... and dermatitis in patients after radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancers: a double blind, randomized study . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys . 2006 ; 65 ( 3 ): 745 – 50 . 5. Anandhi P , Sharief RM , Rahila C . The benefit of zinc sulfate in oropharyngeal mucositis during hyperfractionated...

...Tiffany Ting-Fong Liu; Jason Chia-Hsien Cheng; Yu-Hsuan Chen; Feng-Ming Hsu; Keng-Hsueh Lan; Chao-Yuan Huang; Chun-Wei Wang; Sung-Hsin Kuo Introduction: This study explored the failure pattern and clinical outcomes in patients with ependymoma undergoing radiotherapy. Methods: Between January 2004...

... the use of TNT in patients with LARC, evaluating their inclusion criteria and distinguishing between the employed radiotherapy fractionations, systemic agents, timing, and the implications of these treatments with regard to surgery and long-term oncological results. Our aim was to describe the evidence...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2023 Neuroblastoma External beam radiation Radiotherapy microRNAs NIH...

... efficient in the castration-resistant phase, leading to the issue of the best therapeutic sequence. Finally, along with systemic therapy and molecular imaging advancements, radiotherapy was investigated in the oligometastatic setting, whether it is to treat the primary tumour or metastases. Key Messages...

... is suitable for tumour control. In patients who progress on anthracycline-based regimens, scope exists for tumour shrinkage with trabectedin and concurrent low-dose radiotherapy. Selecting systemic treatment for patients with advanced STS unsuited to receive standard anthracycline-based therapy often involves...

...Vérane Achard; Cédric Michael Panje; Daniel Engeler; Thomas Zilli; Paul Martin Putora Background: There are many treatment options for localized and locally advanced prostate cancer with radiotherapy and surgery representing the main local therapeutic strategies. Summary: Depending on the risk...

... only distant metastases (29.5%), and 14 had both (31.8%). Patients with stage IVA CC experienced a radiotherapy with curative intent ( n = 14, 58.3%) +/– concomitant chemotherapy, or a palliative treatment ( n = 10, 41.7%). Twenty-three patients with stage IVB CC received a prior chemotherapy (52.3...

.... Radiotherapy Endometrial carcinoma Recurrence Brachytherapy Chemotherapy Surgery Clinical Study Oncology 2019;96:235 241 DOI: 10.1159/000492430 Received: June 21, 2018 Accepted after revision: July 24, 2018 Published online: March 22, 2019 Patterns of Failures and Clinical Outcome of Patients...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio Oropharyngeal cancer Human papilloma virus Radiotherapy Chemotherapy Prognosis Survival Recurrence The role of inflammation has been well established in cancer biology and the neutrophil...

... network and registry of histo- and cytopathology in the Netherlands (PALGA). LND was defined as the removal of any nodes. Additionally, cases where 10 nodes or less (LND ≤10) or more than 10 nodes (LND > 10) were removed were analyzed separately. Adjuvant therapy was evaluated as radiotherapy...

... (50 mg/m 2 ) concurrently with radiotherapy; 72% of patients underwent lobectomy following chemoradiotherapy and 28% underwent pneumonectomy. The 30- and 90-day mortality rates were 0%. The nodal downstaging rate was 82% and there was a 64% rate of pathologic complete response. The overall survival...

...; Hirotaka Kohno; Hiroshi Kohno; Takashi Moriya; Michihiro Nonaka; Hideyuki Hyogo; Yasuyuki Aisaka; Tomoki Kimura; Yasushi Nagata; Kazuaki Chayama Objective: To compare the outcome of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy (HAIC + RT) versus sorafenib monotherapy in patients...

... of biological effect were no larger than a few percent. Endometrial cancer Radiotherapy Brachytherapy Pulsed-dose rate Adjuvant treatment Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological cancer and the fourth most frequently diagnosed female neoplasm in Europe with 98,900 estimated new...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Adenocarcinoma Lung cancer Lung neoplasm Lung tumor Radiation biology Radiation therapy Radiotherapy Squamous cell carcinoma...

...Rafael Silverman; Kerstie Johnson; Christina Perry; Santhanam Sundar Background: Studies have shown that rectal distension has a significant impact on treatment failure in patients receiving radical radiotherapy for prostate cancer. A distended rectum contributes to excessive organ movement during...

...Hee Ji Han; Mi Sun Kim; Jihye Cha; Jin Sub Choi; Kwang Hyub Han; Jinsil Seong Background: For huge hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), therapeutic decisions have varied from local therapy to systemic therapy, with radiotherapy (RT) playing only a palliative role. In this study, we investigated whether...

... metastasis, requires novel therapeutic management beyond using sorafenib alone. Currently, the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group and National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend combined radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy for some selected cases. For advanced liver-confined HCC, focal liver...

... chemotherapy and 104 (44.4%) had radiotherapy. Of the patients treated with ADT, 46 (23.7%) had no monitoring prostate-specific antigen tests. Fifty-nine percent of the patients were alive after 12 months and 35% after 24 months. The hazard ratio for the Maori/Pacific men was 1.49. Conclusion: Overall...

... of hospital type, patient and geographic characteristics. Of 3,809 identified cancer patients in the claims database, 2,086 patients dying from cancer were hospitalized during the last 30 days before death, generating 2,262 inpatient episodes. Anticancer drug therapy was given in 22.2% and radiotherapy...