Based on a new study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, experimenting with a molecular pathway that dictates how intestinal cells react to stress can in fact aid mice in surviving an otherwise fatal dose of abdominal radiation. And since the approach is still pa...

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have recently discovered a protein molecule that appears to slow the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease that is often fatal three to five years following prognosis. Their finding was reported in th...

Based on a recent study published in the May edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head an...

Based on a new study, an old concept of re-treating lung tumors has come back into the fold, this time with modern technology on its side. The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is one of only several cancer centers that is trying to give lung cancer patients out of t...

Based on recent discoveries, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are the first to recommend that young women treated with radiation for cervical cancer should begin colorectal cancer screening earlier than traditionally recommended. The UTMB researchers, finding a h...

According to a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (Red Journal), which also serves as the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO); dose-escalated intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in combination w...

According to a recent study, for the very first time researchers have been able to show that the use of helium ions in radiation therapy could provide proper treatment to tumors, all the while sparing healthy organs. A treatment planning study presented at the ESTRO 33 congress has been able to de...

Based on a recent study, researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have exhibited in both cancer cell lines and in mice that blocking vital DNA repair mechanisms could improve the overall efficiency of radiation therapy (RT) for often fatal brain tumors known as glioblastomas. RT leads to...

According to a recent study, microscopic "bubbles" developed at the Kansas State University are safe and effective storage spaces for harmful isotopes that emit ionizing radiation for treating tumors. “The findings can benefit patient health and advance radiation therapy used to treat cancer an...

According to a recent study by a team of international researchers led by Beaumont Health System's Jan Akervall, M.D., Ph.D., examined biomarkers to determine their overall effectiveness in radiation treatments for patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. They recognized two marker...