Archive: 30/10/2014
CHEST lung cancer experts present policy statement to CMS Committee on Coverage
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Committee on Coverage studies the decision to cover lung cancer screening for eligible individuals, today's Online First section of the journal Chest published Components ...
Oct 30, 2014
Ebola fears infect Louisiana medical conference
Ebola fears have infected a U.S. medical conference on the subject. Louisiana state health officials told thousands of doctors planning to attend a tropical diseases meeting this weekend in New Orleans to stay away if they ...
Oct 30, 2014
Experts recommend tumor removal as first-line treatment for acromegaly
The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly, a rare condition caused by excess growth hormone in the blood.
Oct 30, 2014
Sustained local control for medically inoperable, early stage lung cancer patients
Analysis of data from an institutional patient registry on stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) indicates excellent long-term, local control, 79 percent of tumors, for medically inoperable, early stage lung cancer patients ...
Oct 30, 2014
Post-operative radiation therapy improves overall survival for patients with resected NSCLC
Patients who received post-operative radiation therapy (PORT), radiation therapy after surgery, lived an average of four months longer when compared to the patients who had the same disease site, tumor histology and treatment ...
Oct 30, 2014