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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Curative-intent"”.
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Surveillance Imaging Following Curative-Intent Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: A Systematic Review
Following curative surgery for non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), patients remain at risk for recurrence of lung cancer or for development of second primary lung cancer (SPLC). While periodic surveillance may detect early stage recurrence or SPLC, the effectiveness of surveillance has not been …
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The profile and outcomes of patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma treated with curative intent at Groote Schuur Hospital, a Tertiary Referral Centre in South Africa
… present survival data on patients treated with curative intent. Methodology: All patients who presented with HCC from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020 were included in the study. Data was extracted from a faculty approved, prospectively maintained registry. Information collected included …
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Patterns of care and outcomes for women with locally advanced cervical cancer, treated with curative intent, between 2013-2017 at a tertiary centre in South Africa
… with LACC (Stage IB1 – IVA) treated with curative intent at a tertiary center in South Africa. Materials and Methods This is a retrospective study conducted at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in Cape Town, South Africa between July 2013 – July 2017. Overall survival (OS) and disease free …
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Effectiveness of palliative measures in treatment of dysphagia of cancer of the oesophagus
… that is stage III/IV, surgical resection with curative intent was not performed. The cardinal symptom of oesophageal carcinoma was then treated mainly with palliative radiotherapy, dilatation of the oesophagus with flexible bougie and oesophageal intubations.
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A study of the follow-up priorities of colorectal cancer survivors from ethnic minority groups
… for several years after treatment for CRC with curative intent. The focus of follow-up is on the detection of recurrent or metastatic disease and wider holistic needs. This study explores the priorities for follow-up care in diverse groups, who have completed CRC treatment and are undergoing …
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Enhancing the radio sensitivity of prostate cancer using RALA Gold nano-complexes
Radiotherapy(RT) is used with curative intent for the treatment of locally advanced or oligometastatic prostate cancer(PCa). Many patients respond well to RT, however, normal tissue toxicity limits clinical potential. In PCa there is a distinct therapeutic window between normal and malignant …
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Quantitative immunhistochemische Bestimmung der Mikroangiogenese unter Berücksichtigung der Proliferationsmarker Ki67, EGFR und des Tumorsuppressorgens p53 in Plattenepithelkarzinomen der Mundhöhle und des Oropharynx
… including a bilateral neck dissection in curative intent without preceding radiation nor chemotherapy. The applied tissue arrays representing tumor, healthy local tissue, lymph node and lymph node metastasis ¡Ý N1 were used for the production of whole sections and tissue microarrays, in a …
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Liver resection for hepatocellular and fibrolamellar carcinoma in a South African tertiary referral centre
… of patients in SSA with HCC are treated with curative intent. Data are scarce, but studies consistently report that curative-intended treatment is pursued in less than 1% of patients in SSA with HCC. Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) was until recently regarded as a variant of HCC occurring in …
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Improving Treatment of Local Liver Ablation Therapy With Deep Learning and Biomechanical Modeling
… is the standard of care for treatment with curative intent, it is only avai lable to about 20% of patients. For patients who are not surgical candidates, local percutaneous ablation therapy (PTA) has been shown to have a similar 5-year overall survival rate. However, PTA can be a challenging …
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PET in the evaluation of head and neck cancer treatment - management of the neck
… in patients with HNSCC treated with curative intent. The overall clinical goal with the thesis was to reduce the treatment related morbidity by avoiding unnecessary neck dissection without risking an increase in failures. In studies I and III we evaluated the performance of PET as a …
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Zur Bedeutung der IORT in der Therapie des Pankreaskarzinoms
… spread and can thus not be treated with curative intent. The aim is to analyze the role of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) in those patients. Methods and Materials: From 1989 - 1996, we performed a total of 49 intraoperative irradiations for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In 20 cases, …
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Cancer : emotional experiences
… of people undergoing cancer treatment with a curative intent. The synthesis is structured by a sequential framework of four key transition points within the cancer journey, and the emotional experiences synthesised within each one. The temporal transition points were: Being diagnosed and …
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Mutant Kras Alters Extracellular Vesicle Microrna Sorting In Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
… PDAC is surgery, which can only be done with a curative intent at an early stage when the disease is localized. There are no reliable circulating, body-fluid-based biomarkers to detect early stage PDAC or its precursor lesions in a timely manner for effective surgical intervention. When …
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Mesenchymal stem cell rescue for bone formation following stereotactic radiotherapy of osteosarcoma
… form of primary bone cancer in dogs and humans. Curative-intent treatment options include amputation, radiation therapy or surgical limb salvage for local tumor control combined with adjuvant chemotherapy for prevention or delay of metastatic disease. Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) delivers high …
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Caracterización del manejo quirúrgico curativo en pacientes con cáncer gástrico en el Hospital Méderi (2020-2022)
Introducción: El cáncer gástrico es una de las patologías oncológicas más frecuentes, ocupando el cuarto lugar a nivel nacional. Su mortalidad se estima en 9.9 por 100.000 casos a nivel nacional, mientras que globalmente se presenta en 7.7 por 100.000 casos, evidenciando que tanto la incidencia …
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A prospective, longitudinal, observational study to assess the health-related quality of life of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the South African context
… but as few as 10% of patients are treated with curative intent with 5-year survival rates of 15-25%. A median survival of 2.8-5.7 months has been reported for patients with metastatic disease. Early symptoms of PDAC such as loss of appetite, weight loss and fatigue are vague and non-specific, …