Radiation is used as a prostate cancer treatment because high energy waves damage the DNA of cells. If a cell divides prior to repairing the damage, the cell will die. Since cancerous cells divide more rapidly than healthy cells, carefully aimed energy will cause their destruction. Generally, ...
Localised prostate cancer treatment continues to present a real clinical dilemma. Sommers cites two reasons for this. One is the absence of data from randomised controlled trials comparing the diff erent treatments. “Particularly rare are those comparing surgery with various radiation therapies. Without...
Fewer Rectal Side Effects with IMRT than with 3D-CRT for Prostate CancerSusan Reckling
The competition between radiation, brachytherapy, and surgery involves a simple goal: men want a treatment that has a high chance of curing the cancer, but a low chance of side effects. Treatment can cause impotence, incontinence, or rectal damage, and that can be a very high price to pay...
The primary endpoint was the average change in acute gastrointestinal toxicity from baseline to 5 weeks from the start of radiation, as measured by the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC). Compared with patients who received conventional radiation, patients who received IMRT had fewer bowe...
Comparison of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the Treatment of Inoperable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Objective: To systematically evaluate intensity-modulated radiation therapy(IMRT) used to treat non-small cell lung cancer, investigate the conformity inde... YM Fan,FS Zhai,M Liu -...
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This refined approach may potentially improve treatment results for locally advanced prostate cancer while reducing side effects. This review summarizes the clinical requirements for effective prostate radiotherapy and describes the new technology that helps to better fulfil these requirements. These non...
Three-dimensional radiation therapy (3D-CRT) combined with hormone therapy has been proven very effective at treating men with intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer. However, these treatments can cause very uncomfortable gastrointestinal side effects due to exposure of the rectum to radiation during...
Researchers are constantly conducting studies to determine the most effectivebreast cancer treatmentthat also reduces the incidence of potential side effects, including skin inflammation, swelling and infection. Researchers in this study sought to compare standard WBI to WBI with IMRT (using both a typic...