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Glasses that shine green light into the eyes could be the answer to insomnia
When you're having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need.
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Oncology & Cancer
Exercise may blunt a woman's risk of lung and breast cancer: studies
(HealthDay)—Physical activity may reduce a woman's risk of lung or breast cancer, a pair of new studies suggest.
Jun 2, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Improved therapies have extended life spans of childhood cancer survivors
(HealthDay)—Treatment adjustments have significantly increased the life spans of childhood cancer survivors in the United States and Canada, according to new research.
Jun 1, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Multiple types of resistance to new lung cancer drug identified
After identifying three different types of resistance to a promising investigational lung cancer drug in a phase 1 trial, a team of researchers led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists say new targeted inhibitors and ...
May 4, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Proton radiotherapy delivers more accurate cancer treatment, with less collateral damage
Radiotherapy using protons can deliver more accurate treatment to a tumour while reducing the dose to surrounding tissue. However, in mobile organs such as the lung, precise targeting of the dose is difficult. Now researchers ...
Apr 26, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Concurrent chemoradiation treatment at high-volume facilities improves survival for NSCLC
Patients treated with definitive concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy (CCRT) for stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have longer overall survival when treated by highly experienced facilities, whether or ...
Mar 11, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Products advertised on personalized cancer care websites: True or false claims?
Although there are only a few validated genetic tests specifying individual risks for certain cancers or which can help to select genomically targeted cancer therapies, the Internet is already a major source of marketing ...
Mar 5, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Epigenetic drug boosts chemotherapy's efficacy in some lung cancers
An existing drug may help some patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have become resistant to chemotherapy, finds a study from Boston Children's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). ...
Jan 28, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Stereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy improves survival among stage 4 lung cancer patients
A clinical trial that combined stereotactic body radiation therapy with a specific chemotherapy regimen more than doubled survival rates for certain stage 4 lung cancer patients, UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers ...
Jan 2, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop technology to improve lung cancer detection and treatment
Researchers from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine have developed a technology that improves the detection of tumors during radiation therapy for early-stage lung cancer.
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