Tag: Radiation

U.S. health officials say it is only coincidental that the order of Nplate comes just as Russia is making nuclear threats

Higher levels of particle radioactivity in fine particulate matter linked to increased cardiovascular disease mortality

Guideline recommendations support reduction in volume of brain irradiation while attempting to maximize disease control

Also, two-year survival only 27 percent for rural cancer patients who experience a treatment delay

For patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, favorable overall survival seen with eight cycles of mFOLFIRINOX

During structural heart procedures, exposure greater for interventional echocardiographers than for interventional cardiologists, sonographers

Estimated $100 million needed annually for the next 10 to 15 years to conduct epidemiological, biological research

Five-year freedom from progression rate higher for those receiving short-term ADT and PLNRT in addition to salvage PBRT

All patients had initial objective response and 90 percent had sustained complete response; few patients had high-grade adverse events

Survival outcomes for SCLC patients with brain metastases appear to be equitable with stereotactic radiosurgery, whole brain radiotherapy