Prostate cancer: Radiation therapy effective in patients with no further treatment options
Reports of new cancer treatments often raise high hopes and expectations, particularly, of course, among…
Browsing: radiation therapy
Newly developed nanoparticles help fight lung cancer in animal model
Scientists have reported a new approach to treating lung cancer with inhaled nanoparticles developed at…
COSA 2019: Research shows radiation underutilisation costing lives
New research presented at the COSA ASM shows how increased utilisation of radiation therapy for…
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…
Chemotherapy drugs react differently to radiation while in water
Cancer treatment often involves a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Chemotherapy uses medication to stop…
Spacer protects healthy organs from radiation exposure during particle therapy
It can be difficult to treat malignant tumours using radical particle therapy if the tumour…
Q&A: treating vocal cord cancer
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My brother was diagnosed with stage 0 squamous cell carcinoma in situ…
Radiotherapy after chemotherapy may improve survival for patients with advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Patients with advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma who have large tumours at the time of diagnosis may…
How tumours hijack the immune system to resist radiation therapy
More than a decade ago, radiation oncologists noticed a nifty phenomenon: Sometimes radiation used locally…
Magic mouthwash effective treatment for mouth sore pain caused by radiation therapy
“Magic mouthwash,” an oral rinse containing diphenhydramine, lidocaine and antacids, significantly reduced pain from oral…