Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 106

Concurrent chemo + radiation increases survival in advanced head, neck cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 29 - Giving chemotherapy during radiotherapy to patients with locally advanced, nonresected head or neck carcinoma nearly doubles their average overall survival and more than doubles their event-free survival, compared to giving the treatments separately, research indicates.
October 28, 2009
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Risk of thyroid cancer increased in childhood cancer survivors
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 28 - Childhood cancer survivors are 18 times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than the general population, U.K. researchers report.
October 27, 2009
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RT linked to hypothyroidism after breast cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Norwegian women who were treated with radiation therapy for stage II/III breast cancer had rates of thyroid disease as much as 300% higher than normal controls, according to a study published in the November issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
October 20, 2009
Premature delivery common after cancer diagnosis
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 20 - Iatrogenic preterm delivery is common among women diagnosed with invasive cancer during pregnancy, a new multicenter study shows. The study, published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, involved 215 women who received diagnoses of invasive cancers during pregnancy between 1998 and 2008.
October 19, 2009
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Biochemical failure of high-intensity ultrasound for prostate CA redefined
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 16 - An increase in prostate-specific antigen level of 1.2 ng/mL over the nadir should be considered a biochemical failure after high-intensity focused ultrasound for prostate cancer, according to authors of a paper in the October issue of BJU International.
October 15, 2009
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Siemens reports first Artiste treatment in U.K.
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare said that the first patient in the U.K. has been treated using its Artiste image-guided radiation therapy system.
September 27, 2009
New European cancer organization established
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A new organization called the European Academy of Cancer Sciences has been formed to advocate for cancer patients and to help prevent policy decisions that negatively affect oncology.
September 24, 2009
US can predict survival of melanoma patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Morphology criteria on ultrasound can be used to determine if cancer has metastasized in melanoma patients and, if so, how much it has spread, according to study results presented this week in Berlin.
September 24, 2009
Radiosensitive patients identified by genetic traits
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
An international group of scientists has taken the first step toward targeting radiation therapy dosage to individual patients based on their genetic characteristics.
September 24, 2009
Whole-brain radiation for mets may be ineffective
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Patients with a limited number of brain metastases and stable primary cancer who receive whole-brain radiation therapy after surgery do not have better survival outcomes than patients who don't receive the treatment, according to study results presented this week in Berlin.
September 23, 2009
Medicare patients have high radiation therapy dropout rates
By Cynthia E. Keen
Nearly half of Medicare patients in the U.S. interrupt or don't complete their prescribed radiation therapy treatments for head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the September issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
September 23, 2009
Early intervention may limit radiation-induced nodules
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 23 - Thyroid nodules are not rare in children after radiation for cancer, Italian researchers report in the September European Journal of Cancer. However, close surveillance and early therapy appear to limit these sequelae.
September 22, 2009
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