News articles tagged with 'dose'
Acute heart attack patients receiving high ionising radiation dose
— 17 Nov 2009 11:19 | HealthAcute heart attack patients received an average total dose of ionising radiation equal to 725 chest X-rays from medical tests during their hospital stay, according to research presented... — full story
First use of antibody and stem cell transplantation to successfully treat advanced leukaemia
— 6 Nov 2009 12:03 | HealthFor the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem... — full story
Green tea shows promise as chemoprevention agent for oral cancer
— 5 Nov 2009 13:33 | HealthGreen tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The... — full story
Less brain swelling occurs with multiple sessions of SRS for common brain tumour
— 4 Nov 2009 13:57 | HealthTreating a common brain tumour with multiple sessions of radiation appears to result in less brain swelling than treating the tumour once with a high dose of radiation, say researchers... — full story
PET imaging before radiation not ideal for determining boost radiation doses
— 4 Nov 2009 13:27 | HealthPositron emission tomography (PET) imaging of non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher... — full story
Aiming to avoid damage to neurocognitive areas of the brain during cranial radiation
— 4 Nov 2009 12:26 | HealthRadiation oncologists at Rush University Medical Centre are intent on finding ways to avoid damage to the critically important hippocampus and limbic circuit of the brain when cranial... — full story
Task force develops new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy
— 3 Nov 2009 11:26 | HealthRadiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedure should be carefully analysed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in every... — full story
Initial results show pregnant women mount strong immune response to 1 dose of 2009 H1N1 vaccine
— 3 Nov 2009 09:35 | HealthHealthy pregnant women mount a robust immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by... — full story
Short-term hormone therapy and intermediate dose radiation increases survivial for early stage prostate cancer
— 3 Nov 2009 09:23 | HealthShort-term hormone therapy given prior to and during intermediate dose radiation treatment for men with early stage prostate cancer increases their chance of living longer, compared... — full story
Amphetamine use in adolescence may impair adult working memory
— 22 Oct 2009 09:15 | HealthRats exposed to high doses of amphetamines at an age that corresponds to the later years of human adolescence display significant memory deficits as adults - long after the exposure... — full story