CHICAGO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The presence of cancer cells in the blood of patients with early-stage breast cancer may be predictive of a benefit from radiotherapy delivered after surgery, according to a study posted on the website of Northwestern University (NU). The researchers analyzed data ...
Chest wall irradiation is commonly used to treat patients with three or fewer cancerous lymph nodes if they have other factors that increase the recurrence of their breast cancer, Kunkler added. For this clinical trial, researchers enrolled more than 1,600 patients with early...
Introduction: Oncoplastic reconstructive surgery is performed in select patients with breast cancer to allow conservation treatment when the lumpectomy would be expected to have a poor cosmetic outcome. These techniques not only rearrange the breast tissue but may also shift the position of the tumor ...
Radiation Experience Better Than Expected for Breast Cancer Patientsdoi:10.1097/01.COT.0000527183.18397.84Kurt SamsonOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Oncology Times
In patients with regional disease, primarily those with bulky N2 or T4 disease or those wi... None - 《Lung Cancer》 被引量: 4发表: 1995年 Current status of proton therapy techniques for lung cancer. Proton beams have been used for cancer treatment for more than 28 years, and several ...
However, new research suggests that many U.S. patients still get radiation therapy for much longer than they need to. The analysis of data, involving millions of women, found that two-thirds ofbreast cancerpatients who've had breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) undergo six to seven weeks ...
With the advancement of treatment modalities in radiation therapy for cancer patients, outcomes have improved, but at the cost of increased treatment plan complexity and planning time. The accurate prediction of dose distributions would alleviate this is
Radiation therapy is often used for patients who have had surgery to remove the breast cancer. There are two types of radiation treatment for breast cancer, internal and external radiation treatment. Answer and Explanation:1 The duration of radiation treatment depends on many factors, including the...
CSU has partnered for several years with NIRS to better understand carbon ion radiotherapy – sometimes called heavy ion therapy – and to explore ways to provide the treatment option to U.S. cancer patients. Last spring, a delegation of Colorado officials visited NIRS to pursue the idea of tr...
A new study has found that many older lung cancer patients get treatments that may not help them live longer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings suggest that physicians should not routin