Chest radiation is used to treat children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as lung metastases in various solid tumors. But radiation itself is a potential cancer risk, including an ...

A new study reveals that only about 1 in 3 patients with prostate cancer have a successful first CT simulation, while 1 in 6 need to be rescheduled for another day.

Understanding the principles of cancer evolution is important in designing a therapeutic strategy. A research group at The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT) announced a new ...

In this Engineering Out Loud podcast, Oregon State University Associate Professor Eugene Zhang and Assistant Professor Yue Zhang describe their research to help medical doctors better target cancerous ...

For a long time now, researchers and scientists have used computer simulations in physical sciences, such as physics, chemistry or engineering. But what about biology? An international team of U.S.

General Objectives : This series of microlearning videos present basic principles and practical aspects for conventional and CT simulation for cervical cancer radiotherapy. At the completion of this ...

A new paper published in EPJ Plus and authored by Eduardo De Paiva, from the Division of Medical Physics at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pits the gold ...

Leveraging the Rural-Urban Commuting Area Tool to Address Geographic Disparities in Cancer Care: A Dual-Application Framework for Institutional and National Initiatives We adapted an established ...

Overall Survival of Patients With ALK-Positive Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Russian Federation: Nationwide Cohort Study Worldwide, more than 80% of people diagnosed with cancer will ...

A computer simulation tool may help plan treatment for certain patients with recurrent glioblastoma. A computer simulation, NovoTAL, that optimizes therapeutic delivert in two orthogonal directions to ...

We constructed 281 3-D prostate models from radical prostatectomy specimens. All prostates were step-sectioned in 4 μm sections at 2.25 mm intervals, and each slice was segmented by a pathologist to ...