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Relationship Between Hemoglobin Levels and Quality of Life During Radiation Therapy Plus Concomitant or Sequential Chemotherapy in Patients With Cancer and Anemia Treated With Epoetin Alfa
Daniel Shasha, Pierre Cremieux, and Louis Harrison
Optimal Neoadjuvant Strategies for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer by Risk Assessment and Tumor Location
Anurag Saraf, Hannah J. Roberts, Jennifer Y. Wo, and Aparna R. Parikh
Although early-stage rectal cancer is primarily treated with surgery, locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), defined here as T3–4 or N-positive disease, generally involves multimodality therapy with surgery, radiation therapy (RT), and
YIA23-005: Early Interim Analysis of a Phase II Randomized Trial of Moderate Versus Ultra-Hypofractionated Post-Prostatectomy Radiation Therapy
William C. Jackson, Krithika Suresh, Daniel E. Spratt, and Robert T. Dess
Introduction: Salvage radiation therapy (SRT) is a standard treatment option for men with disease recurrence after radical prostatectomy. The burden of standard conventional or moderately hypofractionated schedules (4–8 weeks) may result in
HSR22-160: An Assessment of the Association Between Patient Race and Prior Authorization Program Determinations in the Context of Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Adam C. Powell, Christopher T Lugo, Jeremy T Pickerell, James W Long, Amin J Mirhadi, and Bryan A Loy
Background : When a physician determines that a patient with breast cancer needs radiation therapy (RT), they submit an RT order to a prior authorization program which assesses guideline-concordance. An up-to-date, evidence-informed, rule
Challenges in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Matthias Holdhoff, Maciej M. Mrugala, Christian Grommes, Thomas J. Kaley, Lode J. Swinnen, Carlos Perez-Heydrich, and Lakshmi Nayak
-C, cytarabine; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCT/ASCT, high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant; HCV, hepatitis C virus; MTX, methotrexate; WBRT, whole-brain radiation therapy. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, treatment must
Spine Radiosurgery in the Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastases
Neil K. Taunk, Daniel E. Spratt, Mark Bilsky, and Yoshiya Yamada
prognosis in patients with RCC. 3 , 4 Even with these advances in systemic treatment, radiation therapy (RT) continues to play a significant role in managing patients with metastatic disease to the brain and spine. RT is used for palliation of painful bone
Cancer-Related Fatigue
Ann M. Berger, Amy Pickar Abernethy, Ashley Atkinson, Andrea M. Barsevick, William S. Breitbart, David Cella, Bernadine Cimprich, Charles Cleeland, Mario A. Eisenberger, Carmen P. Escalante, Paul B. Jacobsen, Phyllis Kaldor, Jennifer A. Ligibel, Barbara A. Murphy, Tracey O'Connor, William F. Pirl, Eve Rodler, Hope S. Rugo, Jay Thomas, and Lynne I. Wagner
Overview Fatigue is a common symptom in patients with cancer and is nearly universal in those undergoing cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation therapy, bone marrow transplantation, or treatment with biologic response modifiers. 1 – 10 The symptom
CLO22-083: Impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on the Unplanned Need for Whole Breast Radiation Therapy (WBRT) Following Intra-Operative Electronic Brachyterapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Barbara S Schwartzberg, A. M. Nisar Syed, and Craig Wengler
conserving surgery followed by WBRT are left with a treated breast which is smaller, asymmetric, and deformed. This change is lessened with use of single fraction 20 Gy intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT). A proportion of pts receiving IORT require
Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Salvage Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Risk of Prostate Cancer–Specific Mortality
Brandon A. Mahal, Ming-Hui Chen, Andrew A. Renshaw, Marian J. Loffredo, Philip W. Kantoff, and Anthony V. D'Amico
Background Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common noncutaneous malignancy in men, with 161,360 new cases and 26,730 deaths due to PC in 2017. 1 Although radical prostatectomy (RP) or radiation therapy (RT) with or without androgen
Treating Second Breast Events After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
Michael J. Hassett, Wei Jiang, Melissa E. Hughes, Stephen Edge, Sara H. Javid, Joyce C. Niland, Richard Theriault, Yu-Ning Wong, Deborah Schrag, and Rinaa S. Punglia
As the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has increased, so has the number of DCIS survivors. 1 Most patients with DCIS are treated with breast-conserving surgery (BCS). 2 Radiation therapy (RT) and antiestrogen therapy (AET) have been
