Radiation
Radiation from Fukushima accident did not increase congenital heart disease surgeries
There appears to be no increase in surgeries for congenital heart disease as a result of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, researchers reported.
Researchers look to radiotherapy to treat severe cases of COVID-19
Several trials exploring radiation’s potential as a treatment for critically ill patients with COVID-19 are underway in the United States.
VIDEO: Radiation, trastuzumab combination ‘not recommended’ for HER2+ DCIS
In this video, Jame Abraham, MD, director of breast oncology at Cleveland Clinic, highlighted the results from the NSABP B-43 trial that included radiation therapy efficacy with or without trastuzumab in women with ductal carcinoma in situ who have undergone lumpectomy.
PROs better for measuring toxicities than patient satisfaction
New data suggest patient-reported outcomes, or PROs, may not always reflect the effects of cancer treatment and may be more indicative of treatment-related toxicities than patient happiness with cosmetic outcomes, according to a 1-year post radiation study presented at ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program.
Q&A: The role of PCPs in cancer care
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be approximately 1.8 million new cancer diagnoses and 606,520 cancer-related deaths in the United States this year. As of January 2019, there were about 16.9 million cancer survivors in the country, representing approximately 5% of the U.S. population, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Intratumoral heterogeneity may explain why small cell lung cancer ‘becomes almost pan-resistant’
New study findings may provide the key to overcoming treatment resistance in small cell lung cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
FDA finds ‘insufficient evidence’ to link cellphone radiation to cancer
The FDA, after reviewing more than a decade of published scientific research, reaffirmed its conclusion that there is no risk for cancer from exposure to radio waves emitted by cellphones.
Thyroid cancer confers similar mortality risk to cancer-free status after radiation therapy
Among adults who were treated with radiation during childhood, those who went on to develop thyroid cancer are at no greater mortality risk than those who did not develop thyroid cancer, according to findings published in Thyroid.
Greater injury severity linked to greater fatal carcinogenesis risk
Is it feasible to change the immunotherapy dose schedule for a patient in complete response?
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