If there's one thing that can be said about cancer awareness, it's that effort is constant. You want to be able to focus on all of the proper measures that can be taken in order to help patients in the long term and certain therapies are, more likely than not, going to stand out more than others. That being said, what are some of the most helpful that can prove themselves? From what I have learned, it would have to be research that includes some of the most unique components.
Medical Xpress wrote an article on this particular matter and it spoke about whole-brain radiotherapy. For those who are not in the know, this is one of the common methods of therapies in terms of this type of cancer but I am not sure if it is that effective. The reason that I say this is because, in large doses, WBRT could actually lead to cognitive deficiencies in patients. As you can imagine, there is work being done in order to find alternate methods with other various components put into place.
Deborah Watkins-Burner of the Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing was able to focus on this matter in particular. Along with a group of various researchers, a different procedure that has been put to use that might have been able to help a group of patients who were in their first weeks of WBRT. Knowing this, they were given the choice to take up a placebo or Memantine. Results were found over the course of time but did anyone anticipate how viable these findings would actually prove to be?
In fact, I believe that authorities along the lines of Voices against Brain Cancer should be able to take these particular findings into account. There was much better cognitive function in those who took Memantine and there have been strong delays in cognitive decline as well. It's one of the biggest concerns when you're talking about cancer awareness in general. Knowing that such components can actually slow this down is telling and it seems like this could be one of the many positive steps made for better research.
When it comes to research in general, I do not think that anyone can argue with just how effective this can be. There are so many different methods that can be put to use that I do not think that anyone would have been able to recognize them starting off. However, this is where researchers are able to come to play, making sure that their methods are able to be seen more than others. Once you start to see how well this information can come into play, awareness is made that much greater.
Medical Xpress wrote an article on this particular matter and it spoke about whole-brain radiotherapy. For those who are not in the know, this is one of the common methods of therapies in terms of this type of cancer but I am not sure if it is that effective. The reason that I say this is because, in large doses, WBRT could actually lead to cognitive deficiencies in patients. As you can imagine, there is work being done in order to find alternate methods with other various components put into place.
Deborah Watkins-Burner of the Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing was able to focus on this matter in particular. Along with a group of various researchers, a different procedure that has been put to use that might have been able to help a group of patients who were in their first weeks of WBRT. Knowing this, they were given the choice to take up a placebo or Memantine. Results were found over the course of time but did anyone anticipate how viable these findings would actually prove to be?
In fact, I believe that authorities along the lines of Voices against Brain Cancer should be able to take these particular findings into account. There was much better cognitive function in those who took Memantine and there have been strong delays in cognitive decline as well. It's one of the biggest concerns when you're talking about cancer awareness in general. Knowing that such components can actually slow this down is telling and it seems like this could be one of the many positive steps made for better research.
When it comes to research in general, I do not think that anyone can argue with just how effective this can be. There are so many different methods that can be put to use that I do not think that anyone would have been able to recognize them starting off. However, this is where researchers are able to come to play, making sure that their methods are able to be seen more than others. Once you start to see how well this information can come into play, awareness is made that much greater.
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