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Two-and-a-half-year clinical experience with the world's first magnetic resonance image guided radiation therapy system [PDF]

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2017
Purpose: Magnetic resonance image guided radiation therapy (MR-IGRT) has been used at our institution since 2014. We report on more than 2 years of clinical experience in treating patients with the world's first MR-IGRT system.
Benjamin W. Fischer-Valuck, MD, Lauren Henke, MD, Olga Green, PhD, Rojano Kashani, PhD, Sahaja Acharya, MD, Jeffrey D. Bradley, MD, Clifford G. Robinson, MD, Maria Thomas, MD, PhD, Imran Zoberi, MD, Wade Thorstad, MD, Hiram Gay, MD, Jiayi Huang, MD, Michael Roach, MD, Vivian Rodriguez, PhD, Lakshmi Santanam, PhD, Harold Li, PhD, Hua Li, PhD, Jessika Contreras, MD, Thomas Mazur, PhD, Dennis Hallahan, MD, Jeffrey R. Olsen, MD, Parag Parikh, MD, Sasa Mutic, PhD, Jeff Michalski, MD, MBA   +23 more
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Multiple Myeloma and Secondary Immunodeficiency: A Retrospective Database Analysis Assessing Burden of Infection and Treatment Patterns [PDF]

Advances in Hematology
Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and secondary immunodeficiency (SID) are at risk of infection-related morbidity and mortality owing to the disease process and treatment toxicity.
Csaba Siffel, Matthew S. Davids, Colin Anderson-Smits, Marta Kamieniak, Kaili Ren, Shirin Ardeshir-Rouhani-Fard, Drishti Shah, Joshua Richter   +7 more
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Enhancing Radiation Therapy Technologists’ (RTTs) autonomy in IGRT through structured training: a Protocol for a Quality Improvement Project [PDF]

Radiation Oncology
Background IGRT has become an essential component in delivering precise and effective radiotherapy (RT) treatment. However, in many healthcare institutions, the responsibility for online image matching remains within the exclusive domain of Radiation ...
Michela Boriani, Irene Maran, Marta Assenza, Angela Peghetti, Gaia Angelini, Elisa Gilli, Filippo Casarotti, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti, Lidia Strigari, Stefano Durante   +9 more
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Investigation of the impact of image-guided radiotherapy selection on image registration results and non-coding RNAs for cervical cancer patients [PDF]

Non-coding RNA Research
Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is a crucial technique in cervical cancer treatment, enabling precise targeting of tumor tissues while minimizing radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissues.
Cheng Cheng, Yi Yang, Youshan Qu
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The Real World Impact of Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy on Severe Bacterial Infection for Patients With Hypogammaglobulinemia Secondary to Hematologic Malignancies: A Japanese Claims Database Study [PDF]

eJHaem
Objectives The understanding of usefulness of immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) for hypogammaglobulinemia (HGG) in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) has changed over time. This is mainly caused by the introduction of new treatment, such
Keichiro Mihara, Takakazu Kawase, Takahiko Miyama, Katsuhiko Iwasaki, Ayako Shoji, Masayuki Matsumaru   +5 more
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The role of image-guided radiotherapy in prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2023
Background: Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) has gradually been widely promoted in clinical procedure. However, there has been no consensus on the effects of IGRT on toxicity and survival, and no clear level 1 evidence has even been promulgated. Methods:
Shilin Wang, Wen Tang, Huanli Luo, Fu Jin, Ying Wang   +4 more
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ANALYTICAL AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OFSTRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS ON THE PATH OF ELECTRONS WITH ENERGYTYPICAL OF MRI-LINAC RADIOTHERAPY

Anales (Asociación Física Argentina), 2022
Both analytical and numerical methods have proven to be suitable for describing radiation transport and interactions. The standard Boltzmann formalism derived from statistical mechanics requires to be specifically re-formulated to account for the ...
A. Gayol, M. Valente
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EFFECT OF INTENSE MAGNETIC FIELDS ON THE TRAJECTORY OF ELECTRONSPROPAGATING IN LOW DENSITY MEDIA OF INTEREST FOR MRI-LINAC RADIOTHERAPY

Anales (Asociación Física Argentina), 2023
Ionizing radiation transport mechanisms in presence of magnetic fields can be described in terms of formalisms based on the Boltzmann radiation transport equation. However, when the transport occurs not in vacuum but in scattering media the difficulty of
A. Gayol, M. Valente
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Effectiveness of image‐guided radiotherapy for locally advanced lung cancer patients treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Background Image‐guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is an advanced radiotherapy technique to improve the precision and accuracy of treatment delivery. A recent randomized controlled trial (RCT) for prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy via either ...
Ji‐An Liang, Chih‐Yen Tu, Te‐Chun Hsia, Hsin‐Yuan Fang, Chia‐Chin Li, Chun‐Ru Chien   +5 more
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A review of Image Guided Radiation Therapy in head and neck cancer from 2009–201 – Best Practice Recommendations for RTTs in the Clinic

Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 2020
Radiation therapy (RT) is beneficial in Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) in both the definitive and adjuvant setting. Highly complex and conformal planning techniques are becoming standard practice in delivering increased doses in HNC.
Maeve Kearney, Mary Coffey, Aidan Leong
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