An accelerated schedule of radiotherapy for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) is more effective than conventional fractionation, and since it does not require additional resources it might be a suitable new global standard baseline treatment for radiotherapy of HNSCC, according to a study published online April [...]
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Lancet: Should accelerated radiotherapy be standard for head, neck cancer?
Posted by admin on Nisan 15th, 2010
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No Comments »Washington State Gets A Health Overhaul Head Start
Posted by admin on Nisan 6th, 2010
Washington state’s “patchwork of programs, pilot projects and other efforts” reflected in the health overhaul could give it a head start on implementing the new law, The Seattle Times reports. “Washington has already put in place many of the elements of the new federal health-care law, putting it closer than [...]
Posted in Genel Tags: "Moving, "patchwork, (Ostrom, 4/1). The, 4/1). This, a, according, across, all, already, Also, Among, and, announced, another, archives, as, at, basic, bring, budget, by, cabinet', can, Chris, closer, consolidate, could, coverage, creating, daily, delivery, different, dollars, ease, efforts, elements, elsewhere, email, entire, family, federal, For, forward, Foundation, from, give, go, Gov., government, Gregoire, has, head, health, health-care, helps, Henry, implementation, implementing, in, information, instance, insure, into, is, it, its, J, Kaiser, kaiserhealthnews.org, kaiserhealthnews.org. ©, Kathleen, kind, law, likely, make, making, many, Medicaid, model, most, nation, new, of, on, other, overhaul, part, permission, pilot, Place, plan, plans, policy, poor, possible, Program, programs, projects, purchasing, put, putting, reflected, report, reports, reprinted, reserved., residents, Rest, rights, said, search, Seattle, Sebelius, second, Secretary, services, sign, soon, Start, state)., states, steps, story, such, than, the, third, those, Thursday, times, to, together., up, view, was, Washington, were, who, with, without, Work, Working, would, you No Comments »Researchers Develop And Improve Techniques For Treating Cancer
Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
Cancer treatment typically involves surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy or biological therapy. An oncologist may use one therapy or a combination of methods, depending on the type and location of the cancer, whether the disease has spread, the patient’s age and general health, and other factors.
At Georgia Tech, researchers are [...]
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Yuan's, Yuhong, Zaider No Comments »Predicting Which H1N1 Patients Are At Greatest Risk With The Help Of Chest X-Rays
Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
A new study published in the April issue of Radiology suggests that chest x-rays may play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of H1N1 influenza by predicting which patients are likely to become sicker.
“Working in the emergency room is very stressful and physicians need information fast,” said lead author [...]
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Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
For an as yet unknown reason, cancer radiotherapy can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, a problem that is growing as more and more people survive their cancer diagnosis. New research from Karolinska Institutet now suggests that sustained inflammation induced by post-radiotherapy changes in the gene expression in [...]
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Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
Scientists from a leading European medical university suggest that the sustained inflammation in the arteries brought on by changes in gene expression as a result of cancer radiotherapy could be the reason why so many people who survive their cancer diagnosis go on to develop cardiovascular disease later in life.
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Posted by admin on Nisan 5th, 2010
Technology never before offered in the U.S. that allows patients to receive one dose of radiation during surgery, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, was successfully delivered to several breast cancer patients last week including the sister of the man responsible for bringing the technology from Italy.
The intraoperative radiation [...]
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Ipswich Hospital Delivers First Varian RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Treatment For Base Of Tongue Tumor Patient
One of the first hospitals in England to introduce intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatments has now carried out its first procedure using fast and efficient RapidArc® image-guided IMRT from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). Ipswich Hospital carried out the pioneering treatment on a 66-year-old male tongue cancer patient from Suffolk, delivering [...]