Lung Cancer in South Carolina...

  • will be diagnosed in approximately 3,900 SC citizens in 2011.
  • will tragically take the lives of approximately 2,910 South Carolinians in 2011, as well.
  • is grossly underfunded, unidentified, and stigmatized.
  • is ravaging and must be cured.

Monday, March 9, 2009

New lung cancer radiation therapy created

U.S. radiologists say they have developed a new lung cancer treatment
that avoids conventional radiation regimens or surgical procedures.

Temple University Professor Curtis Miyamoto, who led the research, said the technique -- stereotactic body radiotherapy -- improves the odds of surviving early stage lung cancer.

"With the success of this technique, we're now questioning whether we'll even be doing surgeries on these patients in the future," Miyamoto said.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There is some exciting work coming out of Carbon Ion radiation therapy facilities in Japan that are having impressive results after just 1-3 fractions. Also, proton and carbon ion therapy are topics of presentations at the IASLC in San Francisco July 31-August 4. 700 professionals will attend

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