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81. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    December 16, 2014 - ES-16 Include a comment about past radiation therapy using a lower dose than is currently known to … Pg. 11 What is the rationale for excluding KQ3 analyses for radiation therapy? … We acknowledge that patients with clinically localized prostate cancer undergoing radiation therapy … See Letters, Radiation Therapy Modalities for Prostate Cancer, Nancy P. … Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, proton therapy, or conformal radiation therapy and morbidity

82. Data Points #14: Use of endocrine therapy following diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ or early invasive breast cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 13, 2012 - Endocrine therapy use was highest for women with DCIS treated with breast-conserving surgery plus radiation … therapy (BCS+RT) compared with either mastectomy or BCS alone. … ER status, includes mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery (BCS) (recommended in conjunction with radiation … therapy [RT] or mastectomy).

83. Effective Health Care Program
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    September 14, 2009 - Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer Technical Brief Archived September 14, 2009 … Data Points #10: Proton beam radiotherapy in the U.S.

84. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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    June 11, 2021 - Question 1: What is the overall probability of maintaining serviceable hearing following single-fraction radiation … therapy, utilizing modern dose planning, at two years, five years, and ten years following treatment … baseline, what is the overall probability of maintaining serviceable hearing following single-fraction radiation … therapy, utilizing modern dose planning, at two years, five years, and ten years following treatment … treatment using ≤ 13 Gy to the tumor margin?

85. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 04, 2014 - Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Update Timeline February 03, 2014 … Topic Initiated February 04, 2014 Research Protocol Archived Radiotherapy … Neck Cancer: Update December 09, 2014 Systematic Review Archived Radiotherapy … Head and Neck Cancer September 02, 2015 Consumer Summary Archived Radiation … Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer April 21, 2016 Consumer Summary Archived

86. Rt-Bone-Metatases-Qa-Tables-Appendix-F (xls file)
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    January 01, 2019 - Quality assessments for randomized controlled trials evaluating external beam radiation therapy for the … Quality assessments for nonrandomized studies of intervention evaluating external beam radiation therapy … therapy NA not applicable NRSI onrandomized study of interventions PRO patient-reported outcome … QA quality assessment RCT randomized controlled trial RT radiation therapy SBRT stereotactic body … radiation therapy

87. Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 18, 2020 - therapy (KQ 2) Various options for IBR (KQs 3, 4, and 5) Various flap types for AR (KQ 6). … therapy, what is the optimal time for IBR or AR with respect to chemotherapy or radiation therapy … therapy versus no radiation therapy Chemotherapy versus no chemotherapy Timing Any Setting … therapy Harms of IBR or IR before and after radiation therapy Relative clinical effects of silicone … Impact of Radiotherapy on Complications and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Breast Reconstruction.

88. Research Protocol: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy (pdf file)
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    April 09, 2020 - therapy, what is the optimal time for IBR or AR with respect to a) chemotherapy or b) radiation … therapy? … therapy versus no radiation therapy • Chemotherapy versus no chemotherapy Timing • Any Setting … therapy • Harms of IBR or IR before and after radiation therapy • Relative clinical effects of silicone … Impact of Radiotherapy on Complications and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Breast Reconstruction.

89. Surveillance & Identification of Triggers for Updating Systematic Reviews for the EHC Program (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - Patterns of care and outcomes associated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus conventional … radiation therapy for older patients with head-and-neck cancer. … cohort comparison of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with intensity modulated radiation … therapy versus conventional radiotherapy. … Misses and near-misses after postoperative radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: Comparison of

90. Liver-Cancer-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - therapy (SIRT) – Drug-eluting beads (DEB) • Radiotherapy – External-beam three-dimensional conformal … radiation therapy (3D-CRT) – External-beam intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) – Stereotactic … body radiation therapy (SBRT) – Hypofractionated proton beam therapy – Intraluminal brachytherapy … therapy (SIRT) • Drug-eluting beads (DEB) Radiotherapy • External-beam 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy … (3D-CRT) or intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) • Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) •

91. Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 21, 2014 - therapy have been evaluated, including external beam radiation therapy and interstitial radiation therapy … What is the comparative effectiveness of various combinations of agents and/or radiation therapy used … therapy (external beam or interstitial radiation therapy), partial cystectomy, or maximal transurethral … therapy (external beam or interstitial radiation therapy), partial cystectomy, and/or maximal transurethral … concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier] (40) 1 and 25 (30) exp Radiotherapy

92. Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - performed more than 2 weeks before starting radiation therapy (hazard ratio 1.49; 95% confidence … However, the patients did receive targeted radiation therapy to the jaw and mouth. … This evidence comes only from patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy and … Preoperative combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy plus radical surgery in advanced head and … Not applicable Dental extractions performed less than 2 weeks prior to starting radiation therapy

93. skin-cancer-protocol-160810 (pdf file)
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    August 10, 2016 - rays), or positively charged particles (e.g., protons, helium nuclei/alpha rays) § Orthovoltage radiation … treatment (commonly, for BCC) Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online … : August 10, 2016 4 § Megavoltage radiation treatment (commonly, for SCC) § In-office radiation … OR "Radiotherapy"[Mesh] Or (topical and (medications or chemotherap*)) Or observation Or “watchful … external-beam radiation Or brachytherap* Or chemotherap* OR Sensus OR X-ray App A—4 OR radiotherapy

94. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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    May 24, 2013 - and other peer reviewer concerns we have restructured the report so that ablation, embolization, radiotherapy … Reviewer #3 General Comments This is a very detailed CER analysis comparing ablative, embolic and radiation … treatments for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma without PV thrombosis and Childs A or B cirrhosis … therapies into the following three comparison groups: 1) ablative therapies 2) transarterial therapies 3) Radiotherapies … therapies into the following three comparison groups: 1) ablative therapies 2) transarterial therapies 3) Radiotherapies

95. Bladder-Cancer-Muscle-Invasive Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 21, 2014 - therapy have been evaluated, including external beam radiation therapy and interstitial radiation therapy … c) What is the comparative effectiveness of various combinations of agents and/or radiation therapy … therapy (external beam or interstitial radiation therapy), partial cystectomy, or maximal transurethral … therapy (external beam or interstitial radiation therapy), partial cystectomy, and/or maximal transurethral … word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier] (40) 26. 1 and 25 (30) 27. exp Radiotherapy

96. Treatment of Nonmetastatic Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 30, 2015 - trial with methodological limitations found no difference between bladder-preserving external beam radiation … therapy (60 Gray) versus radical cystectomy plus radiation therapy (40 Gray) in median survival duration

97. Head-Neck-Cancer-Update Executive (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2014 - therapy; IMRT = intensity-modulated radiation therapy; KQ = Key Question; PBT = proton-beam radiation … therapy; QOL = quality of life; RT = radiation therapy; SBRT = stereotactic body radiation therapy. … Radiation Therapy for Cancer. … Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) versus intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT … A comparison of outcomes using intensity-modulated radiation therapy and 3-dimensional conformal radiation

98. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2021 - therapy limiting toxicity • Post-op complication • NI-related AEs • Unintended harms Survival … Hospital utilizations: ER visits Admissions, Length of stay Adverse events • Chemotherapy/radiation … therapy limiting toxicity • Post-op complication • NI-related AEs • Unintended harms Survival … therapy that allowed for better sparing of normal tissues and reduction in toxicity emerged in the … chemoradiotherapy/ or chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant/ or chemotherapy, adjuvant/ or consolidation chemotherapy/ or radiotherapy

99. Data Points #13: Use of preoperative MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 13, 2012 - breast cancer is surgical removal of the tumor by mastectomy or breast- conserving surgery (BCS) plus radiation … therapy, and use of MRI may influence treatment planning.6 For some patients, mammography can underestimate … Some argue that the occult disease detected by MRI is eradicated by radiation therapy, chemotherapy,

100. Cancer Quality-ASSIST Supportive Oncology Quality Indicator Set: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity Testing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 19, 2010 - The JHH is a large academic medical center; patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy receive … therapy). … therapy indicators). … treatments THEN midline radiation blocks and three-dimensional radiation treatments should be used … treatment for painful bone metastases then he/she should be offered single-fraction radiation OR there