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Varian Medical Systems: Head & neck cancer patient in Switzerland becomes world’s first UNIQUE radiotherapy patient

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Source: www.tradingmarkets.com Author: press release A 55-year-old female head & neck cancer patient has become the first person in the world to be treated clinically using a new, advanced radiotherapy delivery device from Varian Medical Systems. Clinicians in Switzerland carried out the treatment this week using a UNIQUE(tm) single energy medical linear accelerator to deliver fast and [...]

Molecular imaging allows individualized ‘dose painting’ for head and neck cancers

Monday, June 7, 2010

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Source: www.eurekalert.org Author: public release According to research revealed at Society of Nuclear Medecine’s 57th Annual Meeting, a multi-tracer molecular imaging technique using positron emission tomography (PET) provides detailed information about the physiological processes of cancerous tumors—and could one day help radiation oncologists treat head and neck cancers with precision external-beam radiation therapy and improve the outcomes [...]

New report compares radiation approaches in head and neck cancer

Friday, June 4, 2010

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Source: MedScape Today Author: Nick Mulcahy June 1, 2010 — Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer leads to fewer cases of xerostomia, but has not yet been proven to be more successful than any other kind of radiation therapy in reducing tumors or improving survival, according to a new comparative-effectiveness review funded by the [...]

Advanced type of cancer radiation reduces side effects, but impact on controlling cancer is unclear

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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Source: www.sunherald.com Author: press release An advanced type of cancer radiation is more successful than traditional radiation in avoiding “dry mouth” when treating head and neck cancers, but it is unknown whether the treatment is better or worse at reducing the size of tumors, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare [...]

Radiation planning reduces dysphagia in oropharyngeal cancer

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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Source: www.medscape.com Author: Nick Mulcahy In patients with oropharyngeal cancer, modifying radiotherapy to spare swallowing structures appears to be an effective strategy to reduce the long-term dysphagia that accompanies chemoradiotherapy, according to a small longitudinal study. Importantly, the strategy did not come at the expense of locoregional control, report investigators in a study published online April 26 in [...]

Radiotherapy: the unsung hero of cancer care, say experts

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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Source: news.oneindia.in Author: staff Experts at the world’s leading cancer charity have said that radiotherapy, which is a crucial cancer treatment, is often the unsung hero of cancer care. Although surgery is often the first-line of treatment and anti-cancer drugs make more headlines, radiotherapy zaps cancer cells, complements chemotherapy, relieves symptoms and shrinks tumors before surgery. In fact, [...]

Metabolic activity of head and neck cancer may help guide treatment

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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Source: www.oncologystat.com Author: Staff The metabolic activity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma on pretreatment imaging independently predicts outcomes in patients who undergo intensity-modulated radiation therapy, new data show. This imaging information can be used to tailor treatment, especially to reduce the risk of distant metastases, lead investigator Dr. Min Yao said at a head and neck [...]

Metabolic activity of head and neck cancer may help guide treatment

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Source: www.oncologystat.com Author: Staff The metabolic activity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma on pretreatment imaging independently predicts outcomes in patients who undergo intensity-modulated radiation therapy, new data show. This imaging information can be used to tailor treatment, especially to reduce the risk of distant metastases, lead investigator Dr. Min Yao said at a head and neck [...]

Prolonged treatment delay did not affect outcomes in SCCHN

Friday, March 5, 2010

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Source: www.hemonctoday.com Author: Christen Haigh No association was found between diagnosis to treatment interval and tumor control outcomes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). However, patients with poor Karnofsky performance status, black patients and patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy all had prolonged diagnosis to treatment interval. Jimmy J. [...]

Radiation was the cure, and the killer

Sunday, January 24, 2010

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Source: nytimes.com Author: Walt Bogdanich As Scott Jerome-Parks lay dying, he clung to this wish: that his fatal radiation overdose — which left him deaf, struggling to see, unable to swallow, burned, with his teeth falling out, with ulcers in his mouth and throat, nauseated, in severe pain and finally unable to breathe — be studied and [...]

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