Sentences with phrase «therapeutic radiation doses»
Radiation - induced pulmonary fibrosis — tissue scarring that can permanently impair lung function — limits the delivery of therapeutic radiation doses to non-small cell lung cancer.
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«Randomized trials have confirmed the value of radiation dose escalation for prostate tumors, and the potential benefits of larger radiation doses in fewer fractions, are expected to increase the therapeutic efficacy for men with prostate cancer,» said Anders Widmark, MD, a professor of radiation sciences at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden and lead author of the study.
In the largest prospective study to date, following women for 8 years post treatment, 81 women were asked to hold their breath during radiation treatment for breast cancer - a process that was repeated until therapeutic dose was reached.
Studies have shown that exposure of tumor cells to therapeutic doses of radiation activates cell survival signaling pathways such as EGFR - RAS [2 - 5] and its downstream molecules such as ERK1 / 2, PI3K - AKT, JNK, etc. apart from several other signaling molecules [4, 6, 7].
Our radiation oncologists, who are at the forefront of research, have been leaders in developing and evaluating new therapeutic methods that spare healthy tissue and deliver effective doses of radiation over a shorter period of time.
Thus apart from direct cytotoxic effect, the exposure of cancer cells to therapeutic doses of radiation also enhances the survival and proliferation of a fraction of cells which ultimately leads to radiation resistance and therapeutic inefficacy.
It utilizes a robotic arm to deliver the entire therapeutic dose to an animal in 1 - 3 treatments, compared to conventional radiation therapy, which can employ up to 20 treatments.