drainage patterns of lymphatic channels in the head and neck

... reference point in the target volume as described in ICRU reports 50, 62 and 83 Determination of the parotid gland doses The planning target volumes and both parotid glands, the mandible, and the larynx ... 3DCRT in terms of parotid gland sparing The IMRT technique should therefore represent the standard of care for the treatment of head and neck tumors Parotid-gland-sparing up to mean doses of 26 ... treatment of carcinomas of the oral cavity, the oropharynx, and the larynx/ hypopharynx, the sparing of submandibular salivary glands can only be taken into consideration in special cases Sparing of...

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... SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING FOR IMPROVING CANCER DETECTION IN THE HEAD AND NECK AT ENDOSCOPY LIN KAN 2012 MULTIMODAL OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING FOR IMPROVING CANCER DETECTION IN THE HEAD AND NECK ... mucosal lining (epithelium) of these regions [3] It usually spreads to the lymph nodes 11 of the neck, and this is often the first (and sometimes only) sign of the disease at the 12 time of diagnosis ... improving the diagnosis of cancer non-invasively Besides, it is also 23 important to compare them individually and in combination for cancer diagnosis and 24 detection in the head and neck 25 Therefore,...

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... attended the Nanjing University of Science and Technology and was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (with distinction) in June 2001 She continued her studies in the same institute and ... obtained the Master of Engineering degree in July 2004 She then attended McMaster University pursuing further studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering and completed the degree of Master ... edges are the [MK − (K + L)] vectors {ηm } involved in the principal minor Now, since the determinant of the rank deficient matrix P ⊥ Σr (P ⊥ )H H H represents the square of the volume of a collapsed...

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... cystic carcinomas of the head and neck are a unique kind of tumour deriving from cells of the major and minor salivary glands, they account for 25% of all malignant salivary gland tumours in different ... safe and feasible modality in the treatment of complex-shaped ACCs in the head and neck By using IMRT, high doses in the GTV and PTV can be achieved together with an excellent normal tissue sparing, ... Morrison WH, Ang KK, Peters LJ: The influence of positive margins and nerve invasion in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck treated with surgery and radiation Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys...

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... 23 of them have been found in humans [21-23] The members of the MMP family have many similarities in their structure All MMPs have a zinc-binding motif in the catalytic domain In addition, they ... The role of genetic polymorphisms in the promoters of the matrix metalloproteinase-2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 genes in head and neck cancer Oral Oncol 2006, 42(3):257-67 Lin ... levels and its control at the protein levels Regulation of MMPs in potentially malignant and malignant head and neck lesions Polymorphism of MMPs in potentially malignant and malignant head and neck...

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... fragments at the top of chromosome 18 in the cultivated and the wild compartment of Vitis vinifera and details of the shared and specific insertions/deletions (INDELs) and segregating SNP sites in wild ... trait in relation to both yield (table grapes) and quality (wine grapes) Indeed, the flavor in wine results from the ratio of skin to flesh, the former being the source of most aromatic and tannins ... from the flb region in wild and cultivated grapevines Venn diagram showing the distribution of the 554 non-redundant SNPs found in the 948 kb region at the top of chromosome 18 in the sets of wild...

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... comparing the amino acid runs, while both plants contain many runs of glycine and proline (accounting for either the second or third highest amounts), they differ in what amino acid occurs in the ... that tri- and hexanucleotide repeats are the most common in the coding regions of eukaryotes [27,28] The rather similar distribution of SSRs of period to 10 in the coding regions of the two genomes ... approximately 80% of all the SSRs found in various regions and the genomes (Figure and 7) For both species, the distribution of SSRs in the 5'UTRs and exons show patterns distinct from the other genic...

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... outside of the sound or (2) remained within the sound but out of range of the receiver array Furthermore, flooding and the loss of core receivers (e.g., COS [channel outer sound] and CIS [channel inner ... N M Garber, and K M Larsen 1997 Potential of spines and fin rays for estimating the age of Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, from the northern Gulf of Mexico Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean ... assessment of the temporal patterns of residency within the study area Individual residence (IR) of each fish was calculated by dividing the number of days the individual was detected (days of detection...

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... useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy of the vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination ... resurgence in the incidence of TB occurred in the United States and included increases in the number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving ... Control and Prevention The role of BCG vaccine in the prevention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and the...

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... begins in the gut of the sandfly, but the organism completes its life cycle in the host following the fly bite The sandfly inoculates the host with the organisms in the promastigote stage Once the ... mass at the angle of the jaw The masses gradually increase in size and number and form sinuses that open onto the face and neck Although infection is often seen in the jaw area, Actinomyces infections ... Montone / HEAD AND NECK INFECTIONS samples, and shell vial assays The hallmark of CMV infection is the finding of intranuclear inclusions consistent with herpesvirus infection The cells are often...

