| Substance In Tree Bark Could Lead To New Lung-Cancer Treatment
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined how a substance derived from the bark of the South American lapacho tree kills certain kinds of cancer cells, findings that also suggest a novel treatment for the most common type of lung cancer.
The compound, called beta-lapachone, has shown promising anti-cancer properties and is currently being used in a clinical trial to examine its effectiveness against pancreatic cancer in humans. Until now, however, researchers didn't know the mechanism of how the compound killed cancer cells.
Dr. David Boothman, a professor in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and senior author of a study appearing online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has been researching the compound and how it causes cell death in cancerous cells for 15 years.
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CMS, Inc. and Toshiba Collaborate to Improve Cancer Treatment for ...
CMS, Inc., the worldwide market leader in radiation treatment planning and workflow management solutions, in partnership with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., are providing a comprehensive diagnostic imaging and virtual simulation solution to St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) in Boise, Idaho. The installation of CMS FocalSim and Toshiba's Aquilion(TM) LB computed tomography (CT) scanner represents the first joint installation to result from an earlier announced partnership between CMS and Toshiba. St. Luke's MSTI will add CMS's FocalSim CT simulation workstation - a flexible PC-based application that includes multi-modality image fusion, patient contouring, CT simulation and plan review modules -- along with CMS Direct Access, a unique distributed workflow management tool that supports robust remote access to CMS planning applications from any location inside or outside the clinic.
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