Radiation

An international team of investigators has identified a drug candidate that nearly doubles survival rates for patients with diffuse midline glioma, an aggressive type of childhood brain tumor.

Those who were exposed to low levels of nuclear radiation were more likely to develop diabetes, according to recent findings.

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.

CHICAGO Adding prostate irradiation to standard systemic therapy extended radiographic PFS among men with newly diagnosed low-volume metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, according to results of the PEACE-1 trial.

CHICAGO — Most patients with intermediate-risk rectal cancer can undergo curative-intent treatment without the need for pelvic radiation, according to study results presented during a press conference at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Staffing shortages at radiation oncology clinics are causing treatment delays and increased patient anxiety, according to results of a national survey from American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors who received cardiotoxic treatments exhibited a high burden of poor cardiac function, according to study results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Isabelle Choi, MD, about the use of proton therapy in radiation oncology, improving accessibility to radiation technology and more.

New 3D imaging technology developed at University of Michigan enables real-time measurement of radiation treatment, enhancing precision and potentially minimizing off-target effects.

Asian and Black patients with lung cancer experienced longer delays to radiation treatment than their white counterparts, according to study results published in Health Equity.