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First Report of NRG Oncology/Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0622: A Phase 2 Trial of Samarium-153 Followed by Salvage Prostatic Fossa Irradiation in High-Risk Clinically Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
PURPOSE: To investigate the utility of 153Sm lexidronam (Quadramet) in the setting of men with prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy who develop biochemical failure with no clinical evidence of osseous metastases.
Girvigian, Michael R.   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Introduction to the ESTRO European Qualifications Framework (EQF) 7 and 8: Benchmarking Radiation Therapist (RTT) advanced education

open access: yesTechnical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 2018
Innovations in radiotherapy practice continue to develop and expand. With this comes a requirement for suitably educated Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) to expand their scope of practice and work at advanced levels within radiotherapy departments. This paper
M. Coffey, M. Leech
doaj   +1 more source

Deep learning in medical imaging and radiation therapy.

open access: yesMedical Physics (Lancaster), 2018
The goals of this review paper on deep learning (DL) in medical imaging and radiation therapy are to (a) summarize what has been achieved to date; (b) identify common and unique challenges, and strategies that researchers have taken to address these ...
B. Sahiner   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Overview on topical 5-ALA photodynamic therapy use for non melanoma skin cancers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) contributes to a variety of skin diseases including inflammation, degenerative aging, and cancer. Historically, humans have been exposed to UV radiation mainly through occupational exposure; recreational UV exposure, however ...
Bianchini, Daniela   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Promoting professional judgement through peer debate in radiation therapy undergraduate curriculum

open access: yesTechnical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 2022
Radiation therapists (RTs) are often required to exercise professional judgement when faced with the ambiguity inherent in professional dilemmas not comprehensively accommodated by the professional Code of Conduct.
Maeve Kearney   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using adaptive magnetic resonance image‐guided radiation therapy for treatment of inoperable pancreatic cancer

open access: yesCancer Medicine, 2019
Adaptive magnetic resonance imaging‐guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) can escalate dose to tumors while minimizing dose to normal tissue. We evaluated outcomes of inoperable pancreatic cancer patients treated using MRgRT with and without dose escalation.
S. Rudra   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Planning for a pandemic: Mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID‐19 era

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2020
The novel coronavirus (COVID‐19) has rapidly impacted all of our lives following its escalation to pandemic status on 11 March 2020. Government guidelines and restrictions implemented to mitigate the risk of COVID‐19 community transmission have forced ...
Nigel Anderson   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Laser Driven Hadron Cancer Radiotherapy: A Review of Progress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
It has been known for about sixty years that proton and heavy ion therapy is a very powerful radiation procedure for treating tumours. It has an innate ability to irradiate tumours with greater doses and spatial selectivity compared with electron and ...
Bolton, P. R.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

First-in-man evaluation of 124I-PGN650: A PET tracer for detecting phosphatidylserine as a biomarker of the solid tumor microenvironment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose: PGN650 is a F(ab′) 2 antibody fragment that targets phosphatidylserine (PS), a marker normally absent that becomes exposed on tumor cells and tumor vasculature in response to oxidative stress and increases in response to therapy.
Dehdashti, Farrokh   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Common oral complications of head and neck cancer radiation therapy: mucositis, infections, saliva change, fibrosis, sensory dysfunctions, dental caries, periodontal disease, and osteoradionecrosis

open access: yesCancer Medicine, 2017
Patients undergoing radiation therapy for the head and neck are susceptible to a significant and often abrupt deterioration in their oral health. The oral morbidities of radiation therapy include but are not limited to an increased susceptibility to ...
H. Sroussi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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