Hyperbaric oxygenation for tumour sensitisation to radiotherapy: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 577-591

  Bennett, M ^a   Feldmeier, J ^b   Smee, R ^a   Milross, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygenation; Radiotherapy; Tumour sensitisation

Indexed keywords

MISONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIUM;

ADVANCED CANCER; BAROTRAUMA; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ESOPHAGUS METASTASIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUTH CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TOXICITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SOLID TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 53649095183     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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