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Comparative analysis of LDR and HDR intracavitary brachytherapy in cervical cancer: the critical role of overall treatment time — a decade of experience

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
BACKGROUND: This study compares low dose rate (LDR) and high dose rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) in the treatment of cervical cancer treated at a tertiary care cancer centre in North India.
Purnima Thakur, Kaalindi Singh, Vineet Lakhanpal, Manish Gupta, Lalit C. Kant, Parul Sharma   +5 more
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Bridging the Gap in Neuroblastoma Care: Consensus‐Based Statements With Recommendations for Improved Patient and Caregiver Experiences

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma's complex, heterogeneous biology poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, often requiring caregivers to absorb complex information and participate in time‐sensitive decisions. However, caregivers often feel unprepared to evaluate options.
Vickie Buenger, Joseph Bauer, Jennifer Diamond, Maggie Fader, Shae Hansen, Jacqueline M. Kraveka, Johanna Schoen, Amber Shearer, Dena Sherwood   +8 more
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Laser driven FLASH radiobiology using a high dose and ultra high dose rate single pulse proton source

Scientific Reports
Laser-driven proton sources have long been developed with an eye on their potential for medical application to radiation therapy. These sources are compact, versatile, and show peculiar characteristics such as extreme instantaneous dose rates, short ...
A. Flacco, E. Bayart, L. Romagnani, M. Cavallone, L. De Marzi, C. Fouillade, C. Giaccaglia, S. Heinrich, I. Lamarre-Jouenne, J. Monzac, K. Parodi, A. Patriarca, T. Rösch, J. Schreiber, L. Tischendorf   +14 more
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High-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of skin Kaposi sarcoma

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2017
Purpose : The aim of the study is to review our experience in treatment of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) lesions with high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy. Material and methods : We present five new KS lesions (three patients) that were treated in our hospital ...
María Ángeles González Ruiz, Juan Quirós Rivero, Julia Luisa Muñoz García, Joaquín José Cabrera Rodríguez, Yesika Ríos Kavadoy, María Francisca Ropero Carmona, Almudena Corbacho Campos, Fernando García Urra, María Cristina Cruz Muñoz, Amanda Ruiz Herrero, Pedro Almendral Manzano   +10 more
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Admixture Mapping Reveals Candidate Regions for Methotrexate Neurotoxicity Susceptibility: A Reducing Disparities in Acute Leukemia Consortium Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neurotoxicity is a rare, often dose‐limiting adverse effect of methotrexate (MTX) therapy that disproportionally affects Latino children. Factors contributing to the observed disparity are not well understood. This study leveraged admixture mapping to identify genetic regions associated with MTX‐related neurotoxicity susceptibility ...
Rachel D. Harris, Priya B. Shetty, Olga A. Taylor, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Melissa A. Richard, M. Monica Gramatges, Mark Zobeck, Sandi Pruitt, Amy Hughes, M. Brooke Bernhardt, Ashley Chavana, Van Huynh, Kathleen Ludwig, Laura Klesse, Kenneth Heym, Timothy Griffin, Rodrigo Erana, Juan Carlos Bernini, Han Chen, Bing Yu, Philip J. Lupo, Karen R. Rabin, Michael E. Scheurer, Austin L. Brown, The REDIAL Consortium   +24 more
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Improving prostate brachytherapy outcomes through MRI-Assisted dominant lesion dose painting

BMC Urology
Background The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using magnetic resonance (MR) images to implement a dose painting (DP) approach in prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy.
Faranak Rahmani, Mohammad Javad Tahmasebi Birgani, Fatemeh Mohammadian, Maryam Feli, Seyed Masoud Rezaeijo   +4 more
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High-dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for prostate cancer

Brachytherapy, 2014
To review and analyze the published data on high-dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.A literature search and a systematic review of the high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy (monotherapy) prostate literature were performed on PubMed using "high-dose-rate, brachytherapy, prostate, monotherapy" as search terms.
Demanes, D. Jeffrey, Ghilezan, Michel I.
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Impact of Metastatic Patterns on Survival and Response to Therapy in Neuroblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While the presence of metastases in neuroblastoma (NB) is a well‐established prognostic factor, the clinical significance of dissemination patterns and tumour burden and their impact on response and survival remains poorly understood.
Mariona Morell‐Daniel, Santiago Pérez‐Hoyos, Aroa Soriano, Ana Coma, Amalia Varo, Raquel Hladun, Gabriela Guillén, Soraya Mico, Marta Garrido, Lourdes Rubio, Alba Rubio‐San‐Simón, Ana Minguez, Ricardo López‐Almaraz, Laura Illade, Miguel F. Segura, Lucas Moreno   +15 more
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Definitive three-dimensional high-dose-rate brachytherapy for inoperable endometrial cancer

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2017
Purpose : To report our experience on high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) in patients with stage I-III endometrial cancer unfit to surgery. Material and methods : Seventeen patients underwent HDR-BT as definitive treatment.
Lorena Draghini, Ernesto Maranzano, Michelina Casale, Fabio Trippa, Paola Anselmo, Fabio Arcidiacono, Stefania Fabiani, Marco Italiani, Luigia Chirico, Marco Muti   +9 more
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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source