¿Cuántas TC son seguras para los niños?
LUNES, 24 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Someterse a una sola tomografía computarizada (TC) durante la niñez no parece aumentar el riesgo de un niño de un tumor cerebral, leucemia o linfoma en el futuro, encuentra una nueva investigación, pero r…
Learn MoreNew Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Each year, about 140 kids in the United States are diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma, a typically non-cancerous brain tumor that develops near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.Doctors treat cran…
Learn MoreModel Can Predict Postoperative RT Delay in Head & Neck Cancer
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A model incorporating individual-level factors with health literacy and community-level factors predicts postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) delay for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (H…
Learn MoreHow Many CT Scans Are Safe for Kids?
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Getting a single CT scan during childhood doesn’t appear to increase a child’s risk of a future brain tumor, leukemia or lymphoma, new research finds, but getting four or more scans more than doubles the chan…
Learn MoreOutcomes Examined for Cancer Patients With Psychiatric Disorder Receiving RT
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients referred for radiotherapy with a psychiatric disorder (PD) receive similar radiotherapy schedules as those without PD but have worse overall survival, according to a study published in the May…
Learn MoreAddition of Metastasis-Directed Therapy Increases PFS in Prostate Cancer
THURSDAY, April 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The addition of metastasis-directed therapy (MDT), consisting of definitive radiation therapy to all sites of disease, to hormone therapy results in improved progression-free survival for men with oligometa…
Learn MoreBreast-Conservation Therapy Feasible in Multiple Ipsilateral Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer, breast-conserving therapy (BCT) with adjuvant radiation results in a low five-year local recurrence rate, according to a study published online March 28 i…
Learn MoreInitiating Salvage RT When PSA >0.25 ng/mL Linked to All-Cause Mortality
FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For men with one high-risk factor, initiating post-radical prostatectomy salvage radiation therapy (sRT) when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are greater than 0.25 ng/mL is associated with an increased…
Learn MoreCausal Link Suggested Between High-Dose Radiation Exposure, CVD
THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Evidence supports a causal association between radiation exposure and cardiovascular disease, although there is interstudy heterogeneity, according to a review published online March 8 in The BMJ.Mark P. Lit…
Learn MoreSBRT Well Tolerated, Effective for Primary Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor
THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with primary lung neuroendocrine tumor (LNET), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is well tolerated and provides excellent locoregional control, according to a study published online Jan. 25 …
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