Erectile tissue-sparing radiation technique offers no additional preservation...
In a trial of whether a modified method of radiation therapy for localised prostate cancer would more effectively preserve men’s sexual function, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found no...
View ArticlePioneering ‘precision’ radiotherapy boosts prostate cancer survival
A high-tech form of radiotherapy that shapes radiation beams to tumours can dramatically improve outcomes for patients with prostate cancer, long-term clinical trial results show. As many as 71 per...
View ArticleMRI contrast agent locates and distinguishes aggressive from slow-growing...
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between...
View ArticleMachine learning identifies breast lesions likely to become cancer
A machine learning tool can help identify which high-risk breast lesions are likely to become cancerous, according to a new study appearing online in the journal Radiology. Researchers said the...
View ArticleConcern at underuse of radiation therapy in cancer treatment
Many Australian patients with cancer are missing out on the optimal use of radiation therapy in their treatment according to new data presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal...
View ArticleNCRI 2017: Big data analysis predicts risk of radiotherapy effects
Analysing big data to predict men’s risk of side effects could help personalise radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research...
View ArticleNew system for treating colorectal cancer can lead to complete cure
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston have developed a new, three-step system that uses nuclear medicine to target...
View ArticleExpert Review: COSA ASM 2017 Day 2 by Kim Hobbs
With a theme this year of “Immunotherapy: Molecules and Mountains” the 44th Annual Scientific Meeting promised a brave new world of exciting developments in cancer treatment. The sub-theme of safety...
View ArticleHow disposable nappies can improve measurements of tumour growth
Catching cancer early can make all the difference for successful treatment. A common screening practice measures tumour growth with X-ray computed tomography (CT), which takes a series of cross-section...
View ArticleLudwig researchers unravel novel mechanism by which tumours grow resistant to...
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a key mechanism by which tumours develop resistance to radiation therapy and shown how such resistance might be overcome with drugs that are currently under...
View ArticleShorter course of treatment may provide better outcome for intermediate-risk...
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males in the United States. Approximately, 180,000 men are diagnosed each year, and approximately 95 percent of these men have localised disease that is...
View ArticleRadiosurgery or whole-brain radiation in patients with multiple brain...
Although targeted therapies have produced dramatic advances in our ability to control some types of advanced lung cancer, growth of the disease in the brain remains a major problem. Radiation is often...
View ArticleHigher doses of radiation don’t improve survival in prostate cancer
A new study shows that higher doses of radiation do not improve survival for many patients with prostate cancer, compared with the standard radiation treatment. The analysis, which included 104...
View ArticleArea surrounding a tumour impacts how breast cancer cells grow
Cancer is typically thought of as a tumour that needs to be removed or an area that needs to be treated with radiation or chemotherapy. As a physicist and cancer researcher, Joe Gray, Ph.D., thinks...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Cancer Research in Middle Income Countries
By Professor Ian Olver AM for oncologynews.com.au. The control of non-communicable diseases is an emerging problem in low and middle- income countries. As their capacities for treating diseases such as...
View ArticleUpdated ASTRO guideline for palliative lung radiation now recommends...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued an update to its clinical guideline for the use of palliative-intent radiation therapy for patients with incurable non-small cell lung...
View ArticleSelective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) fails to extend survival in the...
The final results of the palliative cohort of the SORAMIC study in patients with unresectable, locally advanced primary liver cancer have confirmed no clinical advantage to adding selective internal...
View ArticleIs whole-brain radiation still best for brain metastases from small-cell lung...
Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with whole-brain radiation therapy. However, whole-brain radiation is associated with cognitive...
View ArticleESTRO 37: Elderly less likely to benefit from simultaneous radio chemotherapy...
An analysis of elderly patients treated in a phase II trial of radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has shown that they were less likely to benefit than younger...
View ArticleTargeted radiotherapy for breast cancer offers good quality of life and fewer...
Quality of life for women treated with a more targeted radiotherapy treatment – called accelerated partial breast irradiation – is at least as good as quality of life for women treated with standard...
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