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2. Hospitals begin offering breakthrough radiation therapy for ...

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   Hospitals begin offering breakthrough radiation therapy for metastatic cancer tumors. September 16, 2024 at 7:27 PM. Scripps News. Radiation is part of treatment for about half of cancer patients ...

3. Intraoperative radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is radiation therapy that is administered during surgery directly in the operating room (hence intraoperative). Usually therapeutic levels of radiation are delivered to the tumor bed while the area is exposed during surgery. IORT is typically a component in the multidisciplinary treatment of locally ...

4. Blood irradiation therapy - Wikipedia

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   Alternative diagnoses. v. t. e. Blood irradiation therapy is an alternative medical procedure in which the blood is exposed to low-level light (often laser light) for therapeutic reasons. [1] The practice was originally developed in the United States, [1] but most recent research on it has been conducted in Germany (by UV lamps) and in Russia ...

5. Radiation-induced cancer - Wikipedia

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   Radiation-induced cancer. Exposure to ionizing radiation is known to increase the future incidence of cancer, particularly leukemia. The mechanism by which this occurs is well understood, but quantitative models predicting the level of risk remain controversial. The most widely accepted model posits that the incidence of cancers due to ionizing ...

6. High-dose proton radiation could shorten breast cancer treatment

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   Animation of a proton therapy treatment gantry. Michelle Finley's cancer journey began in 2017 with stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma — a type of breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts of a ...

7. Breast cancer management - Wikipedia

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   The mainstay of breast cancer management is surgery for the local and regional tumor, followed (or preceded) by a combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine (hormone) therapy, and targeted therapy. Research is ongoing for the use of immunotherapy in breast cancer management. Management of breast cancer is undertaken by a ...

8. Breakthrough Breast Cancer - Wikipedia

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   Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Breakthrough Breast Cancer was a United Kingdom charity whose mission was to "save lives through improving early diagnosis, developing new treatments and preventing all types of breast cancer". In 2015, Breakthrough Breast Cancer merged with another UK charity, Breast Cancer Campaign, to form the UK's largest breast ...

9. Photothermal therapy - Wikipedia

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   Photothermal therapy (PTT) refers to efforts to use electromagnetic radiation (most often in infrared wavelengths) for the treatment of various medical conditions, including cancer. This approach is an extension of photodynamic therapy, in which a photosensitizer is excited with specific band light. This activation brings the sensitizer to an ...