Your doctor will look at your medical records and scans to decide if SBRT is a good choice for you and how many treatments you'll need. Some people have only one treatment. Others may get up to five. You'll have an appointment with your radiation oncology team a week before you start ...
Now, recurrences after radiation are problematic because the treatment of the prostate itself can yield more side effects than you might have in the absence of radiation. If you do surgery, which is an approach, you're going to have relatively poor healing and a higher rate of incontinence an...
Single-fraction radiation therapy offers greater convenience for patients, is associated with fewer side effects, and incurs a lower cost. Even a modest change in the frequency of single-fraction radiation therapy use, in Canada and America, could lead to meaningful cost savings, improved...
Urinary symptoms were evaluated at baseline using the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). Genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicities were assessed at the end of treatment, 2weeks after SBRT and during follow-up using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). ...
Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, discusses important considerations for patients, caregivers, nurses and physicians when treatment with an immunotherapy begins.Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, a professor of medical oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, discusses important considerations...