Purpose of this review of medical literature is to present the immediate side effects of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer and their treatment. The likelihood and severity of these immediate side effects depends on a number of factors, including the total dose of radiation delivered, ...
To investigate the development of xerostomia more than 5 years after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, a prospective longitudinal study was done... BF Momm - 《Radiotherapy & Oncology》 被引量: 20发表: 2011年 Early and Long-term Results of an Original Accelerated Radiation Therapy Schedule...
Radiation therapy (RT), referring to external-beam X-ray irradiation hereafter, has gained acceptance for treating over 50% cancer patients in clinic. RT can lead to DNA damage in tumor cells that mediate the dysregulation of tissue resolution and homeostasis, resulting in the development of late...
Most Appropriate Radiation Therapy Techniques for The Breast Cancer Treatment: Dosimetric Analysis of Three Different Radiation Therapy Methods Background: Radiation-induced cardiac events and pneumonitis are the major late radiotherapy side effects.\nMethods: We explored the differences in dose di... K ...
select article SA 0.3 - The contribution of radiation therapy to personalised care of patients with early breast cancer Conference abstractOpen access SA 0.3 - The contribution of radiation therapy to personalised care of patients with early breast cancer P. Poortmans Page S1 View PDF select article...
Early and Late Effects in Hypo Fractionation Versus Conventional Fractionation Radiotherapy in Early Breast Cancer Objective: To evaluate acute morbidity, radiation dermatitis and pneumonitis, of Patients treated with whole breast hypo fractionated radiotherapy (RT) aft... MM Abdullah,MD*A Shoma,A Alba...
Breast conserving therapy (BCT, breast conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy) is superior to mastectomy in certain types of breast cancer patients, according to results from the largest study to date, to be presented to the European Cancer C
Women over 70 with early breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery are typically offered adjuvant endocrine and radiation therapy. Prior studies have supported the omission of adjuvant radiation in this low-risk population. We sought to compare the effect of adjuvant treatment with endocrine...
Furthermore, additional special issues in the field are addressed such as the radiation therapy management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), potential prevention strategies towards radiation-related toxicities (focusing on secondary cancers and heart/lung side effects) and the use of preoperative ...
Immunosuppressive drugs used in the management of heart and lung transplants have a large monetary and quality of life cost due to their side effects. Tota... C Mckay,KA Knight,C Wright - 《Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences》 被引量: 1发表: 2014年 加载更多站...