SOURCE: Pediatric Physical Therapy journal
ARTICLE “Trends in Attitudes and Practice Patterns of Physical Therapists in Addressing Childhood Obesity in Schools”[url=http://journals.lww.com/pedpt/pages/d…]
PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire USA—School-based physical therapists are well positioned (among a range of health care professionals and …
Uptake of the Congenital Muscular Torticollis Guidelines
Survey findings about the effectiveness of a recently-introduced clinical practice guideline for congenital muscular torticollis therapy are reported in Pediatric Physical Therapy journal by Sandra Kaplan PT DPT PhD, Director, Post Professional Education …
BARCELONA—A new pencil beam scanning proton delivery technique—rescanning—could help limit the dose of radiation to surrounding tissues and organs by compensating for tumor motion in the chest caused by breathing. Rosalind Perrin MD, from the Centre for Proton Therapy at …
BARCELONA—A radiotherapy dose of more than 54 Gy improved survival in children with localized cerebral ependymoma in a large multicenter study from France that looked at the role of age, grade and dose on outcome in 177 patients over a …
BARCELONA—For children with intracranial ependymoma and measurable residue after first- or second-line surgery, a hypofractionated radiotherapy boost was feasible and improved local control—in a study presented to the 3rd ESTRO Forum. Lead author Lorenza Gandola MD, from Istituto Nazionale dei …
BARCELONA—A sub-group analysis of a phase-III randomized study looking at women with early breast cancer found that patients aged 70 years or older who were treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation did significantly better than those who had whole breast …
BARCELONA—In patients with previously irradiated locally recurrent prostate cancer, salvage high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDRB) was an effective and safe treatment option. The 3rd ESTRO Forum (April 24-28, 2015) heard data from a retrospective analysis with 60 patients that found HDRB had …
BARCELONA—The finding from the phase-III ARCON trial presented at the 3rd ESTRO Forum that: Accelerated radiotherapy with carbogen and nicotinamide (ARCON) significantly improved outcomes for patients with advanced laryngeal cancer, was discussed with Oncology Times reporter Sarah Maxwell by Hans …
BARCELONA—Accelerated radiotherapy with carbogen and nicotinamide (ARCON) significantly improved regional control while maintaining excellent speech and swallowing for a majority of patients with advanced laryngeal cancer in a phase-III randomized trial comparing it with accelerated radiotherapy alone. Study author Geert …
BARCELONA—There was no improvement in biochemical progression free survival among patients who had their high-risk localized prostate cancers treated with elective pelvic nodal irradiation compared with those who had prostate radiation only. That was the finding of a sub-analysis of …
BARCELONA – For patients with locally advanced cervical cancer, combining intracavitary and interstitial (IC/IS) brachytherapy techniques should be the benchmark treatment. That’s according to results from the retroEMBRACE study that looked at 700 patients and showed: Advanced adaptation with combined …
BARCELONA – The 3rd European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology Forum — ESTRO — was held this year in Barcelona featuring all aspects of the radiation oncology field. Oncology Times reporter Sarah Maxwell spoke to ESTRO president Philips Poortmans on …