Bangalore: Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta successfully performed India’s novel Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) procedure on a 41-year-old patient battling recurrent glioblastoma (a fast-growing ...

Imagine a treatment for breast cancer that lasts about 10 minutes and is never needed again. Oncologists at Florida Hospital in Celebration told WKMG News 6 the proof is in the early results for women ...

When Diane Woodruff was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, her primary doctor gave her the names of two physicians to contact about treatment. After doing her research, the 61-year-old Aurora ...

For some breast cancer patients, treatment at Memorial Hospital will now be a lot easier and more convenient. Memorial Hospital performed its first intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) on June 24.

Selected women with early-stage breast cancer may be offered a new treatment known as intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT), when they undergo lumpectomy or breast-conserving surgery. A single dose of ...

DENVER — Patients going through breast cancer treatment usually brace for long weeks of radiation therapy. It’s the final stage in making sure cancer cells are killed, after removing a lump. Now ...

Bengaluru: Fortis Cancer Institute announced the installment of Karnataka’s first IORT (Intraoperative radiotherapy) system for the treatment of breast cancer. IORT is a single dose of radiation given ...

Susan Rosser is not afraid of being a pioneer. Neither is Dr. Beth-Ann Lesnikoski. Together they — patient and surgeon — made medical history earlier this month. Lesnikoski, along with several ...

Let’s face it — there are few statements more devastating than “You’ve got cancer.” Although it’s easy to understand why, it’s also important to remember the new world of hope and successful outcomes ...

At 77 years old, Arleen Kraynak decided that she didn’t need mammograms anymore. Kraynak had previously had 35 annual mammograms and never had a problem. But she began feeling guilty and had her ...