Publications by authors named "Lisa Arriaga"
A phase 2 study of capecitabine and concomitant radiation in women with advanced breast cancer.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
November 2017
Purpose: To examine the response rate of gross chemo-refractory breast cancer treated with concurrent capecitabine (CAP) and radiation therapy in a prospective Phase II study.
Methods And Materials: Breast cancer patients with inoperable disease after chemotherapy, residual nodal disease after definitive surgical resection, unresectable chest wall or nodal recurrence after a prior mastectomy, or oligometastatic disease were eligible. Response by RECIST criteria was assessed after 45 Gy.
Purpose: To determine the efficacy of an emulsion containing hyaluronic acid to reduce the development of ≥ Grade 2 radiation dermatitis after adjuvant breast radiation compared with best supportive care.
Methods And Materials: Women with breast cancer who had undergone lumpectomy and were to receive whole-breast radiotherapy to 50 Gy with a 10- to 16-Gy surgical bed boost were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial to compare the effectiveness of a hyaluronic acid-based gel (RadiaPlex) and a petrolatum-based gel (Aquaphor) for preventing the development of dermatitis. Each patient was randomly assigned to use hyaluronic acid gel on the medial half or the lateral half of the irradiated breast and to use the control gel on the other half.
Background: To the authors' knowledge, the effects of supraclavicular fossa radiation on the carotid artery are not well described. In the current study, the authors performed a prospective study to examine the long-term risk of carotid artery stenosis after supraclavicular irradiation for breast cancer.
Methods: A total of 46 breast cancer patients who were treated with adjuvant radiation to the supraclavicular fossa with >8 years of follow-up underwent bilateral Doppler imaging of the carotid artery.