Cancer news

Thursday, April 21, 2022 Study shows a novel way of treating uterine cancer in a shorter time

The patients enrolled in SPARTACUS reported an acceptable level of side effects from the radiation that resolved, and also reported a reasonable quality of life during treatment.
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Thursday, March 31, 2022 Routine screening may help identify patients with cancer at high-risk for self-injury, new study finds The study looked at the relationship between anxiety, depression and shortness of breath with non-fatal self-injury in people newly diagnosed with cancer.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Head and neck cancer patient receives first treatment on MR-Linac - Elekta Unity Members of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s radiation team recently completed the first-in-Canada treatment for head and neck cancer on the new MR-Linac — the Elekta Unity.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Significant volume of cancer cases have gone undetected in Ontario during the pandemic, study finds

Remember: screening programs are open and effective at detecting cancers earlier. If your health changes, please seek care.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Sunnybrook researchers demonstrate groundbreaking evidence of focused ultrasound enhanced delivery of targeted antibody therapy to breast cancer that spread to the brain

Research team captured world-first images of the antibody therapy drug, Trastuzumab, precisely targeting tumours which spread to the brain from breast cancer, across the blood-brain barrier
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