Radiation from CT scans associated with increased risk for cancer
A new study in JNCI Cancer Spectrum finds that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated…
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Lithium can reverse radiation damage after brain tumour treatment
Children who have received radiotherapy for a brain tumour can develop cognitive problems later in…
COSA 2019: Research shows radiation underutilisation costing lives
New research presented at the COSA ASM shows how increased utilisation of radiation therapy for…
Tiny cancer tracers could lift survival rates
Nanoparticles that can detect complex cancer cells and potentially improve five-year survival rates are headed…
Cancer experts come together at RANZCR’s 70th Annual Scientific Meeting
By Lucy Hutton, RANZCR Around 1,000 radiologists and radiation oncologists from around Australia, New Zealand…
Researchers identify possible approach to block medulloblastoma growth
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential approach to…
Breaking the stroma barrier: Study shows a new way to hit cancer with radiation
Fig.1. (a) Human pancreatic cancer cells were grafted onto mice, which were then given targeted…
Oxygen in hyperbaric chamber provides relief after radiotherapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can relieve self-reported symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy against cancer in…
Radiation therapy can enhance survival rates in elderly brain cancer patients
Elderly patients with Glioblastoma (primary brain tumours) and good baseline performance status had similar survival…
ESMO 2019: Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery
Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery, according to late breaking results…