Radiation Therapy

Patients diagnosed with melanoma as an adolescent or child were more likely to have a family history of melanoma or have undergone radiation therapy, according to a study.

The combination of a sensitizing drug and stereotactic body radiation therapy improved treatment outcomes among patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, according to study results published in The Lancet Oncology.

Compared with white women, Black women with a low-risk form of endometrial cancer less frequently received a hysterectomy and had lower survival rates, according to research conducted at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center.

More than 20% of patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer are malnourished, according to data published in JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.

As part of an effort to combat unprecedented levels of provider burnout, Mount Sinai’s radiation oncology department has introduced the first advanced practice radiation therapist role in the United States.

A yoga-based intervention provided beneficial supportive care among a cohort of patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and their caregivers, according to study results.

Pediatric patients undergoing treatment with radiation therapy often have difficulty tolerating the process of daily treatment.

Delaying post-operative radiation therapy for the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma beyond 8 weeks significantly increased patients’ risk for locoregional recurrence, according to a study.

In this edition, ‘equitable access’ to care may reduce racial disparities in survival; exercise may improve sexual function among men with prostate cancer; image-guided adaptive prostate radiation therapy for short-term toxicities, and more.

Childhood cancer survivors in France are less likely to develop obesity compared with the country’s general population, according to a study published in Obesity.