radiation therapy for the older patient

... combined-modality therapy (chemotherapy plus radiotherapy) to chemotherapy alone J Natl Cancer Inst 1988, 80:751-755 10 Chmura SJ, Heimann R: Normal tissue toxicity using intensity modulated radiation therapy( IMRT) ... the efficacy of elective radiation therapy to the regional lymph nodes in adjuvant or definitive treatment using precision radiation therapy However, such effort is further complicated by reduced ... Hazard L: The role of radiation therapy in pancreas cancer Gastrointest Cancer Res 2009, 3:20-28 Page 12 of 13 34 Withers HR, Peters LJ, Taylor JM: Dose-response relationship for radiation therapy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... surgery and radiotherapy, 68% for surgery only, 35% for radiotherapy only, and 26% for neither surgery nor radiotherapy There was a significant difference in overall survival between the four treatment ... model The Role of Chemotherapy The SEER database did not include information for those treated with chemotherapy, however recent reports of outcomes for ONB patients have included chemotherapy ... sinus, NOS) Information for the following treatment groups was queried: both surgery and radiotherapy, surgery only, radiotherapy only, neither surgery nor radiotherapy Staging in the SEER data...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... reports of SCC of the nipple following radiation therapy for breast carcinoma were found This result is surprising given the large number of patients undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer ... and radiation therapy) Radiation therapy has also been described as a risk factor for SCC In a report from the Childhood Cancer Sur- Figure p63 immunostaining of SCC Page of vivor study, radiation ... risk for SCC A diagnosis of SCC should be considered in a patient with a nipple lesion following radiation therapy for breast cancer Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... weeks for therapeutic management and education about liver diseases We determined whether dental problems delayed the initiation of IFN therapy for these patients Patients who underwent Peg-IFN therapy ... 15.2 years There were two men and four women (Table 2) These six patients could not commence IFN therapy, despite their admission for this treatment, and their therapy was deferred for 61.3 ± ... initiation of IFN therapy for a maximum of 105 days HCV-infected patients treated with IFN therapy should be managed by intensive oral care because of lower resistance to infection during the therapy Poor...

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Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02

