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Radiation device in the breast reduces complications for early stage breast cancer patients

Radiation device in the breast reduces complications for early stage breast cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new study shows that the SAVI applicator, a small, expandable device inserted inside the breast to deliver partial breast irradiation, carries a low infection risk, a potential complication of such devices. ...





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Additional, specialized radiation not necessary for some women after mastectomy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After mastectomy, breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not live longer than those who do not receive radiation to this hard-to-treat area, according to ...


Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to ...


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Study shows radiation device may customize therapy, enable some to avoid more lengthy treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study of the first approximately 100 patients who have received partial breast irradiation with a small, whisk-like, expandable device inserted inside the breast has shown that after one year, the device ...


Study estimates radiation dose, cancer risk from coronary artery calcium screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study based on computer modeling of radiation risk suggests that widespread screening for the buildup of calcium in the arteries using computed tomography scans would lead to an estimated 42 additional radiation-induced ...


Researchers discover atomic bomb effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers.


Study: Lizards bask for more than warmth

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Keeping warm isn't the only reason lizards and other cold-blooded critters bask in the sun. According to a study published in the May/June issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, chameleons alter their sunbathing behavi ...


New study resolves mystery of how massive stars form

New study resolves mystery of how massive stars form

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Theorists have long wondered how massive stars--up to 120 times the mass of the Sun--can form without blowing away the clouds of gas and dust that feed their growth. But the problem turns ...


Prototype Terahertz Imager Promises Biochem Advances

Prototype Terahertz Imager Promises Biochem Advances

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new imaging system that detects naturally occurring terahertz radiation with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution. ...


More sun exposure may be good for some people

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 07, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (20) | comments 0

A new study by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and colleagues in Norway suggests that the benefits of moderately increased exposure to sunlight - namely the production of vitamin ...


CT scans: Too much of a good thing can be risky

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Patients who undergo numerous CT scans over their lifetime may be at increased risk for cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.



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