Twenty-two patients had complications considered to be delayed side effects of radiotherapy. Two patients had visual deterioration developing 3 and 6 years after treatment; six had pituitary dysfunction; and 17 had varying degrees of parenchymal changes of the brain, occurring mostly in the temporal ...
Twenty-two patients had complications considered to be delayed side effects of radiotherapy. Two patients had visual deterioration developing 3 and 6 years after treatment; six had pituitary dysfunction; and 17 had varying degrees of parenchymal changes of the brain, occurring mostly in the temporal ...
New techniques permit the delivery of irradiation with a high precision on the tumor, sparing the normal brain tissue. Therefore, the tumor control increased significantly and the side effects are reduced.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52619-5_12-1Anca-L. Grosu...
These techniques limit dose to surrounding normal tissue in an effort to reduce toxicity; however, despite such improvements, potentially serious side effects related to treatment may occur, requiring urgent management. Objective Radiation-related brain or lung injury in previously irradiated patients may...
Brain Brain injury is another severe and common side effect of IR; as many as 50–90% of patients receiving radiotherapy for brain tumors experience disabling cognitive impairment [90]. Ferroptosis has been proposed as one mechanism of neuron injury in response to irradiation and has been observed...
Late side effects from radiation therapy take months and sometimes years to show up and usually don’t go away. But not everyone will have them. These problems happen when radiation damages your body. For example, scar tissue can affect the way your lungs or your heart works. Bladder, bowel...
The long-term side effects of radiation therapy for benign brain tumors in adults Radiation therapy plays an integral part in managing intracranial tumors. While the risk:benefit ratio is considered acceptable for treating malignant tumo... O Al-Mefty,JE Kersh,A Routh,... - 《Journal of Neuros...
Common SRT side effects during brain tumor treatments include: Nausea, Diarrhea, or Vomiting Vertigo or Dizziness Headaches Soreness from the head frame used to help to keep your head from moving during treatment Fatigue Skin Irritation - It is common for skin to become red, dry and irritated ...
Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with whole-brain radiation therapy. However, whole-brain radiation is associated with cognitive side-effects and studies of non-small cell lung cancer patients have shown that a more targeted form of radiat...
and minimizing adverse effects, particularly in reducing radiation-induced brain injury. This section aims to elucidate the relationship between these factors and the primary tumor being treated with radiation therapy, focusing on the resulting dose to the brain and strategies to mitigate potential ...