Abstract: A group of 43 patients requiring tooth extraction after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) was studied retrospectively to determine the incidence of post-extraction complications. It was found that because of the method used in the delivery of...
Carcinoma
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Carcinoma.
Hypoxic radiosensitizers in radical radiotherapy for patients with bladder carcinoma: hyperbaric oxygen, misonidazole, and accelerated radiotherapy, carbogen, and nicotinamide.
Abstract: In animal models carbogen (normobaric 95% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide) provides significant enhancement of local tumor control with fractionated radiotherapy. This approach to radiosensitization has been evaluated in the treatment of patients with bladder...
Carcinoma of the larynx treated with hypofractionated radiation and hyperbaric oxygen: long-term tumor control and complications.
Abstract: To evaluate the long-term outcome with respect to local control, survival, and complications in a cohort of patients with locally advanced laryngeal carcinoma treated with hypofractionated radiation and hyperbaric oxygen at 4 atmospheres of pressure (HBO-4)....
Systematic management of osteoradionecrosis in the head and neck.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis is one of the most serious and devastating complications of radiotherapy. The proper management of osteoradionecrosis is currently undetermined. The objective of this study is to evaluate the treatment results of a systematic approach to...
Chemoradiotherapy for advanced inoperable head and neck cancer: A phase II study.
Abstract: The beneficial effects of chemotherapy in patients with advanced head and neck cancer remain controversial in terms of survival, but have shown some promise in improving locoregional control and quality of life. In an effort to improve locoregional control...
Rapid progression of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix after hyperbaric oxygenation.
Abstract: The role of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of radiation-induced sequelae and chronic ulcer is well established. On the contrary, a possible cancer-causing or growth-enhancing effect by hyperbaric oxygenation was highly controversial. Herein, we...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for intestinal obstruction in children: an exceptional experience in a compromised child.
Abstract: Intestinal obstruction in a 2-year-old girl with a histologically proven diagnosis of retroperitoneal yolk sac carcinoma developed after the second course of anticancer chemotherapy. Nonoperative treatment was not effective. Because the patient had fallen...
Use of the fixed mandibular implant in oral cancer patients: a retrospective study.
Abstract: A retrospective review of the fixed mandibular implant (FMI) in oral cancer patients is presented. Success of the device and associated complications are discussed. Eighteen oral cancer patients with an FMI were identified. All were treated at a single...
Hyperbaric oxygen improves tumor radiation response significantly more than carbogen/nicotinamide.
Abstract: This laboratory previously demonstrated that hyperbaric oxygen and hyperbaric carbogen improved oxygenation in the R3230Ac tumor, but normobaric 100% O2 and carbogen did not. The current study assessed tumor growth after exposure to radiation plus either...