He had returned to Venezuela early Thursday after a second round of radiation treatment in Cuba.
Two days earlier, Ebert had announced he was undergoing radiation treatment for a recurrence of cancer.
My cervical cancer soon became uterine and I was put into the radiation treatment cycle.
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Since then, she has undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment, and was thought to be recovering.
Radiation treatment every day for tonsillar cancer was filling his throat and mouth with sores.
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After an initial preparation period Ruby faces 33 courses of radiation treatment over the following seven weeks.
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The cancer was surgically removed in a procedure called a lumpectomy, and Navratilova will undergo radiation treatment, she said.
In the device arena, Drant also backed Proxima Therapeutics , which markets a tiny implantable radiation treatment for breast cancer.
Chavez has had tumors repeatedly removed from his pelvic region, and has also undergone prior rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Phyllodes tumor is not very responsive to chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
On April 27, just two days before Anje's final radiation treatment, Darbi, Anje and I ran across the finish line of the St.
In Dr. Xu's lab, virtual patients are exposed to virtual radiation in doses similar to that of a CT scan or cancer-radiation treatment.
He has said he has had tumors removed from his pelvic region, and has also undergone prior rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
The hospital is currently the only one in the South West using the hi-tech mask with radiation treatment known as volumetrically modulated arc therapy (VMAT).
The Venezuelan leader is reported to have had tumours removed from his pelvic region, and has also undergone prior rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
He has also undergone prior rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also arrived on the island Saturday, according to Cuban state television, which reported he is there to undergo further radiation treatment for cancer.
Elsewhere, concerns were raised over the failing health of the chief justice of the Supreme Court , William Rehnquist, after he revealed he was receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment for his thyroid cancer.
So far the only commercially available drugs that have a biological or chemical anti-terror purpose are over-the-counter potassium iodide pills sold as a long-term radiation treatment, and Bayer 's (nyse: BAY - news - people ) Cipro, an antibiotic that can be used to prevent anthrax toxicity.
Partridge says there have been several new reconstructive breast therapies developed over the past several years, and though she agrees patients should be informed of them, she says in some cases if the patient doesn't bring it up, the oncologist may wait to have this discussion, especially when radiation treatment is needed.
Those in need of timely care from specialists are better off in the U.S. Drawing on several peer-reviewed studies, Dr. Scott Atlas of the Stanford University Medical Center notes that patients who need knee and hip replacement, cataract surgery, and radiation treatment wait months longer in the United Kingdom and Canada than in the United States.
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However, many U.S. treatment centers do use chemo and radiation as part of post-surgery treatment.
Nearly three years into the research, the rate of strokes and death was more than three times higher among participants who had received surgery, radiation or other invasive treatment than among patients given medication for headaches and other symptoms.
The usual treatment for such a tumor includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy, but the precise treatment for Kennedy will be determined after further tests and discussion among his physicians, doctors said.
That said, in general, the treatment consists of radiation and chemotherapy.
The shortened treatment regimen means higher radiation doses are required.
Not only would this have caused radiation sickness, but without rapid medical treatment such a sudden dose could have been fatal.
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Kennedy's follow-up treatment plan was to include radiation and chemotherapy.
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