Researchers have found that fewer sessions of higher dose vaginal cuff brachytherapy work just as well as more frequent, lower-dose treatments for endometrial cancer patients.

In a randomized clinical trial, researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) have found that ...

Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy, by which a radioactive source is placed close to the tumor, either directly adjacent to it or inside the tumor itself. This procedure delivers a high dose ...

He revealed, “The aim of radiation therapy is to deliver a precise measured dose of radiation to a defined tumour volume with ...

Temporary brachytherapy can be used, for example, in breast cancer treatment after lumpectomy surgery. In permanent brachytherapy, the implanted sources will slowly deliver the treatment over a period ...

What we’ve done is create an instrument where your hands don’t need to be inside the body,” said Dr. David Wazer. “It can be ...

In Meraouna et al.'s study, the failure-free survival rate was 66% at 3 years of follow-up. Regarding treatment-related morbidities, 12.3% of patients experienced grade 3 genitourinary (GU) toxicity, ...

For cervical cancer patients in Saskatchewan, the new Interstitial High-Dose-Rate (HDR) Gynecological Brachytherapy program ...

Saskatchewan cervical cancer patients now have access to a specialized radiation therapy treatment previously only available ...

In a randomized clinical trial, researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) have found that short-course, higher ...