NHS Oncologist Shortage: Workforce report highlights continuing struggle to staff UK cancer centres
Annual workforce figures released today by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) reveal the continuing…
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Cancer pain can be eased by palliative radiation therapy
Jonathan Klein, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Jonathan Livergant, University of British Columbia Radiation…
Millions of patients to benefit from indexation of ultrasound and x-ray
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), has welcomed the Federal Government’s…
Sperm quality unaffected by one course of chemotherapy for early testicular cancer
Men with early-stage testicular cancer can safely receive one course of chemotherapy or radiotherapy after…
Prostate cancer patients believe robotic surgery is superior – despite limited evidence
An Australian-first study by a team at UNSW Medicine, the Ingham Institute and South Western…
PET scans show biomarkers could spare some breast cancer patients from chemotherapy
In an effort to further individualise therapy and avoid over-treating patients, researchers at the Johns…
Hypofractionated radiotherapy should be considered new practice standard for men with low-risk prostate cancer
Results from a clinical study (NRG-RTOG 0415) determined that a hypofractionated radiotherapy schedule (H-RT), a…
ASCO GU 2019: Phase II Trial Shows Novel, Radiolabeled PSMA-Targeted Treatment Provides High Response Rates in Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
A single-arm, phase II trial in men with PSMA-positive metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that…
Neuroendocrine tumours: choosing the best treatment
An increasing number of new anti-cancer drugs are made available each year. During the authorisation…
High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers
The first report from a phase II, multi-centre clinical trial indicates that a newer and…