Area of Interest: Radiation Therapy
Low dose radiotherapy is being increasingly used to treat benign syndromes, however long term impact studies on these low dose radiotherapy treatments has long been neglected. In their paper “The Erlangen Dose Optimization trial for low-dose radiotherapy of benign...
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, it is estimated that non-melanoma skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, affects more than 3 million Americans a year and 178,560 new cases of melanoma, including 91,270 invasive, will...
In many European countries, patients with a variety of chronical inflammatory diseases are treated with low-dose radiotherapy (LD-RT). In contrast to high-dose irradiation given to tumor patients, little is known about radiobiological mechanisms underlying this...
Surgery is the gold standard for treating basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), however in cases of positive tumor margins or recurrent disease, postoperative adjuvant or salvaging therapy is prefered to achieve good local control. In their paper “Orthovoltage X-rays for...
Radiation-induced erectile-dysfunction (RiED) is one of the most common side effects of radiation therapy and significantly reduces the quality of life of cancer patients. Approximately 50% of prostate cancer patients experience RiED within 3 to 5 years after...
Kaposi's sarcoma is a rare cancer type caused by virus. Its main symptom is lesions - purplish, reddish blue or dark brown/black macules, plaques or nodules which present on the skin and occasionally internal organs. Though unable to be cured completely the lesions...
As skin cancer rates increase worldwide, with a predominance of head and neck cancers of varying levels of advance (80%) due to significant sun exposure to the area, and with an aging population and extended life expectancy, standard treatment regimens can be...
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Radiotherapy remains one of many treatment options available for patients diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). NMSC is a radiation-responsive cancer and patients treated with definitive radiotherapy can expect excellent local control rates of >90–95%....
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