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UMEROUS TYPES OF ADJUVANT CHEMOTHER- N apy are being used on cancer. Of these, 4 are discussed in this paper: (1) systemic administration of the drug at the time of operation, (2) instillation of anticancer agents into the lumen of the colon, (3 ...
Warren+9 more
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Chemotherapy adjuvant and chemotherapy-induced neutropenia
Yiu-Tai Li, Szu-Ting Yang, Peng-Hui Wang
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At present, adjuvant chemotherapy exerts no significant impact on long-term survival and only occasionally provides brief palliation in head and neck cancer. The major contribution of chemotherapy has been in the preoperative period, when therapy for advanced squamous cell carcinoma may render some patients candidates for curative operations or ...
Charles A. Coltman, C. Kent Osborne
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Adjuvant chemotherapy for medulloblastoma [PDF]
The use of adjuvant chemotherapy for cerebellar medulloblastoma is controversial. Twenty-one children and adolescents were treated with adjuvant low-dose cyclophosphamide and vincristine following surgery and radiotherapy. With a mean observation period of 6 years, the disease-free survival is 81%.
Sue McIntosh+7 more
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A small footprint couch‐top support device for image‐guided radiotherapy of heavy patients
Abstract Purpose Patients with body weights close to or above 400 lbs present unique challenges in radiation therapy since the weight limit of most treatment couches decreases as the couch‐top extends toward the treatment gantry. The purpose of this work was to develop a small footprint couch‐top support platform to safely perform image‐guided ...
Huixiao Chen+5 more
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Importance A high 21-gene recurrence score (RS) by breast cancer assay is prognostic for distant recurrence of early breast cancer after local therapy and endocrine therapy alone, and for chemotherapy benefit.
J. Sparano+28 more
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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the established treatment for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, there is no evidence supporting routine adjuvant chemotherapy. We aimed to demonstrate the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival
Mu-Hung Tsai+5 more
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BackgroundFor rectal cancer, it remains unclear how to incorporate tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) when deciding whether to give adjuvant chemotherapy.
Yu-Hsuan Kuo+12 more
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Importance The benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection of pancreatic cancer following neoadjuvant combination treatment with folinic acid, fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) is unclear.
S. Roessel+44 more
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Objective: This study used model analysis to clarify the benefits and risks of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy compared with surgery alone in patients with stage II/III colorectal cancer.Methods: Clinical trials involving patients with stage II/III ...
Sijie Zha+3 more
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