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Prospective Study Radiother Oncol 2003

Prospective trial of radiotherapy after hyperbaric oxygenation with chemotherapy for high-grade gliomas

Ogawa K, Yoshii Y, Inoue O, Toita T, Saito A, Kakinohana Y, et al., Radiother Oncol, 2003

Tier 2, Indexed

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers conducted a prospective trial with 21 patients diagnosed with high-grade brain tumours, administering radiation therapy immediately after hyperbaric oxygen treatments, alongside chemotherapy.

What They Found

The study concluded that giving radiation therapy right after hyperbaric oxygen therapy, combined with chemotherapy, was a feasible approach for treating high-grade brain tumours. This abstract did not report specific outcomes such as survival rates or tumour response.

Canadian Relevance

No direct Canadian connection identified.

Study Limitations

A limitation of this study is its small sample size of 21 patients and that it focused only on the feasibility of the treatment, not its effectiveness or long-term patient outcomes.

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Study Details

Study Type Prospective Study
Category Uncategorised
Source Pubmed
PubMed ID 12758241
Year Published 2003
Journal Radiother Oncol
MeSH Terms Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Japan; Male; Middle Aged; Nimustine; Procarbazine; Prospective Studies; Supratentorial Neoplasms; Survival Rate; Vincristine

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