Radiotherapy - Adverse effects
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma.

30 Oct 2009 This 18-year-old woman presented with headache and diplopia over several months and was found to have an enhancing pineal tumor with resultant obstructive hydrocephalus. Following standard preoperative diagnostic tests, including spinal axis ... Read more...

Facilitation of drug resistance development by gamma-irradiation in human cancer cells.

29 Sep 2009 Hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells (G cells) were subjected to selection first with gamma-radiation and then doxorubicin (Dox). The radiation treatment consisted of 2 Gy for 10 days (G2) or 10 Gy for 2 days (G10) and the Dox treatment was ... Read more...

Sensitivity of salivary glands to radiation: from animal models to therapies.

29 Sep 2009 Radiation therapy for head and neck cancer causes significant secondary side-effects in normal salivary glands, resulting in diminished quality of life for these individuals. Salivary glands are exquisitely sensitive to radiation and display acute ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Radiotherapy - Adverse effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Radiation-induced sequelae measured by means of lymphocyte apoptosis: importance of certain single nucleotide polymorphisms: in regard to Schnarr et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009). 13 Nov 2009
• Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Facilitation of drug resistance development by gamma-irradiation in human cancer cells. 29 Sep 2009
• Sensitivity of salivary glands to radiation: from animal models to therapies. 29 Sep 2009
• Reproductive outcomes in male childhood cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Pregnancy outcomes in female childhood and adolescent cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Risks of radiation therapy in patients with neurofibromatosis. 29 Sep 2009
• The carotid artery: an organ at risk and often neglected. 29 Sep 2009
• Premature carotid artery disease in pediatric cancer survivors treated with neck irradiation. 29 Sep 2009
• [Risk analysis in radiotherapy] 17 Sep 2009
• Transperitoneal laparoscopic prostatectomy does not increase small bowel within the target volume for postoperative radiotherapy. 14 Sep 2009
• Editorial comment. 14 Sep 2009
• Ureteroileocecal appendicostomy based urinary reservoir in irradiated and nonirradiated patients. 14 Sep 2009
• Localized morphea--a rare but significant secondary complication following breast cancer radiotherapy. Case report and review of the literature on radiation reaction among patients with scleroderma/morphea. 10 Sep 2009
• Effect of a prostaglandin--given rectally for prevention of radiation-induced acute proctitis--on late rectal toxicity. Results of a phase III randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. 10 Sep 2009
• Radical prostatectomy reigns supreme. 30 Aug 2009
• Optimal therapy in localized prostate cancer: an unfolding story. 30 Aug 2009
• The challenges of colorectal cancer survivorship. 30 Aug 2009
• How have advances in radiation technology increased quality of life for your patients? 30 Aug 2009
• The risk and prophylactic management of bladder cancer after various forms of radiotherapy. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Radiotherapy'

Definition: The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions.

Descriptor UI: D011878

Alternative terms: Radiotherapy; Radiotherapies; Radiotherapy, Targeted; Radiotherapies, Targeted; Targeted Radiotherapies; Targeted Radiotherapy;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.815;

Technical Notes: general only: prefer / radiother with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.63; / adv eff: consider also RADIATION INJURIES or its specifics; many specific types of radiotherapy are available