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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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• Radiation Therapy During, After Surgery Offer Same Cosmetic Results

  Published on October 13, 2009 at 12:00 am

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

  Early results show that intraoperative radiation therapy and traditional external beam radiation therapy offer similar cosmetic results.

• Higher Risk of Local Recurrence with Partial-Breast Irradiation

  Published on June 4, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Internal (also called "brachytherapy"), Standard (most typical), After surgery, and Breast

  Research comparing partial-breast irradiation to whole-breast irradiation found no differences in survival or the risk of the cancer spreading to other parts of the body; still, there was a difference in the risk of the cancer coming back in the same breast or the lymph nodes near the same breast.

• Reconstruction with Implant Immediately After Mastectomy Affected More by Radiation

  Published on November 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mastectomy, Breast implants, Standard (most typical), Breast, After surgery, External, and TRAM Flap

  A small study suggests that reconstruction done immediately after mastectomy using tissue from the body offers better results after radiation compared to immediate reconstruction using implants.

• Efaproxiral Doesn’t Improve Radiation Benefits Against Metastatic Breast Cancer in Brain

  Published on September 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: External, Standard (most typical), and Brain

  New research suggests that the experimental medicine Efaproxyn (chemical name: efaproxiral) doesn't improve the benefits of radiation therapy to the brain to treat breast cancer that has spread there.

• 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).

• 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.