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Researchers find how precision radiation treatment supports in lung cancer
Updated : 5 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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Apollo Cancer Centres Collaborates With Accuray to Launch India Sub- Conti
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 26: Apollo Cancer Centres (ACC), in association with Accuray, a global provider of radiation therapy devices, today announced the launch of India Sub-Continent's first robotic and stereotactic therapy education centre, Robotic & Stereotactic Radiosurge
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New Delhi: Radiation therapy facility started in Lady Hardinge Hospital
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The first radiation therapy treatment of a cancer patient at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) was done using sophisticated Brachytherapy (internal radiation) equipment in its newly constructed Radiation Oncology Block on April 9, 2024. The department has been providing OPD and chemothera
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Promising Duo for Revolutionary Cancer Treatment: Resveratrol and Copper -
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], April 4: In 2022, India faced a challenge, with over 14.1 lakh new cancer cases and more than 9.1 lakh deaths due to the disease. The risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 in India is calculated at 10.6%, with a mortality risk of 7.2%. These numbers
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Study reveals how innovative chemotherapy approach works against lung canc
Updated : 2 years 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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"Christian community's service to state in fields of education, health com
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Speaking after the inauguration of the Linear Accelerator Radiation Therapy Service at Baptist Hospital in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah said, " Christian community's service towards the fields of education and health in the era of social inequality is commendable."
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Radiation treatment could be used to treat heart failure: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy, a cancer-fighting technique, to treat patients with ventricular tachycardia, a potentially fatal abnormal heartbeat.
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Radiation therapy could be used to treat heart failure: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The research team discovered that low-dose radiation therapy appears to enhance heart function in various forms of heart failure after analysing the cardiac effects of radiation in a small number of these individuals and modelling the effects of low-dose radiation in mice with heart failure.
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A 70-Year-Old Patient Suffering from Meningoma Gets a New Lease of Life &a
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 10: HCG ICS Khubchandani Cancer Centre, successfully treated a 70-year-old patient diagnosed with Frontal Temporal Lobe Meningioma, which also resulted in the loss of vision in her left eye. The team, headed by Dr Shyam Shrivastava, Radiation Oncologist,
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Study reveals how high-dose radiation can treat older patients with inoper
Updated : 5 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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Patients with low-risk breast cancer may not require radiotherapy: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Some women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer may not need radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery, according to recent research from McMaster University, BC Cancer, Hamilton Health Sciences, and the University of British Columbia.
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Study examines if radiotherapy not necessary for patients with low-risk br
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Recent research done by McMaster University, BC Cancer, Hamilton Health Sciences, and the University of British Columbia suggests that some women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer may not require radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery
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