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| | Radiation therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The use of radiotherapy in non-malignant conditions is limited partly by worries about the risk of radiation-induced cancers. | | | Radiotherapy has a few applications in non-malignant conditions, such as the treatment of severe Thyroid eye disease, Pterygium, prevention of Keloid scar growth, and prevention of Heterotopic Bone formation. | | | The aim of this process is to improve the therapeutic index of the radiotherapy. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy
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| | OCS: Radiotherapy. |
| | Radiotherapy is only employed for solid tumours (such as retinoblastoma and optic nerve glioma) when the mass is localised and has not metastasised to distant areas of the body. | | | The following effects may alter the child's personal learning techniques and/or social behaviour, and it is important for carers, medical professionals and teachers to remain vigilant in order to advocate positive early intervention where it is needed. | | | This is usually only true for children who receive radiotherapy as infants, when orbital bone structures are still developing. |
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http://www.orphancancer.org/General/Treatment/radiotherapy.html
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| | Radiotherapy |
| | Systemic radionuclide therapy is a form of radiotherapy that involves administering the source of the radiation into the patient. | | | Systemic radionuclide therapy: a form of radiotherapy in which the source of radiation is administered directly into the patient. | | | Teletherapy: a form of radiotherapy in which the source of radiation is applied from a distance from the body. |
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http://www.avmi.net/NewFiles/RadioTherapy/Radiotherapy.html
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| | Radiotherapy |
| | Radiotherapy, also called radiation therapy, is the treatment of cancer and other diseases with ionizing radiation. | | | Several new approaches to radiation therapy are being evaluated to determine their effectiveness in treating cancer. | | | More information about the side effects associated with radiotherapy can be found in the NCI booklet Radiation Therapy and You. |
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http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/600071.html
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| | Health : Radiotherapy |
| | Radiotherapy involves the use of ionising radiation to treat disease and is one of the main methods used in the management of cancer. | | | Modern radiotherapy utilises highly sophisticated technology and therapeutic radiographers need to have an interest in and understanding of the technical aspects of treatment planning and delivery combined with good communication and caring skills. | | | The emphasis is on team work and therapeutic radiographers work closely with doctors, medical physicists and nurses to provide the optimum care for patients. |
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http://www.uce.ac.uk/web2/healthcc/bscther.html
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| | Single Dose Radiotherapy Effective Palliation for Bone Metastasis |
| | Radiotherapy is often used to treat painful metastatic lesions to bone. | | | These authors pointed out that the Second Workshop on Palliative Radiotherapy and Symptom Control in 2000 concluded that single dose radiotherapy was effective therapy for painful bone metastasis. | | | Randomized trial of short-versus long-course radiotherapy for palliation of painful bone metastases. |
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http://www.professional.cancerconsultants.com/news.aspx?id=34417
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| | Radiotherapy : CancerBACUP |
| | Radiotherapy is not painful but you do have to lie still for a few minutes while your treatment is being given. | | | Radiotherapy is usually given if the cancer has spread beyond the cervix and is not curable with surgery alone. | | | Before each session of radiotherapy the radiographer will position you carefully on the couch and make sure that you are comfortable. |
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http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Cancertype/Cervix/Treatment/Radiotherapy
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| | The Henna Page - The Encyclopedia of Henna- Henna for Accuracy and Comfort in Radiotherapy |
| | A physician maps specific points on the patient’s body for the radiotherapy, and these exact points must be targeted at each therapeutic treatment. | | | Radiotherapy must be precisely, repeatedly, targeted to be effective against | | | Skin Markings in External Radiotherapy by Temporary Tattooing with Henna: Improvement of Accuracy and Increased Patient Comfort |
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http://www.hennapage.com/henna/encyclopedia/medical/radiotherapy.html
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| | Stereotactic Radiosurgery & Radiotherapy |
| | Stereotactic Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy are two of the newest techniques for treating brain tumors and other lesions. | | | Stereotactic radiotherapy consists of two or more treatment sessions. | | | Advanced Radiation Therapy - Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy |
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http://www.cpmc.org/services/radiation-oncology/radiation/stereosurgery.html
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| | Radiotherapy |
| | Palliative means that radiotherapy is given to relieve local symptoms from a tumour, for example to lessen pain, or stop bleeding, or to prevent damage to neighbouring structures such as nerves. | | | During radiotherapy your skin may get red and itchy, similar to sunburn. | | | In either case patients' first appointment at the radiotherapy centre will be a planning session. |
