­radiation therapy in treatment of the elderly

... and training These will be dealt with in subsequent consensus reports, the next of which will discuss exclusively the question of teaching and training in the specialty of psychiatry of the elderly ... People The lead in organising the following components of the service should ideally be taken by Multidisciplinary Specialist Teams working in psychiatry of the elderly The CMHT may consist of doctors, ... draft of three consensus statements - the first dealing with the limits of the field of concern for the psychiatry of old age, the second addressing the organization of services for the elderly...

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... follow-up The endpoint of the study was overall survival Survival was calculated from the first day of radiotherapy using the method of Kaplan Meier Survival curves were compared using the log-rank ... FR: The palliation of brain metastases Final results of the first two studies by the Radiation Therapy Oncology group Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1980, 6:1-9 Vermeulen SS: Whole brain radiotherapy ... whole brain radiation therapy with radiosurgery in the treatment of single brain metastases Technol Cancer Res Treat 2003, 2:111-115 Arbit E, Wronski M, Burt M, Galicich JH: The treatment of patients...

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... approximately 15 minutes, the physicist then loaded the corresponding radiation plan onto the controller unit contaminating the field The catheter end was passed through a hole in the drape and a ... without Results The radiation oncologist then broke scrub, attached the XB controller to the catheter, and inserted the radiation source into the balloon The radiation therapy was then Figure and ... cavity through a small incision in the lateral breast and inflated with exactly 40 cc of saline (Figure 1) The conformity of the CED to the surrounding breast tissue was then evaluated under direct...

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... (CTV) The CTV-1 was the prostate including seminal vesicles and the CTV-2 was the prostate and base of the seminal vesicles The CTV-1 was expanded with a 3D margin of 10 mm resulting in the planning ... definition, treatment planning and plan evaluation The prostate and seminal vesicles were contoured in the planning CT and the planning MRI and the sum of both structures was defined as the clinical ... excellent sparing of these OARs Treatment of the pelvic lymph nodes increased doses to the rectum in the low-dose region up to 30 Gy, only These results were similar for delineation of the rectum...

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... Role of mitomycin in combination with fluorouracil and radiotherapy, and of salvage chemoradiation in the definitive nonsurgical treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal: results of ... Contribution of conformal therapy in the treatment of anal canal carcinoma http://www.ro-journal.com/content/2/1/41 24 25 26 27 28 29 with combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy: results of a phase ... conventional WPRT in 36 patients receiving chemotherapy This resulted in chemotherapy being held back less often for hematologic toxicity Of note, these benefits in hematologic toxicity were initially...

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... effects of ECT for the treatment of treatment resistant depression in BD, compared to combined pharmacological treatment, including the MAOIs tranylcypromine and phenelzine A flow chart of the study ... weeks, the ECT treatment is terminated and the patient is switched to maintenance therapy If a patient or the treating clinician decides that the patient could receive better treatment outside of the ... use in both clinical trials and routine clinical practice Rating is independent of whether the symptom is regarded as being drug-induced or not Probability of the causal relationship (or lack of...

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... accommodation in Zimbabwe acquainting them with the purposes of the research proposed and seeking their cooperation At the time there was no central organisation, including the National Council for the ... Asian elderly living in institutions or Homes 'for the elderly WhileMricans make up the largest percentage of the elderly in Zimbabwe the number of Mricans in institutions is about the same as EurqJeans ... random sample was interviewed, if they had been in the institution for at least four months The task of interviewing the old people was treated as the most important single task of the research,...

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... analysis of the determinants of labour force participation of the elderly in Europe Nevertheless, knowing In the future, there will be a link established between SHARE and the social security administration ... analysis of the ageing problem is, of course, the availability of adequate data sources In this respect, many European countries are lagging behind the United States that has a tradition in gathering ... illustration of the usefulness of such variables in retirement studies) Another issue concerns the prevalence of part time work among the elderly in SHARE Tables 4.6 and 4.7 give the percentages of individuals...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... order of 30–140% in the next 30 years, depending on the country Elderly people themselves are growing older, increasing the numbers and proportions of the very old The fastest growing population in ... risk of morbidity In the measurement of height there are currently no guidelines regarding the degree of spinal curvature that would invalidate the measurement of height.5 The question of which individuals ... active in promoting activities to benefit the elderly (http://www.helpage.org/) The nutrition of elderly people: Report of the Working Group on the Nutrition of Elderly People of the Committee on the...

