The nanotechnology has proven potential to significantly improve the performance characteristics of today's imaging and treatment modalities, and offers new approaches for selective treatment and targeted nanodrug delivery. The nanodrugs/nanoparticles, selectively delivered to the tumor site...
Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have shown that a targeted therapy using non-thermal radio waves is safe to use in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer. The therapy also showed a benefit in overall survival. The study findings appe...
Lung cancer stages help doctors determine the spread of the cancer, the likelihood of your body’s response to treatment, and other factors related to your prognosis (overall health outlook). NSCLC has five stages based on the Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) system. The TNM system breaks down NSC...
More than half of people who develop it will live for 5 years or more if they get treatment. With proper and early diagnosis and treatment, the cure rate can be as high as 80%-90% for those whose tumor hasn't spread. There are many different options for treatment based on your specif...
High-intensity-focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technique that uses ultrasonic waves to heat and burn cancerous tissue. In contrast to surgery, HIFU does not involve any cuts or holes in the body. A 62-year-old woman w...
Discuss treatment options with your healthcare providers to decide what care you want to receive. You always have the right to refuse treatment. The above information is an educational aid only. It is not intended as medical advice for individual conditions or treatments. Talk to your doctor, ...
Discuss treatment options with your healthcare providers to decide what care you want to receive. You always have the right to refuse treatment. The above information is an educational aid only. It is not intended as medical advice for individual conditions or treatments. Talk to your doctor, ...
Cancer hyperthermia is a treatment to raise the tissue temperature either locally or whole body to a therapeutic level to eradicate tumors. Over the last three decades, much has been learned about the effects of heat on cells and the interactions between heat and radiation and chemotherapeutic agen...
Technical advances to optimize such treatment methods including R & D for delivering a known localized quantity of heat to tumors in any location in the body are expected to progress rapidly. The methods with most promising potential for inducing local thermotherapy are those involving the use of ...
Question: Why are gamma rays used to treat cancer? Gamma Rays: The electromagnetic spectrum contains different types of energy waves. The strongest of these energy waves are gamma rays, these rays are very strong rays of energy that can be damaging and helpful. ...