| IMRT spares bladder in prostate radiation
BOSTON, Oct. 11 Intensity modulated radiation therapy, or IMRT, spares the bladder more from direct radiation compared to 3-D conformal proton therapy, a U.S. study found.
The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, jointly conducted the study to determine the comparative benefits and drawbacks of IMRT versus 3D-CPT as treatments for patients with prostate cancer and to determine whether specific cases should be assigned to one treatment method over the other.
"This study was important because it reassures a patient with prostate cancer that the methods that are available at his local hospital may, in many cases, be as good as those that are currently only available in a limited number of centers," study author Dr.
Breakthrough Vaccine May Prove Successful for Treating Brain Cancer
Researchers at New York University's Clinical Cancer Center and several other U.S. medical colleges believe they may have found a breakthrough vaccine to treat the most deadly form of brain cancer. The vaccine actually uses proteins found in brain tumors of patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and fatal form of brain cancer, to destroy the tumors themselves. Several universities including NYU, Duke University and the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit are testing it. The five-year study will track the effects of the vaccine on patients, who receive radiation and chemotherapy treatments over a three-year period. The participants will receive the vaccines every couple of weeks at first, then once every few months and several times per year for three years and will be screened for two additional years following the treatment.
White House
So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. There was one problem. It was not true. I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the Vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself. .
FACTBOX-The Princess Diana conspiracies
There is even a theory that the crash was meant to be a fake but went horribly wrong. ARMS DEALERS This is based on the idea Diana had become a loose cannon, politically speaking. Her aggressive campaigning for a ban on land mines and a reduction in arms sales was anathema to major armaments consortiums, defence contractors and some governments. One of these, or "rogue" elements, carried out her murder. THE MEROVIGIANS/NEW WORLD ORDER This theory is based on the belief all European royalty is descended from the Merovingians, a group that ruled France from around 500 to 750 AD. The belief, advocated by some on the Internet and possibly influenced by books such as "The Da Vinci Code", is that the Merovigians were descendants of Jesus Christ. To cut a complicated theory short, the argument is that Diana is a true descendant of the Merovigians but the British royal family are impostors.
Akinfeev analyses CSKA malaise
One point from six Group G games was the worst return in PFC CSKA Moskva's four UEFA Champions League campaigns. They were already out before Wednesday's 3-1 defeat at Fenerbahçe SK, but the manner of the loss summed up what went wrong this season for goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Lead lost againCSKA scored first in Istanbul, as Fenerbahçe defender Edu turned a 30th-minute Caner Erkin cross into his own net, but barely had the celebrations ended when the home side equalised. The visitors trailed by half-time and a depleted CSKA side could do little to avoid a fifth Group G reverse. Their exit is more painful for the fact that they led in four of their six matches including in the sole draw at home to Fenerbahçe on Matchday 2, when Deivid made the score 2-2 with just five minutes to go.
Beards just ain’t beards
Simpson wanted to focus on getting back her health while shooting the movie �Employee of the Month�, contactmusic.com reported.
Crow�s post-cancer songs Rocker Sheryl Crow says she appreciates performing live shows even more now after her battle with breast cancer because her songs have taken on a new meaning.
Crow finished her treatment just six weeks ago and was keen on returning to the stage, contactmusic.com reported.
She says: �I�m always on the go, and for all of the sudden my life to be halted by a life-threatening illness really caught my attention. A song as simple as �Home� - it really grabs my heart when I sing that song because the way people really showed up for me in my illness, not just family and friends but people all over the world sending me cards and sending prayers and love.
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