Partial-breast irradiation may offer the same benefits in terms of overall survival and reduction of metastases as conventional whole-breast radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to a study presented Sunday at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando, Fla.

Too few childhood cancer survivors are following surveillance guidelines for cancers of the breast, colon and skin, even though their treatments may have elevated the risk of these cancers, according to research presented Monday at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando, Fla.

Even though federal law requires it, nearly half of all U.S. hospitals fail to report to the National Practitioner Data Bank when a physician's admitting privileges have been revoked or restricted for more than 30 days, according to a report from consumer watchdog group Public Citizen.

Patients with stage III or IV oropharyngeal cancer whose tumors contain the human papillomavirus (HPV) have better outcomes than patients with HPV-negative disease, according to research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group presented Saturday at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando, Fla.

Patients with locally advanced lung cancer who received a course of radiation therapy (RT) to the brain at the completion of their lung cancer treatment were less likely to develop brain metastases within the first year after treatment, according to research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group presented today at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando, Fla.

A single, high dose of radiotherapy (RT) is as effective in relieving the pain from vertebral bone metastases as 10 smaller treatments, according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, which was presented Sunday at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando, Fla.

A report from UnitedHealth Group's Center for Health Reform and Modernization found that the U.S. government could save $540 billion in healthcare costs over the next decade if existing programs that have improved healthcare quality and slowed medical spending are applied more broadly.

Elekta and the Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, have embarked on a decade-long project to furnish the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre with radiation therapy systems, workflow software and treatment planning systems.