Radiotherapy with breast-conserving surgery proves beneficial
1. Adjuvant radiotherapy reduced the risk of same-side recurrence following breast-conserving surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Evidence Rating ...
Tag: radiotherapy
Doxepin rinse reduces pain of oral mucositis during radiotherapy
Image: PD 1. Oral doxepin rinse significantly reduces the incidence of painful oral mucositis (OM) during radiotherapy for head and ...
Decreased breast cancer recurrence and mortality following post-mastectomy radiotherapy
Image: PD 1. Radiotherapy administered after mastectomy and axillary dissection decreased 10-year recurrence and 20-year mortality in women with node-positive ...
Radiation may have a role treating brain metastases from lung cancer
Image: PD 1. There was no difference in overall survival of patients with brain metastases from EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma receiving ...
Escalated-dose radiotherapy did not increase survival in prostate cancer
Image: PD 1: Escalated-dose conformal radiotherapy with neoadjuvant androgen deprivation did not increase long-term, overall survival for patients with prostate ...
Radical prostatectomy may trump radiotherapy in non-metastatic prostate cancer
Image: PD 1. Men with localized, non-metastatic prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy demonstrated lower mortality rates compared to treatment ...
Post-operative radiotherapy showed limited long-term protection against breast cancer local recurrence
Image: PD 1. Post-operative radiation therapy is associated with significantly reduced risk for local recurrence of breast cancer in the ...
Neoadjunctive radiotherapy, hospital factors key for rectal cancer resection
Image: PD 1. Older age, male sex, African American race and non-private insurance are risk factors for margin positivity following ...
Ischemic heart disease increases linearly with radiotherapy for breast cancer
Image: PD 1. The risk of a major coronary event in women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer increases linearly ...
Long term functional outcomes similar with surgery, radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients
Jan 31st – NEJM - While 15-year outcomes are similar, at years 2 and 5 years radiotherapy is superior to prostatectomy ...
