Johanna C. Bendell, MD:Now moving along to rectal cancer. We’ve had some patients asking about surgery and radiation therapy and whether it’s necessary. The Germans have been instrumental in setting the standard of care for how we treat rectal cancer, both in terms of chemoradiation therapy...
Treatment for rectal cancer involves surgery when possible. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be used after surgery to kill any cancer cells that remain and reduce the risk that cancer will return. However, because the rectum sits in a tight space, barely separated from other organs and stru...
Without estrogen replacement, the likelihood of sexual dysfunction increases. An increasing percentage of women with breast cancer are receiving antiestrogenic therapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy. The data on the sexual side effects of these systemic treatments demonstrate a negative impact ...
tozadenant or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered concomitantly with one or more additional therapies effective for the treatment of cancer. In a specific embodiment, the one or more additional therapies can include, but are not limited to, radiation therapy or surgery. In ano...
Acupuncture at Xinbaliao Point in Treating A Case of Urinary Retention after Rectal Cancer Surgery AcupunctureXinbaliao pointUrinary retention after surgeryMedical recordsUrinary retention after surgery is caused by inadvertent damage to the muscles and nerves around the bladder during the operation,which ...
D. et al. Metformin use and improved response to therapy in rectal cancer. Cancer Med. 2, 99–107 (2013). Article PubMed PubMed Central CAS Google Scholar Spratt, D. E. et al. Metformin and prostate cancer: reduced development of castration-resistant disease and prostate cancer mortality...
D. et al. Metformin use and improved response to therapy in rectal cancer. Cancer Med. 2, 99–107 (2013). Article PubMed PubMed Central CAS Google Scholar Spratt, D. E. et al. Metformin and prostate cancer: reduced development of castration-resistant disease and prostate cancer mortality...
Surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are routine treatments for GIC in most patients; they have the efficacy of eliminating and destroying primary tumors. However, these traditional treatments are often ineffective for advanced-stage cancers [5]. Cancer immunotherapy is a promising treatment method, ...
fertility treatment. The need for data on such issues in medical tourism has been aptly highlighted by other studies on cosmetic surgery tourists [50]. The timely nature of this analysis is underscored in the current review, strengthening the need to suggest and implement an international ...
Disclosed herein are methods for treating a subject afflicted with a cancer having an activating RET alteration by administering an effective amount of a selective RET inhibitor, e.g., Compound 1 or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, including, e.g., administering an amount of 60 mg to ...