"With survivors living many years after treatment, it is very important to minimize gastrointestinal and urinary side effects to allow patients to live a full life after treatment," Justin Bekelman, M.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania in ...
Prostate cancer patients who receive hormone treatments before undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) do not have increased side effects compared with those not receiving hormone therapy before radiation, according to a new study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology...
In general, there are 2 major treatment options for prostate cancer. On one side you have the surgery, on the other side, I call it “The whole other bucket of treatments” that include: proton beam, cyberknife that is very advertised – that goes in the bucket of radiation. Seed implant...
Influence of connective tissue diseases on the expression of radiation side effects: A systematic review. Radiother. Oncol. 78, 123–130 (2006). Article PubMed Google Scholar Merrick, G. S. et al. Erectile function after permanent prostate brachytherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys....
Hanson cautioned that the prostaglandin research is promising,but not necessarily a panacea for all side effects and all formsof cancer treatment. "We do know prostaglandins protect from hair loss in laboratorystudies and from a sore mouth in patient trials, but we do notknow if they may be ...
Late side effects of radiation treatment for head and neck cancer Purpose of this review of medical literature is to present the immediate side effects of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer and their treatment. Th... I Brook - Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 被引量...
Localized prostate cancer is extremely slow moving. Even without any treatment, men have an excellent chance of surviving decades with no health impact from the disease.2 That’s why the study results are so disturbing. It found that whether men undergo radiation treatment depends to a large deg...
The side effects of radiation therapy vary depending on the body area being treated. These include:fatigue skin irritation hair loss (permanent or temporary) change in skin color in the treatment area (temporary) loss of appetite nausea and vomiting constipation cramps and diarrhea infertility or ...
"There is a general fear of this kind of radiation treatment on the part of some patients and their physicians, but this study shows that it not only effectively eradicates the recurrent cancer in a substantial number of patients, but that there are few serious side effects," says the study...
The advent of image-guided or CT-based treatment planning, such as 3D-conformal or intensity modulated radiation therapy has allowed safe delivery of high- dose radiation therapy in men with prostate cancer with an acceptable rate of side effects and complications. External-beam radiation therapy ...