by HBOT News | Nov 15, 2013 | Carcinoma
Abstract: Radiation therapy alone, or combined with chemotherapy, are both used for cancer in the head and neck. This can lead to damage of tissue cells and vasculature. Surgery in such compromised tissues has increased complication rates, because wound healing with...
by HBOT News | Nov 14, 2013 | Carcinoma
Abstract: Gemcitabine is first-line therapy for advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with a poor survival and response rate. Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) enhances delivery of oxygen to hypoxic tumor cells and increases their susceptibility to cytotoxic...
by HBOT News | Oct 21, 2013 | Carcinoma
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is sometimes used to assist in wound healing after major head and neck cancer surgery. However, there is concern that HBO treatments might enhance the growth of any residual microscopic disease. This was studied in a mouse...
by HBOT News | Oct 9, 2013 | Cancer
Abstract: Pelvic radiation disease is one of the major complication after radiotherapy for pelvic cancers. The most commonly reported symptom is rectal bleeding which affects patients’ quality of life. Therapeutic strategies for rectal bleeding are generally...
by HBOT News | Oct 3, 2013 | Cancer
Abstract: Dental implants offer one way to replace missing teeth. Patients who have undergone radiotherapy and those who have also undergone surgery for cancer in the head and neck region may particularly benefit from reconstruction with implants. Hyperbaric oxygen...
