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- Title
Radiation Therapy’s Effects on a Neurostimulator.
- Authors
Lin, Alice; Lee, James
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a prostate cancer patient undergoing radiation therapy while receiving concurrent deep brain stimulation therapy for Parkinson disease from a neurotransmitter implanted in his right pectoral muscle. The patient reported neurotransmitter malfunction following radiation therapy but reported no shut-off when he took a break from radiation treatment. The case suggests that radiation treatment can impact the function of neurotransmitters.
- Subjects
PARKINSON'S disease treatment; DEEP brain stimulation; ELECTRODES; ARTIFICIAL implants; PROSTATE tumors; RADIATION doses; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL equipment reliability; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Radiation Therapist, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
1084-1911
- Publication type
Case Study