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New Study Suggests Breast Cancer Patients Over 65 May Not Always Need Radiation Therapy
2023 23 Feb
According to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, some older breast cancer patients who skip radiation therapy after surgery may not be at risk, in terms of it affecting their overall survival. This is subject to patients receiving five years of endocrine therapy. The study suggests that radiation which can have side... Read more
A Sharper Focus In Radiation Therapy Planning
2021 18 Jan
Internal movement caused by a patient's breathing presents a major challenge in tumor imaging. Motion artifacts in clinical images can cause difficulties when planning radiotherapy. René Werner from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has long been concerned with precisely this problem. Together with Christian Hofmann, physicist... Read more
Radiation Lowers Side Effects of CAR T Therapy in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
2019 24 Sep
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania confirmed the use of radiation therapy for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) patients, may decrease side effects of CAR T (chimeric antigen receptor T cell) therapy. The two most common side effects of CAR T are cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity, which can present... Read more
Hyperthermia. An amplifier for radiation therapy.
2018 07 Nov
Hyperthermia can further enhance the therapeutic outcomes of radiation and chemotherapy, while keeping side effects at a minimum. A treatment method with many advantages. What is hyperthermia? Hyperthermia is the intentional overheating for therapeutic purposes, either throughout the body or in individual organs. The method of directly... Read more
More Precise Lung Cancer Imaging, Radiation Results
2015 31 Dec
To improve precision of lung cancer imaging, researchers have developed a new technique that uses mathematical modelling to capture images of a patient's lung when it is depressed — the stage that offers the best picture of a cancerous site. The new approach monitors respiratory gating, or a patient's motion breath-by-breath, and uses the data... Read more
Patients Want More Info About Medical Imaging Risk
2015 31 Mar
According to a new study published in Radiology , a substantial gap exists between patient expectations and current practices for providing information about medical imaging tests that use radiation. Researchers say the findings highlight a need for better communication as medicine enters an era of patient-centred care. For the study, researchers... Read more
Hypofractionated Whole Breast Irradiation Underused
2014 17 Dec
According to a study published in JAMA, most breast cancer patients do not receive radiation treatment that is shorter in duration and less costly, despite guidelines endorsing their use. The study was released at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (TX, USA). Breast cancer accounts for the largest portion of national expenditures on cancer... Read more