Sentences with phrase «radiation oncologists when»

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«One of the toughest challenges of lung cancer is what to do for patients when the cancer comes back in an area that's been treated previously with radiation treatment,» said James J. Urbanic, M.D., lead author of the studies and a radiation oncologist at Wake Forest Baptist.

The findings inject hard facts into a debate that has long divided the medical community, with many radiation oncologists preferring adjuvant therapy — radiation given soon after prostate removal to kill off any remaining cancer cells — and many urologists preferring salvage therapy — radiation given later, when prostate - specific antigen tests suggest it's needed.

«Most clinicians have felt that «more was better» when it came to blocking testosterone in prostate cancer patients, however, results for the specific endpoints we focused on, OS and DSS, indicate that this was clearly not the case,» said Amin Mirhadi, MD, lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

When a patient needs radiation therapy to treat chest cancer, a radiation oncologist will work with him or her to determine the best type of therapy.

New research led by a radiation oncologist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute indicates that less may be more when it comes to some forms of radiation therapy for cancer.