Sentences with phrase «radiotherapy for»

When he commenced radiotherapy for treatment of the tumour in 2005 his consultant referred him to the Care Fertility Clinic in Northampton so that samples of his sperm could be taken and frozen for use in future reproduction.

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Lin, L. C., Que, J., Lin, K. L., Leung, H. W., Lu, C. L., and Chang, C. H. Effects of zinc supplementation on clinical outcomes in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancers: a double - blinded randomized study.

Lin, Y. S., Lin, L. C., and Lin, S. W. Effects of zinc supplementation on the survival of patients who received concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: follow - up of a double - blind randomized study with subgroup analysis.

[57] The postoperative use of radiotherapy for anorectal melanoma following wide local excision has been reported to be associated with high rates of locoregional control (74 % to 82 %) at 5 years, with nearly all patients avoiding the need for abdominoperineal resection and permanent colostomy.

A multi-institutional retrospective analysis of external radiotherapy for mucosal melanoma of the head and neck in Northern Japan.

Radical radiotherapy for 28 cases of mucosal melanoma in the nasal cavity and sinuses.

Combination Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Study 93 — 10

With regard to radiotherapy for breast cancer, the guidelines provide recommendations on hypofractionated radiotherapy — an aspect currently not considered by the DMP.

Appearing in Lancet Oncology, long term results of EORTC trial 22921 with 10.4 years median follow - up show that 5 - FU (fluorouracil) based adjuvant chemotherapy after preoperative (chemo)- radiotherapy for patients with cT3 - resectable T4 M0 rectal cancer does not improve survival or disease - free survival.

So it is important to preserve the option of radiotherapy for treating future, more substantial cancers, the development of which is not uncommon.»

The authors had data for 2,679 women (average age 64) with a diagnosis of DCIS between 1990 and 2011 and for 757 women (average age 79) with a DCIS diagnosis between 1991 and 2009 who had not undergone radiotherapy for DCIS and experienced a subsequent breast cancer or DCIS diagnosis.

«Now we have evidence to support the use of less, but equally effective, radiotherapy for selected patients.»

Not exact matches

The targeted radiotherapy shrank tumors for 71 % of patients who had already failed standard chemotherapy, but these results came from a small trial that started with 30 patients and then added another 20 after positive data started rolling in.

My own personal experience of dealing with a club that now has no humanity is that my son was diagnosed with ALL Leukaemia for the third time in 2016, and he had intensive chemo, radiotherapy and a bone marrow transplant!

Well he's not worth 150 k a week like HE thinks he is My dad is doing radiotherapy and one of his drivers has a 17 year old son in the youth team and word round the campfire is that Theo has last his bottle cos of the injuries he's suffered and that's why he asking for more dough cos he worried he ain't got as long a career as he thought he may have, understandable if true to a point but also explains why he fluffs his lines in front of goal a lot more than he hits the target I don't dislike him or OG particularly BUT they are not the guys to lead the line and neither for that matter is Welbeck

In particular, our pediatric radiation oncologists at Floating Hospital for Children offer special expertise in the management of brain tumors, including medulloblastoma, with a combination of post-operative radiotherapy and multi-agent chemotherapy.

Radiotherapy is still a highly effective treatment for many women with breast cancer.»

Speaking on the 31st Convocation lecture of the institution titled» Stepping Out Into The World; Potential Well - Being, Change in Lifestyle And Cancer Education», the don lamented the drain the disease cost on the nation's resources through just about five per cent of the cancer patients (10,000) that had resources to go abroad where they pay between $ 10,000 - $ 15,000 per patient for a three to five weeks course of Radiotherapy.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: «Radiotherapy is one of the most clinically and cost - effective treatments for cancer and this funding will bring our additional investment in radiotherapy over the Spending Review period to # 165 milRadiotherapy is one of the most clinically and cost - effective treatments for cancer and this funding will bring our additional investment in radiotherapy over the Spending Review period to # 165 milradiotherapy over the Spending Review period to # 165 million.»

12:32 - The PM is pressed again on universal credit, before Lib Dem party president Tim Farron raises a petition calling for radiotherapy services in his local hospital to be saved.

31 - day wait for second or subsequent treatment 31 - day wait — 97.6 % of people were treated within 31 days where the subsequent treatment was surgery --(97.7 % in Q2 2011 - 12) 31 - day wait — 99.8 % of people treated within 31 days where the subsequent treatment was an anti-cancer drug regimen --(99.8 % in Q2 2011 - 12) 31 - day wait — 98.6 % of people treated within 31 days where the subsequent treatment was a course of radiotherapy --(98.2 % in Q2 2011 - 12)

«The optimal treatment for limited - stage SCLC is concurrent chemo - radiotherapy,» said lead author Dr Fabio Gomes, a medical oncologist at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.

