Treatment of Rectal Cancer Varies Enormously Between Different European Countries

First results from an international comparison of the care of patients with rectal cancer have shown there are substantial differences in the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy between European countries. The European Registration of Cancer Care (EURECCA)...

Combination of Existing Safety Checks Could Greatly Reduce Radiotherapy Errors

A combination of several well-known safety procedures could greatly reduce patient-harming errors in the use of radiation to treat cancer, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers. Radiation oncologists use more than a dozen quality assurance...

New Therapy for Childhood Neuroblastoma Proves Feasible And Safe

A new treatment option may soon be available for children with neuroblastoma according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The study tested the principle that combined positron emission tomography and X-ray computed...

Clinical Trials Begin of New Technique to Remove Prostate Cancer ? Without Any Incision

Tulane University School of Medicine urologist Dr. Benjamin R. Lee is conducting a clinical trial of a new technique to remove prostate cancer ? without any incisions ? in patients whose cancer has returned following radiation treatment.

Top Researcher Claims Iran Will have Home Made Nuclear Fusion Research Reactor By 2020

A top researcher has said Iran will build its first indigenous nuclear fusion research reactor by 2020.

International Atomic Energy Agency to Help Burkina Faso Treat Cancer

Health Ministry sources have revealed that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has committed itself to helping Burkina Faso adequately take care of cases of cancer.

Mauritian Government Urges Institutions Using Radiation to Register

All private and state institutions in Mauritius that are using radiation materials will have to inscribe the name of their institutions in a register in the future. Marcel Olitte, Responsible Officer for the Radiation Protection Authority, indicated here...

Health Care And Uncertainty

Having dwelled on the question for about a week, I have decided that I shall try to apply my own “author’s voice” to what is likely to be an unfolding narrative of my own health care. When I alluded to this topic last Saturday, I...

The Subjectivity of Sickness

In his Preface to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks wrote that “animals get diseases, but only man falls radically into sickness.” I take this to mean that, while any study of the nature of disease may be consigned to...