Oral Arginine could enhance radiation therapy for cancer Hina Zahid24 Dec 2021 9:00 AM ISTTreatment with arginine, one of the amino-acid building blocks of proteins, enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with...
Left-Breast Radiation Doubles risk of CAD in Young Women: Study Dr. Shravani Dali4 Oct 2021 11:30 PM ISTYoung women treated with radiation therapy (RT) for left-sided breast cancer have over twice the risk of CAD compared with women treated with RT for...
Cardiac radiotherapy reprograms electrical conduction of heart muscle cells to younger state Hina Zahid1 Oct 2021 9:00 AM ISTNew research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that radiation therapy can reprogram heart muscle cells to what...
Head and neck radiation therapy tied to dental caries and subsequent extractions: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan27 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTRadiation caries was the major cause of dental extractions following head and neck radiation therapy (HNRT) and the dosimetric analysis suggested...
Early postoperative radiation therapy reduces mortality in high risk prostate cancer patients: Study Hina Zahid7 Jun 2021 9:00 AM IST"Men at the highest risk for dying from prostate cancer may lose the chance for cure if we wait for the PSA to become measurable before delivering...
All you need to know about DRDO's 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose drug Dr. Rahul Pandit18 May 2021 2:41 PM ISTAdding another leg to our battle against COVID19, the Government of India has introduced, a promising anti-COVID19 drug called 2-deoxy-D-glucose ...
Personalized, 3D printed shields may protect patients during radiation therapy Hina Zahid27 April 2021 10:23 PM ISTBOSTON -- Radiation therapy is used as a treatment for more than half of all cancer patients and can be highly effective at shrinking tumors and...
FDA approves first drug for PET imaging of suspected prostate cancer metastasis Hina Zahid2 Dec 2020 9:45 AM ISTThe FDA approved Gallium 68 PSMA-11 (Ga 68 PSMA-11), a drug for PET imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive levels in men with...
Advanced radiation therapy has fewer side effects in cervical cancer after hysterectomy Hina Zahid5 Nov 2020 4:15 PM ISTARLINGTON, Va. - A phase III trial from India shows that an advanced radiation therapy technique leads to fewer gastrointestinal side effects in women...
ASTRO clinical guidelines on Radiation therapy for rectal cancer Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Oct 2020 7:33 PM ISTAmerican Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has updated it's 2016 guidelines to provide guidance for physicians who use radiation therapy to treat...
Post radiation pulmonary artery thrombosis distinct from pulmonary embolism: Study Hina Zahid11 Oct 2020 10:15 PM ISTLeesburg, VA - According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the imaging findings of in situ pulmonary artery thrombosis...
Radiation therapy for cervical cancer: ASTRO guidelines Hina Zahid11 Jun 2020 6:34 PM ISTARLINGTON, Va. - American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has released new clinical guideline for radiation therapy to treat patients with...
