Risk stratification of intermediate-risk children with minor head injury: a secondary publication translated into Korean [PDF]
The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network rule helps emergency physicians identify very low-risk children with minor head injury who can forgo head computed tomography.
Jung Heon Kim
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Radiation-induced tumors and secondary malignancies following radiotherapy [PDF]
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Dedović-Stojaković Jelena +6 more
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Evaluating the Necessity and Radiation Risk of Brain CT Scans Requested by the Trauma Emergency Department [PDF]
Background: Numerous Computed Tomography (CT) scan requests for trauma patients have raised serious concern about the impacts of radiation such as radiation-induced cancers.Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the necessity rate of requested head CT ...
Hadi Moradi +6 more
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Radiation therapy is one of the important systematic treatment strategies for thoracic neoplasms, but it also can cause a definite cardiac toxicity. With the evolution of main radiotherapeutic technology, the characteristics of heart irradiation dose ...
LI Huan, CAO Lu, CHEN Jiayi
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Breast radiation-associated secondary malignancies: A review
Secondary malignancies are a late complication of radiation treatment for primary cancer through DNA damage. Specifically after breast cancer radiation, a number of tissues are vulnerable to radiation damage and have increased risk for developing ...
Sarah Poland +3 more
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The role of c-MYC expression in the diagnostic and clinical confirmation of radiation-induced angiosarcoma [PDF]
Introduction. Angiosarcomas (ASs) arising from vascular tissue, account for 3.3% of all sarcomas and have a poor prognosis. Radiation-induced AS is a rare late complication of radiotherapy (RT) treatment and is characterized by a gene expression profile ...
Jovanović Luka +8 more
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Evaluation of HIF-1α and VEGF-A expression in radiation-induced cystitis: A case-control study [PDF]
The standard treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer (CC) is chemoradiotherapy. Once the bladder receives part of the radiation, a typical inflammatory condition that configures radiation-induced cystitis may develop.
Ricardo Castellani de Mattos +3 more
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Genetic Features of Metachronous Esophageal Cancer Developed in Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Breast Cancer Long-Term Survivors: An Exploratory Study. [PDF]
Background Development of novel therapeutic drugs and regimens for cancer treatment has led to improvements in patient long-term survival. This success has, however, been accompanied by the increased occurrence of second primary cancers.
Alfieri, R +11 more
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Radiation-Induced Uterine Carcinosarcoma after Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
Objective To describe a case of radiation-induced uterine carcinosarcoma 6 years after a cervical squamous cell carcinoma treatment, which imposed some diagnostic and management challenges.
Joana Moreira-Barros +2 more
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Radiation-Induced Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma after Breast Conserving Therapy: Case Report
Introduction: Breast sarcoma is a rare form of malignancy that arises from connective tissue, comprising less than 5% of all sarcomas. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) of the breast is a rare and aggressive subtype of radiation-induced sarcoma
Tainara Rodrigues Miranda +4 more
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