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According to a study spanning 10 years, a radiotherapy treatment plan involving higher doses of radiation is regarded as a much better option as opposed to lowering doses for men with localized prostate cancer.
Having 37 sessions, or fractions, of radiotherapy at 74 Gray (Gy) as opposed to 32 fractions at 64 Gy, controlled the disease more efficiently and diminished the chance that men would require follow-up hormone-deprivation therapy, which can lead to long-term
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Intensive Radiotherapy Holds More Benefits for Localized Prostate Cancer…
According to a study spanning 10 years, a radiotherapy treatment plan involving higher doses of radiation is regarded as a much better option as opposed to lowering doses for men with localized prostate cancer.
Having 37 sessions, or fractions, of radiotherapy at 74 Gray (Gy) as opposed to 32 fractions at 64 Gy, controlled the disease more efficiently and diminished the chance that men would require follow-up hormone-deprivation therapy, which can lead to long-term
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Cancer Patients Demand More Written Information …
Based on a new study, patients who receive radiotherapy for pelvic cancers demand to be better informed regarding the numerous side effects prior to treatment.
Around half of the patients who participated in a UK survey reported unfulfilled
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New Treatment Alternative for First Line of Attack in …
According to a recent study conducted by Manchester researchers, has proven to reveal promising results for a new treatment option in follicular lymphoma.
Follicular lymphoma is a kind of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a blood cancer, that typically
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Survival Rate Higher for HPV-positive OPSCC patients …
Based on research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, a retrospective analysis of oropharyngeal patients with recurrence of disease following primary therapy in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies
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Reduced RT Dose to Bilateral IB Lymph Nodes Improves …
According to a recent study’s findings presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, for head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation therapy, a decline in the amount of radiation treatment quantity to the
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Voice and Speech Significantly Affected Following …
According to a new study presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy concurrently, reported a significant drawbacks in their voice and speech
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Radiation Limited to Major Salivary Glands in Head and …
According to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, steering clear of the contralateral submandibular gland during radiation therapy is very much a possibility and safe with advanced stage, node positive
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Promising Results Reported in Unilateral RT for …
According to a recent study, presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, limiting radiation therapy (RT) to lymph nodes on one side of the neck for advanced tonsil cancer led to a good local regional control and no
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Point-of-care Ultrasound Offers Total Accuracy in …
Based on a recent study conducted by a team of Mount Sinai researchers, utilizing portable ultrasound as a first-line imaging exam in kids with suspected appendicitis significantly helps deduct emergency room length of stay and decreases the need
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Adding Bevacizumab to Initial Glibolastoma Treatment …
According to a new study, glioblastoma (GBM) which is the most common principal malignant adult brain tumor and, regardless of treatment improvements in past years, the mean survival of patients registered in clinical trials is less than 16 months
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MRI Offers Advancements in Treatment for Chronic …
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have recently constructed detailed structural and functional 'maps' of the human kidney made using advanced scanning technology.
The research, funded with £107,623 from the Dr Hadwen Trust, a non-animal
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Combination of MRI/Ultrasound Imaging Enhances …
A powerful combination of MRI-ultrasound imaging system can lead to fewer biopsies and overall improved treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients.
The technology, called UroNav®, merges images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with
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Radiation-free Imaging Method Efficiently Diagnoses …
According to a study recently published in The Lancet Oncology, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine in California tested a new whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique.
The imaging method uses
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