Management of common radiotherapy side effectsdoi:10.1016/B978-0-7234-3458-0.00029-4TV AjithkumarSpecialist Training in Oncology
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Breast cancer (BC) frequently presents with the infiltration of a patient's tumor mass by neutrophils, which are often tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs). We explored the influence of TANs and their operating procedures within the context of BC. Through quantitative immunohistochemistry, receiver ...
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. Approximately one-tenth of all patients with advanced breast cancer develop brain metastases resulting in an overall survival rate of fewer than 2 years. The challenges lie in developing new approaches to treat, monitor, and ...
2. If successful, virus therapy could eventually form a third pillar alongside radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the standard arsenal against cancer, while avoiding some of the debilitating side-effects. 3. Leonard Seymour, a professor of gene therapy at Oxford University, who has been working on...
Letinous edodes also has the function of enhancing its own immune function, which can be used to enhance the effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with malignant tumors, and prevent the immune hypofunction such as the decline of leukocytes. This stuff is a good anti-cancer food, ...
2,3 The majority of breast cancer diagnoses are attributable to acquired somatic mutations; however, ∼5 to 10% of all cases are caused by a mutation in a highly penetrant cancer predisposition gene. Individuals who carry a mutation in a cancer susceptibility gene have a significantly higher ...
and no radiotherapy, chemotherapy or endocrine therapy were performed on the patients before this study. All patients were diagnosed with breast cancer by pathology. Pathological diagnosis and tumor staging criteria were performed in accordance with the standards of the World Health Organization and the...
Inadvanced cases, chemotherapy alone.Radiotherapy can help prevent cancerreturning.OvarianHOW MANY?7,000. Fourth mostcommon female cancer.SURVIVAL RATE: 30%.WHO?Risk factors: family history; diethigh in animal fat; using talcum powderintimately. Childbearing and breastfeeding reduce chances of getting...
Radiotherapy can be used as adjuvant therapy following surgical resection; other options include stereotactic radiosurgery, usually for older or selected patients [21,22]. In addition, chemotherapy given in combination with radiation has been shown to improve survival in patients with high-grade gliomas...