Auflistung Nach Schlagwort "cancer palliative therapy"
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Aretaeus of cappadocia (ca lst-3rd century AD): Views on hepatic cancer
(2016)Aretaeus lived in an era when cancer was known to be a fatal disease. He had understood both liver's capacity to regenerate, and its vital role for the body's homeostasis, and proposed the treatment to confront hepatic ... -
Cancer patient care during different war times; is the response too slow?
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Evaluation of quality of life outcomes following palliative radiotherapy in bone metastases: A literature review
(2019)Purpose: To assess the quality of life (QoL) following palliative radiotherapy (RT) in patients with painful bone metastases. Methods: A literature search limited to English-written publications was carried out, through ... -
Inmate cancer patient - Highlighting the importance of a holistic approach to oncological care
(2021)Purpose: Inmate oncologic patients' rates increased drastically worldwide. Elderly, limited exercise, unhealthy diet, hepatitis, HIV + status, tobacco and alcohol use, constitute the main cancer risk factors. We present ... -
Melanoma: The Radiotherapeutic point of view; review of the current literature
(2011)Surgery remains the mainstay of melanoma therapy at all sites. Melanoma is widely believed to be a radioresistant tumor, a misconception that has historically led to the limited use of RT for its treatment. We searched ... -
Patient and family support in the era of fake e-medicine: Food for thought from an international consensus panel
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Samarium-153Sm-EDTMP as an equivalent variant to pharmaceutical analgesic treatment
(2014)Purpose: Cancer pain is the most serious symptom for patients, especially during their terminal phase, when palliative medicine is needed. Our study tried to verify the usefulness of single-shot intravenous administration ... -
Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity are significantly associated with poorer overall survival in patients with pancreatic cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis
(2018)Backround: The role of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC) remains controversial. Material and Methods: Medline and Web of Science were searched for studies reporting ... -
Short-course hypofractionated radiochemotherapy for unresectable locally advanced cancer of the base of tongue: Palliation only? A case report and short review of the literature
(2014)We present a case of unresectable cancer of the base of tongue treated with hypofractionated 3D conformal radiotherapy and concomitant chemotherapy. Based on the excellent tumour response in this radiotherapy regimen and ... -
Treatment of lung cancer
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Uterine cancer in the writings of ancient Greek physicians
(2015)In this article, we present the views on uterine cancer of the ancient Greek physicians. We emphasize on uterine's cancer aetiology according to the dominant in antiquity humoural theory, on its surgical treatment suggested ...