Surgery Outcome and Adjuvant Chemo-Radiotherapy Response Evaluation in High-grade Glioma with Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) [PDF]
Introduction: Accurately identifying the remaining tumor extent following glioma near-total or subtotal resection is crucial for determining appropriate treatment options.
Erfan Saatchian +6 more
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Objective Assessment of Visual Field Defects Caused by Optic Chiasm and Its Posterior Visual Pathway Injury [PDF]
Objective To investigate the characteristics and objective assessment method of visual field defects caused by optic chiasm and its posterior visual pathway injury.
Jian XIANG, Xu WANG, Li-li YU, Kang-jia JIN, Ying-kai YANG
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Cardiovascular complications after radiotherapy
Over the past decades, effective cancer therapies have resulted in a significant improvement in the survival rates for a number of cancers and an increase in the number of cancer survivors. Radiation therapy is widely used in the treatment of cancer, and
Izabela Nabiałek-Trojanowska +6 more
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Deep CNN-based Fully Automated Segmentation of Pelvic Multi-Organ on CT Images for Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy [PDF]
Background: Manual delineation of volumes for prostate radiotherapy treatment is a time-consuming task for radiation oncologists and is also prone to variability.
Bahram Mofid +3 more
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Treatment of Radiation Lesions with Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is an acute illness caused by exposure to a high dose of ionizing radiation. ARS is the deterministic effect of radiation exposure of the whole body or a significant body volume (partial body irradiation) above a threshold ...
Já. Lakota
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Factors affecting radiation injury [PDF]
During the past several decades, the number of diagnostic tests and procedures that require the administration of radiation has increased dramatically. Understanding which factors affect radiation injury and how to mitigate these to protect patients has become critical for physicians to understand. Informed consent for these procedures has to include a
Killewich, Lois A. +3 more
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Comorbid Conditions in Persons Exposed to Ionizing Radiation and Veterans of the Soviet–Afghan War: A Cohort Study in Kazakhstan [PDF]
Objectives: This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of comorbid conditions in patients exposed to ionizing radiation and those who were involved in the Soviet–Afghan war.
Saule Sarkulova +4 more
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For the RTOG Consensus Conference on Late Effects of Cancer Treatment we summarize the clinical manifestations of cardiac complications appearing months to years following incidental irradiation of the heart during treatment of thoracic neoplasms. The most common effects present as pericardial disease, however, it is becoming more clear that precocious
J R, Stewart +3 more
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Ionizing radiation damage refers to acute, delayed, or chronic tissue damage associated with ionizing radiation. Specific or effective therapeutic options for systemic injuries induced by ionizing radiation have not been developed.
Xiaomeng Zhang +8 more
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Perception of radiation dose and potential risks of computed tomography in emergency department medical personnel [PDF]
Objective Use of computed tomography (CT) continues to increase, but the relatively high radiation doses associated with CT have raised health concerns such as future risk of cancer.
Jin Hee Lee +9 more
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