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Temporal dynamics of lymphocytes in prostate cancer patients treated with proton therapy [PDF]
Radiotherapy can be both immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory. Radiation-induced lymphopenia (RIL) is an ongoing challenge in cancer treatment.
Sarah Salih Al-Hamami+11 more
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Conventional radiation therapy directs photons (X-rays) and electrons at tumours with the intent of eradicating the neoplastic tissue while preserving adjacent normal tissue. Radiation-induced damage to healthy tissue and second malignancies are always a concern, however, when administering radiation.
William P. Levin+3 more
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Topogram and 3DCT geometry calibration for image-guided proton therapy with in-room CT-on-rails [PDF]
In-room computer tomography (CT) on-rails scanners are available in proton therapy centers but often limited to control imaging, due to geometric distortion and lack of integration.
Giovanni Fattori+3 more
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Proton beam therapy (PBT) is an advanced type of radiotherapy that shows a dosimetric advantage over photon beam therapy and provides superior dose distribution. PBT may improve patient survival by improving the local disease control while reducing toxicity to normal organs, which may result in fewer treatment-related complications.
Marija Popovic-Vukovic+4 more
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Background Hypoxia is known to be prevalent in solid tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and reportedly correlates with poor prognostic clinical outcome.
Andreas Köthe+5 more
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Background Recent advances in radiotherapy techniques have allowed ablative doses to be safely delivered to inoperable liver tumors. In this setting, proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) provides the means to escalate radiation dose to the target volume while ...
Jacob S. Parzen+11 more
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Background Skull base chordomas are rare and heterogeneously behaving tumors. Though still classified as benign they can grow rapidly, are locally aggressive, and have the potential to metastasize. To adapt the treatment to the specific needs of patients
Anna-Lena Hottinger+8 more
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Background Linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) are increasingly being used to manage patients with multiple metastases.
Masanori Hirata+15 more
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Deep learning method for prediction of patient-specific dose distribution in breast cancer
Background Patient-specific dose prediction improves the efficiency and quality of radiation treatment planning and reduces the time required to find the optimal plan. In this study, a patient-specific dose prediction model was developed for a left-sided
Sang Hee Ahn+10 more
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Technical assessment of the NDI Polaris Vega optical tracking system
The Polaris product line from Northern Digital Inc. is well known for accurate optical tracking measurements in research and medical environments. The Spectra position sensor, to date often found in image guided radiotherapy suites, has however reached ...
Giovanni Fattori+3 more
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