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Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of Transoral Robotic Surgery Versus Radiotherapy Alone for Early‐Stage HPV‐Associated Oropharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Australia

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and radiotherapy are both recognised as effective treatment options for early‐stage HPV‐associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPV‐OPSCC). TORS offers the benefit of a shorter total treatment duration; however, a proportion of patients require adjuvant radiotherapy with or without ...
Lan Gao, June Corry, Danny Rischin, Tao Xing   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Evaluation of a Perpendicular Frame-by-frame Patient-specific QA Method for Large VMAT Fields Using the TrueBeam Electronic Portal Imaging System

, 2019
Background: The verification of VMAT delivery accuracy is widely performed with measurement-based QA methods and gamma index test evaluation. Having the gantry speed as an element of modulation requires that VMAT QA methods resolve the gantry angle ...
Cardoso, Pedro Hnerique Bonfim
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Clinical Management and Outcomes of Isolated Fetal Pyelectasis Detected at Second‐Trimester Ultrasound: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Isolated fetal pyelectasis is a common finding on second‐trimester ultrasound; however, optimal follow‐up strategies remain variable, often leading to inconsistent use of imaging and specialist services. This study aimed to evaluate clinical management pathways and outcomes and to identify factors associated with persistence ...
Ilona Lavender
wiley   +1 more source

Commissioning and clinical implementation of the first commercial independent Monte Carlo 3D dose calculation to replace CyberKnife M6™ patient-specific QA measurements. [PDF]

J Appl Clin Med Phys, 2020
Milder MTW, Alber M, Söhn M, Hoogeman MS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cost‐effectiveness of in‐hospital motivational smoking cessation counselling and proactive referral to community‐based follow‐up

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aim In a randomised open‐label trial among hospitalised patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease, motivational smoking cessation counselling with proactive referral to community‐based follow‐up was more effective than brief cessation advice and written information, with 6‐month continuous abstinence rates of 49.5% vs. 24.5%
Karin Pleym, Ingrid Engebretsen, Elise Sverre, Toril Dammen, Einar Huseby, Mohpal Singh Kahlon, Marie Stugaard, Henrik Støvring, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, John Munkhaugen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health and economic impact of universal screening and management of alcohol use disorders in India: An economic modelling study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim The study assessed the health and economic implications as well as the cost‐utility of implementing universal alcohol use disorder (AUD) screening in 15–74 years population at the primary healthcare level compared with the current practice of diagnosis and management of symptomatic AUD patients seeking formal healthcare. Design Model‐based
Neha Purohit, Shubhmohan Singh, Atul Ambekar, Ajay Duseja, Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Girish N. Rao, Kathirvel Soundappan, Atul Kotwal, Shankar Prinja   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public virtue, private ambition—Women owners of private hospitals in early twentieth‐century New Zealand

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract New Zealand's early‐twentieth‐century health service was a two‐tier system of state hospitals supported by an expanding network of over 300 private hospitals, almost exclusively owned by nurses and midwives. This article will show that this environment was created by a legislative framework introduced between 1901 and 1906, requiring nurses ...
Ann‐Marie Quinn
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing log file-based patient-specific QA for VMAT plans: A comparative study of MobiusFX and measurement-based approaches. [PDF]

J Appl Clin Med Phys
Sawapabmongkon T, Changkaew P, Puttanawarut C, Tangboonduangjit P, Khachonkham S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Patient-specific quality assurance for intracranial cases in robotic radiosurgery system

, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to perform pretreatment patient-specific quality assurance (QA) for intracranial irradiation using CyberKnife with an ion ...
Kemikler, Gonul, Koksal, Canan, Bilge, Hatice, Akbas, Ugur, Kesen, Nazmiye Donmez, Okutan, Murat   +5 more
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Advantages, limitations, and future perspectives of using TEPCs in clinical quality assurance

Precision Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
Anna Bianchi, Anna Selva, Valeria Conte
wiley   +1 more source