The therapy is a highly advanced form of radiation therapy that uses charged particles in the form of a proton that that gets ...

Studies published in Nature Cancer reveal how bacterial presence in head and neck cancers affects treatment response, ...

Neurosurgeon Rory Murphy, MD, has physician safety at the forefront of his mind in his recent medtech partnership. Dr. Murphy, of Phoenix-based Barrow Neurological Institute, has collaborated with ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A new landmark study published in The Lancet is changing how doctors treat certain head and neck cancers.

Quantitative goal exercise plus refined nutritional management improved functioning domains, as well as global quality of life and symptom relief in patients with head and neck cancer.

A study published in The Lancet showed a significant survival benefit for patients with oropharyngeal cancers who were treated with proton therapy (IMPT) compared to those treated with traditional ...

Labile blood pressure in elderly patients is often multifactorial but may rarely stem from autonomic dysregulation due to structural baroreceptor damage. One under-recognized etiology is ...

Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. began radiation therapy last month for an aggressive form of prostate cancer. It is unclear if his treatment has ended. By Yan Zhuang and Reid J. Epstein Former ...

MSK radiation oncologist Dr. Nancy Lee helped design the clinical trial showing that immunotherapy given around surgery could reduce recurrence of some head and neck cancers. A phase 3 clinical trial ...

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy is as good as proton beam therapy for treating people with head and neck cancer, according to the results of a Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial. The TORPEdO ...

A new phase III clinical trial finds that intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy resulted in similar quality-of-life outcomes and low rates of side effects for people ...

She has helped robots learn to get around indoors and pick up balls from the ground. And she has developed computer programs to monitor traffic at intersections. But these days, Harini Veeraraghavan, ...