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21. Cer-242-Radiation-Therapy-Brain-Metastases-Evidence-Summary (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 242 Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases Evidence … Summary Main Points • We identified a large number of relevant radiation therapy studies … Radiosensitizers are agents that make cancer cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. … Strengths and Limitations This report provides a comprehensive collection of research on radiation treatment … Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242.

22. Key Questions Comment Form for Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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23. Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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24. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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25. Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 02, 2015 - Understanding Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? … Radiation therapy starts with a plan Your doctors will make a detailed plan for your radiation therapy … radiation therapy. … treatment or much later and can include: Mouth sores (ulcers in your mouth) Dry mouth Pain or … Sources The information in this summary is based on Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer

26. Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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    June 09, 2021 - Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases … Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242. … Overall, it is a good introduction that focuses on the different types of radiation therapies. … these trials report OS and many have been combined in prior meta-analyses (e.g., Tsao MN, Whole brain radiotherapy … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/radiation-therapy-brain-metastases/research Radiation

27. Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2023 - Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms Comparative … Effectiveness Review Number 265 Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness … therapy; AEs = adverse events; EBRT = external beam radiation therapy; IMRT = intensity modulated radiation … therapy; MBD = metastatic bone disease; QOL = quality of life; RT = radiation therapy; SBRT = stereotactic … Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms.

28. Product Search | Effective Health Care Program
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    September 23, 2021 - Prehospital Airway Management Systematic Review June 14, 2021 Radiation … Therapy for Brain Metastases Systematic Review June 9, 2021 Safety of Vaccines

29. SEAD Submission Form for Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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30. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    February 10, 2022 - therapy (IMRT) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). … therapy; SBRT = stereotactic radiation therapy. … A review of patterns of practice and clinical guidelines in the palliative radiation treatment of uncomplicated … beam radiation therapy"[Title/Abstract] OR "EBRT"[Title/Abstract] OR "Radiotherapy"[MeSH Terms]) AND … /Abstract] OR "bone neoplasms/radiotherapy"[MeSH Terms]) AND ("external beam radiation therapy"[Title

31. Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2022 - Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation … therapy (RT) is pain-free, pediatric patients with cancer find it anxiety provoking and difficult due … to misunderstandings about radiation therapy, having to transition to an unfamiliar treatment setting … Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation - Final Report … Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation - Final Report

32. Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care
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    June 08, 2018 - You get these doses from daily radiation treatment in a clinic or hospital over several weeks. … is a common type of radiation therapy. … Proton radiation therapy 3DRT and IMRT, the two radiation therapies discussed above, use "photons … Other, newer therapies: Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and stereotactic body radiation therapy … treatments.

33. Radiation Safety | PSNet
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    September 07, 2019 - There are also risks of adverse events such as radiation burns (more common in radiotherapy), which are … Approximately 40% of patients diagnosed with cancer receive radiation therapy at some point in their … Improving the safety of radiation therapy relies in part on similar principles, including enhancing safety … May 31, 2023 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update.

34. Draft Comment Form for Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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35. Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. | PSNet
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    August 04, 2021 - Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. … Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper … Safety risks are present in oncology radiation therapy. … This recommendation builds on existing intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) standards to highlight … Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper

36. Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2022 - Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation - Final Report … Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy Through Virtual Preparation - Final Report … Investigator Cohen, Lindsey Project Name Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation … Therapy Through Virtual Preparation Technology Artificial Intelligence Mobile

37. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2009 - Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer. Technical Brief No. 1. … of radiation therapy, compared to earlier years.1 Apart from conventional external radiation therapy … Conventional photon radiotherapy Conventional radiation therapy utilizes ionizing radiation in the form … In most cases, carbon ion therapy was used as the only radiation treatment. … A typical definition for late events was at least 3 months after the radiation treatment.

38. Data Points 16: Types of Prostate Radiation: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2012 - Radiation therapy: We identified men using radiation therapy treatments in the Part B (outpatient and … CONCLUSIONS IMRT allows the delivery of highly targeted radiotherapy, minimizing the likelihood of … therapy for prostate cancer who received IMRT alone or in combination with other radiation therapies … Comparative evaluation of radiation treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer: an update. … Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) replaces 3-dimensional external beam radiotherapy in prostate

39. Palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: Update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2017 - Palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: Update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline www.practicalradonc.org … Practical Radiation Oncology (2017) 7, 4-12 Special Article Palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases … Advanced radiation therapy techniques such as stereotactic body radiation therapy lack high-quality data … therapy; RT, radiation therapy; SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy; SF, single fraction. 6 S … Radiation Therapy and Oncology Group.

40. Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID-19 era. | PSNet
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    June 30, 2021 - Commentary Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service … Planning for a pandemic: Mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID-19 era. … This article describes the delivery of radiation therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic at one … Planning for a pandemic: Mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID-19 era.