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Lower radiation dose safer, still effective for acoustic neuromas

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 19 - Treating acoustic neuromas with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSR) at a radiation dose 10% lower than commonly used for this purpose better preserved patients’ hearing, while still achieving a 100% local tumor control rate, in a study published online by the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Crohn’s disease patients at risk of significant diagnostic radiation exposure

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 18 - Recent findings published in the November issue of the journal Gut suggest that there are identifiable subsets of patients with Crohn’s disease who are at risk of exposure to high levels of diagnostic radiation.
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008