Prostate 癌 打開 means thousands of men could 避ける 破滅的な chemotherapy
- The 裁判,公判 showed 患者s' 癌 did not 進歩 for an 普通の/平均(する) of six months
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Thousands of men a year with 前進するd prostate 癌 could 避ける gruelling chemotherapy by 連合させるing 放射線療法 and hormone therapy, a 熟考する/考慮する 明らかにする/漏らすs.
的ing the 放射線療法 to the 場所/位置s where the 癌 has spread can 延期する その上の progression of the 病気 and the need for その後の 治療s, such as chemotherapy, which can have 重要な 衝撃 on a person's 質 of life, 研究員s say.
The 裁判,公判 論証するd that the 患者s' 癌 did not 進歩 for an 普通の/平均(する) of six months (6.4) and two fifths (40.1 per cent) of 患者s remained progression-解放する/自由な at 12 months.
The 研究 was led by The 王室の Marsden NHS 創立/基礎 信用 and The 学校/設ける of 癌 研究, London, and 現在のd today at The European Society for 放射線療法 and Oncology (ESTRO) 年次の congress.
The 段階 II 裁判,公判 is the first 見込みのある 裁判,公判 to 調査/捜査する the use of stereotactic 団体/死体 放射線療法 (SBRT) in 患者s with hormone-resisistant oligoprogressi ve prostate 癌.
的ing the 放射線療法 to the 場所/位置s where the 癌 has spread can 延期する その上の progression of the 病気 and the need for その後の 治療s, such as chemotherapy, which can have signifi cant 衝撃 on a person's 質 of life, 研究員s say
Oligoprogressive 癌 occurs when 独房s from the 初めの tumour travel within the 団体/死体 to より小数の than three 場所/位置s, forming new tumours or lesions.
現在/一般に, 病気 progression after hormone therapy 治療 is taken as a 調印する that the 癌 has become 抵抗力のある to the 治療.
However, findings from the 裁判,公判 明らかにする/漏らすd that it may just be some tumours that are 抵抗力のある, and if the tumours are 扱う/治療するd with 放射線療法 the 残り/休憩(する) of the 癌 will still 答える/応じる to hormone therapy.
In the 国家の 熟考する/考慮する, which took place in 癌 centres across the UK, 研究員s 調査/捜査するd whether giving SBRT along with a type of hormone therapy, called androgen receptor 的d スパイ/執行官s, to 患者s with oligoprogressive prostate 癌 would 延期する the time it takes for their 癌 to 進歩.
The 患者s in the 熟考する/考慮する had 前進するd prostate 癌 that was no longer 答える/応じるing to 正規の/正選手 治療.
?More than 52,000 men are 診断するd with prostate 癌 every year on 普通の/平均(する) in the UK, making it the most ありふれた 癌 in men. Around 12,000 men die every year from the 病気 ― the 同等(の) of one every 45 minutes
They had no more than two new areas of 癌 that had appeared while they were on two types of hormone therapy, after 最初 答える/応じるing 井戸/弁護士席 to the 治療.
All the 患者s were 扱う/治療するd with five or six 治療s SBRT, which is painless and takes about 20-30 minutes for each 治療.
81 men received SBRT and most of them (67 per cent) had one oligoprogressive lesion. The areas 扱う/治療するd were bone (59 per cent), 肺 (1 per cent), lymph node (32 per cent) and prostate (8 per cent).
At an 普通の/平均(する) of 19.2 months, 53 (65 per cent) 患者s experienced progression of their 病気; 32 (40 per cent) 進歩d within six months に引き続いて SBRT 治療.
Median progression-解放する/自由な 生き残り に引き続いて SBRT was 6.4 months and 40 per cent of men had no 証拠 of 癌 growth 12 months after 治療.
研究員s 見積(る) around 2,000 to 3,000 men per year would 会合,会う the qualifying 基準 above.