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21. 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

22. 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.

23. SEAD Submission Form for Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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24. 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

25. 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.

26. Data Points #16: Changes across time and geography in the use of prostate radiation technologies for newly diagnosed older cancer patients: 2006-2008 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 30, 2012 - (IMRT) as a replacement of conformal radiotherapy (CRT) for treatment of prostate cancer. … Available treatments include watchful waiting, removal of the prostate (prostatectomy), radiation therapy … Proton beam radiotherapy (PBRT) is another form of external beam radiotherapy that has applications in … conformal radiotherapy (3D CRT or CRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). … findings of Nguyen, et al., to the 2006–2008 period Conclusion IMRT allows the delivery of highly targeted

27. Draft Comment Form for Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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28. 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.

29. Data Points #10: Proton beam radiotherapy in the U.S. Medicare population: growth in use between 2006 and 2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 07, 2012 - Data Points #10: Proton beam radiotherapy in the U.S. … beam radiotherapy along with external beam radiotherapy in general but without identifying specific … cost; one report cited costs of providing proton therapy that were more than double those of other radiation … therapies. … The difference in Medicare payment rates for proton beam radiotherapy versus other radiation therapies

30. Head-Neck-Cancer-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2015 - � Your doctor suggested radiation therapy. … Understanding Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? … Radiation therapy starts with a plan Your doctors will make a detailed plan for your radiation therapy … treatment or much later and can include: � Mouth sores (ulcers in your mouth) � Dry mouth � Pain … 5 Sources The information in this summary comes from the report Radiotherapy Treatments for Head

31. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care Program
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    April 14, 2021 - therapy. 2 The goal of radiation therapy in breast cancer treatment is to eradicate subclinical disease … following the surgical removal of tumors. 3 Radiation therapy administered in patients with early … therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and proton radiation therapy, intra-operative radiotherapy … therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and proton radiation therapy, IORT). … Radiation therapy in the management of breast cancer.

32. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 265_Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms (pdf file)
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    August 29, 2023 - Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/radiation-therapy-bone-metastases/research Source … : https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/radiation-therapy-bone-metastases/research Published … treatments vs. having nearly complete pain control but having only 1 radiation treatment in that last … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/radiation-therapy-bone-metastases/research

33. Organisation (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2008 - Proton radiation therapy. … Response to radiation therapy. … Fractionated proton radiation treatment for pediatric craniopharyngioma: preliminary report. … The impact of advanced technologies on treatment deviations in radiation treatment delivery. … Patient tolerance of rectal balloons in conformal radiation treatment of prostate cancer.

34. Radiotherapy-Proton-Beam Research (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - therapy (3D CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and proton beam radiotherapy … therapies.9 The difference in Medicare payment rates for proton beam radiotherapy versus other radiation … therapies is not trivial (Table 1). 3 Proton Beam Radiotherapy in the U.S. … Fewer than 11 cases offered no diagnosis code for proton beam claims other than a radiation therapy … Systematic review: charged-particle radiation therapy for cancer.

35. Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 14, 2009 - Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer Timeline January 01, 2005 Topic Initiated … September 14, 2009 Technical Brief Archived Particle Beam Radiation … Therapies for Cancer

36. Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 22, 2012 - therapy (3D-CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and stereotactic body radiation therapy … = radiofrequency ablation; RT = radiotherapy; SBRT = stereotactic body radiation therapy; 3D-CRT = three-dimensional … body radiation therapy; 3D-CRT = three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy; YAG = yttrium-aluminum-garnet … The role of radiation therapy in non-small cell lung cancer. … Advanced radiation treatment planning and delivery approaches for treatment of lung cancer.

37. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - therapy (radiation with a beam of protons instead of x-rays), and stereotactic body radiation therapy … Radiation can be given in two ways: � External-beam radiation: This type of radiation treatment uses … Radiation treatment is given a few minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 8 to 9 weeks. … � A combination of 3D-CRT (a type of external-beam radiation therapy) and hormone therapy appears … Radiation Therapy �– External-beam radiation therapy �– Brachytherapy (“radiation seeding”) ��Bowel

38. Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2022 - therapy.2 The goal of radiation therapy in breast cancer treatment is to eradicate subclinical disease … therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and proton radiation therapy, intra-operative radiotherapy … therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and proton radiation therapy, IORT). … Radiation therapy in the management of breast cancer. … Additionally, radiation therapy is integral to the treatment of breast cancer.

39. Comparative Effectiveness of Management Options for Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 03, 2011 - Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Proton Therapy, or Conformal Radiation Therapy and Morbidity and … Comparative Effectiveness of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Conventional Conformal Radiotherapy

40. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 04, 2014 - Radiation therapy also can accelerate dental caries and may cause osteoradionecrosis. … therapy (3DRT); intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); and, stereotactic body radiation therapy … Advances in radiation therapy: conventional to 3D, to IMRT, to 4D, and beyond. … Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in head and neck cancers: An update. … Emerging applications of stereotactic body radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.