A generation of Canadian children was given radiation treatment and never warned of the cancer risks
Itai Bavli, University of British Columbia On February 9, 2001, the Vancouver Sun published an…
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Interim scan during prostate cancer therapy helps guide treatment
New prostate cancer research shows that adding an interim scan during therapy can help guide…
Survivors of childhood brain tumours experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burden
Survivors of childhood brain tumours who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time…
Study shows more effective method for detecting prostate cancer
Each year, 1 million men in the U.S. undergo biopsies to determine whether they have…
Radio-wave therapy proves effective against liver cancer cells
A new targeted therapy using non-thermal radio waves has been shown to block the growth…
ASCO 2019: Patients who received PBI without chemotherapy experienced less fatigue, slightly poorer cosmesis
Patient-reported outcome (PRO) data indicates that partial breast irradiation (PBI) is more convenient than whole…
Q&A: treating vocal cord cancer
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My brother was diagnosed with stage 0 squamous cell carcinoma in situ…
Proton therapy for cancer lowers risk of side effects
Proton therapy results in fewer side effects than traditional X-ray radiation therapy for many cancer…
MR imaging evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with SBRT
Although arterial phase hyperenhancement (APHE) is a key feature of untreated or recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma…
‘I’m here for breast cancer. Why are you talking to me about my heart?’
Many physicians are not telling cancer patients about the cardiotoxicity risks of treatments and may…