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http://www.cancernet.co.uk/rxt-what.htm
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| | Clinical Care Options for Oncology - Salvage radiotherapy may cure recurrent prostate cancer in some post-prostatectomy ... |
| | Stephenson and colleagues recommend that early treatment with salvage radiotherapy should be considered for post-prostatectomy patients with a history of positive surgical margins, regardless of other high-grade features. | | | On the basis of their findings, a multicenter group of investigators concluded that early use of radiotherapy should be strongly considered for such patients regardless of other prognostic variables. | | | Patients with positive surgical margins at the time of initial radical prostatectomy may achieve durable responses with salvage radiotherapy at time of recurrence. |
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http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/news/news_imed_12.asp
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| | Guideline 29 Section 9: Adjuvant radiotherapy |
| | Radiotherapy should be given to the chest wall after mastectomy in those patients judged to be at high risk of local recurrence. | | | For patients outside a clinical trial, wide local excision should be combined with radiotherapy and systemic therapy as appropriate. | | | Consider entering patients into clinical studies of radiotherapy and tamoxifen (BASO-II study). |
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http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/29/section9.html
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| | Adjuvant Therapy |
| | For each individual patient the risk is individually assessed and a decision taken to reflect this. | | | For this reason, many surgeons and oncologists prefer to treat the axilla surgically, avoiding the need for axillary radiotherapy. | | | On the chest wall it can cause a discoloration of the skin and the appearance of many tiny blood vessels (telangiectasia). |
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http://www.thebreastclinic.com/adjuvant.htm
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| | Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Cancer of the Colon or Rectum -- familydoctor.org |
| | While the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy after surgery for colon and rectal cancers is now standard practice, doctors still want to learn more. | | | You may be given the opportunity to participate in a clinical research program to help doctors learn which drug regimen is the best or what the best timing or length of treatment is. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are being studied in an effort to keep improving results. | | | Doctors also use staging to decide whether to use additional treatments, such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy, to prevent the cancer from coming back after surgery. |
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http://familydoctor.org/x1644.xml
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| | Radiotherapy - Patient UK |
| | You may have surgery to remove a tumour but you may also be given a course of radiotherapy after the surgery. | | | It is beyond the scope of this leaflet to discuss all the possible side-effects which may occur from radiotherapy to every part of the body. | | | Usually the plan is then to have a short session of radiotherapy treatment on most days each week, for several weeks. |
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http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000595
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| | Radiotherapy |
| | Since radiotherapy affects the areas radiated, it can be effective as a management intervention -- when there is a need to shrink a problem lymph node, for example. | | | Long-term outcome after radiotherapy alone for lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma. | | | Murtha and his associates conclude that "no other approach [for stage III follicular lymphoma] has consistently demonstrated results better than those reported for primary radiotherapy alone." Int J Radiation Oncol Biol Phys 2001;49:3-15. |
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http://www.lymphomation.org/radiation.htm
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| | ACS :: Radiation Therapy after Lumpectomy May Save Lives |
| | Vincent Vinh-Hung, MD, and Claire Verschraegen, MD, found that women who don’t receive radiotherapy after their breast-conserving surgery increase their risk of dying from the cancer by 8.6%. | | | Vallis and Tannock also point out that past problems with radiotherapy, such as heart damage, have been largely overcome with modern techniques so that it carries little risk today. | | | The research "reinforces the view that the large majority of patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery should also receive radiotherapy," said Katherine Vallis, MD, and Ian Tannock, MD, of Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital, in an editorial accompanying the study. |
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http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Radiation_Therapy_after_Lumpectomy_May_Save_Lives.asp
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| | Hormone Therapy Enhances Radiotherapy For Men at High Risk |
| | These patients were treated for prostate cancer with radiotherapy alone in clinical trials from 1975-1992. | | | During the study, researchers found that high risk patients who received radiotherapy alone had a 34 percent chance of dying of prostate cancer after the first five years of treatment. | | | All men in the study had clinically localized prostate cancer, meaning that the disease had not spread to other parts of the body but was biologically advanced. |
