This chapter takes the readers through a comprehensive journey through the multifaceted landscape of cancer with insights into the fundamental differences distinguishing normal cells from their malignant counterparts, exploring the intricate web of common and rare cancer types. The discussion then extends to...
We evaluated men treated with salvage radiation therapy for increasing serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). We retrospectively reviewed the records of 3,478 consecutive men who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) between 1983 and 2003, as ...
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Comparison of Clinical Value of Transrectal Ultrasound, Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography and Dynamic Contrast Material-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Prostate Carcinoma[J]. Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment, 2015, 42(09): 915-919. DOI: 10.3971/j.issn.1000-8578.2015.09.012 ...
Hormone therapy is usually used with other treatments. It can slow the growth of cancer and make it less likely that it will return. It’s also used to control the symptoms of prostate cancer in people who are unable to have radiation therapy or surgery. ...
Non-pitting edema can occur in certain disorders of the lymphatic system such as lymphedema, which is a disturbance of the lymphatic circulation that may occur after a mastectomy, lymph node surgery, radiation therapy, morbid obesity, venous insufficiency or be present from birth (congenitally). ...
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Multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study for breast cancer subtypes (Panel A), for prostate cancer subtypes (Panel B), and for malignant melanoma, stratified by ground level solar ultraviolet radiation (Panel C) eAcknowledgments...
like radiation therapy and chemotherapy, can have debilitating physical and emotional side effects and often have limited success with metastatic cancers. These types of treatments also do not often result in a long-term cure, as patients can come out of remission or become resistant to the treatm...
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have attracted wide attention in the field of ionizing radiation (IR). They have been found to be involved in cell development, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis in both clinical radiot