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Proton Therapy in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer [PDF]

, 2022
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Radiation treatment plays a pivotal a role in the management of pancreatic cancer, mainly in the neoadjuvant setting for borderline resectable tumors and in the definitive setting for unresectable localized disease. Most of the studies on
Hilal, Lara, Kobeissi, Jana M., Charles B. Simone, Jana M. Kobeissi, Haibo Lin, Carla Hajj, Lin, Haibo, Simone, Charles B., Lara Hilal, Hajj, Carla   +9 more
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Association between proton pump inhibitor therapy and clostridium difficile infection: a contemporary systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction Emerging epidemiological evidence suggests that proton pump inhibitor (PPI) acid-suppression therapy is associated with an increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Sutton, AJ, Imad M. Tleyjeh (104252), Tannir Mohamad Al, Alex J Sutton, AlGhamdi, M, Muhammad Riaz (104236), Bin Abdulhak, AA, Ibrahim Talal, Mushabab AlGhamdi (112556), Baddour, LM, Alasmari Faisal A., A. A. Bin Abdulhak (7656569), Abed Allehibi, Talal Ibrahim (112568), Allehibi, A., Alasmari, FA, Faisal A. Alasmari (112549), F. A. Alasmari (7656575), A. R. Khan (3951662), AlGhamdi Mushabab, A. AlLehibi (7656593), Khan, AR, Al Tannir, M, Tleyjeh, IM, I. M. Tleyjeh (7656566), AlGhamdi, M., Abed AlLehibi (112573), Khan, A. R., Alex J. Sutton (112577), Garbati Musa A., L. M. Baddour (7656596), Aref A Bin Abdulhak, M. A. Garbati (7656578), M. Al Tannir (7656584), Bin Abdulhak, A. A., M. AlGhamdi (7656581), Erwin, P. J., Imad M Tleyjeh, Khan Abdur Rahman, Tleyjeh, I. M., Patricia J Erwin, T. Ibrahim (7656590), Muhammad Riaz, Abdur Rahman Khan (104234), Garbati, MA, Allehibi, A, Bin Abdulhak Aref A., Erwin, PJ, Sutton Alex J., M. Riaz (7656572), Riaz Muhammad, Musa A Garbati, Alasmari, F. A., Patricia J. Erwin (104246), Talal Ibrahim, Abdur Rahman Khan, Ibrahim, T., Mushabab AlGhamdi, A. J. Sutton (7648487), Faisal A Alasmari, Ibrahim, T, Mohamad Al Tannir (112562), Mohamad Al Tannir, Erwin Patricia J., Larry M Baddour, Baddour Larry M., Al Tannir, M., P. J. Erwin (7656587), Aref A. Bin Abdulhak (104239), Garbati, M. A., Larry M. Baddour (104249), Riaz, Muhammad, Riaz, M, Tleyjeh Imad M., Baddour, L. M., Sutton, A. J., Musa A. Garbati (104244), AlLehibi Abed   +77 more
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Utilization of Diaphragm Motion to Predict the Displacement of Liver Tumors for Patients Treated with Carbon ion Radiotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2023
Objectives: To establish and validate a linear model utilizing diaphragm motion (DM) to predict the displacement of liver tumors (DLTs) for patients who underwent carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT).
Yao Li BM, Wumiao Tang, Jiangbing Zhang, Ruirui Bu MS, Wenchien Hsi PhD, Yongqiang Li PhD   +5 more
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Feasibility Study of Robust Optimization to Reduce Dose Delivery Uncertainty by Potential Applicator Displacements for a Cervix Brachytherapy

Applied Sciences, 2021
Brachytherapy is an important technique to increase the overall survival of cervical cancer patients. However, a possible shift of the applicators in relation to the target and organs at risk may occur between imaging and treatment.
Byungdu Jo, Kyeongyun Park, Dongho Shin, Young Kyung Lim, Jong Hwi Jeong, Se Byeong Lee, Hee-Joung Kim, Haksoo Kim   +7 more
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Clinical results of proton beam therapy for elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate retrospectively the efficacy and safety of proton beam therapy for elderly patients (≥80 years of age) with non-small cell lung cancer.
Takashi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Azami, Kanako Takayama, Motohisa Suzuki, Hitoshi Wada, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Masao Murakami, Kenji Nemoto   +9 more
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Optimization of the planning process with an in-house treatment information, management, and planning system

Radiation Medicine and Protection, 2022
Objective: To describe the major categories of components of an in-house treatment information, management, and planning system (TIMPS®) that were designed and built to optimize the planning process.
Michael F. Moyers, James Lin, Jie Li, Hongliang Chen, Zhuangming Shen   +4 more
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Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults with Head and Neck Sarcomas [PDF]

International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2023
Purpose: To assess clinical outcomes of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with head and neck sarcomas (HNSs) treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PBSPT) and to report quality of life (QoL). Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight AYAs (aged 15
Miriam Vázquez, MD, Katja Baust, MSc, Amaia Ilundain, MD, Dominic Leiser, MD, Barbara Bachtiary, MD, Alessia Pica, MD, Ulrike L. Kliebsch, PhD, Gabriele Calaminus, MD, Damien C. Weber, MD   +8 more
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Combined proton-photon therapy for non-small cell lung cancer [PDF]

, 2022
PURPOSE Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still a challenging indication for conventional photon radiotherapy. Proton therapy has the potential to improve outcomes, but proton treatment slots remain a limited resource despite an ...
Amstutz, Florian; id_orcid, Marc, Louise, Fabiano, Silvia, Jan Unkelbach, Ye Zhang, Amstutz, Florian, Amstutz, Florian; https://orcid.org/, Damien Charles Weber, Unkelbach, Jan, Louise Marc, Florian Amstutz, Unkelbach, Jan; https://orcid.org/, Antony John Lomax, Weber, Damien Charles, Zhang, Ye, Zhang, Ye; https://orcid.org/, Lomax, Antony John, Silvia Fabiano, Ye, Zhang   +18 more
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Paediatric proton therapy

The British Journal of Radiology, 2019
Proton beam therapy is a highly conformal form of radiation therapy, which currently represents an important therapeutic component in multidisciplinary management in paediatric oncology. The precise adjustability of protons results in a reduction of radiation-related long-term side-effects and secondary malignancy induction, which is of particular ...
Thomas, Heike, Timmermann, Beate
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Impact of heterogeneities on lateral penumbra in uniform scanning proton therapy

, 2013
Purpose: In the treatment planning of uniform scanning proton therapy, an aperture block is designed for each beam with a margin, which typically includes the lateral penumbra measured in water (homogenous) medium.
Rana, Suresh; Department of Medical Physics, ProCure Proton Therapy Center, Oklahoma City, Singh, Hardev; Department of Medical Physics, ProCure Proton Therapy Center, Oklahoma City   +1 more
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