General Internal Medicine

General Radiation Oncology   

Questions discussed in this category


After discontinuing the ACE inhibitor, the angioedema resolves three to four days later and does not recur when radiation is resumed. 

Does it depend on location of radiation, length of radiation, and time since radiation?

Is anyone advising delaying COVID booster until after PET/CT to avoid false positive?

Are you doing more TNT to prolong time to surgery? If so, do are you starting with CRT or chemotherapy?

Would inhaled steroids help reduce the PO dose and/or significantly accelerate tapering?  If s, for what pneumonitis grade? What specific steroid...

For a patient receiving 16 mg/day, it is frequently prescribed as 4 mg q 6 hrs.  This results in the patient being awoken at night, when sleep di...

Have you found any of the more common medical treatments (chlorpromazine, baclofen) to be most effective in the setting of throacic radiation or head ...

What is the appropriate timing and what factors do you consider when making such a recommendation?


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The American journal of gastroenterology, 2001-04

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Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 2020 Jan 07

Annals of surgery, 2014-01

Perioper Med (Lond), 2018 Jun 08

Neurosurgery, 2019-09-01

Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2018 Dec 10

Metabolites, 2020 Jul 11

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Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 Jan 05

American journal of clinical dermatology, 2020 Aug

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2006 Dec 1

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2019 Oct 10

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International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2013-03-01

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2020 Jan 24

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2001 Mar

Cancer research and treatment, 2006 Dec 31