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141. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gastric-cancers-protocol-amendment.pdf
     May 02, 2025 - or conditions that increase risk of toxicity with specific therapy (e.g. existing neuropathy, prior radiation … therapy, history of autoimmune disease)? … folfox* OR hipec OR 'hyperthermic intraperitoneal' OR oxcap OR sox OR xelox):ab,ti,kw 5 'cancer radiotherapy … '/exp OR 'external beam radiotherapy'/exp OR ('3d crt' OR imrt OR radiochemo* OR radioimmuno*):ti,ab … ,kw OR (radiation OR radiotherapy):ti OR (((conformal OR 'external beam' OR 'image guided' OR 'intraoperative

142. A factorial survey on safety behavior providing opportunities to improve safety. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2015 - An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute. … January 8, 2018 Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation … 14, 2011 The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation … therapy. … September 28, 2010 Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes

143. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846127/psn-pdf
     March 15, 2023 - most often related to traumatic injury or associated with underlying diseases such as malignancy.1 Radiation … therapy to the pelvis including the prostate, as with this patient, can result in chronic radiation … therapy. … Take Home Points Pelvic radiation therapy increases the risk for adjacent tissue injury and can be associated … Impact of radiotherapy on surgical repair and outcome in patients with rectourethral fistula.

144. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2021 - 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 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

145. 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

146. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 10, 2014 - Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are … Does compliance to patient safety tasks improve and sustain when radiotherapy treatment processes are … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-compliance-patient-safety-tasks-improve-and-sustain-when-radiotherapy … treatment This quality improvement study found that adherence to patient safety measures while providing radiation … therapy—such as verifying patient identification—increased when work processes were standardized.

147. Recommendation: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2018 - therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term sexual erectile dysfunction … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term erectile dysfunction, and up … across cohort studies regarding the association of urinary incontinence and radiation therapy, rates

148. Introducing the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey" Transcript (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - It's, in the last six months, how often did your radiation therapy team listen carefully to you? … So for example, how often did your radiation therapy team listen carefully to you? … There's one algorithm for radiation therapy. … So, those patients will be sampled if they received radiation therapy or drug therapy. … Or it really isn't applicable with the drug therapy, radiation therapy, or surgery.

149. Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - Radiation Therapy No RCTs compared radiation therapy versus watchful waiting. … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy [EBRT] or unspecified modality) for lo- calized prostate cancer … Radiation Therapy Urinary Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction. … on specific radiation therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated with … therapy techniques and regimens evaluated Radiation therapy was associated with increased risk for

150. Final Recommendation Statement: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 08, 2018 - More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term sexual erectile dysfunction … therapy (external-beam radiation therapy, proton beam therapy, or brachytherapy), and active surveillance … More than half of men who receive radiation therapy experience long-term erectile dysfunction, and up … across cohort studies regarding the association of urinary incontinence and radiation therapy, rates … of fecal incontinence and bowel urgency were as high as 31.8% after radiation therapy in 1 cohort study

151. Preventing and mitigating radiology system failures: a guide to disaster planning. | PSNet
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     November 23, 2016 - November 23, 2016 Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service … Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … November 9, 2022 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute

152. USA, GA, Atlanta | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Year of Survey 2012 Relieving Anxiety in Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy … interactive and engaging computer tablet-based, virtual program to prepare children with cancer for radiation … therapy.

153. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41952/psn-pdf
     January 16, 2013 - prevention-wrong-location-misadministration-through-use-intradepartmental- incident-learning Analysis of voluntarily reported errors in radiation … therapy treatments resulted in systematic changes to treatment planning and delivery.

154. Prostate-Specific Antigen–Based Screening for Prostate Cancer: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - Relative to conservative management (8 cohort studies; n = 3066), radiation therapy was associated with … Because few studies were found for treatments other than radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy, … only findings for radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy are summarized in this article; evidence … therapy compared with conservative man- agement, and 1 uncontrolled observational study of radiation … Urinary Incontinence After Radiation Therapy Compared With Conservative Management (Key Question 4)a

155. Radiology research in quality and safety: current trends and future needs. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … January 16, 2013 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice

156. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40587/psn-pdf
     January 22, 2017 - Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. January 22, 2017 Terezakis SA, Pronovost P, Harris K, et al. Safety strategies in an academic radiation oncology department and recommendations for action. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37(7):291-9. https://psnet.ahrq…

157. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44038/psn-pdf
     May 06, 2015 - Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology: University of North Carolina's Pursuit for High Reliability and Value Creation. May 6, 2015 Marks L, Mazur L, Chera B, Adams R. Boca Raton, FL: Productivity Press; 2015. ISBN: 9781482233643. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engineering-patient-safety-radiation-oncology…

158. Treatments for Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin - Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - treatment for low- risk BCC. … For example, while external beam radiation therapy is effective, its remote sequelae, such as skin … For example, there are no studies on the effectiveness of external radiation therapy delivered with … portable machines in the office setting versus radiation therapy delivered in specialized facilities … on radiation therapy to extrapolate from.

159. Colorectal-Cancer-Liver-Metastases-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - To be considered a candidate for ablation or radiation therapy, patients treated in this setting should … Preoperative 5-FU, low-dose leucovorin, and radiation therapy for locally advanced and unresectable … - treating-radiation-therapy. … Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). … Selective internal radiation therapy with SIR-spheres for the treatment of unresectable colorectal

160. Designing a safer radiology department. | PSNet
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     March 04, 2015 - June 5, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents