Archive: 25/09/2017
Shorter course of radiation treatment safe for breast cancer patients under 50
A higher-dose, shorter form of radiation is safe, effective, and no more damaging to the breast tissue or skin of breast cancer patients under age 50 than it is in older patients.
Sep 25, 2017
Adding radiation to chemotherapy may dramatically improve survival for advanced NSCLC
Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy for patients with limited metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may curb disease progression dramatically when compared to NSCLC patients who only receive chemotherapy, ...
Sep 25, 2017
Radiation+immunotherapy can slow tumor growth for some patients with metastatic NSCLC
A new study involving patients with stage IV cancer finds that treatment with radiation therapy and immunotherapy can halt the growth of tumors by stimulating the body's immune system to attack the cancer. In the phase II ...
Sep 25, 2017