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New and very expensive forms of radiotherapy, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy and proton therapy, have taken over the localized prostate cancer market. But is there enough evidence to justify their increased utilization and if so, how can we possibly afford them?
How does it work? Types of Radiotherapy External Beam Radiation Therapy External beam radiotherapy uses a machine outside the body to directradiation therapybeams at disease, most oftencancer, to destroy it. The most common type of machine is called alinear accelerator (Linac), which uses electri...
The aim of radiotherapy is to damage as many of the cancer cells as possible while harming only a few of the normal, healthy ones. For radiotherapy to be most effective, the cancer cell needs to be dividing at the time of the radiotherapy. Of course, this is not always the case, which...
What does hormone therapy do for prostate cancer?Question:What does hormone therapy do for prostate cancer?Prostate Cancer:There are a number of treatment options for prostate cancer, including chemotherapy, surgery, targeted radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Recent studies have suggested that for men ...
Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy rays to destroy cancer cells without damaging nearby healthy organs and tissues. It can be used in combination with other treatments such as surgery or chemotherapy. But exactly, what does...
The NHS describes adjuvant chemotherapy as chemotherapy used to "reduce the risk of the cancer coming back after radiotherapy or surgery". Sometimes cancer can 'escape the organ of origin' Dr Mangesh Thorat, Honorary Reader, Queen Mary University of London and Consultant Breast Surgeon, Home...
RadiotherapyRadiotherapy can be done at different stages of treatment and can be effective in killing cancer cells, shrinking cancer, slowing the spread and controlling symptoms.ChemotherapyChemotherapy can be taken orally with tablets or, given intravenously through a drip in your arm, or as a ...
Image-guided stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR; also called stereotactic body radiotherapy or radiosurgery) has become a standard treatment for medically inoperable peripherally located stage I non鈥搒mall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and can achieve local control rates in excess of 90%. However, ...
Explain why cancer can be difficult to treat. After all the years of research, why don't we have a viable cure for all cancers? What are the survival rates of different types of cancer? What are examples of some carcinogens and what cancers can they lead to? How much do environmental ...