... (surgery and radiotherapy, surgery only, radiotherapy only, and neither surgery nor radiotherapy) (p < 0.01) The percentage of cases surviving five years by treatment modality was: 73% for surgery and ... received surgery only, 11% received radiationtherapy alone and approximately 6% did not receive surgery or radiotherapy The distribution of treatment methods and outcomes among the 511 cases is ... sinuses) and C31.9 (accessory sinus, NOS) Information for the following treatment groups was queried: both surgery and radiotherapy, surgery only, radiotherapy only, neither surgery nor radiotherapy...
... technologies in conformal radiation therapy, dynamic intensity modulation and three-dimensional endovascular brachytherapy They also describe new tools of threedimensional brachytherapy and analyze clinical ... current understanding only of the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor (EGFR) in cell and tumor response to radiationand their implications for tumor radiotherapy EGFR Signal ... emission tomography (PET) and di- Fig Stereotactic fixation (mask system made from Scotch cast bandages) and positioning equipment used in precision radiotherapy of head and neck and brain lesions gital...
... and a CD4+ lymphocyte count below 350 cells/mm3); were intending to start therapy the same day; met the BMI and/ or CD4 + threshold criteria; and agreed to adhere to the study visit schedule and ... albumin and hsCRP, and the hazard of death was non-linear (p < 0.10), and there was evidence that the association between albumin and the hazard of the combined endpoint of mortality and loss ... enrolment visit and the subsequent study visits at one, two, four, eight and 12 weeks post-ART initiation, participants were evaluated by a research nurse and a clinical officer and/ or a supervising...
... Tissue Avoidance Table and Figure summarize the mean D5 and V40 values for the bladder, SB, and rectum IMRT planning produced significantly lower D5 and V40 values for the bladder and the SB (p < 0.05) ... conformal radiotherapy (blue line) f3DCRT: modificated tridimensional conformal radiotherapy (pink line) IMRT: intensity modulated radiationtherapy (green line) Table Homogeneity and Conformity ... f3DCRT (B and E) and IMRT (C and F) The orange line represents the 95% isodose c3DCRT: conventional tridimensional conformal radiotherapy f3DCRT: modificated tridimensional conformal radiotherapy...
... changes for head -and- neck patients, including nodal mass shrinkage and patient weight loss during the course of radiation therapy, can occur [28,29] For these cases, repeat CT imaging and re-planning ... KV-cone beam CT Radiotherapy and oncology 2006, 81(Supplement 1):26 27 Brock KK: Image registration in intensity-modulated, image-guided and stereotactic body radiationtherapy Front Radiat Ther ... of kilovoltage X-ray volume imaging in patient dose calculation for head -and- neck and partial brain radiationtherapyRadiation Oncology 2010, 5:29 Page 10 of 10 ...
... AT: Dosimetric analysis and comparison of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiationtherapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and radiation- induced liver ... Leibel SA, Fishman EK: 194 hepatocellular cancers treated by radiationand chemotherapy combinations: toxicity and response: a RadiationTherapy Oncology Group Study Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys ... MJC and KHC took care of patients HCT, NSC and HJT made the treatment planning and carried out all plans comparisons and evaluations DYCH and YJ C participated in manuscript preparation and study...
... investigation of intensitymodulated radiationtherapy versus conventional two-dimensional and 3D-conformal radiationtherapy for early stage larynx cancer Radiation Oncology 2010 5:74 Submit ... Intensity-modulated radiationtherapy for prostate cancer: late morbidity and results on biochemical control Radiother Oncol 2007, 82:160-166 Kim K, Wu HG, Kim HJ, et al: Intensity-modulated radiationtherapy ... dose radiation to the carotid arteries can lead to vascular disease Several reports have shown that head and neck radiation using conventional techniques can cause carotid artery stenosis and...
... Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland Authors’ contributions UM carried out the study conception and design and drafted the manuscript LC carried out the study conception and design and drafted ... collection and analysis, GN performed data collection and analysis, AC performed data collection and analysis, EV performed data collection and analysis, SS performed data collection All authors read and ... complete surgical remission after induction chemotherapy: a randomized, controlled, clinical trial comparing whole abdominal radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and no further treatment Int J Gynecol Cancer...
... Organization on RadiationTherapy Consortium; GI: Gastrointestinal; GU: Genitourinary; ICRU: International Comission on Radiation Unit and Mensurements; IMRT: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy; ... lymph nodes and primary tumor sites must be irradiated List of abbreviation ASTRO: Americal Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology; CRT: Conformal Radiation Therapy; CT: Chemotherapy; CTV: ... GI and GU toxicities during the RT Symptoms and treatment were recorded on the chart We retrospectively reviewed these charts and graded acute GI and GU toxicities by the RTOG/EORTC acute radiation...
