Age may figure in radiation therapy
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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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Patients volunteering for early trials of experimental cancer drugs may be far safer today than their counterparts were a decade ago.
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A 16-year-old leukaemia patient foregoes further treatment so she can enjoy what is left of her life.
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NEW YORK  - Hormone therapy should still be offered and can benefit younger women going through menopause, members of the International Menopause Society (IMS) conclude in updated treatment recommendations.
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The age of nuclear medicine dawns when a 28-year-old leukemia patient becomes the first person to be treated using a radioactive isotope.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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A few preventive doses of radiation to the head significantly reduced the risk that the cancer will spread to the brain and extended patients' lives, European researchers said on Saturday.
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Radiation treatments routinely given after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be necessary for women over 70 if they are taking the cancer drug tamoxifen, according to researchers.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Concerns about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Women with cervical cancer who get radiation therapy at small, local facilities are less likely to be treated effectively, researchers report.
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Radiation treatments routinely given after surgery to remove small breast tumors may not be necessary for women over age 70 if they are taking the cancer drug tamoxifen.
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NEW YORK  - High rates of tumor control over the long term are possible with combination treatment using external beam radiation followed by brachytherapy in high-risk prostate cancer patients, according to researchers.
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When Diana Menendez was diagnosed with Hodgkin&#39;s disease in 1968 at age 8, doctors weren&#39;t sure they could cure her. So they hit her cancer with everything they had: high-dose radiation and four years of chemotherapy.
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NEW YORK  - Women with cervical cancer who  get radiation therapy at small, local facilities are less  likely to be treated effectively, researchers report.
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The time of year in which a person is born may somehow sway the risk of developing brain cancer in adulthood, new research suggests.
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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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A large new study is challenging the common practice of recommending that older men forgo treatment for early prostate cancer and instead wait to see whether the malignancy progresses.