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... even in the absence of fibrin or cells PAN–K5 binding is mediated via the aminohexyl (AH) site in K5 [28,29] (Fig 3) Unlike lysine-binding sites in K1, K2 and K4 of plasminogen, the AH site can bind ... promoting fibrin binding of Glu-plasminogen Although the structural difference between complestatin and chloropeptin I is only at the position of the C–C bond that connects the indole ring of the ... formation of tcu-PA and plasmin The surfactin C action involves modulation of Glu-plasminogen activation through relaxing the conformation of the protein Surfactin C increases the intrinsic fluorescence...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 22:21

... each serotype of the virus (present in all strains of the serotype), and (d) unique to each individual viral strain’s genome (present in the strain and absent from all other strains) The results ... (22-mers) of the viral genome is comprised of n-mers that are not present in any of the other dengue genomes For example, in the genome of the DENV-4 China Guangzhou B5 strain (AF289029), 75.4% of the ... refer to the sequences that are present in the genome of interest and absent from the host genome as being ‘host-blind’ (human-blind, mosquito-blind, mouseblind, rat-blind, etc.) sequences The greater...

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... Early in the excavations, the architects established the practice of removing the best paintings from the original walls and installing them in the Naples Museum The methods used to cut the paintings ... Piranesi’s engravings of Rome, especially of its brooding ruins, were intended as an assertion of the overwhelming power and creativity of the ancient Romans and a reminder of the decadence of their descendants.34 ... discovery and clearing of the remains of the Temple of Isis that took place in 1764–66 Architecture, paintings, and inscriptions were recovered in abundance Prints of the period show the entire...

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... experts in the field of the pathology of the head and neck As such they are the main members of the Working Group on Pathology of the Head and Neck of the European Society of Pathology, one of the ... to increase with the duration of smoking, the quality of tobacco, the practice of deep inhalation and the inability to stop smoking, and inversely with the age of the patient at the start of ... pioneers of Head and Neck Pathology in Europe and founding members of the Working Group on Head and Neck Pathology of the European Society of Pathology Foreword Pathology of the Head and Neck is an...

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... strongly influenced by the presence, intensity and type of farming activity in the surrounding watershed We evaluated this hy- pothesis by examining the colonisation of ceramic sub- strates incubated ... grouping was observed related to the intensity and type of agriculture, indicating the greater importance of local farming practices The use of periphyton as a bioindicator provides an integrated ... years by the Que ´bec Ministry of the Environment (MENV) (Painchaud, 1997) We selected the sites according to the availability of physico-chemical data and on the ba- sis of land use information...

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... (Table 4) The strain difference in our study might be due to a difference in the expression of AhR in the craniofacial tissue between the two mouse strains, since AhR mediates the induction of cleft ... high in the fetuses exposed to TCDD only on GD 12.5, indicating the “window effect” of TCDD on the induction of cleft palate However, the subcutaneous treatment of 80 µg/kg bw of TCDD highly induced ... their effects through binding the respective receptors, GR and AhR [24] It is still unclear whether there is any interaction between GR and AhR during the normal development of palate or in the...

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... (MIB-1 index, 50-80%) in the right ethmoid sinus with intracranial invasion The diameter of the primary tumor was 50 mm and there was no lymphadenopathy (cT4aN0M0, stage IVA) There was no indication ... imaging alone is inadequate for detection of extension of the tumor Therefore, MRI was routinely used for identification of the tumor, after fusing it with the planning CT Determination of gross target ... contrastenhanced MRI The clinical target volume (CTV) had minimum margins of 5.0 mm added around the GTV The planning target volume (PTV) included margins of 3.0-5.0 mm around the CTV, and this could...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... distribution of RT for NHL of the maxillary sinus (a) Dose distribution of RT for NHL of the maxillary sinus (b) and (c) PET-CT showing second SCC infiltrating the bone malignancies of the head and neck ... diagnosis of the second HNC in all the cases (2 cases of cancer of the gum, case of tongue cancer, and case of maxillary sinus cancer) was SCC (fig 2) The median interval after the RT to the development ... the site and pathological diagnosis, the interval from the time of RT to the diagnosis of the second HNC, and the clinical course of the second cancer We calculated the expected numbers of second...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... method of improving the repositioning accuracy would be the use of indexed patient positioning systems and fixed couch inserts Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is an innovative and exciting ... whereas they were skewed inferiorly in the SI direction Ninety three percent of the set-up deviations were within mm in all three directions The CTV to PTV margins were within mm in all directions This ... Histogram of translational displacements in all three directions including mean and standard deviation Histogram of translational displacements in all three directions including mean and standard...

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