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All Topic Areas 1 - 10 of 305  more >> Radiation Exposure Radiation Radiation Studies Radiation sickness Radiation Therapy Brachytherapy Radiofrequency Ablation Radiosurgery Cancer Radiation Therapy Surgery Articles 1 - 5 of 9  more >> FDA Approves First New Drug Application for Treatment of Radiation Contamination due to Cesium or Thallium This is a revised version of FDA Press Release P03-75, originally issued earlier on Oct. 2, 2003. Corrections were made to the original version, which is now obsolete. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a New Drug Application for Radiogardase, also known as Prussian blue, to treat people exposed to radiation contamination, due to harmful levels of cesium-137 or thallium. Radiogardase capsules contain Ferric (III) hexacyanoferrate(II). The approval of Radiogardase is part of... U.S. Food and Drug Administration Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Radiation This patient summary on oral complications of cancer and cancer therapy is adapted from the summary written for health professionals by cancer experts. This and other accurate, credible information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, supportive care, and ongoing clinical trials is available from the National Cancer Institute. Oral complications are common in cancer patients, especially those with head and neck cancer. This summary describes oral complications caused by chemotherapy... National Cancer Institute Ileostomy, Colostomy, and Ileoanal Reservoir Surgery Sometimes treatment for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and familial adenomatous polyposis involves removing all or part of the intestines. When the intestines are removed, the body needs a new way for stool to leave the body, so the surgeon creates an opening in the abdomen for stool to pass through. The surgery to create the new opening is called ostomy. The opening is called a stoma. Different types of ostomy are performed depending on how much and what part of the intestines are... National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers Key Points Radiation therapy uses ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors (see Question 1). About half of all people with cancer are treated with radiation therapy, either alone or in combination with other types of cancer treatment (see Question 1). Radiation therapy may be external or internal. External radiation, the type most often used, comes from a machine outside the body, and is usually given on an outpatient basis. Internal radiation is implanted into or near the... Radiation Enteritis This patient summary on radiation enteritis (inflammation of the intestine) is adapted from a summary written for health professionals by cancer experts. This and other credible information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, supportive care, and ongoing clinical trials is available from the National Cancer Institute. Radiation therapy often leads to radiation enteritis, which is a disorder of the large and small bowel. This brief summary describes radiation enteritis and its causes,... National Cancer Institute Organizations 1 - 5 of 21  more >> Office of Air and Radiation, EPA - http://www.epa.gov/oar/oarhome.html Radiation Therapy Oncology Group - National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements - http://www.ncrp.com/ Radiation Internal Dose Information Center - http://dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C03/C03Links/www.orau.gov/ehsd/ridic.htm Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation - News 1 - 5 of 2574  more >> Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST Prostate Cancer: Radiation Not Best WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49 EST External Radiation for Prostate Cancer May Have Lower Survival Rate WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST Lung Cancer CT Scans No Help? WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST Clinical Trials 1 - 5 of 2911  more >> Salivary Gland Surgery Before Radiation Therapy in Preventing Radiation-Caused Xerostomia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00068237 - Active, not recruiting Hypopharyngeal Cancer; Laryngeal Cancer; metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary; ... Radiation Therapy Before Surgery Compared With Chemotherapy Plus Radiation After Surgery in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Can Be Surgically Removed ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003422 - Active, not recruiting stage I rectal cancer; stage II rectal cancer; stage III rectal cancer; adenocarcinoma of the rectum Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy Before and After Surgery in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00033657 - Active, not recruiting Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer Observation or Radiation Therapy and/or Chemotherapy and Second Surgery in Treating Children Who Have Undergone Surgery for Ependymoma ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00027846 - Active, not recruiting childhood supratentorial ependymoma; newly diagnosed childhood ependymoma; childhood infratentorial ependymoma Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery to Remove a Metastatic Brain Tumor ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00107367 - Recruiting brain metastases

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