Scans During Radiation Treatment Help Lung Cancer Patients
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FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Ordering a PET scan for patients undergoing radiation lung cancer treatment may help doctors determine optimal therapy, a new study suggests.
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Researchers who found a genetic pattern that predicts who will be helped by a revolutionary new lung cancer drug said on Monday they were looking for patients to help them confirm their findings.
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High-def endoscopy images and videos on Macs allow physicians at the Palo Alto Veteranâs Hospital to see subtle indications of early cancer lesions, improving their abilitly to make timely diagnoses.
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Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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CT scans and X-rays are revolutionary, but they carry risks, too, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Surgery for lung cancer can have a substantial impact on long-term, health-related quality of life, the results of a study published in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggest.
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Older women with breast cancer may forgo the rigors of radiation after breast-conserving surgery, but radiation therapy may help younger women with early stages of the disease, new research says.
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Four proteins in the blood  appear to be useful in helping to establish a diagnosis of lung  cancer, North Carolina-based researchers report in the Journal  of Clinical Oncology.
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People who pay for whole-body X-ray scans in the hope of finding tumors at their earliest stages may, ironically, be raising their overall risk of cancer, doctors warned on Tuesday.
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A recent study says doctors are performing too many unwarranted CT scans, exposing patients to cancer-causing radiation
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Many breast cancer patients 70 and older could safely forgo radiation therapy, which has been the standard treatment after lumpectomy, a study out today says.
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A new study suggests that screening smokers and former smokers for lung cancer doesn't save lives or prevent advanced disease and may lead to unneeded and harmful treatment. But it's not the final word on CT scans.
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A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects.
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A simple breath test can sometimes detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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NEW YORK  - The radiation therapy that is currently used to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma is expected to reduce the rate of second cancers substantially, although the risk will vary considerably among individual patients, according to a new report in the medical journal Cancer.
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People who have full-body CT screenings to detect potential health problems are exposed to about as much radiation as some survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, a study in today&#39;s journal Radiology reports.
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The number of Americans undergoing CT scans has increased dramatically in recent years, driving a significant increase in the amount of radiation that many people are being exposed to from medical procedures.