Breast radiotherapy in the prone position is less toxic versus the supine position in women with large breast size, according to a phase III randomized trial. Among 357 patients, those treated in the ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2016 -- There's evidence that the position a woman is placed in during her pre-surgical breast MRI could influence -- for better or worse -- the scan's accuracy. The small study, ...

Upright radiotherapy Leo Cancer Care’s Eve patient positioning system is installed at the Centre Léon Bérard in Lyon, France. The system uses standard immobilization devices to ensure patient ...

Predictive factors for oligometastatic versus non-oligometastatic involvement of the central nervous system by brain metastases from breast cancer. Preliminary results of a prospective trial of ...

Background: Mechanical ventilation in the prone position is used to improve oxygenation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. We sought to determine the effect of mechanical ...

Having patients lie on their left side while the right side of their colon is being examined can result in more polyps being found, thus increasing the effectiveness of colonoscopy for colorectal ...

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...