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Researchers find how precision radiation treatment supports in lung cancer
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
For patients with locally advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), standard use of the more accurate intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is recommended over the alternative 3D-conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT).
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Study reveals how innovative chemotherapy approach works against lung canc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Lung cancer is not the most frequent type of cancer, but it is by far the most deadly. Despite therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all persons with the disease will live more than five years following diagnosis, and the World Health Organiz
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Study reveals simple MRI scan might predict radiation side effects for pro
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a recent Corewell Health study, men with longer prostatic urethras--the section of the urethra that passes through the prostate--may be more prone to develop modest, often long-lasting urinary system side effects after prostate cancer radiation treatment.
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Study reveals how high-dose radiation can treat older patients with inoper
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
A recent study from Australian and Dutch experts revealed that older patients with kidney tumours who are not candidates for surgery may benefit from targeted, high-dose radiation.
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Study reveals image-guided adaptive radiation treatments linked to short-t
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Radiation therapy for patients with prostate cancer can be made safer by a method that uses imaging technology as a guide. This method enables doctors to precisely direct radiation beams towards the prostate while avoiding adjacent tissue in the bladder, urethra, and rectum.
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Here's how cancer cells repair DNA damage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team of scientists led by Dr Kei-ichi TAKATA from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI) discovered a new type of DNA repair mechanism that cancer cells use to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy.
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Study suggests radiotherapy not an option for older breast cancer patient
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In older patients with early breast cancer, radiotherapy does not seem to improve survival rates.
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Radiotherapy is not an option for older breast cancer patients: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to new research, Radiotherapy does not increase survival chances in older people with early breast cancer.
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Simultaneous radiation, immunotherapy beneficial for subset of lung cancer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In many cancer types, cancer cells try to survive by escaping attack from the immune system. These cancer cells hijack mechanisms called immune checkpoints to trick the immune system into thinking they are healthy cells. Recent advances in cancer treatment have focused on developing immune c
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In a first-in-human trial, FLASH radiation therapy shows promise
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
San Antonio [US], October 24 (ANI): The first-in-human research on a small number of patients with bone cancer reveals that FLASH radiation therapy, which delivers therapeutic amounts of radiation in a fraction of a second, may hold promise as a potential treatment for difficult-to-kill mali
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Study finds earlier mammograms for women with family history of breast can
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): A new study may prompt medical experts to rethink when to start mammograms for women who have a mother, sister or daughter diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Study finds Betamethasone may improve prostate cancer radiation therapy ou
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lexington [Kentucky], August 15 (ANI): According to a recent study from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, the common steroid betamethasone may be utilised to lessen the negative effects of radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
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