Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Cancer.
Abstract: Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy (RIBP) is an untreatable complication of curative radiotherapy for early breast cancer, characterized by chronic neuropathic pain and limb paralysis. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy is known to promote healing of tissue...
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been shown to increase tumor radiosensitivity. Several reports indicate that it also increases sensitivity to alkylating agents, but other reports suggest that it may speed angiogenesis and tumor growth. To throw light on these...
Abstract: This retrospective study aimed to determine the effectiveness of surgery and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment in the management of refractory osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaws. Of the 18 patients who had undergone this treatment, 14 patients had complete...
Abstract: To report the use of heparin and enoxaparin for radiation-induced myelopathy. A 48-year-old White woman with presumed metastatic lung cancer presented with worsening numbness and weakness of both legs. The neuro-oncology service was consulted and determined...
Abstract: This paper reviews all 17 cases of facial bone osteoradionecrosis (ORN) which were treated in Adelaide, South Australia, in a nine-year period (1987 1996). This was 1.2% of all cases of head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy (RT). Fourteen cases...
Abstract: We examined the effect of radiotherapy after hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) breathing in experimental tumors using a tumor growth delay assay. Tumor models used were SCCVII (radiobiological hypoxic fraction: approximately 10%) and 9L tumors (containing less hypoxic...
Abstract: Recent controversy with the use of intrathecal lidocaine has prompted the search for suitable ambulatory surgery alternatives. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the clinical utility of intrathecal low-dose bupivacaine for outpatient transvaginal...
Abstract: The photochemical reaction of photodynamic therapy (PDT) depends on the presence of molecular oxygen. Due to anoxic regions in tumor tissue and vascular shutdown during PDT the efficiency is limited. Therefore, the use of hyperbaric oxygen which increases...
Abstract: The study aimed at MRI evaluation of aseptic osteonecrosis (AON) in children over the course of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. Retrospective analysis of 72 MRI studies in 20 children presenting with AON during chemotherapy. Two groups were differentiated:...