Sentences with phrase «radiation treatment as»

All tests came back clear and based on this information; it was recommended that I have a lumpectomy and radiation treatment as soon as possible.

Important news for men receiving treatment for prostate cancer: Two new studies from the University of Virginia School of Medicine have upended the widely held view that it's best to delay radiation treatment as long as possible after the removal of the prostate in order to prevent unwanted side effects.

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.

«I hope that someday all of you on the advisory committee can tell your families for generations that you were part of the process that ended the use of toxic treatments like chemotherapy and radiation as standard treatment, and turned blood cancers into a treatable disease that even after relapse most people survive.»

For instance, most common adult solid tumors that are not cured by surgical removal are resistant to chemotherapy or radiation control, yet drug therapy is frequently offered as a «possibly effective» treatment because both patient and physician want to believe it so.

I sent him emails, I encouraged him as best I could, but Bill wasn't healed, rather he suffered the surgeries and treatment, both chemo and radiation, that are the result of a primitive but necessary technology.

Many of you have asked how you can help as I head into this major surgery next week and then possibly chemo / radiation treatments in the coming months.

If a mom is going through cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation, those drugs can severely damage the growth of the baby.

But while chemotherapy and radiation are associated with temporary changes, such as hair loss and tissue swelling, the treatments can have an unseen, permanent effect: infertility due to irreparably damaged sperm or egg cells.

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.

In his call for practice change, Bekelman cites research showing the shorter radiation treatment — known as moderate hypofractionation — is just as effective at treating cancer, while costing less and easing the burden on patients.

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.

Other treatments, such as radiation, can affect the heart arteries and cause the development of coronary artery disease or blockages.

The earlier work established that treatment with hypofractionated radiation was as tolerable as historical treatment with standard, conventional courses of radiation.»

«Our results provide evidence for clinicians to consider HRT as compared with CRT as a preferred radiation treatment in men with intermediate - risk prostate cancer and at low risk of other complications,» stated Trevor Royce, MD, MPH, radiation oncologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and first author of the study.

With these considerations, we strongly suggest physicians consider radiosurgery as an initial radiation treatment after surgery.»

«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.

«Our preclinical data suggest that combining low doses of these inhibitors will enhance the clinical effects of both drugs as a potential treatment for patients with AML,» says the senior author, Feyruz V. Rassool, PhD, associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) and a researcher at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC).

On the flip side, turning up expression of these genes or their pathways could help researchers grow new intestinal tissue to replace tissue destroyed by diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease or radiation treatment for cancer.

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.

They have engineered macrophages to deliver a therapeutic virus to hypoxic tumor regions, which respond poorly to conventional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation because of an insufficient blood supply.

Enzalutamide, which is taken as four pills once per day, is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for men whose disease has not been stopped by other treatments including, surgery, radiation, androgen deprivation therapy and chemotherapy.

The analysis compared patient consultation rates with cancer specialists as well as treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy for white and black patients.

Two patients that had previously not responded to available standard treatments, including surgery, external radiation, hormonal and chemotherapy, have received 225Actinium - PSMA - 617 as experimental therapy.

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.

The cells would be used as a treatment in case a high radiation exposure makes a worker sick.

Regardless of disease stage, patients who received surgery lived an average of 57 months, compared to less than 12 months for patients who received only non-surgical treatment (such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy), and 1.4 months for patients who received no treatment at all.

«The takeaway is that most elderly patients, and most patients with skin cancer, can get a short course of radiation — just a few treatments — instead of coming in for radiation almost every day for six weeks, and the cosmetic result will be just as good,» Zaorsky said.

Ionizing radiation used for cancer treatment includes gamma rays, X-rays and energetic particles such as alpha and beta rays.

Low saliva production also is a devastating problem for thousands of patients who have had radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, as well as about 50 percent of older Americans whose medications can cause dry mouth, also known as xerostomia.

A study has found no increase in overall survival but a reduction in breast cancer recurrence when additional radiation is given to the lymph nodes as well as the standard treatment of whole - breast irradiation after breast - conserving surgery.

Beyond those concerns, if prostate cancer is confirmed, the risks inherent in treatment options such as surgery, radiation or hormonal alteration, can be «truly life altering,» he said.

But among those who are diagnosed, only 8 percent fewer are getting initial surgery or radiation treatments — even as data shows those with low - risk disease can substitute surveillance.

Nearly three - quarters of those men had initial curative treatment, such as surgery or radiation.

Although CSs comprise only 2 % -5 % of all uterine malignancies and 1 % -2 % of all ovarian tumors, they are responsible for a disproportionate number of deaths due to their high biologic aggressiveness and resistance to standard treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy.

Radical treatment such as surgery and radiation for localized prostate cancer may cause significant side effects.

This accuracy really shows up in areas such as radiation treatment for cancer, where the dose delivered to the patient's tumour needs to be accurate to within 3 per cent to achieve the best outcome.

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

This is the first population - based study to compare the follow - up intensity of American men with prostate cancer who have not undergone aggressive treatment with those who opted to undergo various forms of aggressive therapy, such as surgery and radiation.

While ultrasound provides a less expensive and radiation - free alternative to detecting and monitoring cancer compared to technologies such as X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, the lower clarity and resolution of ultrasound has limited its use in cancer treatment.

But the «defective» repair capability is a process that may be exploited by treatments, such as PARP inhibition, which further impairs the ability of tumors to repair their own DNA after insult with radiation.

Compared to the conventional radiation therapy (RT) approach of small doses given daily over several weeks, SBRT delivers a highly targeted, escalated dose of radiation in a single session or as many as five of treatments, usually between one and five fractions.

The letter warned that the state may have difficulty disposing of the drilling waste, that thorough testing will be needed at water treatment plants, and that workers may need to be monitored for radiation as much as they might be at nuclear facilities.

«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 Hampshire.

Patients usually receive surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, but these treatments are not very effective as an estimated 50 percent of GBM patients die within one year, and 90 percent die within three years.

«This leaves patients unable to be given other treatments, such as radiation,» says Rachel Murphy of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

The University of Chicago's multidisciplinary team of gynecologic oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists «will continue to be committed to providing patients with as many pre - and post-surgical treatment options as possible,» Yamada said.

But, if a child is classified as high - risk, the survival rate falls to approximately 50 percent even with an aggressive treatment plan that includes high - dose chemotherapy, surgery, stem cell transplant, radiation and immunotherapy.

Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation treatment that is especially effective for reaching tumors or remaining cancer cells close to key organs such as the brain stem or spinal cord.

«Immune checkpoint therapy has joined the ranks of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy as a pillar of cancer treatment,» proclaimed Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., a former CRI clinical grantee at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, during her opening plenary session talk at AACR18.