The present invention is directed to a method for treating tumors and cancer cells by administering an immunocytokine following radiation treatment. This combination of treatments can stimulate an immune response at irradiated and non-irradiated sites, which is useful in eradicating cancer cells that ...
It's natural to have less interest in sex when you’re having treatment for cancer. But your sex drive will usually come back after treatment stops. Talk openly with your partner about how you can stay close. Make sure you listen to their concerns, too. What Are the Late Side Effects F...
Radiation: Evolving Choices in Cancer Treatment More In early 2012, Carol Easthope, 73, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, learned she had bile duct cancer in her liver that surgery couldn't help. "A very bleak diagnosis," she says. While her cancer was inoperable, it wasn't untreatable, and sh...
Alpha DaRT enables a highly potent and conformal radiation treatment for solid cancer tumors. Directly inserted into the tumor, the Alpha DaRT sources release a high-energy dose over a range of several millimeters enabling a focal alpha-radiation treatment that spares the surrounding healthy tissue....
The radiation therapist will take a port film, also known as an X-ray, on the first day of treatment and about every week thereafter. Port films verify that you’re being positioned accurately during your treatments. Port films don’t provide diagnostic information, so radiation therapists can...
In Japan, BNCT has been approved for the treatment of unresectable advanced or recurrent head and neck tumours, explains Koji Ono, director of the Kansai BNCT Medical Center at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University. Standard treatments, such as chemotherapy, other radiotherapies or targeted phar...
During the past decade, improvements in treatment-planning tools, computer and imaging technologies, and new therapeutic modalities have allowed radiation to be delivered in a conformal fashion while minimizing treatment toxicity. It is important that physicians involved in breast cancer treatment recognize...
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When mice received either treatment alone, the researchers noticed only a modest reduction in tumor size. However, when radiation was given first, the investigators saw a six-fold increase in cancer-fighting immune cells, and impressively, complete remission of the majority of tumors. ...
Other Cancer Treatments Your doctor may recommend other options as part of your treatment plan, including: Targeted therapy, in which drugs work against specific parts of cancer cells to keep them from growing or spreading. Immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy, which gets the body’s immune...