... anti-CD52 therapy twice-weekly for three weeks Therapy was then discontinued and tumor growth was monitored for several weeks Therapy significantly restricted solid tumor growth throughout the course ... of treated animals (Figure 6D) These results confirm the anti-tumor activity of anti-VLC therapy, as observed by others, and further support the use of anti-CD52 therapy in humans Discussion Our ... critical role for these cells in tumorigenesis and indicate that these cells may be novel therapeutic targets for solid tumor therapy Genetic manipulations to inhibit or eliminate these cells in...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... the brachytherapy procedure The MammoSite™ (MS) brachytherapy applicator was the first balloon catheter to be developed for APBI The catheter contains an inflation channel and a channel for the ... the operative field, so that the radiation therapy could be delivered without Results The radiation oncologist then broke scrub, attached the XB controller to the catheter, and inserted the radiation ... (Figure 5) The anesthesiologist, surgeon, and radiation oncologist remained in the room during the radiation delivery either wearing lead aprons or standing behind a mobile radiation shield At the completion...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... common therapeutic protocol for BM patients The inclusion criteria for this retrospective analysis were: 1) patients with - brain metastasis; 2) KPS ≥ 50; 3) age ≤ 80 years; 4) No previous radiotherapy ... Lunsford LD, Kassam A, Flickinger JC: Stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for patients with multiple brain metastases International journal of radiation ... were introduced in the Cox model, and a selection procedure was performed We checked that the selected variables were the same by either forward or backward procedure Only the final model was...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... generating the plan The beam arrangement for the 3D and IMRT plans was the same as those used for treatment However, for consistency, the plans were re-optimized to all conform to the same constraints ... utilizing the same definition as 3D planning for the CTV The 3D and 2D plans utilized the same beam configuration, but the conformal plan used 3D information to design apertures and normalize the plan ... and similar coverage to the two conformal plans, with the tradeoff of increased dose to the carotid artery Furthermore, because no optimization was performed for the PTV in the 2D clinical plans,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... adapted to sculpt these structures In the postoperative planning (Group B), the CTV was defined together by the surgeon and the radiation oncologist to include the tumor bed and all the areas at risk ... in the cylindrical phantom Percentage of points meeting the criteria of 3%-3 mm for the gamma index was 98.3% and 95.7% for both patients Figure and shows examples of dose distribution for the ... Gy in the portion included in the PTV for the largest tumor The volume of small bowel-PTV receiving the prescribed dose was always below cc Dose constraints were largely respected for the kidney...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... was determined from the day of IORT Treatment of Patients The majority of patients (83%) had IORT at the time of their definitive surgery Three patients had preoperative chemoradiation (13%) Surgery ... stress on the cardiovascular system, predispose the patient to infection, and place them at risk for intraabdominal bleed due to the rich vasculature at the surgical site In most of the previous ... beam radiation (EBRT) or chemotherapy was given to 65% and 75% of the assessable patients, respectively Post-operative EBRT total dose ranged from 4500-5400 cGy given over 2-3 months Chemotherapy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... 39% [30] The argument for using ablative local therapy for isolated metastases is strengthened if effective systemic therapy is available to complement it [31] And in recent years, for both melanoma ... All patient charts were reviewed for clinical information including treatments with systemic therapies Patients were excluded for review if they did not have any follow-up imaging after SBRT Patients ... for patients alive at the time of analysis was 28.0 months (range, 4-68) See table for treatment characteristics including SFED and BED values for each regimen Tolerance and other therapies There...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... majority of the patients had previously undergone treatment to the neck with either surgery, radiation, or both Surgery with IORT was performed for salvage in 198 patients and 26 patients had ... spread The results from this study must be looked at with this in mind The majority of these patients were at high risk for the development of distant metastatic disease and for failure at the primary ... treatment The neck dissections were performed via standard surgical principles After the resection was completed, the radiation oncologist entered the operating room to assist with the IORT portion...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... Lai P, Pilepich M, Krall J, et al: The effect of overall treatment time on the outcome of definitive radiotherapy for localized prostate carcinoma: the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 75-06 and ... 20:729-737 Yassa M, Fortin B, Fortin M-A, et al: Combined Hypofractionated Radiation and Hormone Therapy for the Treatment of Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer International journal of radiation oncology, ... (7 fractions), the margin for the PTV could be reduced to 0.5-1 cm in all directions, for example if the patient had been shown to require only small daily shifts up to then, and the investigator...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... conformal radiation therapy for NSCLC Radiother Oncol 1997, 44:17-22 Graham M, Purdy J, Emami B, Matthews J, Harms W: Preliminary results of a prospectve trial using three-dimensional radiotherapy ... some former "taboos" in radiotherapy of lung cancer: Minimizing the dose to the ipsilateral (i.e tumor bearing) lung In many cases the ipsilateral lung will be the first organ to reach the dose ... three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients with inoperable NSCLC Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005, 61:318-328 Rosenzweig K, Sura S, Jackson A, Yorke E: Involved-field radiation therapy for inoperable...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... only for patients with a suspicious sign or symptom of distant metastases The optimal accelerated regimen of conformal 3-dimensional hypofractionated radiation therapy (3DHRT) for this group of patients ... zero was the date of the first radiotherapy day Survival curves were constructed using the Kaplan-Meier method This retrospective study was performed according to the guidelines of the McGill ... in this group of patients Local control is the main purpose of localized radiation therapy, particularly for early stage NSCLC patients where local relapse is considered to be the most common...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... groups • Exercise therapy vs manual therapy • Two groups of 109 subjects: Exercise therapy: (53 subjects) 25 2× per week for weeks, total of individual sessions + home program Manual therapy: (56 ... Exercise therapy was defined as activities such as strengthening, aerobic conditioning, stretching, endurance, hydrotherapy, or a combination of these that lasted for at least weeks The review ... interventions and OA of the hip These were hip, osteoarthritis, osteoarthritic, pain, function, quality of life, exercise, rehabilitation, physical therapy, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, aquatic, strength(ening),...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... medical therapy [7] At the time of our patient' s admission, she meets all these criteria despite optimal medical therapy We thus thought that she was an appropriate candidate for CRT CRT may be performed ... Echocardiogram before and after the CRT placement Each panel shows the short axis view of the LV cavity Upper panels: The LVDd was 59.3 mm and LVEF was 31.2% before the CRT placement Lower panels: The LVDd ... lateral wall of the coronary sinus because there was the possibility that the main trunk of the coronary sinus was occluded during the SAVE procedure assessed by contrast medium We show the final pacing...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... 2008 The date of the first prescription for any of the antidepressants is defined as the index date Data for individual patients were analyzed in the 6- month period following the index date The ... from the conclusion reached by the participants at the World Health Organization (WHO) Adherence meeting in June 2001 is the extent to which the patient follows medical instructions” [10] There ... patients refilling antidepressants before the end of their medication supply or hoarding mediation for later use, the MPR value was truncated at Results There were 1,120 patients (6,025 visits) who were...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... domain The error bars represent the range between the maximum cost of each domain for CRRT and the minimum cost for IRRT and the maximum cost of each domain for IRRT and minimum cost for CRRT The ... Supportive Therapy for the Kidney; CRRT: continuous renal replacement therapy; ICU: intensive care unit; IQR: interquartile range; IRRT: intermittent renal replacement therapy; RRT: renal replacement therapy ... represents the 1st and 3rd quartiles of the total cost range The thick solid line represents the range difference between the median cost differences for CRRT and IRRT The thick white line represents the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21