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The Maryland Proton Treatment Center has announced that it will open its doors in 2015, a $200 million investment that will bring proton therapy, one of the most advanced forms ... Read more

August 12, 2014August 14, 2014

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Recurrence May Be Reduced Through Combined Statin and Radiation Use

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A team of researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, have found that patients suffering from inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) can benefit from conjugating radiation treatments with simvastatin, ... Read more

August 8, 2014August 14, 2014

Brain Tumor Triple Therapy That Includes Radiotherapy Induces Immune System Response, According To New Study

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have successfully prolonged the survival of mice suffering from glioblastoma using two types of immunotherapy together with targeted radiation. The study, entitled ... Read more

August 6, 2014August 14, 2014

Standard Radiation Yields Higher Rate of Breast Preservation For Older Women With Breast Cancer Compared To Brachytherapy, According To Study

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Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that when given brachytherapy treatment, older women suffering from invasive breast cancer had a higher risk of needing a mastectomy later in ... Read more

August 4, 2014August 14, 2014

Sleeping in Total Darkness Can Decrease Toxic Effects of Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Therapy, According to New Study

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A team of researchers from Tulane University School of Medicine has found that disruption of circadian rhythms (an internal biological clock) by night shift work or disturbed sleep-wake cycles, makes breast cancer patients resistant to ... Read more

August 1, 2014August 14, 2014

Early Breast Cancer To Be Treated Using Single Dose Radiotherapy in the UK

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As reported earlier by Radiation Therapy News, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT), a single dose of radiotherapy given at the same ... Read more

July 24, 2014August 14, 2014

Study Reveals How IMRT Spares Heathy Tissues in Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment

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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a precise technique of external beam radiation that uses computer-generated images of the tumor to determine the size, shape, and location of the area that ... Read more

July 23, 2014August 14, 2014

Study Reveals Gene Variants Can Predict Response to Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy

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Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the developed world, with about 1 in every 7 men being diagnosed throughout their lifetime. Radiotherapy is one of the main ... Read more

July 22, 2014August 14, 2014

Researchers Offer Insights Into Proton Therapy For Stage I to III Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Researchers from the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have published favorable clinical outcomes of a prospective phase 2 study of consolidative involved-node proton therapy (INPT) as a combined therapy ... Read more

July 18, 2014August 14, 2014

New MD Anderson Study Reveals Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Offers Effective, Less Toxic Treatment

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Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have published the first clinical experience and toxicity of multifield optimization intensity modulated proton therapy (MFO-IMPT) for patients with head and ... Read more