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External beam radiotherapy for carcinoma of the prostate [PDF]

Cancer, 1989
Five hundred nineteen patients with prostate cancer were seen in the Radiation Oncology Division of the State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York, between 1969 and 1981. The results for the 239 patients treated with radical intent are reported here.
R H, Sagerman, H C, Chun, G A, King, C T, Chung, P S, Dalal   +4 more
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(Radio)Biological Optimization of External-Beam Radiotherapy [PDF]

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2012
"Biological optimization" (BIOP) means planning treatments using (radio)biological criteria and models, that is, tumour control probability and normal-tissue complication probability. Four different levels of BIOP are identified: Level I is "isotoxic" individualization of prescription dose D(presc) at fixed fraction number.
Alan Effraim Nahum, Julien Uzan
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Developments in External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer [PDF]

Urology, 2013
Prostate cancer (PC) is a radiosensitive tumor, and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) has gained its place in the treatment of PC. The aim of this review is to provide the physician involved in the treatment of PC an overview of the current indications of EBRT, to focus on some recent developments in EBRT, and to highlight promising new indications for
Lumen, Nicolaas, Ost, Piet, Van Praet, Charles, De Meerleer, Gert, Villeirs, Geert, FONTEYNE, VALERIE   +5 more
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External radiotherapy of thyroid cancer [PDF]

, 2001
Differentiated thyroid cancer comprises papillary, mixed papillary-follicular and follicular adenocarcinomas. They are mostly hormone-sensitive and respond to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression. The standard treatment is total thyroidectomy. I-
Pollinger, B., Dühmke, Eckhart
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Proton beam radiotherapy in the management of uveal melanoma: clinical experience in Scotland [PDF]

, 2008
<p>Aim: To evaluate proton-beam radiotherapy (PBRT) in the management of uveal melanoma in Scotland.</p> <p>Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken on all patients receiving PBRT for uveal melanoma (1994–2005).
McConnachie, A., Alex Taylor, Alex Kacperek, Aziz, S., Samir Aziz, Kemp, E., Andrzej McConnachie, Ewan Kemp, Kacperek, A., Taylor, A.   +9 more
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External beam radiotherapy for rectal adenocarcinoma

Journal of British Surgery, 1987
Abstract A series of 243 patients with adenocarcinoma of the rectum treated with radiotherapy is presented. In the early part of the study radiotherapy was combined with 5-fluorouracil (5FU). Later, radiotherapy was given alone. Seventy-four patients were treated with radical external beam radiotherapy for recurrent or inoperable rectal ...
R E, Taylor, G R, Kerr, S J, Arnott
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What Makes the Difference in External Beam Radiotherapy?

Apollo Medicine, 2004
Janos Stumpf
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Risk-adapted targeted intraoperative radiotherapy versus whole-breast radiotherapy for breast cancer:5-year results for local control and overall survival from the TARGIT-a randomised trial [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The TARGIT-A trial compared risk-adapted radiotherapy using single-dose targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) versus fractionated external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for breast cancer.
Tobias, Jeffrey S., Alvarado, Michael, Harris, Eleanor, Vaidya, Jayant S., Sütterlin, Marc, Vaidya, Jayant S, Flyger, Henrik L., Tobias, Jeffrey S, Massarut, Samuele, Falzon, Mary, Holtveg, Helle R, Brew-Graves, Chris, Dewar, John, Pigorsch, Steffi, Potyka, Ingrid, Bulsara, Max, Thompson, Alastair, Saunders, Christobel, Holtveg, Helle M. R., Joseph, David J., Roncadin, Mario, Keshtgar, Mohammed, Baum, Michael, Metaxas, Marinos, Flyger, Henrik, Eiermann, Wolfgang, Matthews, April, Brown, Douglas, Dewar, John A., Joseph, David, Williams, Norman R, Williams, Norman R., Wenz, Frederik, Corica, Tammy, Esserman, Laura, Sperk, Elena, Vaidya, Jayant S;Wenz, Frederik;Bulsara, Max;Tobias, Jeffrey S;Joseph, David J;Keshtgar, Mohammed;Flyger, Henrik L;Massarut, Samuele;Alvarado, Michael;Saunders, Christobel;Eiermann, Wolfgang;Metaxas, Marinos;Sperk, Elena;Sütterlin, Marc;Brown, Douglas;Esserman, Laura;Roncadin, Mario;Thompson, Alastair;Dewar, John A;Holtveg, Helle M R;Pigorsch, Steffi;Falzon, Mary;Harris, Eleanor;Matthews, April;Brew-Graves, Chris;Potyka, Ingrid;Corica, Tammy;Williams, Norman R;Baum, Michael   +36 more
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Papel da radioterapia externa no tratamento do carcinoma medular da tiróide.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1998
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid represents 3 to 10% of all thyroid cancers. Surgery is the main treatment. External beam radiotherapy has a fundamental role in the treatment of residual disease following surgery, in cases of cervical node involvement,
M A Costa, O Sousa, I Azevedo, C Castro, T Fernandes, E Vieira   +5 more
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Early lymphocyte levels and low doses radiation exposure of lung predict lymphopenia in radiotherapy for lung cancer

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionRadiation induced lymphopenia (RIL) deteriorate survival and diminishes the benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors in combined treatment of lung cancer.
Łukasz Kuncman, Łukasz Kuncman, Matusz Pajdziński, Matusz Pajdziński, Krzysztof Smółka, Mateusz Bilski, Mateusz Bilski, Mateusz Bilski, Joanna Socha, Rafał Stando, Magdalena Peszyńska-Piorun, Katarzyna Korab, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Jacek Fijuth, Jacek Fijuth   +15 more
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