Florida Tech scientist wins patent for device to deliver X-ray irradiation
...ray delivery device which can be used for arterial irradiation following balloon angioplasty. The methodology can.... The patented process delivers x-ray irradiation using hollow waveguides to an artery to mitigate plaque reoccurrence. The energy can be precisely de...Tracing the life cycle of a manmade disease
... polyethylene, which involves using a high dose of irradiation to bond molecules more tightly together, producing a much stronger and more durable material. Out of this MGH-MIT collaboration emerged a highly crosslinked, ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. The research team improved and refined the mate...New marrow transplant method developed at Stanford may eliminate fatal side effects
...Strober worked out over the years a strategy using irradiation and antibodies to increase the relative amount of regulatory T cells in the immune tissues of host mice from about 1 percent of the total T cells to more than 90 percent. By increasing the relative amount of these cells, he found that he could retain...Paclitaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer not associated with serious radiation pneumonitis
...adiation pneumonitis is low with the use of modern irradiation techniques, some reports have suggested that this side effect occurs more often in patients who receive taxanes. However, only small, uncontrolled studies have investigated the effect of taxanes on the development of radiation pneumonitis. To evalua...Post-therapy damage in medulloblastoma patients can be mistaken for new tumors
... medulloblastoma or PNET who had been treated with irradiation and high-dose radiation, WMLs are usually short-lived and do not cause symptoms. However, these WMLs can mimic the early stages of tumor recurrence, and thus make it difficult for physicians to accurately diagnose the return of cancer. Other authors...Improved acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment offers hope for eliminating irradiation
...methasone, could one day permit physicians to omit irradiation as a part of routine treatment. These findings eme... Jude clinical trial that omits the use of cranial irradiation in all patients, according to Ching-Hon Pui, M.D., director of the St. Jude Leukemia/Lymphoma Divisi...Radiotherapy + cetuximab significantly improve disease control and survival in head and neck cancer
...recognised side effects of high dose head and neck irradiation e.g. mucositis (inflammation of the mucous membranes) and skin reactions. Treatment with cetuximab and radiotherapy in combination did raise the incidence of grade 3-4 skin reaction from 18% to 34% but the risk of grade 3-4 mucositis remained similar...Early disclosure: Post-operative radiotherapy improves progression-free survival in prostate cancer
...% of patients in both groups making post-operative irradiation suitable for all patients. Long-term follow up of the trial patients will allow clinicians to more accurately predict the long-term benefits of immediate post-operative radiotherapy in this setting. "Based on these results I would recommend that all ...New radiotherapy regime benefits young women with breast cancer
...ing surgery were randomly assigned to undergo 50Gy irradiation of the whole breast either with or without an addi...rence rate of a treatment policy restricting boost irradiation to patients below a certain age threshold. If no patients received a boost then the overall local re...Pigment cell transplantation appears helpful for treating patients with stable vitiligo
...Three weeks after surgery, all patches received UV irradiation therapy twice per week for approximately two months. The researchers found that there was a significant difference between pigment cell graft sites and placebo graft sites after three, six and 12 months. In patients with stable vitiligo, repigm...Successful therapy for head and neck cancer may lead to long-term circulatory problems
...10 patients who survived at least five years after irradiation of head and neck tumors, stroke occurred in about six percent and clinically significant carotid stenosis was observed in 17 percent. A New Study A new study examines three cases where symptomatic baroreflex failure occurred apparently as a late co...Research questions transplant safety procedure
...edic transplants frequently are treated with gamma irradiation or a chemical "cocktail" in an effort to remove any bacteria or viruses which may have evaded the rigorous donor-screening process. However, these methods can create additional problems, as they sometimes change the tissue's biological and biom...Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
...of erythropoietin (EPO) one hour after whole brain irradiation dramatically improved learning and memory function in mice. "In our study, the animals that received radiation treatment alone showed considerable cognitive impairment," Wong said. "They acted confused and performed poorly on t...Tip sheet for the February 24, 2004 Neurology
...tients is the result of various factors, and brain irradiation alone is unlikely to be responsible. He noted the therapies used in these studies have a risk of neurotoxicity that increases with patient age. Comparing the tests that measure brain atrophy and disease progression in Alzheimer's Led by C.R. Jack...AACR hosts 95th Annual Meeting
...ll-boosting protein cuts cognitive loss from brain irradiation New diagnostic tools from proteomics to fight ovarian cancer Tobacco-induced genetic changes may be targets for intervention, prevention When: March 2731, 2004 Where: Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Fla. ...JCI Table of Contents, November 14, 2003
... NOD/SCID repopulating cells without pretransplant irradiation conditioning AUTHOR CONTACT: Stanton L. Gerson Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Phone: 216-368-1177 Fax: 216-368-1166 E-mail: slg5@po.cwru.edu View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/press/17922.pdf RELATED ...Young breast cancer patients who chose lumpectomies need indefinite follow-up
...w-up of any trial comparing lumpectomy with breast irradiation against mastectomy. The 91 mastectomy and 88 conservation treatment patients were comparable in terms of age, tumour size (under 20 mm) and grade and the number of negative lymph nodes. To verify the validity of their findings the researchers then an...Whole-breast irradiation after lumpectomy may protect women from recurrence long term
...women with breast cancer who received whole-breast irradiation following lumpectomy identifies a clear benefit th...s in the breast after lumpectomy with whole-breast irradiation have been reported to occur within the same area of the breast as the initial primary tumor. There a...More children survive cancer but the after-effects present a challenge to doctors
...ity of children who had leukaemia received cranial irradiation as part of their treatment which, in some of them,...rning difficulties especially if they had received irradiation at a young age. "Exposure to anthracyclines (anti-cancer drugs) can cause cardiac problems later o...Study examines limited-field radiation for early breast cancer
...linical trial on the equivalency of partial-breast irradiation with whole-breast irradiation can we provide definitive answers for those physicians and patients yet to face the decision about t...