Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine including Theranostics
Anti-malaria drug could make tumours easier to treat
An anti-malaria drug could help radiotherapy destroy tumours according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study…
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PET/MRI: A one-stop imaging test to detect prostate cancer?
A University of Michigan study published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine reports that the addition of…
GPs unlikely to pick up certain cancers right away because it’s not the most likely diagnosis
By Jon Emery, University of Melbourne. Diagnosing cancer early is important for improving the chances of…
Added radiotherapy after surgery for gastric cancer no better than chemotherapy alone
Post-operative treatment intensification with chemoradiotherapy does not achieve better outcomes when compared to post-operative chemotherapy…
Researcher develops new, non-invasive method to wipe out cancerous tumours
Matthew Gdovin, an associate professor in the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of…
Innovative device allows 3-D imaging of the breast with less radiation
Preliminary tests have demonstrated that a new device may enable existing breast cancer imagers to…
High levels of education linked to heightened brain tumour risk
A university degree is linked to a heightened risk of developing a brain tumour, suggests…
Radiation and vaccination can magnify effects of immunotherapy
By combining local radiation therapy and anti-cancer vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors, researchers from the University…
Molecular imaging of neuroendocrine tumours optimises radiotherapy dose
Aggressive neuroendocrine cancer is something of a dark horse—a rare, elusive and persevering force linked…
Saturated fatty acids linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Fatty acids in the breast may be useful indicators of cancer in postmenopausal women, according…