Radiotherapy
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Saturday, November 21, 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...

Radiation therapy for intrahepatic malignancies.

29 Sep 2009 Historically, radiation was not used in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastasis because of the low tolerance of the liver to radiation. More recently, improvements in radiation delivery using advanced techniques, such as 3D ... 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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Radiotherapy'

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
• Radiation therapy for intrahepatic malignancies. 29 Sep 2009
• Facilitation of drug resistance development by gamma-irradiation in human cancer cells. 29 Sep 2009
• Elevated CD133, but not VEGF or EGFR, as a predictive marker of distant recurrence after preoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer. 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
• Prospective comparison of quality of life before and after observation, radiation, or surgery for vestibular schwannomas. 29 Sep 2009
• Radiation-induced volume changes in parotid and submandibular glands in patients with head and neck cancer receiving postoperative radiotherapy: a longitudinal study. 29 Sep 2009
• [Basaloid squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck] 29 Sep 2009
• Antiangiogenic approaches to age-related macular degeneration in the future. 29 Sep 2009
• Risks of radiation therapy in patients with neurofibromatosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Residual motion and duty time in respiratory gating radiotherapy using individualized or population-based windows. 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of audio coaching on correlation of abdominal displacement with lung tumor motion. 29 Sep 2009
• Radiation therapy for esophageal cancer in Japan: results of the Patterns of Care Study 1999-2001. 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
• [Crex and Orion analysis in radiation oncology: towards a mutualisation of corrective actions] 22 Sep 2009
• Is preoperative chemoradiotherapy still the treatment of choice for rectal cancer? 19 Sep 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