External beam radiotherapy (EBRT), as part of a trimodality approach, is an attractive bladder-preserving alternative to radical cystectomy. Several EBRT regimens with different treatment volumes have been described with similar tumour control and, so far, clear recommendations on the optimal ...
Metastatic prostate cancer is stage IV, and doctors divide it into two types: IVA and IVB. If you have stage IVA prostate cancer, your doctor may recommend one of these treatment options: External beam radiation treatment (EBRT) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). During EBRT, a machine...
Stent insertion for incurable oesophageal carcinoma: what is the optimal treatment? We read with great interest the Article by Douglas Adamnson and colleagues in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology assessing the outcomes of patients with incurable oesophageal cancer who had received external beam ...
CRC screening, patient characteristics, treatment approaches, and special considerations for younger patients as part of a broader conversation about individualizing care for patients with the disease.Early-onset CRC, like CRC in older adults, is considered a heterogenous disease. Some...
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a well-known treatment for MTC foci that is included in the ATA 2015 guidelines. It is recommended to consider postoperative adjuvant EBRT on the neck and mediastinum in a select group of patients who are at high risk of local recurrence of MTC and...
EBRT (external beam radiation therapy), the predominant method, involves directing radiation from an external source, typically using a linear accelerator, to the tumor site. It can be administered before surgery (neoadjuvant), after surgery (adjuvant), or as the palliative treatment for unresectable...
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drainage alone.[sup.1]-[sup.5] However, in patients with concomitant intrabladder blood clot formation and EBR, the urinary catheter is sometimes occluded by clots and thus fails to drain properly.[sup.3,4] In this case, the conservative treatment was abandoned and surgical repair was ...
treatment decisionmaking for EBRT.mpMRI is also being used in salvage radiotherapy(SRT),the treatment of choice for patients who develop biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy.In the clinical context of biochemical relapse,it is essential to accurately determine the site of recurrence-pelvic...
Standard models of tumor cure based on Poisson statistics were used to bridge cell killing to treatment outcome. The data collected in a clinical trial using \\{EBRT\\} plus \\{HDR\\} brachytherapy boost for prostate cancer at William Beaumont Hospital (WBH) were reanalyzed. A 4-year post...