Abstract:Cancer therapeutics cause various treatment-related changes that may impact patient follow-up and disease monitoring. Although atypical responses such as pseudoprogression may be misinterpreted as treatment nonresponse, other changes, such as hyperprogressive disease seen with immunotherapy, must be recognized early for timely management. Radiation necrosis in the brain is a known response to radiotherapy and must be distinguished from local tumor recurrence. Radiotherapy can also cause adverse effects such as… Show more
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