DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Radiation therapy treatment
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy, radiation oncology, or radiotherapy, sometimes abbreviated to XRT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells. Radiation therapy is commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control cell growth. Ionizing radiation works by damaging the DNA of exposed tissue, furthermore, it is believed that cancerous cells may be more susceptible to death by this process as many have turned off their DNA repair machinery during the process of becoming cancerous...
Radiation therapy treatment - List of case studies
- Diffuse Intra-Axial expansive Lesion of the Enchephalic Trunk not surgically investigated _2
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intra-axial brainstem expansive lesion. He underwent radiation therapy but his physical condition is worrisome. His relatives ask the expert's ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma – additional opinion
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In May, 2009 Following a parenteral antibiotic therapy at the beginning, and afterwards by oral way, the young patient felt ... in their prognosis and also that chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may not be necessary if the tumor can be removed in entirety ...
- Endometrial Cancer
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case. Another option is endocrine manipulation by hormone therapy. questions: ... resulted in improved OS compared to whole-abdominal radiation therapy (5-year survival rates of 55% vs. 42%).2 In a subsequent ...
- Treatments
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with jointex starter 5-fluoruracil 60Gy radiation A ABO match ABO-incompatible (ABOI) renal ... Abdominal radical nephrectomy Ablation Ablation treatment (tricuspidal isthmus Ablative procedures Absorbables Abundant hydration Acupuncture Acupuncture therapy Acupuncture treatment Adaptation training exercises ...
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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1) Any support therapy to suggest? 2) Is there a solving therapy? In particular, do you ... every other day. Abdominal CT scan: Residual. • Radiation therapy 30.6 Gy on the residual abdominal mass , ended on ...
- Operated breast cancer with metastases
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axillary lymph nodes removal, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy. 5 years ago, after diagnostic finding of reappearance of ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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characterized by "ups and downs responding to anti-MM therapy. During the disease course, several problems and complications ... If bone pain is significant – local radiation therapy might help The renal failure ...
- Multirelapse Squamed Carcinoma of the Skin
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dose, followed by 250 mg/mq maintenance) - Symptomatic therapy: Omeprazen 20 mg 1 tablet; Medrol 16 mg 1/2 tablet x 2 (on a ... prior radiotherapy precludes any consideration of further radiation-based treatment . The approach up to this point seems quite ...
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma in the left temporal lobe
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On Feb 2008, the patient was evaluated by the radiation therapist who prescribed radiation therapy treatment. On Feb 2008, the patient was evaluated by the ...
- Metastatic non small cell lung Cancer
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for 2 weeks and stop on third week. Additional therapy will be considered according to clinical status. ... confirmed to be neoplastic (Biopsy or PETCT ), radiation therapy or even surgery would still be possible. ...