Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology. Vol. I: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Radiation Therapy of CancerFrontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology. Vol. I: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Radiation Therapy of Cancer. Proceedings of the First Annual San Francisco Cancer Symposium, ed. by VaethJerome M., M.D. Cloth, $12.50. Pp. 200, with 68 figures and 32 tables. Basel, Switzerland, Karger; White Plains, N. Y., Albert J. Phiebig, 1968.

Radiology ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-399
Author(s):  
C. C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen

PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE ON HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT OF OSTEORADIONECROSIS

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Lee ◽  
Lone Forner ◽  
Erik C. Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment ◽  
Dental Surgery ◽  
Patient’S Perspective ◽  
Oxygen Treatment

Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a known complication to radiation therapy for head and neck cancer with a prevalence of 5–7% among radiated patients. Treatment might include dental surgery and reconstruction of the jawbone as well as hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT). HBOT takes place in a closed compartment where patients are breathing 100% oxygen under pressure for 90 minutes once a day every weekday for 6 weeks. In Denmark, HBOT is available at two facilities with very different organizational set-ups.

Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Partially Resected Meningiomas

Neurosurgery ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas M. Barbaro ◽  
Philip H. Gutin ◽  
Charles B. Wilson ◽  
Glenn E. Sheline ◽  
Edwin B. Boldrey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Tumor Location ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Subtotal Resection ◽  
Intracranial Meningioma ◽  
Total Resection ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Time To Recurrence ◽  
Male Female Ratio

Abstract To address the question of whether radiation therapy is beneficial in the management of partially resected meningiomas, we reviewed the records of all patients admitted to the University of California, San Francisco, between 1968 and 1978 who had a diagnosis of intracranial meningioma. The patients were divided into three groups: 51 patients had gross total resection and did not receive radiation therapy, 30 patients had subtotal resection and no radiation therapy, and 54 patients had subtotal resection followed by radiation therapy. The subtotal resection groups were similar in average age, male: female ratio, and tumor location, which allowed a valid comparison of the effects of irradiation. The recurrence rate in the total resection group was 4% (2 of 51 patients). Among patients in the subtotal resection groups, 60% of nonirradiated patients had a recurrence, compared with only 32% of the irradiated patients. The median time to recurrence was significantly longer in the irradiated group than in the nonirradiated group (125 vs. 66 months, P < 0.05). There was no complication related to irradiation. These results provide convincing evidence that radiation therapy is beneficial in the treatment of partially resected meningiomas.

Hyperbaric oxygen breathing and radiation therapy

JAMA ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 217 (7) ◽  
pp. 948-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. van den Brenk
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽  
Oxygen Breathing
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