Head and Neck Radiology: Page 16

Accelerated radiation therapy improves outcomes of head and neck cancers
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 9 - Accelerated radiation therapy is more effective than conventional fractionation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, but complications of treatment are more common, investigators report.
April 8, 2010
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RT plus chemo can preserve larynx in head and neck cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Induction chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy (RT) has produced good outcomes in larynx preservation for patients with advanced head and neck cancers, according to data presented this week at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Chandler, AZ.
February 25, 2010
PET/CT cost-effective for head, neck squamous cell carcinoma
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT is not only most effective for pretreatment screening of distant metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, the combined modalities do so with no additional costs to healthcare providers, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
February 16, 2010
New ultrasound techniques show promise in thyroid nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules can be difficult, but advanced ultrasound applications such as elastography, computer-assisted analysis, and 3D ultrasound may make that challenge a little easier, according to a trio of presentations at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
February 4, 2010
Perfusion CT handily distinguishes malignant neck nodes
By Eric Barnes
In a new study from Poland, perfusion CT showed impressive accuracy for distinguishing benign from malignant lymph nodes in a study of squamous cell cancer patients with suspected metastases.
January 24, 2010
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Ultrasound helps identify allergic etiology of chronic sinus disease
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 23 - In patients with chronic maxillary sinus disease, an allergic etiology can be confirmed using serial ultrasound exams to monitor responses to nasal allergen challenge.
December 22, 2009
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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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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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Neuroradiology useful for classifying hypopituitarism
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 17 - In children with, or at risk for, hypopituitarism, neuroradiologic findings can predict the presence and extent of the disorder, U.K. researchers report in the September issue of Clinical Endocrinology.
September 16, 2009
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Radiation therapy slows return of head/neck cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A large, long-term outcomes study conducted in Norway revealed that radiation therapy may actually inhibit premalignant lesions in the upper aerodigestive tract from becoming cancerous for many years.
September 14, 2009
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