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Widespread disparities exist in treating advanced cancers
Likelihood of patients receiving FDA-approved immunotherapies for late-stage kidney and bladder cancers linked to race, socioeconomic factors, facility type
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Urgency in action: How research is revolutionizing stroke care
Acute ischemic stroke, a condition where a blockage in an artery disrupts blood flow to the brain, requires rapid treatment to prevent severe damage or death.
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Beyond Stroke: A comprehensive approach to cerebrovascular care
While the term “stroke” often dominates discussions around cerebrovascular events, it’s also shorthand for the expansive work that’s being done at UT Southwestern’s Robert D. Rogers Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, where the team is dedicated to addressing a wide array of cerebrovascular diseases that impact the brain’s blood vessel system.
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From Hope to Help
Interventional psychiatry answers unmet needs in treatment-resistant depression.
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Basic Research: R01s – Drs. Todd Aguilera & You Zhang
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DARTBOARD Clinical Trial
DARTBOARD (STU2021-0401: A Prospective Randomized Phase II Study of Daily Adaptive Radiotherapy to Better Organ-at-Risk Doses in Head and Neck Cancer), an innovative, first-of-its-kind clinical trial, is now complete.
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Markerless Radiation Erases a Reminder and Improves Breast Cancer Therapy
Breast cancer almost always leaves its mark on patients. Along with surgical scars and changes in breast size and shape, medical tattoos or semi-permanent marker dots and lines were drawn on the patient’s chest to align radiotherapy beams, like checkpoints on a map.
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Upon Further RefleXion
The RefleXion X1 radiation treatment platform is the first to integrate PET/CT imaging with a medical linear accelerator. Using a PET signal identifying the tumor while also depicting its biology, RefleXion treats patients with unique biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT). The UT Southwestern Department of Radiation Oncology is one of a handful of centers worldwide with this treatment capability.
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Upgrading HDR Brachytherapy
High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a procedure where the patient receives a dose from a powerful radioactive source for a few minutes per treatment session, after which the source is removed. The radioactive source, stored in an afterloader unit, travels through special applicators that then deliver the dose to the site of the tumor.
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A Beacon of Hope in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer
Our Pancreatic Cancer Program’s vision is to build a future where all patients have improved survival, are empowered to overcome adversity, achieve the highest quality of life, and are fully supported to thrive alongside their providers.
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Natural grass may pose greater risk for football concussions
Young players suffering head-to-ground impact on grass have more – and worse – symptoms than those on artificial turf, UT Southwestern study finds
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Three-dimensional-printed femoral diaphysis for biomechanical testing—Optimization and validation
This study explores the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to create polylactic acid (PLA) models of human femoral diaphyses for biomechanical testing. By optimizing printing parameters such as infill density, wall layers, and resolution, the research successfully emulates the flexural biomechanical response of normal human femur bones. The findings demonstrate that these cost-effective and reproducible 3D-printed models could serve as valuable resources for surgeons and researchers, providing a promising alternative for biomechanical studies.