Tag: Radiation

PROSTOX predicts late genitourinary toxicity, yielding area under the curve of 0.76

Largest number of cancers was projected to result from abdomen and pelvic CT in adults, reflecting 37 percent of those 103,000 cancers

Patients with initial nodal metastases and breast pCR on vacuum-assisted biopsy who underwent targeted axillary dissection had axillary pCR

Incidence of RTOME is 5.83 percent in patients with head and neck cancer, with significant variation seen by cancer type

Expected breast shrinkage about 20 percent within one year after breast-conserving therapy/radiation therapy

Physician-scored and patient-reported bowel toxicity higher with dose-escalated moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy

For most patients, definitive treatment with combined modality therapy is recommended

Short-term acute toxicity and cancer control outcomes similar to those with standard regimens

Risk for death significantly lower for patients with return of serum testosterone to normal range value

Acute genitourinary, GI toxicity linked to late genitourinary or GI toxicity and decrement in urinary or bowel quality of life