Flash radiotherapy: a revolution in aggressive cancers
The Curie Institute has announced the launch of a flash radiotherapy project, a technique for targeting aggressive cancers against which ...
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Shortening post-mastectomy radiotherapy before reconstruction does not increase complications
A first international multi-institutional study reveals that accelerated radiotherapy does not increase complications for patients undergoing breast reconstruction following a ...
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Breast cancer: study highlights effectiveness of shorter radiotherapy
Although survival rates and risks of recurrence are similar, giving higher doses of radiation therapy in the short term is ...
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Radiotherapy accident: patient suffers serious injuries after over-irradiation
A man being treated for pelvic cancer suffered major injuries following a radiotherapy accident caused by missing a previous treatment. ...
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Meningioma: Radiotherapy more effective thanks to a drug against blood cancer
Pan-HDAC inhibitors, a drug used to fight blood cancer, could help improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy against brain tumors ...
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She is treated with radiotherapy 8 times in a row on the healthy breast
In Montpellier, a woman with breast cancer received eight sessions of radiotherapy on the wrong breast. The appearance of side ...
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Prostate cancer: this new treatment revolutionizes treatment
In prostate cancer, vectorized internal radiotherapy makes it possible to target tumor cells very precisely, without damaging the tissues surrounding ...
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Medical error: a woman with breast cancer irradiated on the wrong side
Last spring, a patient from CHRU Bretonneau (Tours) suffering from a cancerous breast tumor underwent radiotherapy on the wrong breast. ...
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Mastectomy: accelerated radiotherapy as effective as standard treatment
In women who have undergone a mastectomy after breast cancer, research shows that radiotherapy is just as effective when it ...
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Radiotherapy and skin problems: the solution of antibacterial treatment
American researchers have developed an antibacterial medical treatment, which reduces the risk of severe forms of acute radiation dermatitis during ...
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Breast cancer: a new protocol of 5 days of radiotherapy instead of 5 weeks
© ShutterstockThe device compacts in one morning the preparation times which could be spread over 2 to 3 weeks. How ...
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Vaccines: 3 million deaths avoided per year
Vaccines have also reduced the incidence of many serious diseases by 90 to 99%. Dossier produced in partnership with Science ...
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Françoise Hardy evokes her “nightmarish life” with the disease
Suffering from laryngeal cancer, Françoise Hardy talks about her illness and radiotherapy. THE ESSENTIAL Françoise Hardy has been known to ...
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Breast cancer: radiation therapy can damage the heart
Women under 55 treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer are more likely to develop a cardiovascular disorder. THE ESSENTIAL Breast ...
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Lung cancer: how glucose prevents immune cells from playing their role
The immune cells present in the environment of the tumor make it possible to better understand the resistance to treatments. ...
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Prostate cancer: the benefits of shorter but more intense radiotherapy
Reducing the duration of radiotherapy by around forty days, while delivering higher doses, is as effective as conventional radiotherapy in ...
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Treating breast cancer with just one session of radiotherapy
Researchers show that this technique is as effective as a treatment based on several radiotherapy sessions. THE ESSENTIAL The study, ...
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ASCO 2020: update on advances in breast cancer
Biomarkers, immunotherapy, PET Scan… On the occasion of the ASCO international congress, which was held from May 29 to 31, ...
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Cancer: most patients would like more information on the side effects of treatments
Nearly a third of cancer survivors would have liked to have had more information about the possible side effects of ...
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Childhood cancers: the risk of later breast cancer increased by the combination of anthracyclines and radiotherapy
In survivors of childhood cancers who have had irradiation of the chest, the use of anthracyclines multiplies by almost five ...
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may lessen the side effects of radiation therapy
After about forty sessions in hyperbaric chambers, the patients saw a reduction or even a disappearance of their symptoms. If ...
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What is the MRIdian, the state-of-the-art machine that treated Bernard Tapie’s double cancer?
For his double cancer, Bernard Tapie was treated by MRIdian, a state-of-the-art machine that combines on-board imaging and radiotherapy treatment. ...
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Cancer: metal injected into tumors to boost radiotherapy
Institut Curie caused a sensation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) congress by presenting its work on injections ...
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Prostate cancer: fewer heavy treatments thanks to “active surveillance”
Men with "low-risk prostate cancer" have less and less recourse to radiotherapy or prostatectomy. Many men with low-risk prostate cancer ...
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Breast cancer: radiotherapy in a minute is not possible
Attempts are being made to treat breast cancer with radiation therapy that lasts only one minute. For Dr. Remy Salmon, ...
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Prostate cancer: at the locally advanced stage, the duration of hormone therapy is now known
In locally advanced prostate cancer, where the risk of relapse is not negligible despite radiotherapy with curative intent, the duration ...
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This French hospital cures cancer in just one day
In Nice, a clinical study on around forty patients was launched to test a method combining lumpectomy and radiotherapy to ...
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Véronique Sanson cancels eleven concerts because of her tonsil cancer
Singer Véronique Sanson has been forced to cancel eleven concerts scheduled from the end of November because of her tonsil ...
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Breast cancer: radiotherapy has fewer side effects than we thought
In the context of breast cancer, radiotherapy which occurs after mastectomy is less harmful than previously thought.Radiotherapy after breast surgery ...
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Cancer: using alternative medicines decreases the chances of survival
Diets, minerals, vitamins, yoga, acupuncture, naturopathy, homeopathy ... A new study, published in JAMA, has just shown that the use ...
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