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- Poor Overall Survival In Septa- And Octogenarian Patients After Radical Prostatectomy And Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer
- UroToday.com - In the online issue of European Urology, Dr. Claudio Jeldres and a group of international investigators addressed the overall survival of septa- and octogenarians who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP) or radiotherapy (XRT) for prostate cancer (CaP). The Quebec Health Plan database was used to identify 6,183 men treated with RP or XRT for CaP between 1989 and 2000.
- Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT
- New CyberKnife Technologies Demonstrate Dramatic Reduction In Treatment Times
- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced that the first patients were treated using the next generation CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System that was recently installed at the Oklahoma CyberKnife, LLC in Tulsa, OK.
- Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT
- Stent Grafts: A Better Way To Treat Blunt Trauma Injuries
- Endovascular repair-fixing an injury in a blood vessel from inside that vessel-is a better option for individuals who receive highly lethal injuries from high-speed collisions or falls (together referred to as blunt trauma) and is shown to save more lives and nearly eliminate paraplegia (the loss of the ability to move and/or feel both legs), a complication of surgical repair for thoracic aortic aneurysms.
- Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT
- In Vietnam, Alongside Progress, A Battle For Life With The Programme Of Action For Cancer Therapy
- Behind the elegant French colonial-style exterior of the National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, a battle is raging. In the hospital´s crowded wards, treatment rooms and corridors, doctors are struggling against a powerful and insidious enemy: cancer. And right now the disease is winning. Each year in this country of 84 million as many as 75,000 people die of cancer and another 150,000 new cases are diagnosed.
- Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:00:00 PDT
- Incident Involving Radioactive Material At IAEA Safeguards Laboratory - No Radioactivity Released To Environment
- Pressure build-up in a small sealed sample bottle in a storage safe resulted in plutonium contamination of a storage room at about 02:30 today at the IAEA's Safeguards Analytical Laboratory in Seibersdorf. All indications are that there was no release of radioactivity to the environment. Further monitoring around the laboratory will be undertaken. No one was working in the laboratory at the time.
- Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PDT
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