Consider laparoscopic ovarian transposition laparoscopically for abdominal and pelvic malignancies, when feasible, before the onset of radiation treatments to preserve ovarian function.

Pelvic radiation plus sensitizing chemotherapy with a fluoropyrimidine (chemoradiotherapy) before surgery is standard care for locally advanced rectal cancer in North America. Whether neoadjuvant c ...

Whole-pelvic radiation conferred a 67% lower risk of all-cause mortality among patients younger than 65 with unfavorable-risk prostate cancer. News. Cancer Horizons All News Blogs Caregiving Diet and ...

CHICAGO — Most patients with intermediate-risk rectal cancer can undergo curative-intent treatment without the need for pelvic radiation, according to study results presented during a press ...

Radiotherapy (also called radiation therapy), a commonly used cancer treatment that uses high-energy radiation, can effectively eliminate or shrink various types of tumors. While radiotherapy benefits ...

With darting red and green beams above me and large mechanical eyes and grids humming and moving around me, I feel as though I’m in a 1950s sci-fi movie.

In the short term, patients who receive pelvic radiation can experience diarrhea and other acute toxicities. In the longer term, these patients are more likely to have urinary incontinence and can ...

7. DISCUSSION Incomplete removal of ovarian tissue can cause symptoms of pelvic pain, which is often cyclic in nature. Other symptoms of ovarian remnant syndrome include dyspareunia, dysuria, and ...

Patients risk pelvic fractures, and the radiation can cause additional cancers. Yet radiation treatment, the study found, did not improve outcomes. After a median follow-up of five years, ...

The aim is to minimize the unborn child’s radiation exposure. An unborn child is considered to be more sensitive than adults or children to potential adverse radiation effects. For many examinations ...

Radiation enteritis is inflammation of the intestines that may occur in people undergoing radiation therapy. it is more common in people receiving radiotherapy to the abdomen, rectum, and pelvis.