Posts Tagged ‘radiation oncology’
Non-smokers fare better post-radiation
UC DAVIS (US) — Patients with head and neck cancer who have never smoked have much better survival rates after radiation therapy than patients with a history of smoking. Continue…
Thursday, November 18, 2010 15:28 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2010 16:13 - 0 Comments
MRI scans show cause of chemobrain
INDIANA U. (US) — Researchers for first time have used brain imaging to study women with breast cancer before and after chemotherapy, showing that treatment can affect gray matter. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2010 13:06 - 0 Comments
How to kill cancer cells, spare healthy ones
U. PITTSBURGH (US)—By inhibiting a key molecule in a DNA repair pathway, it may be possible to make cancer cells more sensitive to radiation therapy while protecting healthy cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 4, 2009 18:14 - 1 Comment
DNA discovery: ‘New trick from an old horse’
UC DAVIS (US)—A protein that plays a key role in copying DNA also plays a vital role in repairing breaks in it. The findings will clarify how cancer cells can resist radiation and chemotherapy, as well as how cells become cancerous in the first place, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2009 12:09 - 4 Comments
Chemo exacerbates insomnia for cancer patients
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients’ ability to fully recover. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 9, 2009 14:34 - 4 Comments
Low vitamin D complicates breast cancer
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Women with breast cancer should be given high doses of vitamin D because a majority of them are likely to have low levels, which could contribute to decreased bone mass and greater risk of fractures. (more…)
