Sentences with phrase «underwent stereotactic»

Soo and colleagues enrolled 121 women undergoing breast cancer diagnosis at Duke and randomly assigned them to receive one of three approaches as they underwent stereotactic and ultrasound - guided biopsy: a recorded meditation, music, or standard care with a technologist offering casual conversation and support.

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For patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, the combination of chemotherapy and stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR) may be a promising treatment option, ultimately allowing them to undergo surgery that may not otherwise be an option, according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 56th Annual Meeting.

«This technology [stereotactic body radiation] has been used successfully in both primary and metastatic lung and liver cancers, notably for patients who could not otherwise undergo surgery, with local control rates in excess of 90 percent» says Gan.

Undergoing immunotherapy within a month of stereotactic radiosurgery resulted in an improved response to treatment for patients with melanoma brain metastases.