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Breast cancer survivors who undergo multimodal treatment have higher cytokines and comorbidities than controls without cancer

Multimodal Breast Cancer Tx May Up Cytokines, Comorbidities

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Breast cancer survivors treated with multimodalities have greater burden of comorbid conditions
For patients with locally advanced cervical cancer

Standard of Care Underused for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer

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Despite improved overall survival with standard of care, less than half of patients receive SOC treatment
Radiotherapy is effective in regional control of node-positive malignant melanoma

Radiotherapy Aids Regional Control of Node+ Melanoma

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However, risk of early distant relapse is close to 50 percent
For patients with head and neck cancer

Shorter Duration of Feeding Tube Placement With IMRT

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Findings among patients with head and neck cancer undergoing definitive intensity modulated RT

American Society for Radiation Oncology, Sept. 25-28

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The 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology was held...
Total body irradiation alters intracellular signaling and epigenetic pathways regulating cell proliferation and differentiation of skeletal muscle and adipose progenitor cells

Radiation Effect on Epigenetic Modifiers May Up Metabolic Risk

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Insulin signaling chronically disrupted in skeletal muscle, adipose progenitor cells from irradiated mice
For women with cervical and endometrial cancer

ASTRO: Fewer Side Effects With IMRT in Cervical, Endometrial CA

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Patients in conventional radiotherapy arm had more high-level adverse events than those in IMRT arm
Among men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer

ASTRO: No Survival Benefit for Adding EBT to Brachytherapy

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Addition of external beam therapy doesn't improve five-year progression-free survival in prostate cancer
Stereotactic body radiation therapy seems to provide a significant survival advantage for older patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer

ASTRO: SBRT Ups Survival in Older Early-Stage NSCLC Patients

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Findings suggest SBRT should be standard for patients treated with radiation for stage I NSCLC
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy seems efficacious for patients with maxillary bone osteoradionecrosis

Hyperbaric O2 Therapy Effective in Maxillary Osteoradionecrosis

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Positive clinical outcome with HBOT for 85.7 percent of patients with maxillary bone osteoradionecrosis