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Rise in Esophageal Cancer is emphasized by Richards’ deat

...at and weight loss is some of them.Chemotherapy or radiation therapy followed by surgery is the present treatment. However, the rate of survival is very low."So far, all people can do to decrease their risk of this cancer is stop smoking, stop drinking and lose weight," Lichtenfeld said. Recently, many expe...

Metastasis Of Ocular Melanoma To Liver Can Now Be Calculated

...e tumours that are small enough to be treated with radiation therapy. Because the eye remains intact in the vast majority of patients, Harbour's team needed to learn whether it is possible to run the molecular test on tumour samples gathered with a fine needle biopsy. And the answer was 'yes.' "Even with t...

A New drug Developed To Fight The Bio-Terrorism Threat Of VEE Virus

...h equipment at UTMB and the high power synchrotron radiation source at Louisiana State University's Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices in Baton Rouge. "It took about a year of hard work by Andrew, but it was worth it," Watowich said. "In the future when we're dealing with one of these periodic VEE...

MRI Can Monitor Transplanted Islets

...erformed repeatedly without subjecting patients to radiation or any invasive procedure, we think it is the most appropriate imaging modality to monitor islet survival," says Moore. "Feridex is an approved imaging agent, so the next logical step could be human clinical trials, although it may be helpful to work...

Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors

...n Medical Center found a solution using the latest radiation technology to treat inoperable vascular malformati... used the Gamma Knife to focus 201 beams of cobalt radiation with sub-millimeter precision on the remaining AVM in Ms. Coit’s brain. Patients at UT Southwester...

Improved Treatment Raises Medulloblastoma Survival Rate

...proved survival rates while reducing the amount of radiation and length of chemotherapy following surgery in av...lasts 48 weeks. The new treatment not only reduced radiation to the brain and spinal cord, but also reduced the level of two chemotherapy drugs by 75 percent and...

More Sunscreen, Please

... exposed human skin samples grown in the lab to UV radiation while they were covered with three common UV filters found in sunscreens: benzophenone-3, octocrylene and octylmethoxycinnamate. After just 1 hour, they found each compound had sunk into the skin, meaning its protective effect was greatly reduced. Wo...

Survival rates improve with better treatment options for medulloblastoma

... St. Jude finds that by tailoring the intensity of radiation to individual patients and cutting short the lengt...proved survival rates while reducing the amount of radiation and length of chemotherapy following surgery in average-risk patients from levels used in standard t...

Key component of sunscreen heals sunburn and prevents skin cancer

...e and only becomes active when it is exposed to UV radiation in sunlight, avoiding any side-effects that might result from long-term exposure to the active form of the drug. The researchers are currently testing prototypes of the ingredient in the laboratory using three dimensional human skin cultures, but e...

Cell Operators Claim that Mobile Towers Pose no Health Hazards

... "Mobile towers use extremely low frequency. Their radiation is in the non-ionising zone and cannot cause any genetic damage to humans," he said. Structurally too, the towers did not pose any threat to life and property as stringent precautions are taken before their installation, Ramachandran said. The CO...

Modern Radiation Therapy ups Lung Cancer Survival

Modern three-dimensional radiation therapy has been proven to be more successful at curing lung cancer than older two-dimensional radiation therapy for some patients with early stage lung cancer// , according to a new study in the September...

Overdose of Chemotherapy Drug kills a woman

... from nasopharynx cancer and was already receiving radiation and chemotherapy. “Her cancer was advanced but it was not beyond cure,” Fields said. “She was being treated with the expectation of a cure.” Source-Mdindia GYT...

Sunscreen creams – use them appropriately

...re the harmful compounds produced when the when UV radiation is absorbed by the skin exposed to sunlight. ROS are highly reactive molecules that can cause “oxidative damage”. Skin cancer and increasing the visible signs of aging can be caused by the reaction between ROS and cellular components like cell wall...

Improper Usage Of Sunscreen Can Harm Skin

... Filters used in sunscreen to keep out ultraviolet radiation could cause 'Oxidative Damage' because compounds generated by the UV radiation can harm the skin.One example of a harmful compound is ROS, which causes skin damage and hastens agi...

Benefits Of Aromatherapy

...h common cancer therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Perez says essential oils, like many medi...herapy can be used to treat/heal burns caused from radiation treatment safely and effectively, soothe pre-treatment anxiety and manage loss-of-memory issues in c...

Experimental Drug Reduces Tumor Size When Given With Radiation

...cal Oncology. Xyotax is used in combination with radiation and cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug. The main aim of the study was to check what dose would be tolerated by the patients. However it must be noted that not all patients were evaluated....

Committee Set Up to Review Safety of CT Scans

...rm benefits are greater than the risks attached to radiation exposure in people with no obvious signs of illnes...f a disease. However, some CT scans can deliver a radiation dose beyond normal X-ray levels. Due to concerns about the safety of giving such high radiation do...

Children Who Survive Cancer May Have Suicidal Symptoms In Future Life

...me since diagnosis. Another risk factor included radiation treatments to the head, which can cause growth problems and physical disfigurement, memory and cognitive function impairments, and an increased risk of second cancers. Patients who felt depressed or hopeless, were in pain, had physical function pro...

Study Focuses on Women's Health After Breast Cancer

...ents who receive chemotherapy after surgery and/or radiation therapy, and has been associated with a poorer prognosis. The prospective study will follow 600 early stage breast cancer patients from diagnosis, through treatment and after treatment to identify modifiable risk factors for weight gain, women who...

Watchful Waiting Effective for Low Risk Prostate Cancer

...than the common method of treating with surgery or radiation therapy, according to a research// team at the Uni... treatment with 45 percent of them having received radiation therapy and 10 percent having undergone surgical removal of the prostate both of which could be cons...

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