Patients with cancer have another tool in their toolbox for managing pain. Palliative radiation therapy is an effective option for relieving body aches associated with cancer. Dr. Adam Holtzman, a Mayo Clinic radiation oncologist, explains how innovation is improvingradiation therapy. Doctors often use...
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). The researchers analyzed data ...
When compared to surgical operation and chemotherapy, the patient's adverse effects by radiation therapy are relatively limited. This is the reason why this treatment modality is used most frequently as a palliation of terminal-stage cancer patients. Radiation therapy gives not only pain relief of...
“The guideline is timely,” said Dr. Janna Andrews, an attending physician in radiation medicine at Norwell Health Cancer Institute, in Lake Success, N.Y. “The field of post-mastectomy radiation is changing. It’s always up for discussion now as to who needs [post-mastectomy radiation th...
Radiation therapy for breast cancer patients who undergo oncoplastic surgery: localization of the tumor bed for the local boost. Introduction:Oncoplastic reconstructive surgery is performed in select patients with breast cancer to allow conservation treatment when the lumpectomy woul... RD Pezner,MC ...
For appropriately selected patients its efficacy is comparable to whole breast radiotherapy. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is an advanced type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer tumors. The goal of IMRT is to precisely target the tumor...
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...
Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the outcome and risk factors in patients treated with radiation for endometrial cancer at time of recurrence. Materials and Methods: Three hundred ninety-nine women were treated with radiation therapy for endometrial cancer at KCI/WSU from January 1980 to December ...
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With the advancement of treatment modalities in radiation therapy for cancer patients, outcomes have improved, but at the cost of increased treatment plan complexity and planning time. The accurate prediction of dose distributions would alleviate this is