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November 24, 2015November 24, 2015

New Boron Formulation May Improve Treatment of Brain Tumors

Brain tumors are very difficult to treat without causing serious damage to this complex organ, prompting scientists to search for therapies that selectively target and kill malignant brain cells. ... Read more

September 8, 2015September 30, 2015

ASCO Revises ASTRO Guidelines For Treatment Of Women With Endometrial Cancer

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The number of women of child-bearing age, diagnosed with endometrial cancer, has been on the rise in the United States in recent times. Some of the main factors behind ... Read more

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015

Some Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients Do Not Need Radiotherapy

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Recent results from clinical trials have shown that some Hodgkin lymphoma patients could avoid going through damaging sessions of radiotherapy and still remain free from the disease 3 years later. Such findings evidence that ... Read more

August 4, 2015September 25, 2015

Esteya: An Alternative Therapeutic Option For High Dose Radiation Of Skin Cancer

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Esteya electronic brachytherapy is a new method to treat skin cancer in a more specific way, targeting only the cancerous site without harming the surrounding healthy organs. This high precision ... Read more

July 31, 2015August 2, 2015

Risk of RT-BOOP for Young Breast Cancer Patients is Low

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Although radiation-induced bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a possible side effect of radiation therapy in women with breast cancer, a study from the Department of Radiation Oncology at ... Read more

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

FDA Approves Neupogen As The First Drug for Radiation Therapy-Related Injuries

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Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) provided important data on a non-human clinical model of high-dose radiation that ultimately led the U.S. Food and ... Read more

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

Targeted, High-Dose Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Appears to Benefit Some Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

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This year, oncology researchers from John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have released results from two preliminary studies showing that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) may be an advantageous choice in ... Read more

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015

Focused Ultrasound: A Novel Promise In Cancer Immunotherapy

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Cancer immunotherapy has been a selective and safe option for treatment of certain types of cancer when compared with radiation and chemotherapy, as immunotherapy targets specific immune cells of the body ... Read more

June 17, 2015September 9, 2015

PET/CT Highly Sensitive For Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) can range from easy to treat to very hard to treat as a consequence of very aggressive forms of the disease. For harder cases, post-treatment surveillance through molecular imaging could ... Read more

June 15, 2015March 4, 2016

Total Marrow Irradiation: The Latest Gift Of Technology To Radiation Therapy

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The first Total Marrow Irradiation (TMI) was successfully performed 10 years ago at the City of Hope in Duarte, California, using the TomoTherapy System. Since then, this technique has ... Read more

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New Boron Formulation May Improve Treatment of Brain Tumors

ASCO Revises ASTRO Guidelines For Treatment Of Women With Endometrial Cancer

Some Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients Do Not Need Radiotherapy

Esteya: An Alternative Therapeutic Option For High Dose Radiation Of Skin Cancer

Risk of RT-BOOP for Young Breast Cancer Patients is Low

FDA Approves Neupogen As The First Drug for Radiation Therapy-Related Injuries

Targeted, High-Dose Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Appears to Benefit Some Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

Focused Ultrasound: A Novel Promise In Cancer Immunotherapy

PET/CT Highly Sensitive For Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Total Marrow Irradiation: The Latest Gift Of Technology To Radiation Therapy

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