Prophylactic Radiation Therapy for High-Risk Asymptomatic Bone Metastases
1. The hazard ratio of skeletal-related events in patients treated with radiation compared with patients who were not treated with ...
Tag: Radiation Oncology
Dose-escalated simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy may increase ipsilateral breast tumor relapse rates
1. 5-year ipsilateral breast tumor relapse rates for test group 1 were non-inferior to the control group. However, noninferiority was ...
Simultaneous integrated boost radiation therapy may improve survival rates for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
1. For patients aged 70 years and older with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the combination of simultaneous integrated boost ...
Hyperfractionated radiotherapy reduces complication rates compared to standard fractionation for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
1. Fewer patients in the hyperfractionation group reported grade 3 or worse late radiation-induced complications compared to the standard fractionation ...
Sinoatrial node radiation associated with the development of atrial fibrillation and mortality in lung cancer
1. The maximum dose delivered to the sinoatrial node had the highest predictive value for atrial fibrillation. 2. A higher ...
Adjuvant radiation decreases local recurrence in low-risk breast cancer
1. In a phase III trial of over 600 patients with good-risk ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) of the breast, adjuvant ...
Cranial radiotherapy associated with increased risk of anterior hypopituitarism
1. In a retrospective review of over 700 childhood cancer survivors (CCS) treated with cranial radiotherapy, over 50% developed anterior ...
Captopril mitigates radiation-induced lung fibrosis in rats
Image: PD 1. Captopril or the synthetic antioxidant, EUK-207, reduced functional, biochemical, and histopathological signs of lung fibrosis after whole ...
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