Patients should be properly informed of the occurrence of these side effects before deciding which treatment to pursue. Frey A, Pedersen C, Lindberg H, etal. Prevalence and Predicting Factors for Commonly Neglected Sexual Side Effects to External-Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. J Sex ...
Around 50% of patients with solid malignant tumours receive radiation therapy with curative or palliative intent at some point in the course of their disease. Early and late side effects limit radiation dose and might affect the long-term health-related quality of life of the patient. The classi...
Policymakers and clinicians have highlighted the need for comparative studies of prostate cancer treatments. However, there is little evidence comparing IMRT to conventional radiation therapy. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, or 3D-CRT, uses computers and special imaging techniques such as CT...
byFox Chase Cancer Center When treating prostate cancer with radiation therapy, side effects such as urinary problems and rectal pain and bleeding are a concern, as is impact on the patient's overall quality of life. So when new, more efficient treatment methods are developed, one important que...
Insights, research and perspectives from the leading edge of cancer treatment. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy SBRT for Prostate Cancer: Understanding the Evidence of the PACE-B Trial “Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for patients with low and favorable intermediate risk prostate cancer ...
Because the antibodies do not attack healthy cells, the possibility of radiation damage outside the tumor drops.What it's used forRadiation therapy is used to treat many types of cancer, including cancer of the lung, breast, prostate, testicles, and brain....
Radiation therapy for prostate cancer and erectile (dys)function: the role of imaging. Acta Oncol. 2005;44:673–8. PubMed Google Scholar Miller DC, Sanda MG, Dunn RL, Montie JE, Pimentel H, Sandler HM, et al. Long-term outcomes among localized prostate cancer survivors: health-related ...
glycol (PEG) based hydrogel designed to temporarily create space between the prostate and rectum, and reduce the radiation dose delivered to the rectum during radiation therapy.1,2It has been clinically shown to help reduce the side effects of radiation therapy on patient quality of life....
He emphasized that the use of prostaglandin medications in conjunctionwith cancer therapy remains experimental and is not currentlyavailable to patients. Articles in this issue Details of a New Prostate Trial Complete cDNA Sequencing of p53 Gene May Reveal Important Prognostic Information for Breast Cance...
COX-2 INHIBITORS AND THE PREVENTION OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY 本发明公开了一种减少受试对象放射治疗有害副作用的一般方法,该受试对象正经受用于治疗癌症的放射治疗. The present invention discloses a general method for reducing the deleterious side effects of radiation therapy subject, and...