Radiation doses to the heart that occur during radiation therapy treatments for lung cancer, breast cancer and lymphoma can increase fatigue, cause difficulty breathing and lower capacity for physical ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a group of conditions that occur when you have compressed nerves or blood vessels in the thoracic outlet. The thoracic outlet is the triangular space between your ...

In patients with acute damage to the descending thoracic aorta, endovascular repair is associated with lower short- and long-term mortality compared with traditional open repair, according to a small ...

Fifty-five patients were enrolled onto the study, and 53 were assessable. The major toxicities included grade 3 and 4 acute neutropenia (32% and 43%, respectively) and grade 3 and 4 esophagitis (32% ...

The chemotherapy was the same in the NCIC and London studies, with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine every 3 weeks alternating with etoposide and cisplatin (EP), for a total of six cycles ...

Flash ultra-high dose rate therapy enabled by Varian proton and planning technologies Collaboration between Varian and leading institutions drives progress toward next-generation cancer treatments ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a move that has given Phillies fans pause, ace pitcher Zack Wheeler was recently diagnosed with venous thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) and is slated for season-ending decompression ...

Animal studies indicate that the use of replication-deficient adenovirus for human gene therapy is limited by host antivector immune responses that result in transient recombinant protein expression ...