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Radiation Therapy Defined

Treatment of a disease, such as cancer, using forms of radioactivity that damage or destroy abnormal cells

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Conductor James Levine Had Malignant Kidney Growth

Published July 23, 2008, 8:39 am, Channel 8 San Diego

A growth on a kidney removed from conductor James Levine was malignant, but the cancer was caught early and no further treatment is needed, the Boston Symphony Orchestra said Tuesday.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Examines Treatment Options For Pregnant Women With Cancer

Published July 23, 2008, 8:10 am, Medical News Today

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday examined the "life-and-death" decisions pregnant women with cancer must make and the treatment options available to them. According to the Post-Dispatch, as many as one in every 1,000 pregnant women in the U.S. is diagnosed with cancer.

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Bionic Boomer Fund

Published July 23, 2008, 8:04 am, Forbes

Now is the time to load up on this long-term play on an aging world population that needs lots of medical help.

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Frost & Sullivan Honors Xoft for Oncology Innovation

Published July 23, 2008, 5:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Xoft, Inc. today announced that Frost & Sullivan has bestowed the 2008 North American Medical Devices Healthcare Innovation Award in Oncology to Xoft.

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MIMA Cancer Center First In World To Treat Soft Tissue Carcinoma With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using RapidArcâ„¢ ...

Published July 23, 2008, 4:12 am, Medical News Today

Doctors at Melbourne Internal Medical Associates (MIMA) Cancer Center have become the first in Florida to treat cancer using RapidArcâ„¢ radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). They are also the first in the world to use this technology to deliver stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in the treatment of soft tissue carcinoma.

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One-Day Breast Cancer Treatment Saves Lives in Less Time

Published July 23, 2008, 3:32 am, Carteret County News-Times

(ARA) - For many patients, a cancer diagnosis is no longer a fatal one. However, the comfort that a patient's condition is treatable is often accompanied by dread of the grueling treatment that will be needed to save his or her life.

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Cancer center takes holistic road to healing

Published July 23, 2008, 2:31 am, The Herald News

In 2004, when Jim Music of Joliet was first diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was so concerned about finding the right doctor to treat it, he never recognized how poorly he coped with it.

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Water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) can act as a penetration enhancer for topically applied substances - an alternative to

Published July 23, 2008, 1:56 am, uniprotokolle

An irradiation with water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) represents a contact free, easily applied alternative to an occlusive dressing for the improvement of the penetration of topically applied substances.

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Successful Strategies To Improve Patient Safety In Dialysis Units

Published July 23, 2008, 1:10 am, Medical News Today

From clinicians and medication to various equipment and supplies, a myriad of resources are involved in dialysis-related treatments for patients with compromised renal function. Considering the frequency and invasive nature of dialysis treatments, the potential for procedural errors and human factor hazards is great - increasing the likelihood of adverse events.

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HCA, Maury-Vanderbilt clash on radiation therapy

Published July 23, 2008, 12:16 am, The Tennessean

Lawyers for HCA Inc. and a partnership of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Maury Regional Hospital will square off before a state agency today over rival proposals to offer radiation therapy services in Spring Hill.

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