Radiation and Immunotherapy Combination can Destroy Both Primary and Secondary Tumors supriya kashyap kashyap2 May 2016 4:49 PM ISTItaly : Radiation therapy not only kills cancer cells, but also helps to activate the immune system against their future proliferation. However, this...
Frailty among young bone marrow transplant survivors increases risk of death savita thakur thakur3 Jun 2016 4:47 PM ISTThe prevalence of frailty in young bone marrow transplant survivors is similar to that seen in the elderly population and frailty is associated with...
After radiation, immunotherapy may be the next big thing in cancer treatment savita thakur thakur5 Jun 2016 10:25 PM ISTLeading cancer experts are beginning to talk about the possibility some patients will beat cancer diagnoses once considered death sentences, thanks to...
Health-care providers may not fully understand cancer risk from CT scans: Study supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jun 2016 9:44 AM ISTPhiladelphia : Computed tomography (CT) scans are an invaluable diagnostic tool in modern medicine, but they do come at a price: exposing patients to...
Modern Radiologists do not face elevated risk of radiation-related mortality: Study Meghna Singhania20 July 2016 9:51 AM ISTRadiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying from radiation-related causes like cancer, according...
Test identifies breast cancer patients with lowest risk of death: JAMA Oncology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 July 2017 1:46 PM ISTA molecular test can pinpoint which patients will have a very low risk of death from breast cancer even 20 years after diagnosis and tumor removal,...
Right-sided colorectal tumors: An internal radiation advantage Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 July 2017 9:10 AM ISTFor patients with colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver, having a primary tumour on the left side, as opposed to the right side of the...
Blood test for HPV may help predict risk in cancer patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTA blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat cancer linked to the sexually...
Blood samples to predict dose of radiation or chemotherapy a patient could withstand Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTHow much radiation or chemotherapy can a certain person handle? With help from blood or tissue testing, it may be possible to answer this question in...
New guidelines for radiation in breast cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTCleveland Clinic researcher Chirag Shah, M.D., led the development of updated guidelines for the appropriate and safe utilization of accelerated...
Onalespib could be an effective treatment for glioblastoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTThe targeted therapy onalespib has shown effectiveness in preclinical studies of glioblastoma by researchers at The Ohio State University...
Are patients sufficiently shielded against stray radiation during CT scans? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Nov 2017 7:10 PM ISTRadiation exposure during diagnostic imaging such as computed tomography (CT) contributes to a small, but potentially preventable percentage of...
