For PCI, Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance Bests Angiography Guidance Randomized trial shows better outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndromes Apr 09, 2024
Impella Pump Improves Survival in STEMI-Related Cardiogenic Shock First trial in a quarter-century to show mortality benefit in this desperately ill group Apr 09, 2024
With Ticagrelor, Aspirin May Not Be Needed After PCI for Acute Coronary Syndrome Researcher suggests findings are robust enough to change practice guidelines Apr 08, 2024
Microwave Ablation a Safer Option for Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma? Observational study suggests promising benefits of skipping surgery Apr 02, 2024
'Excellent' Outcomes After Complete Response in Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer Similar survival regardless of adjuvant therapy, even with omission of RT and axillary dissection Mar 27, 2024
Big Drop in Rate of Ipsilateral Breast Cancer After DCIS Dutch study showed greater than 50% decrease from 1989-2021 with or without adjuvant RT Mar 26, 2024
Low-Dose RT Boost Wins Support for Young Patients With Early Breast Cancer A 1.6% reduction in locoregional recurrence with higher dose offset by worse cosmetic outcomes Mar 21, 2024
No OS Difference in Pancreatic Cancer With SABR vs Irreversible Electroporation PFS, adverse events also comparable with the ablative modalities after FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy Mar 21, 2024
Novel Therapy Promising for Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis No patient with head and neck cancer developed a severe case during 7 weeks of treatment Mar 04, 2024
Gene-Guided Immunotherapy Misses Mark in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Few responses with or without guidance in small first step for "personalized" treatment Mar 04, 2024
Vismodegib-RT Regimen Achieves High Rate of Disease Control in Head and Neck BCC Local control in 91% of cases at 1 year in small prospective trial Mar 01, 2024
AI Has an Environmental Impact, Too But it may be able to deliver net carbon benefits, at least in radiology Feb 27, 2024
Intravascular Imaging-Guided PCI Reaches a Turning Point With Survival, MI Benefits Updated meta-analysis provides strong impetus for IVUS, OCT adoption Feb 21, 2024
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Shows Some Benefit After Breast Cancer Irradiation However, most women declined the therapy in this study Feb 08, 2024
Study Supports High-Dose RT, Long-Term ADT as Standard for High-Risk Prostate Cancer OS, PFS, cancer-specific survival all improved, with no increase in toxicity Jan 26, 2024
New Standard for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma? Adding durvalumab and bevacizumab to transarterial chemoembolization almost doubles PFS Jan 21, 2024
Hypofractionated Chemoradiation With Adaptive SABR Appeared Effective in NSCLC Dose of 70 Gy in 15 fractions showed favorable balance between safety and efficacy in small trial Jan 12, 2024
Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals "For them to take weeks -- up to months -- to provide an authorization is ridiculous" Dec 30, 2023
Is Omitting Radiation Therapy in Low-Risk Breast Cancer a Good IDEA? Local recurrence rate of 1% at 5 years in women ages 50-69 with genomically low-risk disease Dec 08, 2023
De-Escalating Breast Cancer Treatment Feasible After Response to Neoadjuvant Chemo Study showed no increase in disease progression when omitting regional nodal irradiation Dec 07, 2023
TULSA Effective in Controlling Prostate Cancer Long-Term At 5 years, median PSA was reduced by 90% Dec 05, 2023
HPV Tumor DNA May Offer Early Warning of Cervical Cancer at High Risk of Relapse Worse PFS associated with circulating tumor DNA detected as early as end of treatment Nov 21, 2023
ASTRO Updates Guidelines on Partial Breast Irradiation for Early Invasive Cancer Evidence from RCTs indicates "oncologic equivalence" between partial and whole-breast irradiation Nov 16, 2023
FDA Panel Backs High-Risk Designation for Salvaged Blood Irradiators With Class III designation, sponsors would have to prove safety, efficacy with randomized trials Nov 07, 2023
Evidence of Safety, Efficacy for Salvaged Blood Irradiators Lacking, FDA Staff Say Devices are aimed at preventing metastasis during surgery Nov 03, 2023
'Practice-Changing' Data in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Strategies involving immunotherapy, induction chemo move the needle for first time in decades Oct 23, 2023
Can ctDNA Guide Radiation Use in Oligometastatic NSCLC? Detectable circulating tumor DNA before radiotherapy linked with worse survival Oct 05, 2023
Use of Recent Diagnostic CT Scans for Palliative RT Planning Reduced Treatment Time Time to treatment completion slashed by over 4 hours compared with CT simulation planning Oct 04, 2023
Hypofractionated RT for Breast Cancer Post-Mastectomy as Effective as Standard RT Randomized trial a "game changer" for patients who have implant-based reconstruction, expert says Oct 04, 2023
SBRT Noninferior to Conventional RT for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment over 1 to 2 weeks achieves similar outcomes to therapy given for as long as 7.5 weeks Oct 03, 2023
Sexual Activity Lowers Risk of Side Effects After Cervical Cancer Treatment Intercourse and/or vaginal dilation reduces risk of vaginal stenosis Oct 03, 2023
SABR Offers New Hope for Older Patients With Inoperable Kidney Cancer Phase II study shows 100% local control and cancer-specific survival after more than 3 years Oct 01, 2023
SBRT Added to Standard Tx Boosts Outcomes in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer Combination improved biochemical response and PFS compared with systemic treatment alone Sep 27, 2023
Individualized SABR for Lung Tumors Yields Low Recurrence Rates Strategy also results in low rates of severe toxic effects Sep 14, 2023
IMRT Best for Locally Advanced NSCLC, Study Suggests Technique reduces risk of severe lung toxicity and radiation to the heart compared with 3D-CRT Sep 13, 2023
MR-Guided Adaptive SBRT Tied to Reduced Side Effects in Prostate Cancer However, this technique requires more time and resources than standard techniques Jul 24, 2023
Immunotherapy Added to SABR Improves Event-Free Survival in Early NSCLC Approach is "potentially practice-changing," editorialist says Jul 20, 2023
Oral Cancer Patients Face Worse Outcomes With Delayed Radiation Therapy Failure to initiate adjuvant radiation therapy within 6 weeks tied to survival rates Jul 10, 2023
Primary Surgery vs Radiation in Oropharyngeal Cancer: Does One Come Out a Winner? Higher short-term dysphagia risk with surgery, but RT/CRT had worse 5-year OS Jul 09, 2023
IMRT Dosing Strategy Eases Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer A new standard for patients receiving intensity-modulated radiotherapy for pharyngeal cancers? Jul 07, 2023
