Radiation therapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses an intense form of energy, called ionizing radiation, to damage or destroy cancer cells. Ionizing radiation harms cancer cells' genetic material. This kills the cells or interferes with their ability to grow and multiply. Normal cells ...
Care before, during, and after radiation therapydoi:10.1016/j.denabs.2014.05.022NoneELSEVIERDental Abstracts
Empowering patients for radiation therapy safety: Results of the EMPATHY study With the increase of treatment complexity, enhancing safety is a key concern in radiation oncology. Beyond the involvement of the healthcare professional, ... JE Bibault,A Pernet,V Mollo,... - 《Cancer/radiothérapie》...
radiation therapy, combined-modality regimens, anddose fractionationstudies. Health services research,palliative care, andquality of life studiesrepresented only 2%, 5%, and 4% of all research outputs, respectively. Countries varied significantly in their commitment to different research domains, and ...
Why Radiation Therapy: An Introduction Radiotherapy as a valuable part of qualitative cancer care Radiation therapy is becoming increasingly used as a cancer treatment and is continuously developing on a technological level, but not everyone may know what this therapy entails. Based on articles by EST...
They discovered that patients who had at least one CTC in their peripheral bloodstream demonstrated significantly longer survival and decreased the risk of local recurrence if they received radiation therapy after surgery. The researchers further found that patients who did not have CTCs in their periph...
We were surprised to find the opposite: heart function appeared to be improved after radiation therapy, at least in the short term.” Investigators noted that more research needs to be done to evaluate radiation therapy for patients with HF, but the results of this study demonstrate that the...
As a consequence of this, and particularly because radium was available to surgeons, as well as radiologists, a much greater enthusiasm developed on behalf of radium therapy. Few surgeons continued to apply the surgical intervention on choice cases.After World War II, the advances in anesthesia ...
Care Plan to prevent and/or reduce radiation dermatitis and promote the comfort of breast cancer patients receiving RT. As an integrative review, the databases searched were CINAHL and Medline, using the key terms: breast cancer, skin care, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, radiation ...
Radiation therapy involves the use of radiation to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells by damaging their DNA. It also can damage normal cells. Side effects can include scarring, memory problems, infertility and, in some cases, development of another cancer. Typical costs: For patients cove...