More Chemo & Radiation Therapy News

• Radiation May Help When Prostate Cancer Returns

  June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Countering common medical theory, a new study finds that radiation ...

• 3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

  June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A combination therapy of gemcitabine, capecitabine and bevacizumab improves outcomes ...

• Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Chemotherapy may be more effective on melanoma tumors if a ...

• Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients who have the normal version of a ...

• Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer Outcomes

  May 31 (HealthDay News) -- The long-awaited results of a trial of the biologic drug ...

• Avastin Added to Chemo Helps Women with Advanced Cancer

  May 31 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug Avastin to chemotherapy lengthened progression-free survival in ...

• Chemo May Limit Fertility in Breast Cancer Survivors

  May 31 (HealthDay News) -- Chemotherapy may reduce fertility in breast cancer survivors, according to ...

• Cancer Patients Should Steer Clear of Antioxidants

  May 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new review of existing research suggests that cancer patients ...

• Paclitaxel Plus Chemo Improves Outcomes in Early Breast Cancer

  May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Adding paclitaxel to standard chemotherapy improved disease-free survival in women ...

• Radiation Improves Survival for Advanced Prostate Cancer

  May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Men with advanced prostate cancer that hasn't spread beyond the ...

• Radiation for Prostate Cancer Raises Risk of Other Cancers

  May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Men undergoing external beam radiation for localized prostate cancer may ...

• Not All Colon Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy: Study

  May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with a specific subset of the disease ...

• Gene Signature May Predict Recurrence of Lung Cancer

  FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A panel of 15 genes may help determine which ...

• Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits

  May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with ...

• Black Rectal Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Chemo, Radiation

  May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Even though black and white rectal cancer patients have similar ...

• New Anal Cancer Therapy Fails to Improve Outcomes

  April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to the standard treatment regimen for anal canal cancer, ...

• Common Chemotherapy Drug Linked to Memory Problems

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a single, commonly used chemotherapy drug causes memory ...

• Extra Drug Improves Rectal Cancer Treatment

  April 15 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the cancer drug Avastin to radiation and chemotherapy improves ...

• Chemo May Not Affect Memory in Breast Cancer Patients

  April 15 (HealthDay News) -- The stress of being diagnosed with breast cancer -- not ...