cardiac-sparing breast radiotherapylong-term effectsradiation-related heart diseaseBreast cancer radiotherapy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence and death. However, it usually involves some radiation exposure of the heart and analyses of randomised trials have shown that it can increase the risk of ...
Taste changes from cancer or chemo treatments Hair loss Weight gain Early menopause A higher risk of infections Bleeding Diarrhea Medicationsand other therapies can help ease many of these side effects. Loss of Appetite Radiation, chemo, immunotherapy, some hormonal therapies, and even some pain meds...
This treatment can cause side effects, but they're different for everyone. The ones you have depend on the type of radiation you get, how much you get, the part of your body that gets treatment, and how healthy you are overall. There's no way to predict how radiation will affect you....
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...
In 2006, research from the University of Texas indicated that yoga helped women going through radiation for breast cancer. They were able to function better day-to-day, they slept better and they had elevated moods compared to the women who didn't do yoga. Research from Sweden found that...
Conference|Miami Breast Cancer Conference and Educated Patient Breast Cancer Summit An expert gives an overview of common endocrine-related side effects that premenopausal women with breast cancer may experience — and what can be done to address them. ...
While breast cancer therapy has greatly improved and is leading to increased cancer cure rates, side effects of breast cancer therapy are also common. This chapter serves as an introduction to cardiovascular sequelae of breast cancer treatment with anthracyclines, hormonal therapy, radiation therapy, ...
The researchers studied 112 postmenopausal women with early stage, hormone-receptor positive breast cancer who had completed surgery, chemotherapy or radiation and were currently taking an endocrine therapy medication like tamoxifen. Endocrine therapies for breast cancer can cause side effects like nausea,...
Side effectsChemotherapyRadiation therapyQuality of lifeGoals Despite advances in cancer treatment and symptom management, many patients experience side effects ... KM Mustian,JJ Griggs,GR Morrow,... - 《Supportive Care in Cancer Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in ...
Radiation not only kills or slows the growth of cancer cells, but it can also affect nearby healthy cells, which can lead to certain side effects. Oftentimes, patients experience mild side effects from radiation therapy and are able to continue their normal routines. The side effects of ...