In a study of nearly 1,000 consecutive patients treated for lung cancer at Northwestern Medicine, researchers discovered only ...

Ionizing radiation is a form of energy released by atoms in the form of electromagnetic waves such as gamma, x-rays or particles such as neutrons, beta or alpha. The disintegration of atoms is called ...

aDepartment of Radiation Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research ...

Background: Post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis (PCPF) is a significant long-term complication in survivors of COVID-19. In this study, we aimed to identify clinical risk factors for PCPF and evaluate ...

Results from the phase III SUPREMO study show that for patients with intermediate-risk breast cancer who received a mastectomy and systemic therapy, those who also received chest wall radiation did ...

The role of postmastectomy chest-wall irradiation in patients with breast cancer classified as pN1 (with involvement of one to three axillary nodes) or pN0 (pathologically node negative) with ...

Background: Myocarditis is a serious inflammatory heart condition that can progress to post-inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy. Autophagy is known to regulate immune cell function and cell survival, ...

Blocking caspase-9 — an enzyme involved in programmed cell death, or apoptosis — may halt or reverse tissue scarring in pulmonary fibrosis (PF), according to a new preclinical study. Researchers found ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Cancer treatments are always evolving, with new medications and regimens. A trial currently underway here could clear the way for a big change in treating early-stage breast ...