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Clinical Study Journal of surgical oncology 2009

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for radiation-induced brain necrosis in a patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma.

Cihan YB, Uzun G, Yildiz S, Dönmez H — Journal of surgical oncology, 2009

Tier 2, Indexed

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers investigated the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on a 45-year-old man with radiation-induced brain necrosis after other treatments failed.

What They Found

After hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the 45-year-old patient showed improvements in both clinical symptoms and radiological findings of brain radionecrosis. His steroid requirements were also reduced following the treatment.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted elsewhere.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is that it describes only a single patient, which prevents generalization of the findings.

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Study Details

Study Type Clinical Study
Category Radiation Injury
Source Pubmed
PubMed ID 19722227
Year Published 2009
Journal Journal of surgical oncology
MeSH Terms Brain; Brain Neoplasms; Cranial Irradiation; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Male; Middle Aged; Necrosis; Radiation Injuries; Radiosurgery

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