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Dosimetric equivalence of non-standard high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy catheter patterns [PDF]
Medical Physics 36(1), January 2009, pp. 233-239, 2009 Purpose: To determine whether alternative HDR prostate brachytherapy catheter patterns can result in improved dose distributions while providing better access and reducing trauma. Methods: Prostate HDR brachytherapy uses a grid of parallel needle positions to guide the catheter insertion.
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Therapeutic Approaches to Penile Cancer: Standards of Care and Recent Developments
Research and Reports in Urology, 2023 Joshua White,1 Ross Mason,2 Tarek Lawen,2 Jesse Spooner,2 Kauy VM Faria,3 Farah Rahman,1 Ranjith Ramasamy1 1Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; 2Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS ...
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]
, 2008 Sexuality consists of three aspects that are interrelated and inseparable, biological, physiological and social. The biological aspect considers the individual's capability to give and to receive pleasure.
Adenilson de Souza da Fonseca +39 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background The choroid is the most common site for intraocular tumor metastasis because of its abundant vascular supply. However, choroidal metastasis in penile cancer is highly unusual. Here, we report the first case of diagnosis of choroidal metastasis
Shanshan Li +3 more
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PD-1 inhibitor treatment in a penile cancer patient with MMR/MSI status heterogeneity: A case report
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Penile cancer is a rare malignant disease. Paclitaxel combined with platinum is often used as a first-line chemotherapeutic regimen for late-stage penile cancer, and there is no standard second-line treatment.
YunYi Du +6 more
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Sensor technologies in cancer research for new directions in diagnosis and treatment: and exploratory analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The goal of this study is an exploratory analysis concerning main sensor technologies applied in cancer research to detect new directions in diagnosis and treatments. The study focused on types of cancer having a high incidence and mortality worldwide: breast, lung, colorectal and prostate.
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Penile cancer trends and economic burden in the Brazilian public health system
Einstein (São Paulo), 2020 Objective: To gather information on penile cancer epidemiologic trends and its economic impact on the Brazilian Public Health System across the last 25 years.
Fernando Korkes +6 more
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Changing Radiotherapy Paradigms in Penile Cancer
European Urology Open Science, 2022 Radiation therapy (RT) has not been prominent in the treatment of penile cancer because of poorly reproducible results when used in the adjuvant setting.
Peter A.S. Johnstone +6 more
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Update in the management of penile cancer [PDF]
International braz j urol, 2009 The management of penile cancer has evolved as less invasive techniques are applied in the treatment of the primary tumor and inguinal lymph nodes.Herein we review the literature focusing on advances in the preservation of the phallus as well as less morbid procedures to evaluate and treat the groins.Promising imaging modalities for staging are ...
Caso, Jorge R. +3 more
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On a fundamental problem in the analysis of cancer registry data [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In epidemiology research with cancer registry data, it is often of primary interest to make inference on cancer death, not overall survival. Since cause of death is not easy to collect or is not necessarily reliable in cancer registries, some special methodologies have been introduced and widely used by using the concepts of the relative survival ratio
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