Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of treatment for patients with brain tumors. Essential to providing quality care is recognizing and treating acute side effects from treatment. This chapter addresses potential side effects of fractionated brain irradiation and makes recommendations for mitigating these ...
Twenty-two patients had complications considered to be delayed side effects of radiotherapy. Two patients had visual deterioration developing 3 and 6 years after treatment; six had pituitary dysfunction; and 17 had varying degrees of parenchymal changes of the brain, occurring mostly in the temporal ...
Twenty-two patients had complications considered to be delayed side effects of radiotherapy. Two patients had visual deterioration developing 3 and 6 years after treatment; six had pituitary dysfunction; and 17 had varying degrees of parenchymal changes of the brain, occurring mostly in the temporal ...
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...
How Soon Might I Have Side Effects From Radiation Therapy? There are two kinds of radiation side effects: early and late. Early side effects, such asnauseaandfatigue, usually don’t last long. They may start during or right after treatment and last for several weeks after it ends, but the...
side effectsThe treatment for brain metastases has evolved over the past decades, however, whole brain radiation (WBRT) still remains a stalwart pillar in... H Soliman,A Sahgal,M Tsao - Elsevier Inc. 被引量: 20发表: 2014年 Side Effects of Chemotherapy Nuspojave citostatske terapije K Selw...
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Examinations of the carbohydrate metabolism with the hlep of the double charge of glucose after Staub-Traugott and by means of measuring of the blood sugar in a state of fast have been carried out on 3 groups of patients, who had been subjected to an intensive x-ray radiation. The radiatio...
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a radiation treatment that uses focused delivery of radiation in high doses to precise cancer locations in the brain, spine, neck, lungs, liver, etc. Side effects include, fatigue, nausea, headache, bleeding, pain, vert
Amyvid (florbetapir F 18) is used to detect plaque in the brain of patients who are being evaluated for Alzheimer's Disease. Includes Amyvid side effects, interactions and indications.