This paper reviews the latest technologic developments in the field of external-beam radiation therapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PCa) and their clinical applications in the postprostatectomy setting and in conjunction with hormonal manipulation.MethodsThis review is based on a presentation during the ...
In 1941, University of Chicago surgeons, Charles Huggins and Clarence Hodges, developed what remains one of the most common prostate cancer treatments, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which is used for treatment of both local and metastatic disease. ADT can be performed surgically by removing t...
These can help ED if you've had prostate cancer, but only when your nerves aren't damaged by surgery or radiation. Another way to have an erection without sexual stimulation is by giving yourself a shot of medicine in the base of your penis. An alprostadil i...
Lebesque - International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 被引量: 451发表: 1997年 Strategies to reduce the systematic error due to tumor and rectum motion in radiotherapy of prostate cancer. The goal of this work is to develop and evaluate strategies to reduce the uncertainty in the...
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If you're overweight or have obesity, prostate cancer is more likely to come back after treatment. Cardio exercise, the type that gets your heart pumping like biking or fast-paced walking, helps manage your weight. This not only improves your chances for long-term survival with prostate cancer...
For example, many transition metals can act as drugs themselves when excited by light radiation. Depending on the excitation process and the type of metal involved, when the absorbed energy is released, it can damage the DNA and/or modify the protein, promote lipid peroxidation and destroy the...
Although mastectomy is the standard treatment modality for breast cancer patients in Ethiopia, our previous study revealed that one in five patients do not receive the recommended procedure, half due to patient refusal or lack of returning to the hospita
First time chemotherapy cures a patient with reproductive tissue cancer. 1890s Development of First X-Ray Wilhelm Rontgen creates first X-ray picture, and Marie Curie discovers radioactive element radium, making it the first radiation cancer therapy. Download The Timeline How Is Computer Science...
Seven papers performed additional analysis, primarily when patients in the control arm received the experimental treatment during trial follow-up (treatment switching). Discussion Overall survival has steadily moved from being the primary to a secondary endpoint. However, it is still of interest with ...