Patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma with co-deletion for chromosomes 1p and 19q survive significantly longer after receiving chemotherapy immediately prior to radiotherapy, according to long-term follow-up of a randomized phase 3 study presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Adding bevacizumab to etoposide and cisplatin (BEEP) has significant anti-tumor effects in breast cancer patients with brain metastases after whole-brain radiotherapy, according to a study presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
Addition of carboplatin to radiotherapy prolongs overall survival in locally advanced disease.
Accelerated radiotherapy with carbogen breathing and nicotinamide (ARCON) improves metastasis-free survival in laryngeal carcinomas with low carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) expression.
Stem cells essential for regenerating the parotid gland can easily be spared with current treatment modalities.
Patients with oropharyngeal cancer who are infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) respond better to radiotherapy, without addition of chemotherapy.
Oral mucositis is a common side effect of most chemotherapeutic drugs, and radiotherapy of the oral, and head and neck cancers.
For this study, the investigators aimed to determine outcomes after SABR in patients with potentially operable stage I NSCLC.
Be it viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic in nature, some microorganism is undoubtedly trying to gain a foothold inside your patient’s body. If your patient is on chemotherapy or radiotherapy, chances are very good that these bugs will win.
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer had significantly higher rates of locoregional disease-free survival when treated with synchronous chemotherapy plus radiotherapy compared with radiotherapy alone.
