DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Radiation 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 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 ... combination Antineoplaston and radiation therapy for the treatment of gliomas in children, that is now in clinical trial. The expert ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma – additional opinion
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1) Do you agree with the treatment chosen? 2) Prognosis? 3) Possible options to the surgical ... 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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toxicity and was switched to Taxol and carboplatinum. One treatment option is by intense combination chemotherapy, and therefore the ... 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 ...
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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treated for NHL with CHOP-R 4 years ago. However, post-treatment, he had continued presumed bone marrow suppression. He was diagnosed ... 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 ... neurosurgery of cerebral metastasis and G-knife treatment for a further cerebellar lesion and boost on the surgical bed was ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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1) What treatment do you think we should administer at this time? 2) ... If bone pain is significant – local radiation therapy might help The renal failure ...
- Multirelapse Squamed Carcinoma of the Skin
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1) Suggested treatment? 2) International reference centres beside those already visited ... 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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and hemisyndrome, lethargy and decreased motivation. His treatment was switched from phenobarbital to levetiracetam. ... On Feb 2008, the patient was evaluated by the radiation therapist who prescribed radiation therapy treatment. On Feb ...
- Metastatic non small cell lung Cancer
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The advisory oncologist recommended chemotherapy treatment and didn't recommend biological treatment. ... confirmed to be neoplastic (Biopsy or PETCT ), radiation therapy or even surgery would still be possible. ... the best bet. If NOT metastatic- explore surgical and radiation options. This can all be carried out in Israel. If I can be of ...