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Fewer Cases of Radiation-Induced Xerostomia Found With Acupuncture drugs
December 26, 2019
Acupuncture results in significantly fewer and less severe symptoms of radiation-induced xerostomia (RIX) among patients with oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal carcinoma ...
Radiation Rx Might Ease a Dangerous Irregular Heart Beat drugs
September 18, 2019
A new technique that uses a targeted high dose of radiation seems to prevent recurrence of a potentially deadly heartbeat for at least two years, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
Drug accelerates blood system's recovery after chemotherapy, radiation worldpharmanews
August 16, 2019
A drug developed by UCLA physician-scientists and chemists speeds up the regeneration of mouse and human blood stem cells after exposure to radiation. If the results can be replicated in humans...
Hurricanes Can Hurt Survival Odds Among Those With Cancer drugs
July 17, 2019
When a hurricane strikes, as tropical storm Barry did this weekend in Louisiana, most people worry about the immediate health dangers such a storm poses.
Cardiac Radiation Dose in NSCLC Predicts Mortality, Cardiac AEs drugs
June 17, 2019
Cardiac Radiation Dose in NSCLC Predicts Mortality, Cardiac AEs.
'Double-Edged Sword': Lung Cancer Radiation Rx May Raise Heart Attack Risk drugs
June 14, 2019
Lung Cancer Radiation Rx May Raise Heart Attack Risk.
Microbubbles make breast cancer more susceptible to radiation therapy europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 29, 2019
Bursting oxygen-filled microbubbles in breast cancer makes tumours three times more sensitive to radiation therapy in preliminary tests with animal models of the disease…
Ionising radiation found to soften tumour cell microenvironment europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 28, 2019
When irradiated, less stiff extracellular matrices reduced cancer growth and migration, bolstering the case to further understand fractionated radiation therapy…
UK researchers devise new radiotherapy plan to reduce side effects pharmaceutical-technology
February 20, 2019
Physicists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have devised a new treatment plan to avoid the impact of radiotherapy on sensitive organs near tumours and reduce associated side effects.....
Radiation Doses From CT Scans Vary Widely drugs
January 08, 2019
CT scans diagnose many serious conditions and illnesses, but they expose patients to levels of radiation that aren't always consistent and may be harmful, a new study finds......