Researchers at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital reveal that a highly targeted cancer radiation therapy can be a safe and effective alternative for treating elderly pancreatic cancer patients who are unable to undergo surgery or combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Called stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), the study finds patients lived, on average, six to seven months longer following treatment with minimal side-effects even when they had other severe comorbidities ...Saturday, 28 September 2013
Highly Targeted Radiation Therapy Effective Alternative for Treating Elderly Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Researchers at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital reveal that a highly targeted cancer radiation therapy can be a safe and effective alternative for treating elderly pancreatic cancer patients who are unable to undergo surgery or combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Called stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), the study finds patients lived, on average, six to seven months longer following treatment with minimal side-effects even when they had other severe comorbidities ...
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