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35,36,51,88,89 However, the ambiguous use of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma to encompass many entities, which had been the practice for decades, remained in daily practice with many pathologists, radiologists, and oncologists.50,78,89 The 2011 IASLC/ATS/ERS proposal for the classification of ...
Given the complexity of care required to treat this condition, an interprofessional healthcare team is needed, including primary clinicians, pulmonologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and palliative care. Nurses, pharmacists, and respiratory and...
The implications of genetic testing on radiotherapy decisions: a guide for radiation oncologists. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019;105(4):698–712. 75. Taylor AM, Groom A, Byrd PJ. Ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (ATLD)-its clinical presentation and molecular basis. DNA Repair (Amst)...
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(category 1 for relapse > 2–3 months up to 6 months; category 2A for relapse < 2–3 months).117,121,123 Either oral or intravenous topotecan may be used, because efficacy and toxicity seem to be similar with either route.122,123 Many practicing oncologists have noted excessive toxicity ...
But Karen was lucky. She had surgery to remove the small tumor in her lung. It was caught in the earliest stage thanks to a routine screening recommended by her primary care physician. "It gave me life," she said. "It did save her life," said Karen's oncologist, Dr. Carey T...
but my scans were really not improving, and my oncologists wanted me to try something different. PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors are new drugs, still in trials and not on the market, that have shown great promise for activating the body’s own immune system to fight lung cancer. They are th...
Marcy Duncan hadn't fully healed from her surgery for stage I breast cancer when she and her boyfriend met with her oncologist in the spring of 2022. She expected to discuss radiation and other next treatment steps. But her doctor raised a more serious concern, rolling his chair a bit clos...
Radiographic response by RECIST has been used as a surrogate for long-term clinical benefit and to support accelerated approvals in oncology for patients with advanced, unresectable disease26. It also serves as a guide for the treating oncologist27. However, it has limitations when applied to neoa...