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More powerful cancer treatments with fewer side effects
What if there were a way to make chemotherapy and radiation more effective as cancer treatments than they are today, while also getting rid of debilitating side effects that patients dread? (Medical News Today)

Patients with painful facial nerve disorder benefit from nonsurgical Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery
Research by Beaumont Health System radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons found that symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia, or TN, a nerve disorder causing severe facial pain, were reduced in those treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery. The results were published recently in the journal Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. (Medical News Today)

More intensive radiotherapy is better than less for localised prostate cancer
A radiotherapy regime involving higher doses of radiation is a better option than having lower doses for men with localised prostate cancer, the 10-year results of the largest trial of its kind have shown. (Medical News Today)

Scientists explore promising new option for first line of attack in lymphoma
A study led by Manchester scientists has shown promising results for a new treatment approach in follicular lymphoma.Follicular lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a blood cancer, that usually develops slowly. The majority of patients are diagnosed when their disease is at an advanced stage. (Medical News Today)

Cancer patients want more written information on late effects
Patients who undergo radiotherapy for pelvic cancers want to be better informed about side effects before treatment, research has revealed.Half of patients who took part in a UK survey reported unmet information needs on a range of issues, including rehabilitation, ways to access supportive services and how to cope with the treatment's sexual consequences. (Medical News Today)

Limiting radiation to major salivary glands in head and neck cancer patients
Avoiding the contralateral submandibular gland during radiation therapy is feasible and safe with advanced stage, node positive head and neck cancers and base of tongue lesions, according to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. (Medical News Today)

During RT for head and neck cancer, humidification of the mouth, throat reduces mucositis, hospital stay
Patients who received daily humidification of the mouth and throat region beginning from day one of radiation therapy treatment spent nearly 50 percent fewer days in the hospital to manage their side effects, according to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. (Medical News Today)

Cognitive behavioral therapy plus hypnosis reduces fatigue in radiotherapy breast cancer patients
Breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy showed decreased fatigue as a result of cognitive behavioral therapy plus hypnosis (CBTH), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. (Medical News Today)

Favorable outcomes reported in unilateral radiation therapy for advanced stage tonsil cancer
Limiting radiation therapy to lymph nodes on one side of the neck for advanced tonsil cancer resulted in good local regional control and no cancer recurrence on the untreated side, according to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. (Medical News Today)

Improved patient-reported salivary function following reduced RT dose to bilateral IB lymph nodes
For head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy, a reduction in the amount of radiation treatment volume to the submandibular (level IB) lymph nodes resulted in better patient-reported salivary function, according to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. (Medical News Today)

Quality of voice and speech affected post-treatment in patients with oropharyngeal cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy reported a decrease in their voice and speech quality (VSQ) for up to one year after the completion of treatment, according to research presented at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. (Medical News Today)

Double the survival rate for HPV-positive OPSCC patients compared to HPV-negative patients
A retrospective analysis of oropharyngeal patients with recurrence of disease after primary therapy in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies 0129 or 0522 found that HPV-positive patients had a higher overall survival (OS) rate than HPV-negative patients (at two years post-treatment, 54.6 percent vs. 27. (Medical News Today)

Overall survival not improved by adding bevacizumab to initital glioblastoma treatment
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant adult brain tumor and, despite treatment advances in recent years, the average survival of patients enrolled in clinical trials is less than 16 months with few patients living beyond five years. (Medical News Today)

New dressing prevents skin reactions during radiation therapy
Severe skin reactions during radiation therapy could be prevented by applying a thin transparent silicone dressing to the skin from the first day of treatment, clinical research from New Zealand shows. (Medical News Today)

Proton therapy for prostate cancer results in long-term patient survival and excellent quality of life
Five years after having proton therapy for early- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer, 99 percent of men are living cancer-free and with excellent quality of life, according to a University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute study. Three-quarters of those with high-risk prostate cancer are also disease-free. (Medical News Today)

Consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation issued by ASTRO and SSO
Guideline focused on reducing ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence in stages I and II invasive breast cancer The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) are pleased to announce the publication of the consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation in stages I and II invasive breast cancer. (Medical News Today)

Encouraging web-based health care in hospitals
In the first national look at how broadly web-based technologies are being used to provide health care, a University of Michigan researcher has found that 42 percent of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach.The study, published in the February issue of the journal Health Affairs, breaks down adoption rates by state. (Medical News Today)

Radiation's association with higher mortality highlighted by largest-ever study of 20-year survival among pediatric low-grade glioma patients
The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are alive 20 years later and that few die from the tumor as adults. (Medical News Today)

In screening mammography, novel technique increases detection rate
Digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers high diagnostic performance, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology.As mammography screening has shifted to digital technology, a range of computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR) systems have emerged. (Medical News Today)

For older women with breast cancer, brachytherapy offers lower rate of breast preservation compared to standard radiation
When comparing treatments designed to enable long-term breast preservation for older women with invasive breast cancer, researchers found those treated with brachytherapy were at higher risk for a later mastectomy, compared to women treated with standard radiation therapy. The research was led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. (Medical News Today)

Virus engineered to attack triple negative breast cancer cells
Scientists have discovered a potential cure for one of the most aggressive and least treatable forms of breast cancer called "triple negative breast cancer." In laboratory experiments involving human cancer cells, scientists used a virus similar to the one that helped eradicate smallpox to coax cancer cells to produce a protein which makes them susceptible to radioactive iodine. (Medical News Today)

How DNA damage affects Golgi - the cell's shipping department
In studying the impact of DNA damage on the Golgi, a research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have discovered a novel pathway activated by DNA damage, with important consequences for the body's cellular response to chemotherapy. (Medical News Today)

Radiotherapy plus hormone therapy cuts prostate cancer death in half, shows long-term study
Combination treatment more than halves mortality rates for prostate cancer, reports Norwegian health journal Dagens Medisin.The figures were presented by Norwegian cancer researcher Sophie FossÃ¥ at an international conference sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in San Francisco this week. (Medical News Today)

Patients benefit from health information exchanges between hospitals
As hospitals and doctors' offices across the country race to join online systems that let them share medical information securely, a new study suggests that these systems may already be helping cut unnecessary care. (Medical News Today)

Second breast cancers may be prevented by moderate doses of radiation therapy to unaffected breast
Survivors of breast cancer have a one in six chance of developing breast cancer in the other breast. But a study conducted in mice suggests that survivors can dramatically reduce that risk through treatment with moderate doses of radiation to the unaffected breast at the same time that they receive radiation therapy to their affected breast. (Medical News Today)

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