... A. Donaldson received 38 straight overdoses of radiation, each nearly twice the prescribed amount, while undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. ...
A patient undergoing IMRT for prostate cancer was irradiated incorrectly after a therapist overrode a computer malfunction. After the guidance system froze, ...
Radiation treatments include: brachytherapy, the insertion of radioactive seeds into the prostate; external beam radiation therapy including IMRT (intensity ...
The hospital selected the TomoTherapy solution because it offered highly precise, image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) in an ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Walt Bogdanich - Jan 23, 2010
In June, The Times reported that a Philadelphia hospital gave the wrong radiation dose to more than 90 patients with prostate cancer _ and then kept quiet ...
For PTVs including prostate, seminal vesicles, and lymph nodes, IMRT performed better in dose sparing for bladder, rectum, and small bowel than did RapidArc ...
“The study not only shows that hypofractionated radiation improves the control of prostate cancer, but it also cuts the number of treatment visits in half ...
Techniques for treating prostate cancer include conformal radiotherapy (CRT), high-resolution intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and brachytherapy. ...
This type of treatment is particularly effective for localized prostate and cervical cancer (cancer that has not spread). “The on-site brachytherapy suite ...
"Cancer Research UK is funding a number of clinical trials which aim to perfect this treatment for many other cancers including prostate, lung and head and ...
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