Radiation and Health Physics

First Prospective Clinical Trial of Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head & Neck Cancer Patients

9 Feb 2012

MANHASSET, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-a-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for head and neck cancer. The trial, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, provides evidence that ...

First prospective clinical trial of adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients

9 Feb 2012

( North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System ) Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research released initial findings from a first-of-a-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. The trial, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, showed most patients benefited from only one or at most two adaptive radiotherapy treatments. These findings were ...

Astro Develops Brain Metastases Guideline

8 Feb 2012

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ASTRO's official clinical practice journal.