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While at three years post-treatment, the same results were 82, 61 and 88% respectively.... Alongside, patients with sole radiation therapy are likely to show lesser morbidity rates of 46% compared to the 76% survival rates when treatment is carried out with radiotherapy, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy as well (Jeyakumar et al, 2006, pp 172).... The initial researches on cisplatin use in NCP were limited mainly due to either a lesser number of patients in the research or due to the difference in the treatment protocols and treatment regimes....
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Dissertation
DNA changes and abnormalities have been recognised and efforts are continuously made to predict the prognosis of bladder cancer and its recurring, from these abnormalities.... At present there exists a plethora of treatment options like surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and various combinations of these treatments.... Concentration is on improved treatment outcome and only such material is reviewed.... he main purpose of reviewing the current data is how to apply the current available research results regarding the aetiology, incidence and prevalence to the treatment of cancer patients....
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Essay
Further studies are needed to identify a standard treatment modality for prostate cancer management which can accurately deliver the radiation dose to target structures while excluding the surrounding healthy tissues.... Among those structures commonly harmed by ineffective localisation of the prostate, radiotherapy is the rectum, bones (symphysis pubis, pubic bones, and the coccyx) and the seminal vesicles.... radiotherapy beyond the prostate, especially to the lymph nodes is necessary as cancer reaches beyond stage 2, while the venous system will allow the predictability of metastasis to other organs....
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Coursework
It is mentioned that the need to have a therapy that would cater for prostate cancer became necessary when medical treatment seemed obviously unworkable.... The use of brachy therapy for the treatment of prostrate cancer has been through a lot of evolutions.... Presently, patients who receive treatment with brachytherapy are patients with stage T1-T2a, PSA level of 10 ng/mL or less, and Gleason score of 6 or lower in this category.... Most of these patients are treated with brachytherapy along with no other form of treatment....
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Essay
From the paper "Electromagnetic Transponders in Prostate Cancer treatment", electromagnetic transponders are being utilized in prostate cancer treatment by implanting electromagnetic transponders into a patient's prostate gland during radiation therapy for real-time tracking and localization.... The present research particularly involved reviewing a number of recent publications including journals, books, articles, magazines, and databases related to the use of electromagnetic transponders in cancer treatment....
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Literature review
This paper "Quality Assurance in Prostate Brachytherapy treatment" discusses Brachytherapy as a type of radiotherapy or radiation treatment given to the cancer patients.... There can be mainly two types of treatment.... One treatment involves a high dose of radiation.... Lower dose radiation treatment is the best-suited plan for early-stage prostate cancer patients.... This can also be called 'pinhole surgery' or 'seed implementation' treatment....
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Case Study
In this paper 'Common Cancer treatment', evaluation of action of 2 cancer treatments: chemotherapy and radiotherapy will be done.... ohn's treatment plan is to have six cycles of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy.... The aims of anti-cancer treatment in him are to control the disease locally and improve survival.... The aim of combination chemotherapy is to maximize the number and type of cancer cells that are targeted with each treatment cycle and because different drugs exert their effect in different ways, a combination of drugs will have a greater effect by tackling different parts of the cell cycle....
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Assignment
Radiotherapy is useful in the treatment of cancer tumors.... 3D conformal radiation therapy is a technique recommended by radiologists for the treatment of cancer tumors.... The author of the "radiotherapy Side Effects" explores how the current radiotherapy techniques reduce the side effects on patients in the future.... The severity of these side effects depends on the type of cancer, the type of radiotherapy technique employed, and the location of the tumor in the body....
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Coursework