With the advent of breast-conserving therapy (BCT), radiation therapy is utilized in noninvasive and early-stage breast cancer as well as locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer. With ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and early-stage breast cancer, radiation therapy is delivered following ...
Breast cancer is a largely PREVENTABLE disease, and we reach that good news because of our finding that a large share of recent and current breast cancer in the United States is CERTAINLY due to past medical irradiation of the breasts with x-rays at all ages, including infancy and childhood....
In 1994, the issue seems settled. Tokunaga et al (1994, p.215, Table VI) report statistically significant excess breast cancer rates in the bomb-irradiated women who were ages 0-9 years old in 1945 --- as well as in the group which was 10-19 years old in 1945. Both groups, each ...
Objective To study the role the left ventricle (LV) as a novel organ at risk (OAR) in postoperative intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for left-sided breast cancer patients who received breast conserved surgery (BCS) to protect the heart from unnecessary radiation.MethodsThe archived computed...
The purpose of this study was to determine the psychosocial issues faced by post lumpectomy women with early stage breast cancer undergoing radical radiation to the affected breast. Twenty-five women in their second to fifth week of treatment were given the survey to determine these issue...
In this study, a deep learning method for dose prediction was developed and was demonstrated to accurately predict patient-specific doses for left-sided breast cancer. Using the deep learning framework, the efficiency and accuracy of the dose prediction were compared to those of RapidPlan. The dos...
Mammograms are used in breast cancer screening and involve low-dose X-ray radiation to create images of breast tissue.What about MRI scans? MRI scans do not use any radiation. Instead, they use a large magnet and radio waves to give medical professionals a detailed inside view of the body....
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). ...
“We found that these induced breast cancer stem cells (iBCSC) were generated by radiation-induced activation of the same cellular pathways used to reprogram normal cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) in regenerative medicine,” he explains. ...
"It is clinically equivalent to longer duration radiation in curing breast cancer, has similar side effects, is more convenient for patients, and allows patients to return to work or home sooner," he added. Another expert agreed, but said more research is needed to determine which types of pa...