Sentences with phrase «more radiation treatment»

Treatment: It was decided to do one more radiation treatment.

Not exact matches

Immunotherapy differs from more traditional cancer treatments, such as surgery (cutting malignant cells out of the body), chemotherapy and radiation (poisoning the deadly mutants), and even the newer, more precise molecular drugs that attempt to jam the protein signals that tell tumor cells to keep dividing and conquering.

While moderate hypofractionation should now be discussed routinely with patients, Bekelman cautions the trials do not offer any evidence for more extreme regimens lasting as few as five radiation treatments.

Despite complications sometimes more severe than with standard radiation therapy — and costs that are much higher for taxpayers, patients and insurers — proton beam therapy is heavily marketed for treatment of prostate cancer.

Both treatment schedules were similar in terms of controlling cancer, but doctors reported slightly more mild side effects in patients getting the shorter radiation schedule.

At two years after treatment, more than 57 percent of men who had normal sexual function prior to treatment reported poor sexual function after surgery, compared with 27 percent who reported poor sexual function after external beam radiation, 34 percent after brachytherapy, and 25 percent after active surveillance.

Although researchers don't yet know exactly why it was effective, Reynolds said preliminary data show that the modified diet also appears to make glioblastoma tumors more sensitive to treatment with radiation and chemotherapy.

Strikingly, the treatment approach didn't make a difference to 10 - year survival: Ninety - nine percent of the more than 1600 men in the trial were alive after a decade, whether they had initially received radical surgery, radiation, or active monitoring, which meant no immediate therapy, but intervention as needed.

«Most of the existing data on hypofractionation, however, draws on cases of moderately accelerated radiation treatment of the prostate, in contrast to our study with more extreme hypofractionation.

In past imaging studies, my colleagues and I noticed that cervical tumors that took up a lot of glucose prior to radiation treatment tended to be more resistant to radiation therapy than other tumors.

At five years following RT, survival rates for men who received brachytherapy alone were comparable to those who underwent more aggressive radiation treatment.

Similar types of more severe cognitive dysfunction are common in brain cancer patients who have received high - dose, photon - based radiation treatments.

«As with other areas of personalized medicine, we would seek to create individual treatment and prevention plans for astronauts we believe would be more susceptible to cognitive deficits from radiation exposure,» she says.

Convinced that there had to be a better way of protecting people in hospitals from X-rays and other radiation - based treatments and tests than draping them in 10 - pound lead aprons, DeMeo spent the 1990s experimenting with ways to impregnate plastic fabrics with different metals until he found a combination that blocked radiation about as well as lead and yet could still be fashioned into more - or-less normal - looking clothing.

Ali found that breast cancer cells that have high levels of RYBP are more sensitive to DNA damage after radiation or drug treatment, including PARP inhibitors (inhibitors of the enzyme poly ADP ribose polymerase used in cancer treatment).

As we are seeing more women survive breast cancer, we need to focus on long term survivorship issues and ensuring that women have access to this important part of treatment,» says study first author Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Usually, treatment would require whole - brain radiation which is extremely toxic and the average survival time is just 3 - 6 months from diagnosis, with fewer than 20 per cent of patients surviving more than one year.

IGRT is the process of using frequent imaging, typically performed in the treatment room prior to radiation delivery, throughout a patient's course of radiation therapy treatment to improve localization of the target and normal structures, which allows for more precise and accurate radiation delivery.

In addition, she said SSI enrollment, among survivors, was more likely for females and for those with a history of cranial radiation treatment.

«This gives us confidence there is a group of women who are suitable candidates for partial breast radiation and more women should discuss this treatment option with their doctors,» said Kamrava.

«This is a promising treatment option that may prove not only to be more effective than chemotherapy alone prior to surgery, it may also be better than chemotherapy and standard radiation,» said lead study author Kimmen Quan, MD, a radiation oncologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Patients who had these scans were more likely to have additional treatments, such as surgery, radioactive iodine treatment or radiation therapy.

«More and more patients are being cured of lung cancer, with both surgery and radiation as good treatment options,» said lead author Nirav S. Kapadia, MD, of Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center in New HampshMore and more patients are being cured of lung cancer, with both surgery and radiation as good treatment options,» said lead author Nirav S. Kapadia, MD, of Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshmore patients are being cured of lung cancer, with both surgery and radiation as good treatment options,» said lead author Nirav S. Kapadia, MD, of Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire.

