SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Radiosensitive Identification Of Highly Radiosensitive Patients May Lead To Side Effect-free Radiotherapy  Sep 26, 2009 This means that the dose of radiation generally used is governed by the response of the most radiosensitive patients, and this may lead to many patients receiving lower than optimal doses, hence affecting the ability to deliver a higher dose that may result in better local tumour control ... Scientists already know that different types of tumours respond differently to radiotherapy; highly radiosensitive cancer cells such as leukaemias can be killed by quite low radiation doses, whereas... (Science Daily) Forecasting Cancer Recurrence With New Computer Model  Aug 5, 2009 To improve treatment, said Wang, patients should be grouped based on whether their tumors are radioresistant or radiosensitive. Other kinds of cancer could also benefit from this approach, says Nina A. Mayr, a professor of radiation oncology at the Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. (Science Daily) Radioimmunotherapy: Promising treatment for HIV infection and viral cancers  Feb 15, 2009 "Fortunately, lymphocytes are among the most radiosensitive cells in the body.". The RIT devised by Einstein researchers consists of an antibody for glycoprotein 41 (gp41) and a radioactive isotope called Bismuth-213, bound together with a special molecule known as a ligand. (EurekAlert!) Back to Health News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009