Neuroscience
Surgical options to treat brachial plexus injuries
Severe damage to the brachial plexus—the group of nerves that control the movements of your hands, arms and wrists—can leave your entire hand and arm paralyzed.
Sep 9, 2022
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Immunology
Study identifies key player in T cell 'education'
Vanderbilt researchers have identified a protein that is key to the "education" of immature T cells in the thymus. The findings, reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, could inform therapeutic strategies for enhancing ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New clinical guideline on radiation therapy for IDH-mutant glioma
A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides recommendations on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant grade 2 and grade 3 diffuse ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Deep learning algorithm may streamline lung cancer radiotherapy treatment
Lung cancer, the most common cancer worldwide, is targeted with radiation therapy (RT) in nearly one-half of cases. RT planning is a manual, resource-intensive process that can take days to weeks to complete, and even highly ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Medications
Betamethasone could improve outcomes for prostate cancer radiation therapy
A new study published by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that the common steroid betamethasone could be used to reduce unwanted side effects of radiation treatments for prostate cancer.
Aug 12, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Increased utilization of stereotactic body radiotherapy has decreased treatment disparities for early-stage NSCLC
The use of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for patients with non-small cell lung cancer can reduce treatment disparities between White and Black patients, according to research presented today at the IASLC World Conference ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
After four years of treatment for stage 4 cancer I just wanted some encouraging words from my oncologist
My oncologist has one of those little motivational prints hanging on his waiting room wall, with the simple statement: "trust your instincts." One day, bored with the long purgatory of the waiting room, I tweet this news ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
3D model of brain tumor environment could aid personalized treatment
Glioblastoma, a rare but deadly brain cancer, is wickedly sturdy. Surgeons remove tumors only to see the cancer come back ferociously. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy have limited effects. About half of patients die within ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Medications
Chemotherapy drug temozolomide analog shows promise in treating glioma
A team of researchers from Yale University and Yale School of Medicine has developed a temozolomide analog for use as a chemotherapy drug in treating glioma. In their paper published in the journal Science, the researchers ...
Oncology & Cancer
Proton beam therapy for bone cancer spares surrounding tissue
July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, bringing attention to a group of cancers that begin in the bones or soft tissues of the body. There are more than 70 types of sarcoma, including bone cancer. Treatments for bone cancer include ...
Jul 13, 2022
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