Terry Stephan, 88, is second vice president of the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton, the group that supports ...
Higher radiation doses (70 Gy) in lung cancer treatment did not increase pneumonitis risk and improved survival rates. Patients receiving 70 Gy had lower pneumonitis rates (34.5%) compared to ...
There is a large degree of variability around the world in the amount of radiation used during diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease, a cross-sectional study shows. When comparing the same ...
Can definitive radiotherapy targeting the full ‘triangle’ space improve local disease control in patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer?
Dr. Lisa Ni explains how proton therapy offers more precision when treating brain and central nervous system tumors in ...
Stock image of a CT scanner. CT scans ‘routinely’ deliver up to three times the radiation they should, which can lead to 36,000 cases of cancer a year. “In the ninety million CT scans performed ...
Dr Singh also takes viewers inside the critical—and often underappreciated—role of multidisciplinary collaboration, ...
CANCER TREATMENT CAN BE GRUELING, AND IT CAN ALSO MAKE FOR LONG DAYS. A NEW STUDY, THOUGH, SHOWS HIGHER DOSES OF RADIATION GIVEN OVER FEWER SESSIONS WAS AS EFFECTIVE AS BEING GIVEN LOWER DOSES OVER ...
Julie went to Good Samaritan Hospital to learn more about low dose radiation therapy. She spoke with Dr. Brian Gebhardt about how it can help with chronic pain stemming from different conditions. The ...
Radiation dose management in medical imaging presents a number of challenges. Image quality must be optimized to aid diagnosis while minimizing the risk of patient or healthcare workers exposure to ...
A single course of low-dose radiation therapy may provide a safe and effective alternative treatment option for people with painful knee osteoarthritis according to a new randomized, ...