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New research, ‘Initial efficacy results of RTOG 0319: three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) confined to the region of the lumpectomy cavity for stage I/ II breast carcinoma,’ is the subject of a report. According to a study from the United States, "This prospective study (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0319) examines the use of three-dimensional conformal [...]

Current study results from the report, ‘Lymphoma cases referred to the radiation oncology service of a tertiary referral university hospital in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective study,’ have been published. "Radiation therapy is an important component of curative therapy for Lymphoma [Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)]. The current study was conducted to give [...]

A report, ‘Outcomes in patients with early-stage hypopharyngeal cancer treated with radiotherapy,’ is newly published data in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. In this recent report, researchers in Tokyo, Japan conducted a study "To analyze the outcome in patients with early-stage hypopharyngeal cancer (HPC) who were treated with radiotherapy (RT). Between February 1988 [...]

Scientists discuss in ‘Positive surgical margins in soft tissue sarcoma treated with preoperative radiation: is a postoperative boost necessary’ new findings in soft tissue sarcoma. "For patients with an extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS) treated with preoperative radiotherapy and surgically excised with positive margins, we retrospectively reviewed whether a postoperative radiation boost reduced the risk [...]

Fresh data on radiation oncology, biology and physics are presented in the report ‘Optimal treatment for intracranial germinoma: can we lower radiation dose without chemotherapy.’ In this recent study, researchers in Taipei, Taiwan conducted a study "To review the effectiveness of reduced-dose and restricted-volume radiation-only therapy in the treatment of intracranial germinoma and to assess [...]

Scientists discuss in ‘Hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy: impact on departmental waiting times and cost’ new findings in medical imaging and radiation oncology. According to recent research from Brisbane, Australia, "Conventionally fractionated breast radiation therapy is delivered over 5-6 weeks. Randomised evidence has shown that hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy (HWBRT) over 3 weeks results in similar local control [...]

A U.S. radiology expert says healthcare providers are finding ways to protect patients from high-dose radiation.Dr. Simeon Abramson, lead heart computed tomography radiologist at Denver’s Porter Adventist Hospital, says concern about the health risks of commonly used scanning tests involving high doses of radiation has led doctors and technicians to seek ways of decreasing radiation [...]

EVANSTON, Ill., July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Patients requiring a CT scan at Saint Francis Hospital will now be exposed to up to 40 percent less radiation than traditional CT scans. The hospital has acquired state-of-the-art GET scanning equipment featuring Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASiR) that uses an advanced image reconstruction technique that makes it possible [...]

EVANSTON, Ill., July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Patients requiring a CT scan at Saint Francis Hospital will now be exposed to up to 40 percent less radiation than traditional CT scans. The hospital has acquired state-of-the-art GE? scanning equipment featuring Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASiR) that uses an advanced image reconstruction technique that makes it possible [...]

New research, ‘Utilization guidelines for reducing radiation exposure in the evaluation of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A practice quality improvement project,’ is the subject of a report. "The purpose of this study was to reduce the cumulative radiation exposure from CT of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Baseline data on 30 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage [...]