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http://www.psa-rising.com/~psa/medicalpike/roach.htm
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| | Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Patients |
| | Radiotherapy can help alleviate the pain that is associated with bone metastasis. | | | Prostate cancer patients who want to pursue radiotherapy, also called external radiation therapy, as their first line monotherapy should have these characteristics: | | | Then speak with a qualified radiation oncologist to see if radiotherapy could be right for you. |
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http://prostate-cancer.com/radiation/patient-profile/radiation-patient-profile.html
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| | Ear, Nose & Throat Journal: Rapid growth of acoustic neuromas after stereotactic radiotherapy in type 2 ... |
| | Only a few studies have focused on the efficacy of radiotherapy in NF2 patients who have bilateral acoustic neuromas. | | | (2-4) They reported that the complication rates associated with stereotactic radiotherapy with regard to facial palsy and hearing loss were similar to those seen with microsurgical techniques. | | | Slight tumor expansion following radiotherapy has been observed within 6 months of therapy. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUM/is_12_81/ai_95954201
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| | ACS :: Distance From Radiotherapy Facility May Affect Choice of Treatment |
| | “[A lumpectomy] plus radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for early stage breast cancer, because survival is equal to mastectomy, and lumpectomy preserves the breast,” says Grant W. Carlson, MD, chief of surgical oncology at Emory University’s School of Medicine in Atlanta.. | | | It’s vitally important for those who do choose lumpectomy plus radiotherapy to complete the radiation part of the treatment, says a cancer radiotherapy expert. | | | “Our study showed women who live a longer distance away from a radiotherapy site are less likely to undergo lumpectomy,” says the study’s lead author, Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH, professor and chief of internal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. |
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http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Distance_From_Radiotherapy_Facility_May_Affect_Choice_of_Treatment.asp
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| | Radiotherapy improves survival after breast-conserving surgery |
| | "The present study confirms that radiotherapy should not be omitted after breast-conserving surgery, except for medical contraindications such as systemic vascular disease or a previous history of irradiation," the authors conclude. | | | For these reasons, several studies have examined the consequences of omitting radiotherapy from the treatment regimen. | | | The authors calculated that the women who received breast-conserving surgery alone were three times more likely to have a relapse than women who had breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-01/jotn-ris011504.php
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| | ScienceDaily -- Browse Topics: Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Oncology/Radiotherapy |
| | Radiotherapy Institute - Provides Radiotherapy information, clinical trials and reviews to medical professionals. | | | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology - Vanderbilt researches basic and medical physics science, develops clinical techniques, interacts with industry and develops new radiotherapy facilities throughout the Nashville, Tennesee region. | | | Stereotactic Radiosurgery Clinical Program in Australia - Our program has been responsible for the treatment of more patients than any other in Australia, and the development of more advanced techniques. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/directory/Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Oncology/Radiotherapy
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| | SGSMP : Bulletin 3/98 (Dezember 1998) Dicom in Radiotherapy |
| | During the RSNA meeting of 1994, a meeting was held at which a clear need was expressed for standardization of the way radiotherapy data (such as external beam and brachytherapy treatment plans, doses, and images) are transferred from one piece of equipment to another. | | | Specification and testing of the clinical application capabilities and data flow needs to be performed by the healthcare facility to ensure effective integration of the various DICOM applications. | | | Vendors who have such products available, or have demonstrated them as works in progress, include: Elekta, General Electric Medical Systems, IMPAC, MDS Nordion, Merge Technologies, Multidata, NOMOS, Nucletron, Picker International, ROCS, Siemens Medical Systems, SSGI, and Varian Medical Systems. |
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http://www.sgsmp.ch/bull983b.htm
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| | CancerLinksUSA.com |
| | Cancer Treatment with Radiotherapy - Imaginis.net - Patient information on radiotherapy (radiation therapy) treatment of cancer. | | | Information on why radiotherapy is performed, how it works, and what a patient will experience is also included. | | | What Happens in Radiotherapy - from Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy by Dr. Margolis. |
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http://www.cancerlinksusa.com/radiation.htm
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| | Radiotherapy - cancer cell treatment using radiation |
| | For a session of radiotherapy you are placed in a position that allows the energy beam to be directed accurately at the cancer. | | | The area to be irradiated is marked, often by tiny tattooed dots on the skin. | | | Radiotherapy can be given as inpatient or outpatient treatment. |
