Lawrence Livermore Lab pioneers advanced radiation treatment for cancer
...n for an advanced method for targeting tumors with radiation treatment developed by researchers at the U.S. Dep... of lives each year by helping doctors direct more radiation at tumors, with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. NOMOS Corporation, a leading supplier...Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to make major cancer treatment annoucement in Pittsburgh area
...n cancer treatment. NOMOS Corp. provides advanced radiation therapy solutions in the fight against cancer. WHO: Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson NOMOS Corporation officials and researchers Department of Energys Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers WHAT: Press Conference WHEN: Friday, Oct...Doctors use novel methods to more effectively treat lung cancer
...ew ways to more effectively treat lung cancer with radiation therapy by using enhanced imaging to better define...t difficult to clearly see the tumor when planning radiation treatment. PET improves the accuracy of radiation therapy by better contrasting and delineating the ......verall costs, and eliminates the current hazard of radiation exposure. MRI has been used primarily for diagn...e because no X-rays are used, thus eliminating any radiation exposure to the patient and physician. Also, the electromagnetic fields do not, by themselves, cause...Animal study show that heat-sensitive liposome improves chemotherapy delivery to tumors
...ng of liposomes," explained Dewhirst, professor of radiation oncology. "With heat there are more gaps and therefore more liposomes enter the tumor. However, if we use a liposome sensitive to slight heating, not only do we get more liposome in the tumor, we also get more of the drug released. Essentially we ..."Dutch Nobel Prize" for three researchers
...ting plans for a new telescope in Chile to observe radiation at millimetre wavelengths (the ALMA project). She was one of the first researchers to recognise the major possibilities opened up by "millimetre astronomy". In the coming years, Professor Van Dishoeck intends extending molecular astrophysical resea...Medical imaging with Swiss Rolls
...ls. Such materials can manipulate electromagnetic radiation of a certain frequency band and prevent it escaping from the material in any direction. Materials that can manipulate radio-frequency magnetic flux, but do not disturb static or audio frequency fields are ideal for MRI systems, which require highly ...Free radicals mediate arsenic's harmful effects
...h a free-radical pathway." Dr. Hei is professor of radiation oncology and public health at the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. "If we understand how arsenic causes cancer, we'll have better means of prevention." Antioxidants are a leading candidate ...First effective treatment for gastrointestinal sarcoma seen with multi-center trial of STI-571
...ad received previous chemotherapy, 16 had received radiation therapy and 94 had had surgery. To be eligible, pa...reated successfully with a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, people with GISTs that cannot be completely removed by surgery do not usually resp...Early trial at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital shows Angiostatin is safe
...y Walter Curran, Jr., M.D., professor and chair of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College and clinical...d Adam Dicker, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College, currently is looking at Angiostatin combined with radiation i...Wake Forest first in world to perform new brain tumor treatment
... The GliaSite RTS delivers site-specific, internal radiation to malignant brain tumors, treating the target are...a course of three to seven days, GliaSite delivers radiation directly to the tissue surrounding the cavity, where tumors are most likely to recur.The American Ca...Novel therapy shows promise to prevent recurrance of head and neck cancer
...l rate after standard treatment including surgery, radiation therapy or both surgery and radiation. More than two-thirds of patients with SCCHN are diagnosed with stage III or IV cancer, which represent advanced stages of the disease, and are at high risk for disease recurrence or the development of second pri...Costs of family caregiving for elderly with cancer are significant, often forgotten
...man, M.D., M.B.A., clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the U-M Medical School, and lead author on the study. These caregiving issues will become increasingly important as the country's elderly population doubles in the next 30 years. And while heart disease is the leading cause of death in th...Providing a bigger view: New imaging device offers better conditions for cancer treatment planning
...ogy offers the possibility of planning a patient's radiation treatment more effectively. In cancer radiation treatment, an important step is the planning process, in which physicians determine such things as w...PET scan results change patient management for sixty percent of breast cancer patients
...eatment to another, that is, i.e., from surgery to radiation therapy, or from medical treatment to no treatment. Other changes were within the existing treatment, i.e., changing from one kind of chemotherapy to another. The impact of the PET scan results was also significant on disease staging. More than a qua...Lack of trained staff and technical support exposes patients to increased risk of cancer progression
...n cancer clinics could prolonging waiting time for radiation treatment and exacerbate the disease of patients urgently needing treatment, a professor in radiation therapy warned today. (Wednesday 24 October) Addressing the ECCO 11 - the European Cancer Society in...UNC to share in $34 million study of what happens to cancer patients
...anCORS). Respectively, they are faculty members in radiation oncology, nutrition, pathology and health policy and administration. Researchers will obtain names of colon cancer patients in 22 central N.C. counties and invite them to participate. Those who agree will be followed closely over the five years to le...Children's Cancer Fund brings world-class pediatric cancer specialist to Dallas
...the side effects and the costs of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, molecular studies of liver and kidney tumors, and training of young pediatricians to become blood and cancer specialists. The Childrens Cancer Fund has been a critically important partner of UT Southwestern and Childrens Medical Center in...High-dose radiation treatment effective at fighting some cancers in children
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Directing high-level doses of radiation at malignant tumors during sur...BT delivers a one-time dose of radiation directly to tumors in hard-to-reach areas of the body, such ...Rensselaer researchers seeing farther and faster with terahertz (Thz) imaging
...rped pulses" of light. Using a single pulse of THz radiation that is only a few picoseconds long allows for bet...n biological tissue. The unique properties of THz radiation allow it to "see" farther, and in more detail, than imaging methods such as X-rays, ultrasound, and ...