News tagged with brachytherapy treatment
Task force develops new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy
Radiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedure should be carefully analyzed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in every patient, according to a new guideline ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Brookhaven physicists team up with medical industry to build advanced cancer therapy accelerator
A new collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Best Medical International (BMI) aims to design one of the most dynamic and effective cancer therapy devices ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Researchers develop and test new molecule as a delivery vehicle to image and kill brain tumors
A single compound with dual function – the ability to deliver a diagnostic and therapeutic agent – may one day be used to enhance the diagnosis, imaging and treatment of brain tumors, according to findings from ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Research shows rapid adoption of newer, more expensive prostate cancer treatments
With 180,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, it is one of the most common types of cancer in the country. For this reason, it has been cited as a good marker for health care spending in general, reflective ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Study shows chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery improves survival
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that patients with node negative T3 and T4 non-small lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy before surgery had more than three times the survival rate ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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UT Southwestern launches clinical trial for treatment of breast cancer using CyberKnife
Breast-cancer patient Kristin Wiginton is the first to be treated at UT Southwestern Medical Center with high-beam radiation using the Accuray CyberKnife System, which offers improved cosmetic results, less radiation exposure ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Benefit of brachytherapy in patients with early-stage prostate cancer is still unclear
It remains an unresolved issue as to whether interstitial brachytherapy has advantages compared to other therapy options in men with localized prostate cancer, nor do newer studies provide proof in this respect. This is the ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer may offer better quality-of-life
In a study that compared initial treatment strategies for low-risk prostate cancer among men 65 years old, active surveillance showed higher measures on quality of life compared to an initial treatment such as radical prostatectomy, ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Multidisciplinary approach is key to successful treatment of aggressive prostate cancer
A research team from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC) at Jefferson has concluded – for the first time – that a multidisciplinary clinic approach to aggressive prostate cancer ...
Nov 17, 2010 |
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The Medical Minute: Treatment options for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer develops in the glandular tissue of the male prostate, a reproductive gland situated below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The urinary sphincter (muscle that controls the flow of urine) is situated ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning
There is yet no straightforward way to determine the optimal dose level and treatment schedules for high-dose radiation therapies such as stereotactic radiation therapy, used to treat brain and lung cancer, or for high-dose ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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