Oral Electrolyte Solution Improves Dysuria During Prostate Radiotherapy

Is oral rice electrolyte solution superior to glucose electrolyte solution in infantile diarrhoea?

Concurrent androgen deprivation therapy during salvage prostate radiotherapy improves treatment outcomes in high-risk patients.

PURPOSE To determine whether concurrent androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) during salvage radiotherapy (RT) improves prostate cancer treatment outcomes. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 630 postprostatectomy patients were retrospectively identified who were treated with three-dimensional conformal RT. Of these, 441 were found to be treated for salvage indications. Biochemical failure was defi...

Liposomal doxorubicin improves radiotherapy response in hypoxic prostate cancer xenografts

BACKGROUND Tumor vasculature frequently fails to supply sufficient levels of oxygen to tumor tissue resulting in radioresistant hypoxic tumors. To improve therapeutic outcome radiotherapy (RT) may be combined with cytotoxic agents. METHODS In this study we have investigated the combination of RT with the cytotoxic agent doxorubicin (DXR) encapsulated in pegylated liposomes (PL-DXR). The PL-DX...

Oral Complications and Its Management during Radiotherapy

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a cell or a group of cells display uncontrolled growth, invasion, and sometimes metastasis. The term head and neck cancer refers to a group of biologically similar cancers originating from the upper aerodigestive tract, including the lip, oral cavity, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx and larynx. About 90% of head and neck cancers are squamous cell ...

Secondary cancers during the radiotherapy of prostate cancer: a review article

Prostate cancer is the most common and second leading cause of death among men in the world. Nowadays, radiotherapy has been known as one of the most affecting methods for prostate cancer treatment. Nevertheless, radiotherapy is accompanied by the concern of developing secondary cancers by the scattered radiation to the neighbor  organs at risk. Several studies have shown that secondary cancers...