Radium Ra 223 (Xofigo) is a radioactive medicine (radiotherapeutic drug) that is used to treat male patients with symptoms of advancedprostate cancerthat has spread to the bones, but not to other parts of the body. The radioactive particles emitted by radium Ra 223 helps killcancercells in ...
Highlighting the medical necessity of the procedure and explaining how it contributes to diagnosis or treatment can help parents understand its value. The risk of exposure should be demystified and made more relatable: for example, it could be explained that for every 2 days lived on earth, the...
Radiation therapy also plays an important role in women withstage IV or recurrent breast cancer. Chemotherapy and hormonal treatment are the mainstay for women who have stage IV breast cancer at the time of diagnosis. Local control of breast cancer eradication has less impact on a patient’...
Dr Edward Yang from Parkway Cancer Centre looks at how palliative radiation treatment can help patients manage symptoms of cancer & give them a better quality of life.
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 ...
Therapy (IMRT) is an advanced type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer tumors. The goal of IMRT is to precisely target the tumor while avoiding or reducing damage to healthy tissues and providing a better quality of life for the patient by limiting the side effects of treatment. ...
After appropriate triage and decontamination, supportive care becomes the foundation of treatment. Local radiation injury should be treated in the same manner as burns with 18% of total body surface area being considered a major burn. Treatment of whole body irradiation becomes more complicated with ...
Radiation Therapy (Ionizing Radiation): Medical professionals administer ionizing radiation, such as X-rays or gamma rays, during cancer treatment for therapeutic purposes. Understanding the sources and types of radiation in everyday life is important for managing potential risks and ensuring safe practic...
The model used may be sufficiently accurate for clinical work provided the treatment schemes used do not depart too radically from standard practicePitkaenen, MJyvaeskylae Univ. (Finland). Dept. of Physics.
Complex high-precision radiotherapy, such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), should only be offered to patients with sufficiently long survival. In the context of bone metastases radiotherapy, low rates of treatment close to the end of life, e.g.