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Topic: Radiation Therapy (view all topics)

Tags for topic Radiation Therapy:

• 3-D conformal external beam radiation (also called 3DCRT)
• After surgery
• Before surgery
• Brain
• Breast
• Dose-Dense
• External
• Internal (also called "brachytherapy")
• Low-Dose
• Lymph nodes
• Standard (most typical)

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• Lower-Dose Radiation Seems OK After Lumpectomy

  Published on September 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Low-Dose, Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer with no lymph node involvement who got a lower dose of radiation for a shorter time after lumpectomy had the same outcome as women who got standard radiation therapy (a higher dose for a longer time).

• MammoSite System Seems Just as Good as Whole Breast Radiation

  Published on September 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Internal (also called "brachytherapy"), After surgery, and Breast

  Women who got internal partial-breast irradiation with the MammoSite system, also known as brachytherapy, had the same outcomes as women who got traditional external radiation therapy in the 3 to 4 years after lumpectomy to treat early-stage breast cancer.

• Electronic Internal Radiation Device Shows Promise

  Published on September 10, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Internal (also called "brachytherapy"), After surgery, and Breast

  Preliminary results show the Axxent brachytherapy system, which uses electricity and miniature x-ray tubes instead of radiative materials, successfully delivered specified doses of radiation therapy to 44 women so far.

• Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Can Mean Fewer Skin Issues

  Published on May 26, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, After surgery, and Breast

  Women who received radiation therapy using a special technique known as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), were 17% less likely to develop scaling or peeling skin in the area exposed to radiation compared to women who got radiation therapy using traditional techniques.

• Less Frequent, Higher Dose Radiation Therapy Seems Just as Good as Traditional Regimen

  Published on March 19, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, After surgery, and Breast

  New research shows that a shorter, but more intensive, course of radiation therapy may be just as effective as current treatment plans for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.

• Surgeon Characteristics Affects Whether Women Get Radiation After Lumpectomy

  Published on January 29, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Surgeons' characteristics seem to affect whether women receive radiation therapy after lumpectomy.

• Smoking During Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Increases Risk of Lung Cancer

  Published on January 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), After surgery, Smoking, and Breast

  A new study shows that women who smoked and got radiation therapy to treat breast cancer had a much higher risk of lung cancer later on compared to women who got radiation and didn't smoke.

• Radiation to Left Breast May Increase Risk of Heart Problems

  Published on August 9, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Receiving radiation therapy for cancer in the left breast can increase the risk of heart problems in the future.

• Modern Radiation Therapy Causes Fewer Heart Problems

  Published on March 22, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Modern radiation therapy techniques to treat breast cancer are safer for the heart.

• Risk of Heart Problems Increases After Radiation Therapy

  Published on March 6, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Older radiation regimens increase the risk of heart problems.