Clinical Data for Carl Zeiss Meditec’s INTRABEAM Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy System for Breast Cancer to Be …
Clinical Data for Carl Zeiss Meditec’s INTRABEAM Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy System for Breast Cancer to Be …
JENA, GERMANY and DUBLIN, CA–(Marketwire – 05/26/10) – Carl Zeiss Meditec announced that the TARGIT-A (TARGeted Intra-operative radiation Therapy) multicenter clinical trial that used the INTRABEAM device, will be the subject of a late-breaking presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO’s) 46th Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. This randomized controlled trial was designed …
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‘Single shot’ breast cancer treatment to ward off radiotherapy ordeals
‘Single shot’ breast cancer treatment to ward off radiotherapy ordeals
London, Mar 29 : A single half-hour ‘shot’ treatment for breast cancer can now do away with a six-week course of tumour-destroying therapy, according to British doctors.
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Categories: Breast Cancer Radiation Tags: breast, cancer, ordeals, Radiotherapy, Shot, single, Treatment, ward
Cancer radiotherapy can increase risk of cardiovascular disease later in life
Cancer radiotherapy can increase risk of cardiovascular disease later in life
For an as yet unknown reason, cancer radiotherapy can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, a problem that is growing as more and more people survive their cancer diagnosis. New research from Karolinska Institutet now suggests that sustained inflammation induced by post-radiotherapy changes in the gene expression in the arteries could be the cause.
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Radiotherapy Can Cause Lasting Vascular Disease
Radiotherapy Can Cause Lasting Vascular Disease
For an as yet unknown reason, cancer radiotherapy can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, a problem that is growing as more and more people survive their cancer diagnosis.
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Categories: Breast Cancer Research Tags: cause, Disease, Lasting, Radiotherapy, Vascular
Starting radiotherapy as soon as possible could minimise breast cancer recurrence
Starting radiotherapy as soon as possible could minimise breast cancer recurrence
The longer women wait for radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery, the more chance there is of local recurrence, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.
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Categories: Breast Cancer Research Tags: breast, cancer, Could, minimise, possible, Radiotherapy, Recurrence, soon, Starting