Timing appears essential to combining antiangiogenesis and radiation therapy
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Although the earliest clinical trials of the cancer-fighting potential of antiangiogenesis drugs did not have the dramatic results that some hoped for, subsequent...
View ArticleA Technologically Advanced Tool for Difficult-to-Treat Cancers
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Cancer recently surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans under 85, according to the American Cancer Society. Lung cancer, as well as cancers along the...
View ArticleElectronic Brachytherapy : The Next Generation Radiotherapy
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) The delivery of localized radiation treatment directly to cancer sites using high dose rate x- rays on demand has significant potential to improve cancer treatment,...
View ArticleHelical Tomotherapy : Most Advanced form of Image-Guided Intensity Modulated...
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando is among the first centers in the world to possess and treat cancer patients with the TomoTherapy HI·ART ® system. Considered to be...
View ArticleIrradiation impairs reading development of young children
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Irradiation therapy for the brain cancer medulloblastoma is more likely to impair IQ and reading skills of younger children than older children even if the dose of...
View ArticleRadiotherapy timings for colon cancer may need adjustments
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Scientists have unexpectedly discovered that mice with the gene defect that causes colon cancer in humans can differ from normal mice in how they respond to radiation...
View ArticleMicrobeam Radiation Therapy (MRT) Could Improve Cancer Treatment
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory and colleagues at Stony Brook University, the IRCCS NEUROMED Medical Center in Italy, and...
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