For the analysis presented today, the researchers compared the toxicities and outcomes between patients who received G - CSF during concurrent chemo - radiotherapy and those who did not.

That means that roughly 36 of the 190 women who received annual mammography for 10 years and were diagnosed with breast cancer would receive unnecessary surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

The phase III CONVERT trial enrolled 547 patients with limited - stage SCLC for concurrent chemo - radiotherapy who were randomised to once - daily or twice - daily radiotherapy.

In addition, the Danish Breast Cancer Oncology Group also adopted this partial breast radiotherapy technique for selected patients.

Following presentation of the initial results, the UK Royal College of Radiologists 2016 breast radiotherapy consensus stated that partial breast radiotherapy could be considered for selected patients using the IMPORT LOW technique.

«Physicians in regions of high use of radiotherapy may guide patients with DCIS toward mastectomy because many of these patients are ineligible for BCS at the time of a second breast event — having already received radiotherapy — leading to mastectomy being recommended for patients who did not receive radiotherapy and are eligible for BCS.

The authors report that women who lived in an area with greater radiotherapy with BCS were more likely to undergo mastectomy if they had a second breast cancer even though they were candidates for BCS since they had initially foregone radiotherapy.

Evidence that proton beam therapy is better than conventional radiotherapy is contentious but that hasn't stopped a push for protons.

At present, the former Soviet states can not offer radiotherapy, and the children are taken to Germany for treatment.

European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO).

«We have identified a subgroup of older patients at sufficiently low risk of recurrence for whom omission of postoperative radiotherapy after breast - conserving surgery and adjuvant endocrine therapy is a reasonable option.

«Avoiding radiotherapy is an option for some older patients with breast cancer.»

Omission of radiotherapy is a reasonable option for women age 65 or older who receive hormone therapy after breast - conserving surgery for hormone receptor - positive, axillary node - negative breast cancer, according to results of the PRIME 2 trial presented at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 10 - 14.

«Our results are likely to lead to the consideration of omission of postoperative radiotherapy in patients meeting the eligibility criteria for the trial,» Kunkler said.

The first long - term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.

Cancer stem cells, a type of self - renewing cell found in tumors, are of particular interest because they are the main cell type responsible for tumor progression and for resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and therefore a major cause of tumor recurrence after treatment.

Materials provided by European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO).

The standard treatment for glioblastomas consists of removing as much of the tumor as possible with surgery and then eliminating what is left through radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy.

EORTC trial 22921 explored the value of adding chemotherapy to preoperative radiotherapy either concurrently, or as an adjuvant, or both for patients with cT3 - resectable T4 M0 rectal cancer.

If we validate this study in similar, but larger groups of patients, we can develop a test based for CFS breaks; the results would allow us to place patients in one of two categories: those whose tumors do not have CFS breaks and who would likely do well with local treatment alone (e.g. radiotherapy or surgery); and, those patients whose tumors do have CFS breaks and would need a more complex treatment protocol, in addition to RT or surgery, to combat distant spread.»

The diagnosis and treatment of female cancers are known to affect fertility for several reasons: some chemotherapy regimens can cause damage to the ovary, and this can occur at any age; radiotherapy can also compromise female fertility through effects on the ovary, uterus and potentially those brain centres which control the reproductive axis.

The authors say this is most likely to be due to the longer length of hospital stay for blood cancers (14 days on average, compared to 8 days across all cancers), and because blood cancers are increasingly treated with complex, long - term treatments including bone marrow transplants, multi-agent chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and extensive diagnostic procedures.

Fajkovic: «Patients could then conceivably be offered additional supportive treatment straightaway, for example, radiotherapy or chemotherapy — rather than waiting to see.»

Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) gives better results than standard radiotherapy in patients with early breast cancer, according to results from a randomised trial presented today (Sunday) to the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncolradiotherapy (IMRT) gives better results than standard radiotherapy in patients with early breast cancer, according to results from a randomised trial presented today (Sunday) to the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncolradiotherapy in patients with early breast cancer, according to results from a randomised trial presented today (Sunday) to the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and OncolRadiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO).

Treating patients with high - dose radiotherapy after chemotherapy and surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma does not achieve improvements in local relapse and overall survival, according to data from a prospective randomized phase II trial presented at ESMO 2014 Congress in Madrid.

A newly NIH funded clinical trial (NCT02528942) by University of Colorado Cancer Center investigators and collaborators at Beaumont Health in Michigan and the University of Texas Medical Branch is evaluating a new method for pinpointing and sparing healthy lung tissue during lung cancer radiotherapy.

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