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Surviving cancer ' baby impact'
(BBC 13/08/2009)
Women who underwent radiotherapy for cancer as children are at risk of having a premature or underweight baby, a large British study shows. Analysis of data from more than 10,000 female survivors also showed an increased risk of miscarriage in those who had radiotherapy to the abdomen. The Birmingham University researchers said doctors should offer closer monitoring in these women. No link was found between chemotherapy and pregnancy problems.
Brain radiotherapy affects mind
(BBC 10/08/2009)
Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumours may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers. A study of 65 patients, 12 years after they were treated, found those who had radiotherapy were more likely to have problems with memory and attention. Writing in The Lancet Neurology, the researchers said doctors should hold off using radiotherapy where possible. The patients in the study all had a form of brain tumour called a low-grade glioma.
21% of Americans scramble to pay medical, drug bills
(World health - EU Monitor 11/03/2009)
Prosser is among millions of Americans who struggled last year to pay for health care or medications, the largest poll ever conducted by Gallup shows. Denise Prosser, 39, has battled cancer since she was a toddler. Yet Prosser can't afford her next cancer treatment - a radioactive therapy that she's supposed to receive once a year - because she and her husband lost their jobs in December. Without insurance, she has postponed the radiation indefinitely.
'Cyberknife' to treat cancer in UK
(The Independent 08/02/2009)
A robotic radiotherapy machine that treats cancer is to be used in the UK for the first time this week. The £2.5m Cyberknife maps the movement of a patient's breathing so that tumours can be targeted with greater accuracy than is currently possible. It works by delivering multiple beams of high-dose radiation from a wide variety of angles using a robotic arm.
Cyberknife boost to cancer care
(BBC 30/12/2008)
A robot radiotherapy machine to treat cancer is to be available in the UK for the first time from February. Called the Cyberknife, it moves with a patient's breathing so tumours can be targeted with greater accuracy, and damage to healthy tissue is reduced. The machine will be at the private Harley Street Clinic in London. More than a dozen countries worldwide already use the machine.
Why won't our doctors face up to the dangers of radiotherapy?
(Daily Mail 25/11/2008)
A year after he'd undergone treatment for cancer of the tonsils, Richard Wayman felt a painful tingling in his legs. Within weeks, the 59-year- old shopkeeper was struggling to walk. He was admitted to hospital, where doctors carried out scans, X-rays and tests. Finally, the lung lesions were diagnosed as a side-effect of the radiotherapy Richard had undergone for his cancer.
(BBC 11/10/2008)
"It's a bit like going to the Imax cinema," quips one student. But the sophisticated equipment, costing £300,000, has a much more serious purpose - to train radiotherapy students to treat cancer. It is a 3D simulation of radiotherapy treatment in which students use a remote control to "give" the right dose in the right place on the image of a cancer patient's body.
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