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PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY IMPROVES OUTCOME IN RECTAL CANCER (PP 1285, 1291)
Preoperative radiotherapy reduces risk of local recurrence and death from rectal cancer, conclude authors of a systematic overview published in this week's issue of The Lancet. There are different opinions about when it is best to give radiotherapy for rectal cancer. In Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and some other European countries, radiotherapy... view more... (2001-10-17)
Prostate Cancer Survival Benefit From A Combination Of Androgen Suppression And External Irradiation
Disease-free survival from advanced prostate cancer could be almost doubled if hormone-suppression therapy is used during and after radiotherapy for a duration of 3 years, suggest authors of an international study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Long-term survival after radiotherapy for people with advanced prostate cancer is poor. Michel... view more... (2002-07-05)
Combined Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer Could Increase Survival (p 781)
A systematic review of randomised trials in the past two decades published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET concludes that women given concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cervical cancer could have an increased survival-rate of 12% compared with patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Cervical cancer is the second most common... view more... (2001-09-05)
Cancer patients put at risk by shortage of radiotherapy staff
Many radiotherapy departments in UK hospitals are heavily overstretched, resulting in long waits for cancer patients which may be jeopardising treatment, says a paper in this week's BMJ. view more (2006-01-13)
Accelerated Radiotherapy More Effective For Treating Head And Neck Cancer (p 933)
Danish research published in this week's issue of THE LANCET provides strong evidence that the shortening of radiotherapy treatment time has definitive benefits for people being treated for head and neck cancer. There is debate among oncologists about the optimum treatment time for patients given radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Jens... view more... (2003-09-17)
Radiotherapy Best Option After Surgery For Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (p 95)
UK research published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests that women with a pre-invasive cancer of the breast known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are less likely to progress to invasive cancer if they are given radiotherapy after surgery. Mammographic breast screening (introduced in the UK National health Service in 1988) has led to... view more... (2003-07-09)
Modest Survival Benefit From Chemotherapy For Patients With Glioma Brain Tumours (p 1011)
Chemotherapy in addition to radiotherapy could have a modest survival benefit for the treatment of high-grade glioma, a severe form of brain cancer, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Malignant gliomas are among the most devastating of cancers. They frequently result in profound and progressive disability, which often... view more... (2002-03-20)
New therapy recommendations for spinal complications of cancer
Cancer patients and their physicians have new answers as they seek the best treatment for the immobilizing trauma of spinal cord compression in metastatic cancer, thanks to Roy Patchell and colleagues at the University of Kentucky. view more (2005-08-22)
New Treatment for Radiotherapy-Induced Side Effects Developed at Oxford
As seen in recent health news reports, treatments for side effects associated with radiotherapy are in high demand. An Oxford University scientist at the Research Institute of Oxford’s Churchill Hospital has invented a new non-toxic compound therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of radiotherapy-induced side effects. This... view more... (2002-10-09)
Anaemia Treatment Could Worsen Cancer Prognosis (p1255)
Results of a European study in this week's issue of THE LANCET cast doubt over the value of treating anaemia with erythropoietin (epoetin beta) among patients who have cancer. Results of the study show that anaemic patients fare better in terms of reduced cancer progression and increased survival if their anaemia is not treated around the time of... view more... (2003-10-15)
PET scans track small tumors after stereotactic body radiotherapy
Readily available CT screening for lung cancer is increasing the discovery of small, primary lung cancers. For many, a radiation technique called stereotactic body radiotherapy presents a less invasive treatment option to surgery that is typically offered to non-surgical candidates. view more (2007-10-29)
Costs of long-course palliative radiotherapy acceptable in late-stage lung cancer
A longer, less intense course of radiotherapy provides better value for the money than a shorter, more intense regimen when given to ease pain and other complaints in patients with late-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study in the December 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. view more (2006-12-20)
Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Few Side Effects from Radiation Treatment Given After Prostate Cancer Surgery
The largest single-institution study of its kind has found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate. view more (2009-09-29)
Acupuncture does not reduce radiotherapy-induced nausea, but patients believe it does
Despite widespread belief among cancer patients and health care professionals that acupuncture helps relieve nausea caused by cancer treatment, new research in radiotherapy has found it does not. view more (2007-09-27)
Improved rectal cancer outcome with surgical teaching initiative
High dose radiotherapy before abdominal operations for rectal cancer has been shown to reduce the rate of recurrence of the disease by about half. In this week’s issue of THE Lancet, A Lehander Martling and colleagues from the Karolinska Hospital, Sweden, and Basingstoke, UK, investigated whether this rate could be decreased further by a... view more... (2000-07-05)
World first test potential to identify breast cancer patients who will react badly to radiotherapy
Medical scientists at the University of Leicester have announced a potentially unique advance in breast cancer research by identifying two genes associated with adverse reaction to cancer treatment. view more (2007-04-19)
`Monte Carlo` simulations - the future for effective radiotherapy
Giving a patient the right dose during radiotherapy is essential if you are going to eradicate a tumour without creating excess damage in the surrounding healthy tissue. The Monte Carlo model is a specialised computer program that accurately simulates the passage of every particle that passes through the radiotherapy accelerator and into the... view more... (2002-01-17)
Lower-dose fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy results in better hearing preservation
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found that a lower dose of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for acoustic neuromas results in better hearing preservation and has the same tumor local control rate as a higher dose of therapy. view more (2008-12-18)
The shape of cancer treatments to come
Over the last few years, radiotherapy treatment of cancer has become more successful through using so-called conformal techniques. This means that the 3-D shape of the radiation administered is adjusted or 'conformed' to match the shape of the tumour, thus minimising damage to surrounding healthy tissue. However, if the patient moves during... view more... (2000-09-06)
Study drug holds promise as alternative to castration for early prostate cancers
For those unwilling to undergo chemical castration however, results of an international study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin researcher show promise for an oral drug as an alternative. view more (2006-08-23)
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