by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
The practice of bladder catheterization appears to be, long since, among the most prevalent in health facilities – including private hospitals and home care – thus resulting in a procedure with a significant transversal scope.An improper indication and...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
Proper staging is crucial in cancer patients. However, in specific clinical settings such a low-risk breast and prostate cancer, a complete staging work-out can be avoided. Inappropriate diagnostic procedures may increase costs and delay meaningful treatments such as...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
Several clinical studies showed that a prolonged treatment regimen including radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy does not provide any survival benefit in cancer patients having a short life expectancy. However, radiotherapy plays a crucial role in providing patients with...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
Several clinical studies reported that moderately hypofractionated radiation therapy (reducing the total number of fractions with daily fraction >2Gy) may be as effective as conventional fractionation in selected subgroups of patients affected by early stage breast...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
Actually, the high level of technologies widely used by the radiation oncologist’ community represents a very important opportunity and benefit for oncological patients because it permits to achieve interesting results in selected subgroups. These results are robust...
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