Interventional Radiology (IR) is a fast growing and advancing radiology modality. With that growth comes new and innovative procedures‚ such as chemoembolization. With the introduction of chemoembolization for the treatment of‚ primarily‚ liver tumors‚ a question emerges; which radiologic modality is better: chemoembolization or traditional radiation therapy? While both chemoembolization and traditional radiation therapy have their benefits and obstacles‚ will chemoembolization be more effective
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are often treated by a team of medicals practitioners from various fields of oncology. One can classify oncology into three main parts: radiology oncologist‚ medical oncologist and surgical oncologist. The medical oncologist uses medications or chemotherapy to treat a cancer patient. The surgical oncologist specializes in removing the cancerous tissues or tumor and related from affected
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cancer. This she is told has now metastasized and involves her bones‚ which has been causing her severe pain. It’s difficult to take care of her two children and work while fighting for her life. Her oncologists have been trying to identify the chemotherapy drugs that can work for her in the hope of controlling the cancer. But even with all these her suffering is just getting worse. For her children’s Silvia uses all her strength to fight but she has been getting weaker and can barely get out of bed
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doctors commonly use a Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI)‚ a Computed Tomography (CT scan)‚ or a Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Although there is no known cure for Mesothelioma‚ there are treatments available. Some treatments include surgery‚ chemotherapy‚ and radiation therapy. However‚ it’s challenging for doctors to diagnose patients with Mesothelioma‚ due to the symptoms being closely related to other respiratory diseases. The most common symptoms are chest pains‚ coughing‚ shortness of breath
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Quinazolines are the class of chemical compounds that are pharmacologically important as therapeutic agents. They are utilized as drugs and employed in cancer chemotherapy. They act by various mechanisms. Some of them act by inhibiting antifolat thymidylate syntheses‚ while some other derivatives inhibit tubulin polymerization. They were also found to inhibit the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase over expression through the inhibition of autophosphorylation of EGFR. Further
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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients who do not respond to chemotherapy may undergo radioimmunotherapy (RIT). Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is a personalized cancer treatment that combines radiation therapy with the targeting ability of immunotherapy‚ a treatment that mimics cellular activity in the body’s immune system
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therapy was available people simply died of brain tumors and there was nothing you could do whatsoever. Treatment varies between person to person depending on the size and placement of the tumor‚ but the most common treatment for brain cancer is chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Many people also tend to get surgery to remove a brain tumor but that’s not always an option unless it is close to the surface of the brain. I managed to learn a lot about brain cancer in this project and a lot about
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Technical High School to speak with the Allied Health students about the Radiation Therapy program and profession. Radiation Therapists (RT) use high power x-rays to treat tumors and keloids. Therapy only treats the site of disease contrary to chemotherapy‚ which goes directly into the bloodstream and kills cells all over the body. The oncologist writes a prescription for radiation based on the patient’s stage of cancer and the therapist uses the linear acceleration machine to program the radiation
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Drug Foundation supports research into medicinal marijuana usage and says some serious and debilitating conditions such as terminal illness‚ neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis‚ muscular dystrophy‚ nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy treatment have been proven to be relieved by use of medical cannabis with low levels of THC. Brisbane Father‚ Adam Koessler was charged at a Brisbane hospital last month for suppling cannabis oil to a minor after givingit to his two-year-old daughter
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the disease yourselves? It’s almost impossible to find someone who hasn’t been touched by this disease in one way or another. Unfortunately‚ even the treatments for cancer these days are quite serious. Some of the most common treatments such as chemotherapy come with a wide range of severe side effects that make them almost as bad as the cancers themselves. Needless to say it makes sense to try to avoid cancer at all costs. While you are probably aware that you shouldn’t be smoking‚ I bet many of
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