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... refers to the amount of time he/she is involved in dynamic activities, such as walking or running, as well as the amount of time spent in the static activities of sitting, standing and lying Objective ... for the subject The VTAMN smart cloth (Fig 7)32 measures several parameters of daily living, including activity, using sensors incorporated into the garment The activity-measuring module of the ... or a combination of these The distinguishing features in mobility monitoring wearables are the particular configurations of these sensors and the data acquisition methods employed In the past,...

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... and the families regard the placing of the elderly in an ‘old people home’ as the last alternative.3 Pertaining to employment and income of this population segment, a study disclosed the following ... performing well in the instrumental ADL (75–82%) were only slightly reduced The authors conclude that in general the rural elderly were in better condition than the urban elderly, being in general ... aspects of the elderly According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Five Country Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (n = 1203), in the Indonesia country report the diseases or complaints most...

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... Active Ageing Index was computed for Singapore based on the NSSC 2005 (Annex A explains the construction of the index.) A total of 13 indicators reflecting the three dimensions of Active Ageing identified ... ultimately active ageing A Ageing in Place “Ageing in place” is a concept that has differing interpretations For some, it refers to the elderly being able to live in the community in their own homes ... reflected in Yearbook of Statistics Singapore 2008 and 2009, DOS.) Living Arrangements of Elderly in the Community In contrast, the vast majority of Singapore’s old aged 65 and over live in the community...

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... reduced beginning at some time in the 1990s (30) There is no clear decline before that time in any of the surveys The MCBS is one of the surveys showing the strongest declines during the 1990s in ADL ... all segments of the population Improvements in the health of persons in their 60s can be linked to eventual deterioration in the health of those in their 80s (5) This understanding of the complex ... example, shown in Figure are declines in the percentage of the older population with difficulty performing a number of indicators of physical functioning reported in the MCBS during the 1990s The percentage...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... for the aged5 So, the researcher was interested in studying quality of life of the elderly people in Einme Township, as well as factors affecting the quality of life of elderly people in Einme ... quality of life of elderly people in the study These two factors could predict 53.3% of the quality of life of the subjects The factor that best predicted the quality of life of the elderly people ... can predict the quality of life of the elderly These two factors predicted the quality of life of elderly in Einme Township at 53.3% The strongest factor that influenced the quality of life was...

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... measurable indicators that reflect all levels of their daily functioning The tool used in the Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the Elderly 2010:2 Functional health status of the elderly in Taiwan ... to a level of 3.0% ­ nnually a p from 2020–2025.22 The growing of the aging ­ opulation Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the Elderly 2010:2 Functional health status of the elderly in Taiwan will ... Journal of Health and Health Care in Later Life 1990;35–54 Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the Elderly 2010:2 Functional health status of the elderly in Taiwan Chi I, Chou KL, et al “Use of the Minimum...

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... description of some of their applications Many will be discussed in further detail in the remainder of this introduction 21 Molecular Engineering Molecular engineering is the application of physical ... may consist of inducing, increasing, turning off, or decreasing production of a gene product This technology is already in the clinical trial phase of development Traditionally, gene therapy is ... to introducing the gene for a protein product is to introduce a vector that makes “antisense DNA,” that is, DNA complementary to the coding region of a gene for a protein of interest Binding of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20

... Supply of the Elderly in Rural China that migrant children’s remittances off-set the decline in traditional living arrangements-based social security The legacy of collectivization – including the ... 15.7/356 of the corresponding decline in hours Even for aging between sixty and seventy, we only explain 11.9/542 of the drop in hours These estimates suggest that declining health has nothing to ... however, the role of health is not independent of Ceaseless Toil? Health and Labor Supply of the Elderly in Rural China economic conditions It is the underlying lack of resources (wealth or other...

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... is defined as the ratio of the number of links in the network to the maximum possible number of links between nodes For elderly HRS respondents, the gamma index in their neighborhoods of residence ... indicating distance to other homes/buildings, type of housing in the area (including vacant buildings) Additionally, they were asked to rate the upkeep of nearby structures and the presence of ... containers in the streets; rating of most of the housing units in the face block; and general rating of the condition of the street There are also logistical challenges in linking survey data from panel...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... in timing of diagnosis of the disease; and (4) disparities in access to care to treat the disease Although each of these issues is distinct, they are interconnected in creating and perpetuating ... in timing of diagnosis of the disease; and (4) disparities in access to care to treat the disease Although each of these issues is distinct, they are interconnected in creating and perpetuating ... in helping to develop policies that support caregivers in their care management, including finding and using information and assistive services However, the literature is inadequate in explaining...

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