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http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/radiotherapy.html
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| | Radiotherapy |
| | Radiotherapy is a ‘localised’ treatment, which means it treats only them area of your body it’s aimed at. | | | After mastectomy: radiotherapy to the chest is sometimes recommended. | | | It is not very common to have radiotherapy to the chest wall after a mastectomy, but sometimes women have radiotherapy if they are considered to be at higher risk of the breast cancer coming back in the breast tissue on their chest. |
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http://www.breasthealth.com.au/treatment/radiotherapy.html
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| | NCCI - Radiotherapy Utilisation |
| | Examine the natural history of common cancers to determine the proportions of patients who may develop an indication for radiotherapy after their initial presentation and management with surgery or chemotherapy. | | | A multidisciplinary panel of experts from the fields of radiation oncology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, oncology nursing and palliative care has been convened with the help of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and the Medical and Scientific Committee of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia. | | | Radiotherapy is an essential cancer treatment and contributes to the cure or palliation of many cancer patients. |
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http://www.ncci.org.au/projects/radiotherapy/radiotherapy.htm
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| | 2 Weeks After Head and Neck Radiotherapy Treatment - Radiation Burn Pictures |
| | The bone pain does seem to have subsided this weekend, but the area is still very tender. | | | I also developed bronchitis in week 2 post radiotherapy and I think the prescribed antibiotic helped speed the burn healing process. | | | Once the rawness had gone Solpadol was sufficient to control what was uncomfortable rather than painful. |
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http://www.fashion-era.com/Radiotherapy_3.htm
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| | New network to boost radiotherapy research in UK |
| | ACORRN will also support independent radiotherapy researchers and research groups throughout the UK and raise the profile of radiotherapy research. | | | Jointly funded by Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the Department of Health, this is the first time a long-term radiotherapy research strategy will be developed for the UK. | | | The network hopes to attract long-term funding and develop improved training opportunities for professionals to remain in radiotherapy research. |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19726
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| | PROSTATE CANCER: INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT |
| | Additionally, prostate cancer is the only application involving comparisons with conventional radiotherapy, with an emphasis on comparative morbidity between IMRT and 3D-CRT. | | | Intensity modulated radiation therapy, or IMRT, is a refinement over existing conformal radiotherapy modalities, rather than a breakthrough technology. | | | More than half of these patients will receive some form of radiation therapy. |
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http://www.cancernews.com/data/Article/259.asp
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| | Radiotherapy |
| | The publication also includes information on the developmental process for the best practice statements which aim to 'describe the best and achievable practice in a specific area of care'. | | | The British journal of radiology online is a peer reviewed journal of the British Institute of Radiology which covers all clinical and technical aspects of diagnostic imaging, radiotherapy and radiobiology. | | | One in a series of guidance notes produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on interventional procedures covering new surgical procedures. |
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http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D011878.html
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| | The Pituitary Foundation Conference report (1999) Radiotherapy |
| | There was no difference in cognitive impairment between the two groups of patients with pituitary tumours, whether they had radiotherapy or not. | | | With incomplete removal re-growth is possible; at this point repeat surgery or radiotherapy may be offered. | | | Most patients have no visual impairment following radiotherapy; 1-2% may have some impairment, due to irradiation of the optic nerves and chiasm. |
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http://www.pituitary.org.uk/conference/1999/radiotherapy.htm
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| | Radioisotopes in Medicine |
| | Radiotherapy can be used to treat some medical conditions, especially cancer, using radiation to weaken or destroy particular targeted cells. | | | Nuclear medicine uses radiation to provide diagnostic information about the functioning of a person's specific organs, or to treat them. | | | Although radiotherapy is less common than diagnostic use of radioactive material in medicine, it is nevertheless widespread, important and growing. |
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http://www.uic.com.au/nip26.htm
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| | Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers, Cancer Facts 7.1 |
| | Clinical trials are under way to study the effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy alone and in combination with other types of radiation therapy. | | | What other methods are in use or being studied to improve external radiation therapy? | | | Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy, or irradiation) is the use of a certain type of energy (called ionizing radiation) to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. |
