Abstract: Radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) is a rare but devastating late complication of radiotherapy, usually manifesting months to years after cancer treatment of the head and neck, resulting in rapidly progressive blindness in one or both eyes. The...
Carcinoma
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Carcinoma.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: an adjuvant treatment modality for chemo-radiation induced hemorrhagic gastritis.
Abstract: Banerjee, Javed, Deepak, Pawar, Chattopadhyay, , , , (). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: an adjuvant treatment modality for chemo-radiation induced hemorrhagic gastritis. Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation,...
Individualized, multimodal palliative treatment of inoperable esophageal cancer: clinical impact of photodynamic therapy resulting in prolonged survival.
Abstract: In esophageal carcinoma palliative treatment is often required due to advanced tumor stage or patient-related factors. The main goal of our retrospective single center study was to evaluate the effect of an individualized multimodal palliative treatment,...
A cost-analysis case study of radiation cystitis treatment including hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: To undertake an economic analysis of the direct costs of treating radiation cystitis from a purchaser perspective, comparing conservative, non-operative and surgical interventions with hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT). A male in his 60s with prostatic...
Radiation induced temporal lobe necrosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a review of new avenues in its management.
Abstract: Temporal lobe necrosis (TLN) is the most debilitating late-stage complication after radiation therapy in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). The bilateral temporal lobes are inevitably encompassed in the radiation field and are thus prone to radiation...
Hyperbaric oxygen: a new adjunctive therapy for surgical-related complications in irradiated advanced cancer patients.
Abstract: Xiong, , , , , , , , (). Hyperbaric oxygen: a new adjunctive therapy for surgical-related complications in irradiated advanced cancer patients. Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc,...
[Clinical case of the month. Cerebral air embolism arising during a procedure of thermocoagulation of a bronchial epidermoid carcinoma in situ by fiberscopy].
Abstract: Patient aged 48 years followed for COPD evolutionary stage 3 according to the GOLD classification. In the waning of a unifocal lung, bronchial endoscopy performed to bacteriological referred highlights a squamous cell carcinoma in situ. During an endoscopic...
Baicalein inhibits the migration and invasive properties of human hepatoma cells.
Abstract: Flavonoids have been demonstrated to exert health benefits in humans. We investigated whether the flavonoid baicalein would inhibit the adhesion, migration, invasion, and growth of human hepatoma cell lines, and we also investigated its mechanism of action....
[Late revelation of air embolism after transthoracic needle biopsy].
Abstract: Percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy is a useful and common procedure in the investigation of a lung nodule. The occurrence of air embolism after percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy is extremely rare. We report a 62-year-old woman who presented with...