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Annually, more than 350,000 children in the world are affected by pediatric cancer. Radiation has improved outcomes dramatically, but the damage caused to healthy tissue can affect the long-term health of a child. While clinicians and radiation specialists design treatments using the most up-to-date information available, there hasn t been a single guiding source of data to make evidence-based decisions that are specific for children. Now, a volunteer international research collaboration is working toward providing evidence-based guidelines for radiation therapy dosing for children. Results from this effort will help in minimizing side effects while continuing to provide effective radiation therapy.
An introduction to PENTEC or Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic was recently published in the
Review outlines ways to effectively deliver radiotherapy to optimize benefit and minimize risk
A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues highlights the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects. The review was reported as a special issue in the
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics on May 1, 2021.
This analysis was based on an exhaustive review of data and the literature published largely in the past decade. It updates an earlier review that primarily focused on the effects of conventional radiation therapy on normal tissue. This new review also includes important analyses of how well high-dose radiation can destroy small tumors, such as small brain lesions, lung lesions, and cancers that metastasize to other parts of the body.
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IMAGE: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center s Lawrence Marks, MD, and colleagues have published a comprehensive review that highlights the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types. view more
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues highlights the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects. The review was reported as a special issue in the
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics on May 1, 2021.
This analysis was based on an exhaustive review of data and the literature published largely in the past decade. It updates an earlier review that primarily focused on the effects of conventional radiation therapy on normal tissue. This new review also includes important analyses of how well high-dose ra
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University of Maryland Senior Named 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar
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University of Maryland senior Veeraj Shah was awarded a 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which he plans to use toward a Ph.D. in public health and primary care at the University of Cambridge. Shah will graduate this May from UMD with dual degrees in biological sciences with a specialization in neurobiology and physiology and individual studies majoring in health policy and technology. Following his Ph.D., Shah plans to earn his M.D. at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Veeraj Shah, 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar from the University of Maryland