Radiotherapy with cetuximab or durvalumab for advanced HNSCC
1. The 2-year progression-free survival was 50.6% in the durvalumab group vs 63.7% in the cetuximab group with HR 1.33 ...
Tag: Radiation Therapy
Machine learning algorithm shows limited capacity for reducing health spending for radiation therapy outpatients
1. Natesan and colleagues conducted a post hoc economic analysis of a trial that identified cancer patients at high risk ...
Systemic Therapy and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Oligoprogressive Breast Cancer or Lung Cancer
1. Progression-free survival in NSCLC was found to be significant with HR 0.41 compared to breast cancer which was non-significant ...
Younger adults with extremity soft-tissue sarcoma may be more likely to receive chemotherapy and less likely to receive radiation therapy compared to older adults
1. Age group was not significantly associated with variations in treatment for extremity soft-tissue sarcoma decisions, except for the use ...
#VisualAbstract: Lobaplatin-based induction chemotherapy is safe and efficacious for patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinomas
Click to read the study in The Lancet Oncology.
Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes After Hypofractionated or Conventionally Fractionated Radiation for Prostate Cancer
1. In men with prostate cancer, functional outcomes following moderately hypofractionated radiation therapy are clinically equivalent to those following conventionally ...
Quick Take: Prophylactic Irradiation of Tracts in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase III Randomized Trial
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a devastating cancer, with survival rates ranging from as low as 17% to 46%. Diagnosis and/or ...
Quick Take: Accelerated hypofractionated radiation therapy for elderly frail bladder cancer patients unfit for surgery or chemotherapy
The standard of care for T2-T4aN0M0 muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and high-risk non-MIBC in fit patients is radical cystectomy (RC). ...
Patient Basics: Radiation Therapy
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Radiation therapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses an intense form ...