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Radiation therapy (in North America), or radiotherapy (in the UK and Australia) also called radiation oncology, and sometimes abbreviated to XRT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis).

Increased use of stereotactic body radiation therapy for NSCLC patients can reduce treatment disparities

The use of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for patients with non-small cell lung cancer can reduce treatment disparities between White and Black patients, according to research presented today at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer 2022 in Vienna.

8 Aug 2022

Light-activated proteins can help normalize dysfunction within cells, study shows

New research from the University of Cincinnati shows early indications that light can be used as a treatment for certain diseases, including cancer.

2 Aug 2022

New glioma drug may represent a paradigm for designing therapeutics exploiting specific DNA repair

A new class of glioma drugs exploits tumors that lack the DNA repair enzyme MGMT; the drugs lead to the generation of cytotoxic DNA and selectively kill tumor cells without the risk of resistance, researchers report.

29 Jul 2022

The role of cellular or cytokine response and vaginal microbiome dysbiosis in the clearance, persistence, and recurrence of HPV infection

Researchers have reviewed the role of cytokine or cellular response and vaginal microbiome dysbiosis in the persistence, clearance, and recurrence of HPV infection

28 Jul 2022

NCRI CTRad publishes strategic priorities in radiotherapy research to improve patient outcomes

The NCRI Radiotherapy (CTRad) Group, a world-leading radiotherapy research group, has published its strategic priorities in radiotherapy research to address challenges in the field.

14 Jul 2022

New material for surgical dressings can be heated to kill melanoma cells but not other cells around it

Scientists from the University of Nottingham have combined graphene oxide, elastin, and ethanol to develop a new method to make this material conductive so it can be heated to kill melanoma cells but not other cells around it.

13 Jul 2022

Network-based machine learning method helps predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is a new cancer treatment that activates the body's immune system to fight against cancer cells without using chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

12 Jul 2022

Survey: Many prostate cancer patients in the UK did not receive adequate information about radiotherapy-induced sexual dysfunction

New research indicates that many UK patients don't receive adequate information about treatment-induced sexual dysfunction before, during, and after radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer.

6 Jul 2022

Intrahost genetic diversity and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.517 lineage during chronic infection of an immunocompromised individual

Researchers investigated the intrahost evolution and genetic diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.517 variant in an immunosuppressed person with chronic COVID-19.

6 Jul 2022

Innovative strategy for treating non-small cell lung cancer when radiotherapy fails

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world, with 2.2 million new cases and around 1.8 million deaths in 2020 alone.

4 Jul 2022

Understanding the impact of bladder cancer on daily life before and after diagnosis

In this interview, Dr. Ignacio Durán and Alex Filicevas, discuss key challenges and opportunities in the bladder cancer disease landscape and the future of care. They focus on the quality of life for patients and delve into the impact bladder cancer has on daily life, both before and after diagnosis and treatment, from the holistic perspective of both patients and HCPs.

From Janssen Pharmaceuticals 4 Jul 2022

New study supports targeted screening program for prostate cancer

Data from the world's largest prostate cancer screening study provides further evidence to support the introduction of a targeted screening program for the disease, say researchers.

1 Jul 2022

Researchers explore the impact of dance therapy in patients with breast cancer

A new study aimed to determine the impact of dance therapy on pain, sleep disorder, cancer-related fatigue, depression, and body image in women with breast cancer.

30 Jun 2022

Prostate cancer treatment guidelines need to be updated, research suggests

Current guidelines used to plan salvage radiation treatments in patients with local recurrence of prostate cancer should be updated to take into consideration information derived from novel imaging modalities, such as PSMA PET, according to research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2022 Annual Meeting.

15 Jun 2022

COVID-19 vaccination may offer less effective and shorter-lasting protection for some cancer patients

A study co-led by the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham and Southampton and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), published in Lancet Oncology today by the UK Coronavirus Cancer Evaluation Project, has found that while COVID-19 vaccination is effective in most cancer patients, the level of protection against COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death offered by the vaccine is less than in the general population and vaccine effectiveness wanes more quickly.

7 Jun 2022

Study identifies some breast cancer patients who can avoid radiotherapy

Older women with early-stage breast cancer may not need radiotherapy after undergoing surgery, McMaster University researcher Timothy Whelan and his team has found.

7 Jun 2022

Black patients with early-onset colorectal cancer receive worse, less timely care than white counterparts

In a new large national study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society, Black patients diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer received worse and less timely care than their white counterparts.

31 May 2022

Study: Cardiovascular mortality risk differs among cancer survivors by race/ethnicity and cancer types

A new large national study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society shows the mortality risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) differs considerably among cancer survivors by race/ethnicity and cancer types.

31 May 2022

Combined treatment approach proves to be beneficial for prostate cancer patients

Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy-;a commonly used hormone injection-;plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients' prostate cancer at bay for five years.

26 May 2022

NYU Abu Dhabi research could pave the way for more effective cancer treatments

A team led by Professor of Biology, Senior Vice Provost of Research at NYU Abu Dhabi, and UAE national Sehamuddin Galadari, has discovered a novel structural modification in AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) during anticancer therapy that could pave the way for the development of more effective cancer treatments.

25 May 2022