FLASH radiation treatment – which delivers therapeutic doses of radiation in a fraction of a second – may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors, a first-in-human study in a small number of people with bone cancer suggests.
Tag: Metastases
Mount Sinai Researchers Discover How Early-Stage Breast Cancer Can Become a Silent Killer in Some Patients
Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism in which not-yet-malignant cells from early breast cancer tumors travel to other organs and, eventually, “turn on” and become metastatic breast cancer.
Statewide quality improvement project reduced excessive radiation treatments for bone metastases by 80%
An effort by the Michigan Radiation Oncology Quality Consortium reduced unnecessary radiation therapy procedures, and saved the time and resources of patients and families.