Radiology

Radiation Benefits Mixed After Breast-Preserving Surgery

January 26, 2012

Radiation therapy slightly improves survival, but may increase likelihood of eventual mastectomy.
 

Therapeutic vaccine for brain cancer being studied

January 24, 2012

A vaccine for people newly diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme—the most aggressive and highest-grade malignant glioma—is being tested at 20 sites nationwide in a phase II trial.
 

Proton therapy effective against prostate cancer

January 19, 2012

Two studies published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics indicate that proton therapy is a useful treatment for prostate cancer.
 

Do proton radiotherapy collimators pose neutron radiation risks?

Bryant Furlow January 11, 2012

A new computer modeling study introduces safety concerns about tungsten-alloy multileaf collimator technology. ONA talked with a senior author and critics of the study.
 

Scoring system can identify recurrence risk for DCIS breast cancer

Delicia Honen Yard January 04, 2012

A multigene test for predicting risk of breast cancer recurrence represents the first such assay used to differentiate lower-risk ductal carcinoma in situ from more aggressive forms.
 

Brachytherapy doubled risk for mastectomy, complications in older women

Delicia Honen Yard December 22, 2011

Although popular among older women with breast cancer, accelerated partial breast brachytherapy may be less effective and more toxic than standard whole breast irradiation in these patients.
 

How to keep radiation therapy safe for patients

, Bryant Furlow December 19, 2011

Radiotherapy, like all medical treatments, has its risks. This discussion reviews the safety issues for patients and nurses.
 

A new era in management of
 gastrointestinal cancers

December 19, 2011

Key studies presented at the 2011 Oncology Congress focus on treatments, prevention, and early diagnosis of GI tract cancers.
 

Laser therapy may be an option in removal of premalignant skin lesions

Delicia Honen Yard December 07, 2011

When surgery or radiation therapy cannot be used to remove the common precancerous skin lesion lentigo maligna, carbon dioxide laser ablation may be a useful alternative.
 

Older blood cancer patients may benefit from cell transplant regimen

Delicia Honen Yard November 22, 2011

A regimen using minimal-intensity radiation therapy before bone marrow or stem cell transplantation may work for older patients who cannot tolerate stronger pretransplant treatment.
 
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