Summary: Intensive treatment
combining radiation and chemotherapy can control locally advanced head and neck cancer, improve survival and in most cases eliminate the need for debilitating surgery.
Intensive treatment
combining radiation and chemotherapy can control locally advanced head and neck cancer, improve survival, and in most cases eliminate the need for debilitating surgery, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center and Northwestern University in the April 14, 2000, issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
April 13, 2000 Combined therapy improves survival for advanced head and neck cancer Intensive treatment
combining radiation and chemotherapy can control locally advanced head and neck cancer, improve survival and in most cases eliminate the need for debilitating surgery.
Not exact matches
A highly targeted cancer
radiation therapy may offer a safe
and effective treatment option for elderly pancreatic cancer patients unable to undergo surgery or
combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
The approach
combines clinical factors
and the molecular markers associated with the different medulloblastoma subtypes to guide how
radiation and chemotherapy are
combined with surgery.
Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody that was previously shown to be beneficial for these patients when
combined with
radiation and chemotherapy.
«Based on this research, we are now conducting a first - in - human study
combining the PARP inhibitor with
radiation and chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, with an ultimate goal of improving survival rates
and treatment outcomes,» said Tuli.
The trial
combines the potent
chemotherapy regimen FOLFIRINOX
and pinpoint - accurate stereotactic body
radiation treatment with an immunotherapy drug called algenpantucel - L from NewLink Genetics.
The current treatment plan
combines several approaches, including surgical resection,
radiation and chemotherapy.
Combining immunotherapies directed at the patient with more traditional therapies, like
chemotherapy and radiation, which are directed at the tumor, is another area of intense scientific interest.
Voice - Box Saved with New Larynx Cancer Therapy Standard therapy changes for larynx cancer,
and, the voice box is spared, after Kimmel Cancer Center investigators prove that, for most patients,
combined treatment with
chemotherapy and radiation has the same success rate as surgically removing the cancerous voice box.
But, this can be taken further by
combining different modalities of treatment,
chemotherapy and radiation, for example, where one or both modalities would rely on nanoparticles.»
In many cases,
chemotherapy,
radiation therapy
and surgery are
combined for the best results.
This success is mainly due to the development of new surgical techniques
combined with
chemotherapy and radiation for a total plan of treatment for your pet's cancer.
A friend of mine had recently had a young dog diagnosed as well
and had very good results with palliative
radiation combined with oral
chemotherapy.
Curative intent options include
combining different modes of therapy such as surgery,
radiation therapy,
and chemotherapy.
Therefore, when we
combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy (which can also be damaging to the heart), we often chose a different
chemotherapy drug instead.
Surgery is used to removed the area of the tumor
combined with
radiation and chemotherapy.