These results add to the evidence that shorter hypofractionated radiotherapy schedules do not cause more side effects in the breast. Furthermore, they are equally effective at reducing the risk of further in the breast, and thus provide better quality of life for patients. Quality of life in ...
Life-threatening toxicity from breast radiation in patients with breast cancer can be substantially reduced by smoking cessation, according to new research. In astudy publishedin theJournal of Clinical Oncology, smokers treated for breast cancer had much higher risks than nonsmokers for developing lung...
The side effects of radiation on breast implants and the surgical site's complications should be exhaustively discussed in the therapeutic management of breast cancer patients eligible for conservative treatments. Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing ...
Radiotherapy (RT) serves as one of the key adjuvant treatments in management of breast cancer. Nevertheless, RT has two major problems: side effects and radioresistance. Given that patients respond differently to RT, it is imperative to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying these differences....
Preventing the acute skin side effects in patients treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer: the use of corneometry in order to evaluate the protective ... The purpose of this study was to add, to the objective evaluation, an instrumental assessment of the skin damage induced by radiation th...
et al. Risk of ischemic heart disease in women after radiotherapy for breast cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 368, 987–998 (2013). This hallmark study shows the relationship between the radiation dose to the heart and mortality in patients with breast cancer. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar ...
The preventive use of topic products reduces the incidence of skin side effects in patients treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer. An instrumental evaluation of skin hydration can help the radiation oncologist to use strategies that prevent the onset of toxicity of high degree. All moisturizing...
BACKGROUND:Radiotherapy may lead to side effects that undermine patients' quality of life (QOL). Although mind-body practices like qigong appear to improve QOL in cancer survivors, little is known about their benefits for patients who are receiving radiotherapy. Thus, in the current randomized cont...
A majority of the women experienced the given information and support as satisfying and a need for follow-up of the side-effects was expressed. Nursing for women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant radiotherapy should focus on preventing and treating side effects, and also include the period ...
We argue that the evidence remains insufficient for use of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) in women with early stage breast cancer outside of a clinical trial, as the recently reported TARGIT-A trial does not provide sufficient evidence to conclude that IORT is superior to no radiotherapy. Pet...