Low-dose radiation at 50 Gy without chemotherapy following transoral surgery (TOS) led to very high survival and outstanding quality of life in patients with human papillomavirus-positive (HPV+) throat cancer and at medium ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine recently performed a cardiac imaging procedure that was the first of its kind completed in Georgia.
Nov 11, 2021
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Decades after battling childhood cancer, survivors often face a new challenge: cardiometabolic disease. A spectrum of conditions that includes coronary heart disease and diabetes, cardiometabolic disease typically impacts ...
Nov 9, 2021
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For the first time, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully used a new X-ray method for respiratory diagnostics with patients. Dark-field X-rays visualize early changes in the alveolar structure ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for benign tumors of the vestibular nerve (vestibular schwannomas, also called acoustic neuromas) offers more advantages to affected patients than microsurgical resection: After targeted one-time ...
Oct 26, 2021
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New Curtin research has revealed a marked increase in use of CT scans for injured patients in the emergency departments (ED) of Western Australian hospitals, raising concerns about radiation dose, cost, and efficiency.
Oct 21, 2021
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According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), reduced-dose CT depicts greater than 90% of lung nodules in children and young adults with cancer, identifying the presence of nodules with moderate sensitivity ...
Jul 9, 2021
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Proton therapy is a newer type of radiation therapy that uses energy from positively charged particles called protons. Studies have suggested that proton therapy may cause fewer side effects than traditional radiation, since ...
Jul 1, 2021
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If you're a clinician who wants to look inside your patient's lungs, your options historically have been limited.
Jun 2, 2021
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A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues highlights the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating ...
May 3, 2021
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