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Elekta’s Versa HD system will be used for treatments in three different Australian centers: Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre at Campbelltown Hospital, Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre and Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Prince ... Read more

December 16, 2014December 16, 2014

Study Finds Radiation Therapy In Elderly Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer May Not Prove Effective

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A new study published in Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society, showed that almost two-thirds of elderly women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer receive radiation therapy, ... Read more

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014

Study Finds Unnecessarily Long Courses of Radiation Delivered to Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients

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In a recent study published in JAMA, Penn Medicine researchers found that a significant number of women who are treated for early-stage breast cancer in the U.S. receive long periods ... Read more

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014

Study Optimizes Therapeutic Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Therapy To Delay Breast Cancer Growth

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In a recent study titled “Optimization of a therapeutic electromagnetic field (EMF) to retard breast cancer tumor growth and vascularity”, published in Cancer Cell International, a team of researchers led ... Read more

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014

Study Shows Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Are Increasingly Treated With Hypo Fractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation

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In a recent study published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), a group of researchers found that treatment with hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation (HF-WBI) for patients suffering ... Read more

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014

DoesvRadiation Therapy Combined With Immunotherapy Improve Cancer Treatment Outcomes?

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There is increasing evidence showing radiation therapy’s capacity to elicit strong anti-tumor responses through direct effects on tumor cells, such as immunogenic cell death and phenotypic change. In a recent ... Read more

December 5, 2014

New Treatment Board Can Improve Breast Cancer Radiation Outcomes

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Patients at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, can now benefit from a new treatment board that enables them ... Read more

December 2, 2014

Study Shows AlluraClarity Imaging System Can Lower X-Ray Exposure for Liver Cancer Patients

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A study by Johns Hopkins researchers, titled “Substantial X-ray Dose Reduction in Intra-arterial Therapy for Liver Cancer: A New Angiographic Imaging Technology”, will be presented during the 100th annual meeting ... Read more

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014

Study Analyzes Osteopontin For Prognostic Information In Radiotherapy of NSCLC

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In a recent study published in BMC Cancer, titled “Prognostic information of serial plasma osteopontin measurement in radiotherapy of non-small-cell lung cancer”, a team of researchers fromMartin Luther University, Germany, ... Read more

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014

Study Finds Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Immune Responses Against Irradiated Tumors

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In a recent article titled “STING-Dependent Cytosolic DNA Sensing Mediates Innate Immune Recognition of Immunogenic Tumors”, published in Immunity, a team of researchers from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, ... Read more