Cancer
Mar 05, 2012 |
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