... first and liver metastasis subsequently Two Table The distribution of recurrences and survivals in radiotherapy and no-radiotherapy group Radiotherapy Group Radiotherapy n = 66 NoRadiotherapy ... For the entire group, LRR and DM rates were 7% and 20%, respectively, and years actuarial DFS and OS rates were 73.6% and 81.9%, respectively Differences between RT and no-RT groups were statistically ... extension, lymphatic, vascular and perineural invasion, and ratio of involved nodes/ dissected nodes), and treatment-related factors (PMRT, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy) were analyzed (Table...
... inclusion criteria and were analyzed Overall, 17 Fractionation schedules and conversion to single fraction equivalent dose (SFED) and biological equivalent dose (BED) Stinauer et al Radiation Oncology ... melanoma and RCC lesions Page of We generated TCP graphs using both SFED and BED (Figure 2) Both SFED and BED had a strong coefficient of determination to predict future outcomes (SFED R = 0.999 and ... Habermalz HJ, Fischer JJ: Radiationtherapy of malignant melanoma: experience with high individual treatment doses Cancer 1976, 38:2258-2262 Onufrey V, Mohiuddin M: Radiationtherapy in the treatment...
... reviewed and deemed clinically acceptable by both a gastrointestinal clinical physicist andradiation oncologist Plan evaluation and statistical tools Evaluated volumes included the PTV and relevant ... out the study conception and design and drafted the manuscript MBP performed treatment planning TMB and SB performed physics checks/plan evaluation Patient accrual andradiation field design were ... reduction of acute and late effects associated with pelvic irradiation Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1986, 12:1565-1573 21 Hall EJ: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, protons, and the risk of...
... cell carcinomas and at least a 6-month interval between prior radiationand reirradiation (61 recurrences and 18 second primaries) The patients received a split-course regimen of radiation (total ... salvage surgical resection and 36 (49%) received chemotherapy The median reirradiation dose was 60 Gy and the median lifetime radiation dose was 116.1 Gy Severe irradiation-related toxicity occurred ... al.: Reirradiation of head and neck cancer focusing on hypofractionated stereotactic body radiationtherapyRadiation Oncology 2011 6:98 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take...
... tumour tissue and normal mucosa before and after radiotherapy Box plots showing TATI expression levels in tumour tissue before and after RT (A), and in normal mucosal tissue before and after RT ... the associations between tTATI and s-TATI concentrations, before and after RT, and clinicopathological parameters, including s-CEA and s-creatinine Classification and regression tree (CRT) analysis ... Angenete E, Oresland T, Falk P, Breimer M, Hultborn R, Ivarsson ML: Preoperative radiotherapy and extracellular matrix remodeling in rectal mucosa and tumour matrix metalloproteinases and plasminogen...
... withdrawn and the primary tumor alone is treated to 79,2 Gy V20 right and left lung and V25 both lungs is 49%, 22% and 26%, respectively V50 for the heart is 2% Peripheral tumor located lateral and ... Sohn J, Suh J, Pohar S: A method for delivering accurate and uniform radiation dosages to the head and neck with asymmetric collimators and a single isocenter Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1995, ... of junction plane and upper and lower borders, doses (Gy) B Treatment plan single fraction C Overall treatment plan D DVHs Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Radiation Oncology...
... MR: Trimodality therapy with inductin chemotherapy followed by extrapleural pnemonectomy and adjuvant high-dose extrapleural pneumonectomy and adjuvant high-dose hemithoracic radiation for malignant ... stage II and III MPM, and the authors reported accuracy of 77% for CT, 86% for PET, 80% for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and 100% for PET-CT in patients with stage II disease, and accuracy ... margin, and PTV2 was created with a 1-cm margin to the GTV All volumes were defined again on integrated PET-CT images Lungs (right and left separately), liver, heart, esophagus, and kidneys (right and...
... 63:324-333 Marino P, Preatoni A, Cantoni A: Randomized trials of radiotherapy alone versus combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy in stages IIIa and IIIb non-small cell lung cancer a meta-analysis ... A: Radiotherapy alone versus combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy in unresectable non-small cell lung carcinoma Lung Cancer 1994, 10(Suppl 1):S239-S244 Mehta V: Radiation pneumonitis and pulmonary ... patients at six points: before treatment and at the beginning, in the middle of and at the end of RT and at and weeks after the completion of RT By using meticulous handling procedure, the blood samples...
... type, and extent of disease, initial Karnofsky score, dose and fractionation radiotherapy schedule, surgery, chemotherapy and RPA class, showed in table The supportive care (oral prednisone) and ... metastasis and higher KPS The RadiationTherapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has attempted to determine the optimal dose fractionation schedules for patients with brain metastasis in various randomized ... randomized Japanese trial, JROSG 99-1, patients were randomly assigned to SRS alone, versus WBRT and SRS The actuarial month freedom from new brain metastases was 48% in the SRS alone arm, and...