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Progressive Spinal Metastases Respond to Reirradiation

Stereotactic body radiotherapy results in good radiographic control and limited toxicity in progressive spinal metastases, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in Cancer.

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Skin cancer recurrence may be prevented with combo of surgery, adjuvant therapies

While surgical and medical oncologists do not think twice about combining treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, in the treatment of cancer patients, dermatologists rarely use adjuvant therapies once they have excised skin cancers, according to one dermatologist.

Mobile radiation platform offers more cancer treatment modalities

A device for performing in-office electron radiation therapy (DermaBeam with Mobetron, IntraOp Medical) allows dermatologists to offer an entire gamut of skin cancer treatment modalities, and better meet the varying needs of individual patients.

Physician's Focus: Radiation Risk in Urolithiasis

Imaging procedures for diagnosing stone disease have been found to be a major source of ionizing radiation to patient, especially young and middle-aged, and practitioner alike. As a result, the FDA has called for a reduction in radiation exposure. ModernMedicine's articles describe the risks and the potential methods to reduce exposure.

Physician's Focus: Radiation Risk in Prostate Cancer

The ECRI Institute has named high radiation doses from computed tomography as number four on its 2010 list of top 10 health technology hazards. This follows on the heels of a key study published in the British Medical Journal in which researchers found an elevated risk for stroke and heart disease was associated with exposure to radiation doses above 0.5 Gy.

Retinal photographs facilitate glaucoma diagnosis with new software

New software (MatchedFlicker, EyeIC) uses time series retinal photographs to convert change into motion and could improve the accuracy and speed of detecting glaucomatous progression.