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An international study led by Fox Chase Cancer Center radiation oncologist Mark K. Buyyounouski, M.D., M.S. says that men whose prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels rise within 18 months o... Read more

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center report that it may be safe to treat these HER2-positive breast cancer patients with both Trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation therapy. The study will be... Read more

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that radiation treatment for women who had a lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer can be safely reduced to four weeks, instead of the usual s... Read more

What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients (37 percent) prefer to have their hands held by ... Read more

Ohio State University scientists have designed tumor-penetrating microparticles (TPM) may offer treatment hope for those suffering with pancreatic cancer.

Tiny particles can carr... Read more

One third of breast cancer tumours change form when they spread, UK study shows.

Scientists from the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh analysed ... Read more

A study presented November 4, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) says that hypofractionated radiation treatment, a newer type of radiatio... Read more

Researchers have embarked on a study to assess if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used to predict tissue damage often experienced by breast cancer patie... Read more

British experts are seeking to raise awareness of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). It is a type of laser treatment to remove unwanted tissues, including solid tumours. The procedure involves putt... Read more

Patients with early stage, non-small cell lung cancer who are not able to undergo surgery, now have a highly effective treatment option. Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic rad... Read more