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Radiation therapyis one of the most important treatment approaches for cancer management being used in developed countries either alone or in combination with other treatment approaches for more than half of the cancer patients. It has been estimated that every year, 5.5 million cancer patients world...
As we mark 150 years since the birth of Marie Curie, we reflect on the global advances made in radiation oncology and the current status of radiation therapy (RT) research. Large-scale international RT clinical trials have been fundamental in driving evi
www.nature.com/bjc REVIEW ARTICLE Practice-changing radiation therapy trials for the treatment of cancer: where are we 150 years after the birth of Marie Curie? Mareike K. Thompson1, Philip Poortmans2, Anthony J. Chalmers3, Corinne Faivre-Finn4, Emma Hall5, Robert A. Huddart6, Yolande ...
disease and the specific type of cancer being treated. Radiation therapy can be employed curatively (i.e., to kill the diseased tissue completely) or palliatively (e.g., to shrink atumor, control its growth, or relieve symptoms caused by atumor). Palliative indications include bonepain, ...
All patients completed before, during and after treatment, a questionnaire that rated the grade of pain, the pharmacological type of analgesic therapy and patient's performance status. For each patient a total score was calculated, from a minimum value of 0% to a maximum of 20%, then ...
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Radiation therapy produced superior HRQOL outcomes and fewer toxicities vs endocrine therapy in older patients with stage I luminal-like breast cancer.
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Four open-label prospective studies have demonstrated effectiveness of ona-, abo-, and incobotulinum toxins in relieving pain at the site of radiation or surgery for cancer. Furthermore, single-case observations with onabotulinumtoxinA have shown that local intramuscular injection of this toxin can ...