Some patients with non-small cell lung cancer who miss radiation treatments may benefit from higher radiation doses, according to a study presented at American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting.The research from Fox Chase Cancer Center showed that for patients with stage III NSCLC undergoing radiation, the risk for death increases in proportion to the number of missed
When planning their next steps after a cancer diagnosis, most patients don’t put a trip to the dentist at the top of their to-do list. “When patients are diagnosed with cancer, they just want to put out the fire; they want to address the cancer,” Dalal Alhajji, DMD, MSD, clinical instructor of oral and maxillofacial pathology, radiology and medicine at NYU College of Dentistry,