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How Is Cancer Under the Sea? Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Cancer

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Cancer Treatment: An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) provides patients with breathing pure oxygen under higher-than-normal air pressure. Applications of HBOT mainly occur in the management settings for the treatment of radiation-related complications. To date, lymphedema, proctitis and cystitis, and osteoradionecrosis of the jaw have been the most common conditions for using HBOT in post-radiation therapy of breast, prostate, and head and neck cancer. While case reports, case series, and retrospective cohorts produced HBOT-favoring results, the current literature suffers from a paucity of clinical trials, preventing any recommendation against thinking of HBOT for all. However, clinical trials are ongoing and might change the future picture of this field. In addition, the interdisciplinary research can approach further by relating the physics of HBOT and cancer biomechanics and scheduling standard protocols of HBOT for cancer.

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Notes

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    LYMQOL is used for lymphedema-related quality of life measurement.

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    Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System

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    Late Effects Normal Tissue Task Force-Subjective, Objective, Management, Analytic

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    It is a scale used for assessing the performance of patients with cancer.

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  1. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Saghazadeh, A., Rezaei, N. (2023). How Is Cancer Under the Sea? Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Cancer. In: Rezaei, N. (eds) Cancer Treatment: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Interdisciplinary Cancer Research, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/16833_2022_120

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