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http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_1.htm
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| | :: RCOG :: |
| | © 2002 Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia Frank A. Critz, M.D. Medical Director Georgia Center for Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment This web site was prepared to help you understand the specifics of prostate cancer and its treatments. | | | In December, 1998 our report detailing the largest series of men treated with brachytherapy in the modern literature was published in The Cancer Journal. | | | After learning the facts about prostate cancer, the patients profiled in this web site chose the ProstRcision® treatment offered by the only Center of Excellence for Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer in the Southeast — Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG). |
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http://www.cpi-prostate.com
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| | News - Pre-op Radiotherapy Alternative to Lymphadenectomy for Rectal Cancer |
| | "This study suggests that in terms of curative effect, preoperative radiotherapy can be one alternative therapy in place of EXT-L for patients with lower rectal cancer," conclude the authors. | | | There was a significant difference in the five-year disease-free survival rates between those who received preoperative radiation (74.6 percent) and those who did not (45.9 percent). | | | Pre-op Radiotherapy Alternative to Lymphadenectomy for Rectal Cancer |
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http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C05005289AC
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| | About breast cancer radiotherapy |
| | There is much more information about radiotherapy in our main radiotherapy section. | | | You will have a pinprick tattoo made on your skin during planning. | | | You have your treatment in the radiotherapy outpatients' department. |
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http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help?page=3339
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| | Radiotherapy - General Information about Techniques: BC Cancer Agency |
| | Radiotherapy - General Information about Techniques: BC Cancer Agency | | | Gynecology - Radiotherapy - General Information about Techniques | | | It may be helpful for counseling your patient, but final |
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http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/CancerManagementGuidelines/Gynecology/RadiotherapyGeneralInformation.htm
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| | Radiotherapy - Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer - CancerIndex |
| | Radiation Therapy Oncology Group RTOG is a national research study group running radiotherapy trials in centres across the USA and Canada. | | | Patient Guide to Radiation Therapy (University of Michigan) | | | The dosimetric consequences of inter-fractional patient movement on conventional and intensity-modulated breast radiotherapy treatments. |
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http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks4r.htm
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| | Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia |
| | Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia is among the largest and most successful programs in the world for the treatment of men with prostate cancer. | | | Using this Web site, you can get detailed information from Dr. Frank Critz, founder of Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia. |
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http://www.prostrcision.com
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| | The Pituitary Foundation GP Fact File 10. Radiotherapy |
| | MR imaging, has led to a reduction in the use of radiotherapy as a routine adjunct to surgery. | | | Radiotherapy may be used as the sole treatment to reduce the size of, or at least prevent further growth of pituitary tumours that cannot be treated medically or approached surgically because of inaccessibility or infirmity of the patient. | | | Approximately one third of patients require pituitary hormone replacement therapy by 10 years after treatment. |
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http://www.pituitary.org.uk/gp-factfile/10-radiotherapy.htm
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| | Preliminary Analysis Shows Whole-Pelvic Radiotherapy Boosts Progression-Free Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients |
| | Patients treated with whole-pelvic radiotherapy experienced a four-year progression-free survival of 56 percent compared to 46 percent when treated with prostate-only radiotherapy. | | | Meanwhile, patients in the study who were treated with neoadjuvant hormone therapy experienced a four-year progression free rate of 53 percent versus 48 percent for patients who underwent adjuvant hormone therapy. | | | The median follow-up for all patients since entering the study was 59.3. |
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http://www.astro.org:1000/media_center/news_releases/2001/1105roach.htm
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| | Northern Cancer Network : what is radiotherapy? |
| | Radiotherapy uses radiation to treat cancers (and sometimes other diseases). | | | You are here: treatments > radiotherapy > what is radiotherapy? | | | Some patients have radiotherapy from inside the body. |
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http://ncn.jamkit.com/Treatments/Radiotherapy/Whatisradiotherapy
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