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Is proton beam therapy a better treatment for prostate cancer? Mass. General trial to answer question

Carolyn Y. Johnson — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Proton beams vs. radiation Massachusetts General Hospital is launching a large, long-awaited trial this month that will test whether a controversial cutting-edge proton beam therapy, already being used across the country, is more effective than standard radiation treatment for prostate cancer. Proton beam therapy, a targeted and controlled way to administer radiation to a tumor, has become a flashpoint in the debate over health care reform.

Dont’a Hightower looks, sounds like Belichick’s type of player

Shalise Manza Young — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Hightower talks a good game Dont’a Hightower, the linebacker from Alabama, doesn’t hide his passion for the game, but knows that he has work to do.

Young cancer patients' 'Stronger' video a big hit

Manuel Valdes — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:54:00 +0000

A video featuring cancer-stricken children, their nurses, doctors and parents lip-synching and dancing to the popular Kelly Clarkson song "Stronger" has become an online sensation.

Young cancer patients' 'Stronger' video a big hit

Manuel Valdes — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:32:00 +0000

A video featuring cancer-stricken children, their nurses, doctors and parents lip-synching and dancing to the popular Kelly Clarkson song "Stronger" has become an online sensation.

Young cancer patients' 'Stronger' video a big hit

Manuel Valdes — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:28:00 +0000

A video featuring cancer-stricken children, their nurses, doctors and parents lip-synching and dancing to the popular Kelly Clarkson song "Stronger" has become an online sensation.

Authorities: Kidnapped girls didn't eat for days

Adrian Sainz and Holbrook Mohr — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:43:00 +0000

Hope was fading that two young sisters abducted from their Tennessee home would be found alive two weeks after they vanished: Their kidnapper had already killed their mother and sister, and he was armed with a pistol as officers closed in.

Arts

Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Globe reviewers offer a guide to area shows worth seeing, including “Maestro: Leonard Bernstein,’’ “The Realistic Joneses,’’ “The Miracle Worker,’’ “Little Shop of Horrors,’’ “Mary Poppers,’’ “Ghost-Writer,’’ and “Big Apple Circus: Dream Big.’’

Excruciating details emerge on Jewish ghettos

Verena Dobnik and Randy Herschaft — Wed, 9 May 2012 20:37:00 +0000

Even after decades of in-depth Holocaust research, excruciating details are only now emerging about more than 1,100 German-run ghettos in Eastern Europe where the Nazis murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews.

Child-sizing radiation doses from medical scans

Lauran Neergaard — Wed, 9 May 2012 14:52:00 +0000

When your child's doctor orders a CT scan, X-ray or similar test, there are two big questions: Is the scan really needed? And if so, will it deliver a child-sized or adult-sized dose of radiation?

FDA: Kids' medical tests need child-size radiation

Lauran Neergaard — Wed, 9 May 2012 11:41:00 +0000

The government is taking steps to help ensure that children who need CT scans and other X-ray-based tests don't get an adult-sized dose of radiation.