Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy—a commonly used hormone injection—plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients' ...
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A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases. Evidence-based recommendations guide the multidisciplinary ...
May 10, 2022
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Two new large studies led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show an increase in the use of proton beam therapy (PBT) for patients with cancer in the United States during the past decade. However, Black patients ...
Apr 27, 2022
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April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about testicular cancer. Compared with other types of cancer, testicular cancer is rare. But testicular cancer is the most common cancer in ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Radiation therapy is a proven approach to destroying tumors. However, it is possible that it might be able to do even more in the future—namely stimulate the immune system at the same time and so fight cancer even more ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Some brain cancers are easier to treat than others. Many solid tumors can be carefully excised by a skilled neurosurgeon, but others, such as diffuse midline gliomas, or DMGs, are much trickier. Children who have been diagnosed ...
Apr 14, 2022
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Heavy ions could radically improve radiation therapy for treatment of pancreatic cancer and other difficult-to-treat tumors if researchers can better understand how the ions work against cancer.
Apr 11, 2022
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African-American adult patients are more likely than white patients to receive substandard gastrointestinal cancer surgery, according a large study led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center. The findings are reported today ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, is one of the pillars of curative oncology and plays a key role in providing better outcomes for patients with some of the most common cancers, like prostate or breast cancers. In high-income ...
Mar 29, 2022
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about treating colorectal cancer.
Mar 23, 2022
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