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Proton beam therapy in paediatric cancer: Anticipating the opening of the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView., 2023
Summary Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) has the potential to improve paediatric cancer care by reducing radiation exposure and thus long‐term toxicities. Ethical concerns and debates surrounding the treatment, such as eligibility and accessibility, are ongoing in Australia. The Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research (ABCPTR) (named after Sir
Jeremy Khong, Hui Tee, Peter Gorayski, Hien Le, Michael Penniment, Sophie Jessop, Jordan Hansford, Melanie Penfold, Julia Green, Kelly Skelton, Frank Saran   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database

Frontiers in Oncology, 2019
Background: Limited data exists demonstrating the clinical benefit of proton radiotherapy (PRT) in breast cancer. Using the National Cancer Database, we evaluated predictors associated with PRT use for patients with breast cancer. An exploratory analysis
Mudit Chowdhary, Anna Lee, Sarah Gao, Dian Wang, Parul N. Barry, Roberto Diaz, Neeti R. Bagadiya, Henry S. Park, James B. Yu, Lynn D. Wilson, Meena S. Moran, Susan A. Higgins, Christin A. Knowlton, Kirtesh R. Patel   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

PRT Simulation in an Immersive Virtual World [PDF]

Proceedings of the First International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications Networks and Systems, 2008
Immersive virtual world environments, such as Second Life™ (SL), have the potential to dramatically improve the process of analyzing usability within technically correct system simulations, long before the system is built. We report our findings with the SL simulation of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system.
Cristina Videira Lopes, Anton Popov, Lorraine Kan, Ricardo Santos Morla   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Proton Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy: First Dosimetric Comparison for Total Scalp Irradiation [PDF]

International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2020
Purpose: Total scalp irradiation (TSI) is used to treat malignancies of the scalp and face, including angiosarcomas, nonmelanoma skin cancers, and cutaneous lymphomas. Owing to the irregularity of the scalp contour and the presence of underlying critical
Ankur Markand Sharma, Emily Kowalski, Nathan McGovern, Mingyao Zhu, Mark Vikas Mishra   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Analysis of Clinical and Systemic Factors Associated with Palliative Radiotherapy Delivery and Completion at the End of Life in Alberta, Canada

Current Oncology, 2023
Radiotherapy (RT) is often utilized for symptom control at the end of life. Palliative RT (pRT) may not be taken to completion by patients, thus decreasing clinical benefits and adversely impacting resource allocation.
Siddhartha Goutam, Sunita Ghosh, Jordan Stosky, Alexander Tam, Sarah Quirk, Alysa Fairchild, Jackson Wu, Marc Kerba   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

PRT-Forest Oy, asiakastyytyväisyystutkimus [PDF]

, 2020
Opinnäytetyön tavoitteena oli selvittää, kuinka tyytyväisiä PRT-Forest Oy:n asiakkaat, eli tytäryhtiöt, ovat konsernin hallintoyhtiönä toimivan emoyhtiön tuottamiin palveluihin.
Kangas, Maiju
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EKSISTENSI PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP PEKERJA RUMAH TANGGA DI INDONESIA

DiH, 2018
Setiap tahun terjadi urbanisasi dari desa ke kota untuk mencari pekerjaan. Diantaranya adalah menjadi Pekerja Rumah Tangga (PRT). Namun keberadaan PRT dalam hukum di Indonesia belum mendapatkan pengakuan yang konsisten dalam peraturan perundang-undangan.
Wiwik Afifah
doaj   +1 more source

Palliative radiotherapy for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Radiation Oncology, 2023
Background Patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer (PC) sometimes experience gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) due to tumor invasion of the gastrointestinal tract (tumor bleeding); no standard treatment has been established yet for this complication ...
Taro Shibuki, Mitsuhito Sasaki, Shota Yamaguchi, Kanae Inoue, Tomonao Taira, Tomoyuki Satake, Kazuo Watanabe, Hiroshi Imaoka, Shuichi Mitsunaga, Takeshi Fujisawa, Kento Tomizawa, Hidekazu Oyoshi, Masaki Nakamura, Hidehiro Hojo, Masafumi Ikeda   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Faculty Perceived Barriers and Attitudes Toward Peer Review of Classroom Teaching in Higher Education Settings

SAGE Open, 2016
Peer review of teaching (PRT) is one of the various assessment methods employed to assess teaching effectiveness. The current meta-synthesis aims to summarize the faculty perceived barriers and attitudes toward PRT process.
Siew Li Teoh, Long Chiau Ming, Tahir Mehmood Khan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of preformed T-cell alloreactivity by means of donor-specific and panel of reactive T cells (PRT) ELISPOT in kidney transplantation.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Donor-specific (d-sp) interferon gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (d-sp ELISPOT) and Panel of reactive T-cell (PRT) ELISPOT assays have been developed to detect alloreactive memory T (Tmem) cells in order to estimate the risk of acute rejection ...
Ilaria Gandolfini, Elena Crespo, Mukta Baweja, Marta Jarque, Chiara Donadei, Sergio Luque, Núria Montero, Anna Allesina, Laura Perin, Umberto Maggiore, Paolo Cravedi, Oriol Bestard   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source