Role of Radiotherapy in Borderline and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Recommendations for RT for patients with pancreatic cancer are typically made based on a few clinical scenarios: Borderline resectable > to sterilise surgical margins Locally advanced > ablative radiotherapy for longer term control Palliative > coeliac plexus SBRT for pain relief, or local […]
A groundbreaking multi-institution Phase III trial led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals that intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) provides significant benefits for patients with oropharyngeal cancer. Compared to traditional intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), IMPT showed similar progression-free survival rates but significantly reduced malnutrition and feeding-tube dependence. With a median […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v76hrhW1Mg&t=4shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD-CCIyrtLY Radiotherapy techniques Radiotherapy is a very effective treatment for NPC. In early-stage NPC, the cure rate is over 90%. Even in more advanced stages, radiotherapy can shrink the tumor and improve symptoms. The cure rates from a large Chinese cohort study showed that even in patients with lower-staged cancers have a progression-free probability of […]
