... bid = twice a day; IV = intravenous; LV = leucovorin. Adjuvant Radiation Therapy While combined modality therapy with chemotherapy and radiation ... cancer (below the peritoneal reflection), the role of adjuvant radiation therapy for patients with colon cancer (above the peritoneal ...

... Abstract . Evidence Tables Download PDF (770K) 5.2. Adjuvant radiotherapy Review question: What is the effectiveness of adjuvant ... 136–142. [ PubMed : 17064803 ] Creagan ET, et al. Adjuvant radiation therapy for regional nodal metastases from malignant melanoma: a ...

... high-risk postmastectomy patients. The main goal of adjuvant radiation therapy is to eradicate residual disease thus reducing local ... Postmastectomy Postoperative chest wall and regional lymph node adjuvant radiation therapy has traditionally been given to selected patients considered ...

... inadequate surgical margins and/or a lack of adjuvant radiation therapy. In addition, 545 of 982 patients (55.5%) ... inadequate surgical margins or possibly a lack of adjuvant radiation therapy.[ 2 , 3 ] Given the propensity of MCC to ...

... should be considered for treatment with combined postoperative, adjuvant radiation therapy and chemotherapy. In a prospective randomized trial, postoperative ...

... capsule or surgical margins, the role of postprostatectomy adjuvant radiation therapy has been studied. Consideration may also be given ... capsule or surgical margins, the role of postprostatectomy adjuvant radiation therapy has been studied. Consideration may also be given ...

... rate was 48%.[ 4 ][ Level of evidence: 2A ] Adjuvant therapy Radiation therapy Radiation therapy is routinely administered to a ... those children without MGMT overexpression. The use of adjuvant bevacizumab after radiation therapy did not prolong OS or progression-free survival ...

... Surgery (usually a transsphenoidal approach), with or without adjuvant radiation therapy.[ 1 , 2 ] Somatostatin analogs, such as octreotide.[ 3 , ... of choice for patients with thyrotropic adenomas.[ 1 ] Adjuvant radiation therapy may be employed when surgery is known to ...

... In cases with close or positive surgical margins, adjuvant radiation therapy is often added.[ 6 ] Standard treatment options for ... In cases with close or positive surgical margins, adjuvant radiation therapy should be considered.[ 6 ] Radiation therapy.[ 1 - 4 ] ...

... a large retrospective Italian study, 45 Gy of adjuvant radiation therapy for patients with inadequate margins did not appear ... possibility of second tumors in the radiation field. Adjuvant radiation therapy should be considered for patients with residual microscopic ...