Archive: 26/09/2016
Advances in radiation therapy have improved survival rates for early stage lung cancer patients
A new analysis of records in the Veteran's Affairs Central Cancer Registry demonstrates a clear positive impact of the increased use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to treat patients with stage I non-small cell ...
Sep 26, 2016
Gene regulation in brain may explain repetitive behaviors in Rett syndrome patients
Three-year-old Naomi slaps her forehead a few times, bites her fingers and toddles across the doctor's office in her white and pink pajamas before turning her head into a door with a dull thud. Her mother quickly straps on ...
Sep 26, 2016
Healthcare leaders recommend restructuring health care system to better serve needs of US throughout 21st century
To keep up with the evolving needs of our nation's health and health care system, a series of papers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Sept. 26 recommends restructuring the U.S. health ...
Sep 26, 2016
Medulloblastoma patients should receive both chemotherapy and radiation post-surgery
In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team revealed that the addition of chemotherapy to postoperative treatment for adults with medulloblastoma improves survival. The benefit of chemotherapy, in addition to craniospinal ...
Sep 26, 2016
Three novel intrinsic subtypes of prostate cancer identified
In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers have identified and validated three distinct molecular subtypes of prostate cancer that correlate with distant metastasis-free survival and can assist in future research ...
Sep 26, 2016
Hypofractionated radiation therapy can halve treatment time for poor performance status lung cancer patients
For patients with stage II and III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) unable to receive standard treatments of surgery or chemoradiation (CRT), hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) results in similar overall survival ...
Sep 26, 2016