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Latest Cancer News
Combined Modality Therapy Preserves Bladder and Offers Long-term Survival in Invasive Bladder Cancer
(03-18-2010)
Combined modality therapy (CMT) preserves the bladder, achieves complete response (CR), and offers long-term survival in approximately 70% of patients with invasive bladder cancer, according to the results... Continue Reading
Addition of Hormone Therapy to Radiation Improves Survival in Intermediate-risk, Early-stage Prostate Cancer (03-9-2010)
Short-term hormone therapy delivered before and during moderate-dose radiation therapy improves survival and reduces risk of recurrence compared with radiation alone in men with intermediate-risk, early-stage... Continue Reading
Cystoscopy Alone Is the Most Cost-effective Way to Monitor for Recurrence of Bladder Cancer (03-9-2010)
The addition of a urine test to standard cystoscopy screening in order to monitor for bladder cancer recurrence unnecessarily increases the cost of monitoring as well as the risk for a false-positive... Continue Reading
Combined modality therapy (CMT) preserves the bladder, achieves complete response (CR), and offers long-term survival in approximately 70% of patients with invasive bladder cancer, according to the results... Continue Reading
Addition of Hormone Therapy to Radiation Improves Survival in Intermediate-risk, Early-stage Prostate Cancer (03-9-2010)
Short-term hormone therapy delivered before and during moderate-dose radiation therapy improves survival and reduces risk of recurrence compared with radiation alone in men with intermediate-risk, early-stage... Continue Reading
Cystoscopy Alone Is the Most Cost-effective Way to Monitor for Recurrence of Bladder Cancer (03-9-2010)
The addition of a urine test to standard cystoscopy screening in order to monitor for bladder cancer recurrence unnecessarily increases the cost of monitoring as well as the risk for a false-positive... Continue Reading
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Radiation Oncology Center
One Presidential Blvd.
Suite 100
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
phone: 610-632-4100
fax: 610-668-1067
One Presidential Blvd.
Suite 100
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
phone: 610-632-4100
fax: 610-668-1067
RapidArcRapidArc™ is a technology that improves the consistency of the radiation dose while making treatment up to eight times faster. It allows the beam to irradiate the entire tumor rather than irradiating it in segments as with older technologies.
