Anti-PD-L1 Plus SBRT Enhances Major Responses in Early NSCLC Neoadjuvant combo needs to be validated in a larger randomized trial May 20, 2021
SRS Proves Promising for Brainstem Metastases Results comparable to stereotactic radiosurgery for non-brainstem brain mets May 14, 2021
SBRT Safe for Cancer Patients With Multiple Metastases Late adverse events in phase I trial indicate need for extended follow-up May 03, 2021
Immunovirotherapy Shows Promise in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma Small study showed responses in 11 of 12 patients Apr 11, 2021
Anti-PD-L1 Flops in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer No PFS benefit from adding avelumab to chemoradiation, hazard ratio favored placebo Apr 02, 2021
Little Benefit With Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Endometrial Cancer Chemo prevented relapse but did not improve survival, no benefit from radiotherapy Mar 23, 2021
Radionuclide Tx Wins in Third-Line Metastatic CRPC Early trial shows improved PFS, response rates versus cabazitaxel Feb 11, 2021
Some of Last Year's Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog Report describes effect of COVID on surgical case volumes, outcomes Jan 31, 2021
Combined Cath Approach No Match for Surgery for Aortic Stenosis, CAD Pacemakers increasingly an issue in TAVR plus PCI Jan 30, 2021
Whole-Pelvis Tops Prostate-Only RT in High-Risk Disease Practice impact may hinge on knowledge versus clinical bias Jan 28, 2021
Preop RT Flunks Test in Borderline Pancreatic Cancer Chemotherapy alone judged efficacious but not chemoradiation Jan 20, 2021
Not So Fast on That Post-Resuscitation ECG Study suggests waiting a bit longer to avoid false positives in OHCA Jan 11, 2021
Doctor-Patient Discord in Reporting Radiation Toxicity Physicians underrecognized substantial symptoms in more than half of patients Dec 11, 2020
Focal RT Boost in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Cuts PSA Relapse Rates of biochemical relapse cut in half with boost to 95 Gy Oct 29, 2020
High-Dose SBRT More Effective for Painful Spine Metastases Roughly one-third of patients had a complete pain response at 3 and 6 months Oct 26, 2020
'Drug-Based Therapy is Here to Stay' in Angioplasty for PAD TCT Connect studies report reassuring safety data, promise in challenging segments Oct 18, 2020
Is PCI the Answer to Vulnerable Plaques That Don't Limit Flow? Some success with BVS placement in PROSPECT ABSORB Oct 14, 2020
Eddie Van Halen's Head and Neck Cancer A look at what caused the legendary guitarist's death Oct 12, 2020
Stress Tests: A Waning Practice Before Knee, Hip Replacement Yet one surprising group actually saw an increase Sep 30, 2020
DCIS Tied to Higher Chance of Breast Cancer Death Black women and those under 40 at particularly high risk Sep 16, 2020
Surgery Rates Doubled for High-Risk Prostate Cancer Use of prostatectomy nearly equaled radiotherapy in 2016 Aug 31, 2020
New Insights Into Radiation-Induced Hair Loss Total dose and fraction size matter, minoxidil may spur regrowth Aug 05, 2020
Residual Shunt Size Matters After PFO Closure Incomplete seal was not uncommon in a cohort study May 11, 2020
Bell Ringing Not So Joyous for Cancer Patients? Greater treatment-related distress for those who rang bell at end of treatment Feb 10, 2020
MRI-Guided Ultrasound Zaps Low-Risk Prostate Cancer TULSA devices achieves prostate volume reduction Dec 04, 2019
Study Suggests Viable Alternative to Mastectomy After In-Breast Recurrence Mastectomy rates low, good cancer control in selected patients Nov 21, 2019
Watchman: Sicker Patients, More Deaths Than in Trials Medicare data paint a different picture of the LAA occluder Oct 31, 2019
Easy Stroke Scoring Tool Helps EMS Get Patients the Right Care Los Angeles Motor Scale deemed "powerful out-of-hospital tool" for prediction of intervention, outcomes Oct 29, 2019
OCT Vs FFR: Which Is the Better Guide for Revascularization? Optical coherence tomography goes up against physiological guidance in angiographically intermediate coronary lesions Sep 30, 2019
ASTRO Unveils First RT Guideline for Pancreatic Cancer Radiation's role in pancreatic cancer is "controversial," says guideline author Sep 23, 2019
Tx Deintensification Wins in Head and Neck Cancer, But ... Only against another less-intensive approach in HPV-positive disease Sep 18, 2019
Post-Immunotherapy SBRT Boosts Outcomes in Advanced NSCLC Increased systemic response rate, disease control rate, and PFS in phase II trial Sep 17, 2019
Consider PSA Before Adding ADT to Salvage Radiation Men with levels below 0.6 ng/mL show no benefit, at risk of other-cause mortality Sep 16, 2019
There Is Such Thing as a Too-High LVEF Study suggests sweet spot and proposes fourth left ejection phenotype Aug 07, 2019
'Magic Mouthwash' Little Help for Radiation-Induced Mucositis Only statistical improvements in pain scores for head and neck cancer patients Apr 16, 2019
Genetic Variant Tied to Stroke After Brain Irradiation Tripled stroke risk in survivors of childhood cancers Apr 04, 2019
Are Patients Better Off With Image-Guided Bone Marrow Biopsy? Prospect of sedation has some going to interventional radiology Mar 29, 2019
Why Isn't Interventional Radiology More Appealing to Women, Minorities? Med student survey offers clues for increasing diversity in specialty Mar 28, 2019
Into the Arteries With No Operator in Sight: Tech Leads the Way Virtual reality CT angio, robot-assisted radial access being tested Mar 27, 2019
Is Coffee the Key to Curbing Medical Equipment Waste? One hospital slashed inventory spoilage by 31% Mar 27, 2019
