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... registrationtechnique to estimate anatomical lung modification in Non-Small -Cell LungCancer Tomotherapy. Radiation Oncology 2011 6:31.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage ... correct value to be used in rela ting dosi-metric indices with treatment outcome [5]. To analyze and study the anatomical changes of lung parenchyma due to radiation therapy, andto calculate ... accuracy to dete ct lung anatomicalvariations suggests the applicability of this registrationmethod as an accurate tool to estimate lung parenchymadose variations in thoracic Tomotherapy.AcknowledgementsThe...
... are used to treat bones affected by lung cancer: ã Lungcancer treatment. The prompt initiation of appropriate therapy for lungcancer is essential to minimize further bone loss andto improve ... RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LUNGCANCERANDBONE HEALTH. HOW BONE WORKS (PAGE 2). WHAT LUNGCANCER CAN DO TOBONE (PAGE 2). TREATING BONE AFFECTED BY LUNGCANCER (PAGE 3). HYPERCALCEMIA ... cells leads to the destruction of additional bone. Lung cancer that has spread tobone can cause: ã Bone pain. Since pain is often the first sign that lungcancer has spread to bone, patients...
... by fractures. Cancer can cause bones to weaken and break. Not all bonemetastases result in pain. 8. Q. How are bonemetastases detected? A. Bonemetastasesfrom prostate cancer can be ... 509-5188 Toll-free: (888) 862-0999 Fax: (212) 509-8492 Website: www.boneandcancerfoundation.org Email: bcfdn@aol.com Copyright, BoneandCancer Foundation, 2010 The BoneandCancer ... mission of The BoneandCancer Foundation is to: Provide information tocancer patients and family members on the causes and current treatment of cancer that involves the bone; Provide...
... G,Gozzelino F, Tonato M: Gemcitabine and cisplatin versus mito-mycin, ifosfamide, and cisplatin in advanced non-small -cell lung cancer: a randomized phase III study of the Italian Lung Cancer Project. ... J Cancer 2001, 94:153-156.2. Non-small CellLungCancer Collaborative Group: Chemotherapyin non small celllung cancer: a meta-analysis using updateddata on individual patients from 52 randomized ... was ≥ 85% in 59% and 68%, and < 50% inonly 5% and 8% of arm A and B patients, respectively.Gemcitabine RDI was ≥ 85% in 33% and 74%, and < 50%in 23% and 0% of arm A and B patients, respectively....
... non-small celllungcancer treated with concurrent chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapyAnhui Shi, Guangying Zhu*, Hao Wu, Rong Yu, Fuhai Li and Bo XuAbstractBackground: To evaluate ... factors and severe acute radiation pneumonitis (SARP) in patients with locally advanced non-small celllungcancer (LANSCLC) treated with concurrent chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy ... the primary GTV and volume of thetrachea and main bronchi. From each lung DVH, the fol-lowing dosimetric factors were extracted: Vdose, MLD, and NTCP, as derived from the Lyman and Kutcher mod-els....
... non-small -cell lung cancers (NSCLC), which account for the other 80%. Non-small -cell lung cancers include squamous cell carcinomas (35% of all lung cancers), adenocarcinomas (27%) and large cell ... NICE Guideline – lungcancer 4 Introduction In England and Wales, nearly 29,000 deaths were attributed tolungcancer in 2002. Lungcancer is the most common cause of cancer death for men, ... account for 60% of lungcancer cases. In women, lungcancer is the second most common cause of cancer death after breast cancer. Survival rates for lungcancer are very poor. In England, for patients...
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