Toxicity risk of non-target organs at risk receiving low-dose radiation: case report
Radiation Oncology, 2009 The spine is the most common site for bone metastases. Radiation therapy is a common treatment for palliation of pain and for prevention or treatment of spinal cord compression.
Chen Yu-Jen +7 more
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Risk management for whales [PDF]
, 2016 We propose framework for modeling portfolio risk which integrates market risk with liquidation costs which may arise in stress scenarios. Our model provides a systematic method for computing liquidation-adjusted risk measures for a portfolio. Calculation
Cont, R, Wagalath, L
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Journal of the National Cancer Center, 2022 Precision radiotherapy is a critical and indispensable cancer treatment means in the modern clinical workflow with the goal of achieving “quality-up and cost-down” in patient care.
Dakai Jin +4 more
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3D-Conformal Radiation Therapy and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Techniques for Laryngeal Cancer Taking Parotid Glands as Organ at Risk [PDF]
Hospital Practices and Research, 2020 Background: Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) techniques are used for the treatment of patients with laryngeal cancer. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of these 2 treatment
Dler K. Ismael, Fatiheea F. Hassan
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Review of Deep Learning Based Automatic Segmentation for Lung Cancer Radiotherapy
Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality for males and females. Radiation therapy (RT) is one of the primary treatment modalities for lung cancer.
Xi Liu +7 more
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Defining and sparing sexual function-related organs at risk for rectal cancer radiotherapy. [PDF]
Acta OncolBackground and purpose: Sexual dysfunction is a common consequence of pelvic radiotherapy, influenced by psychological, physical, social, and relational factors.
Kronborg CJS +23 more
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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]
, 2014 Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
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BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2021 Background To develop a novel subjective–objective-combined (SOC) grading standard for auto-segmentation for each organ at risk (OAR) in the thorax. Methods A radiation oncologist manually delineated 13 thoracic OARs from computed tomography (CT) images ...
Yanchen Ying +11 more
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Irradiating Residual Disease to 30 Gy with Proton Therapy in Pediatric Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma [PDF]
International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2020 Background: Local relapse is a predominant form of recurrence among pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (PHL). Although PHL radiotherapy doses have been approximately 20 Gy, adults with Hodgkin lymphoma receiving 30 to 36 Gy experience fewer in ...
Bradford S. Hoppe +8 more
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Artificial neural network based gynaecological image-guided adaptive brachytherapy treatment planning correction of intra-fractional organs at risk dose variation [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose : Intra-fractional organs at risk (OARs) deformations can lead to dose variation during image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT). The aim of this study was to modify the final accepted brachytherapy treatment plan to dosimetrically compensate ...
Christian Kirisits +4 more
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