Archive: 16/03/2017
Prostate cancer trial shows treating with precision radiotherapy cuts course of treatment by 50 percent
An Ontario-led international clinical trial with 1,206 men with localized prostate cancer shows that compressing radiation treatments into four weeks from eight delivers similar outcomes.
Mar 16, 2017
US health plan advances, showdown vote next week in Congress
The future of US health care faces a moment of truth next week when lawmakers are expected to vote on the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, after the measure cleared a key hurdle Thursday in Congress.
Mar 16, 2017
New anti-Wolbachia drug regimen could reduce treatment times of LF and Oncho to 1-2 weeks
This week, scientists from the A·WOL Consortium based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have published a paper entitled 'Short-Course, High-Dose Rifampicin Achieves Wolbachia Depletion Predictive of Curative Outcomes ...
Mar 16, 2017
SBRT offers curative option for lung cancer patients age 80 and older
Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early stage lung cancer but cannot undergo an operation can be treated safely and effectively with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), according to research presented today at ...
Mar 16, 2017
Genetic profile of treatment-resistant lung cancer more variable than previously thought
The genetic mutations underlying treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are more complex and dynamic than previously thought. Analysis of 355 biopsied tumors from patients who acquired resistance to EGFR ...
Mar 16, 2017