Early radiation treatments caused severe side - effects because the energy beams would damage normal, healthy tissue, but technologies have improved so that beams can be more accurately targeted.

Doctors have been using radiation to treat cancer for more than a hundred years, but it's always been a delicate art to direct treatment while avoiding healthy tissue.

These high - precision treatment techniques allow radiation oncologists to treat tumors with the highest degree of accuracy, making treatment safer and more effective.

Researchers are eager to develop more such drugs and see if they can boost their effectiveness by using them in combination with other treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation.

With highly precise image - guided treatment delivery, we can target the radiation on the tumor and avoid healthy tissue more successfully than ever before.

Cancer immunotherapy is focused on the immune system and is often more targeted than conventional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation

These treatments offer a safer, more effective way to deliver radiation to children than conventional radiation therapy, which is used sparingly in children because of the risks of cognitive problems later in life.

The publication addresses how the use of charged particles in cancer treatment, which allows for more sparring in normal tissues than X-rays, and protection of astronauts from space radiation...

More than 50 percent of patients with cancer receive radiation therapy as part of their treatment.

She underwent a lumpectomy and 36 radiation treatments and then went on the road to urge more postmenopausal women to get tested.

Side effects You're likely to feel more fatigued as the weeks of radiation treatment go by, and the skin around the area being treated may suffer.

The idea of having a strong dose of radiation beamed at your chest is no one's idea of a good time, but as treatment goes, radiation is relatively painless and side effects are fewer and more manageable than ever before.

Treatment for aggressive forms of NHL can include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, bone marrow transplant, and more.

She went to the University of Pennsylvania and saw another oncologist, who recommended more chemo, which Richardson followed with 33 radiation treatments that finally ended in January 2008.

If you are an advanced cancer patient who has had a lot of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery or you have a potentially fast - growing cancer, do not use this treatment by itself, use it as the «cancer diet» of a more potent protocol: Chapter on Treatments Rated For Advanced Cancer Patients

When conventional medicine turns its attention to hormonal imbalance, nutrition and the effects of xenoestrogens, progress in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer is far more likely than it is if we continue on with our present fixation on mammograms, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.

Holy basil may help make cancer cells more sensitive to radiation treatments, according to a study published in the March 2012 issue of the journal «Free Radical Research.»

Most chronic psoriasis patients I have known through my work as a naturopath go through the stage of trying just about every conceivable lotion, potion and treatment on their skin, ranging from various natural and pharmaceutical ointments, including creams, oils, steroidal preparations, coal tar, UV radiation, and plenty more.

Animal studies and small human studies suggest that a ketogenic diet protects healthy cells against anti-cancer drugs and radiation, while at the same time making cancer cells more sensitive to the treatment.

We know that those with metabolic states resulting from a high - carbohydrate diet — including high blood sugar levels, high insulin levels, and obesity — have higher rates of cancer and do more poorly during cancer treatment.13 — 16 We also know that multiple pathways that are downregulated by a ketogenic diet also render cells more susceptible to being killed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy.17

However, we turned down both chemotherapy and radiation therapy because we firmly believe those treatments do more harm and are the true reason people have recurring and / or metastatic cancers.

The past century has unveiled a plethora of preclinical data that has suggested the potential of a ketogenic diet as an aid in cancer treatment.7, 8 The benefits of a ketogenic diet, and dietary manipulation in general, may be a potent adjunct to current cancer treatments by synergistically working with chemotherapy and radiation therapy to starve cancer cells, leaving them more susceptible to damage from these treatments.7 - 10

Stomach cancer treatment for example may require a more invasive procedure than a small tumor on near the surface of the skin that can easily be treated with radiation.

Generally, dogs with cancer or who are undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment require food with more protein than the standard canine diet.

«Canine cancer treatment consists of one or more of the following: Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, cryotherapy (freezing the skin) and in some cases natural dietary supplements are used to fight the spread of cancer and to bolster the immune system.»

These days, there are many more oncology treatment options for treating cancer than there ever were before, including radiation, chemotherapy, nutritional support, and surgery.

SCCs in dogs, however, while also unusual, are more likely to require treatment beyond surgical treatment, such as radiation or chemotherapy.