SpaceOAR Hydrogel reduced the risk of bowel disorders, the need for colonoscopy and rectal resection following radiation ...

Oncology nurses play essential roles in the emerging field of cardio-oncology, which aims to protect patients’ heart function ...

Firas Eladoumikdachi, MD, FACS, and M. Michele Blackwood, MD, FACS, assess preoperative radiation boosts in breast cancer care.

Even modern cancer treatments appear risky for the heart, especially if the radiation dose to the LAD is high.

City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. with its National ...

Patients were excluded if they had had previous colorectal cancer, had not survived at least 5 years after prostate surgery or radiation, or had developed colorectal cancer within 5 years of ...

Many patients end up delaying treatments or stopping ... which may be incorporated into the cells’ genome.” Protection from radiation After showing that these particles could successfully ...

Charlotte Elwood was diagnosed with a rare ovarian cancer in 1997 and given six months to live. She received multiple treatments for the cancer and its metastases over the course of almost two decades ...

After a few hours ... the cheek or the rectum several hours before giving a dose of radiation similar to what cancer patients would receive. In these mice, the researchers saw a 50 percent ...