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  2. Breast cancer management - Wikipedia

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    Upper-limb dysfunction is a common side effect of breast cancer treatment. [65] Shoulder range of motion can be impaired after surgery. Exercise can meaningfully improve should range of motion in women with breast cancer. [65] An exercise programme can be started early after surgery, if it does not negatively affect wound drainage. [65] [66] [67]

  3. External beam radiotherapy - Wikipedia

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    External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a form of radiotherapy that utilizes a high-energy collimated beam of ionizing radiation, from a source outside the body, to target and kill cancer cells. The radiotherapy beam is composed of particles, which are focussed in a particular direction of travel using collimators. [ 1 ]

  4. Therac-25 - Wikipedia

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    A Therac-25 had been in operation for six months in Marietta, Georgia at the Kennestone Regional Oncology Center when, on June 3, 1985, applied radiation therapy treatment following a lumpectomy was being performed on 61-year-old woman Katie Yarbrough. She was set to receive a 10-MeV dose of electron therapy to her clavicle. When therapy began ...

  5. How an icy therapy helped SLO breast cancer survivor ... - AOL

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    Two SLO attorneys, best friends and cancer survivors, hope sharing their story will build awareness for an underreported intervention. How an icy therapy helped SLO breast cancer survivor save her ...

  6. Intraoperative radiation therapy - Wikipedia

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    The 2015 update of guidelines of the Association of Gynecological Oncology (AGO), an autonomous community of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and the German Cancer Society includes TARGIT IORT during lumpectomy as a recommended option for women with a T1, Grade 1 or 2, ER positive breast cancer. [5]

  7. Photodynamic therapy - Wikipedia

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    Photodynamic therapy is also used to relieve symptoms of some cancers, including esophageal cancer when it blocks the throat and non-small cell lung cancer when it blocks the airways. [ 26 ] When cells that have absorbed photosensitizers are exposed to a specific wavelength of light, the photosensitizer produces a form of oxygen, called an ...

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