Abstract: Any treatment of tracheo-esophageal fistulae in end-stage malignant stenosis of the esophagus must be weighed against associated morbidity and mortality. In a prospective study we investigated benefits and risks of the use of one type of coated,...
Carcinoma
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Carcinoma.
Modulation of redox signal transduction pathways in the treatment of cancer.
Abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated damage to DNA is associated with induction of stress-activated protein kinases leading to secondary and tertiary effects on the nuclear matrix, cytoplasmic transport mechanisms, and altered mitochondrial and cell...
Acute effects of combined photodynamic therapy and hyperbaric oxygenation in lung cancer–a clinical pilot study.
Abstract: Photodynamic tumor therapy (PDT) is based upon a photochemical reaction that is limited by the availability of molecular oxygen in the target tissue. The use of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) increases the amount of oxygen available for the process may thereby...
[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a method of treatment of laryngeal and pharyngeal radionecrosis].
Abstract: The authors described two cases of palatine tonsil carcinoma treated with surgery and subsequent radiation therapy after which occurred severe radionecrosis of the larynx, pharynx and oral cavity. These subjects were treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
Photodynamic therapy enhanced by hyperbaric oxygen in acute endoluminal palliation of malignant bronchial stenosis (clinical pilot study in 40 patients).
Abstract: Photodynamic tumor therapy (PDT) is based upon a photochemical reaction that is limited by the availability of molecular oxygen in the target tissue. The use of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) increases the amount of oxygen available for the process may thereby...
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group clinical trials for carcinoma of the cervix.
Abstract: Grigsby PW. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group clinical trials for carcinoma of the cervix. The purpose of this paper is to review the primary data of the clinical trials performed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) for patients with carcinoma of...
Hyperbaric oxygen in the therapeutic management of osteoradionecrosis of the facial bones.
Abstract: This paper reviews all 17 cases of facial bone osteoradionecrosis (ORN) which were treated in Adelaide, South Australia, in a nine-year period (1987 1996). This was 1.2% of all cases of head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy (RT). Fourteen cases...
Combined photodynamic therapy and hyperbaric oxygenation in carcinoma of the esophagus and the esophago-gastric junction.
Abstract: The photochemical reaction of photodynamic therapy (PDT) depends on the presence of molecular oxygen. Due to anoxic regions in tumor tissue and vascular shutdown during PDT the efficiency is limited. Therefore, the use of hyperbaric oxygen which increases...
In vivo determination of tumor optical parameters in esophageal carcinoma.
Abstract: Dose dependence of light cannot be discussed on the basis of dose alone. On a more fundamental scientific level, the propagation of light in tissue depends on optical parameters of treated tumor tissue. In a prospective, nonrandomized study, in vivo optical...