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Psoriasis Vulgaris Successfully Treated with Goeckerman Treatment at Home: A Patient and Physician's Experience. [PDF]

, 2020
Goeckerman therapy is a highly effective treatment regimen for moderate-to-severe psoriasis. It involves regular exposure to ultraviolet B radiation and the application of crude coal tar.
Bhutani, Tina, Liao, Wilson, Myers, Bridget, Reddy, Vidhatha, Thibodeaux, Quinn, Thomas, Shawn   +5 more
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Breast Cancer and Aging: Understanding the Complex Relationship and Implications for Prevention and Screening

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Breast cancer is a multifactorial disease that affects many women worldwide. Age is the most important risk factor for breast cancer, with an increased incidence markedly after the age of 50. The relationships of aging to breast cancer have been thoroughly examined, and notable connections regarding various age‐related changes in ...
Mehran Radak, Armin Sharifi, Derek Richard, Hossein Fallahi   +3 more
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Proton beam therapy is a safe and feasible treatment for patients with second primary lung cancer after lung resection

Thoracic Cancer, 2019
Background The purpose of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of proton beam therapy (PBT) in patients with second primary lung cancer after lung resection.
Takashi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yusuke Azami, Motohisa Suzuki, Hitoshi Wada, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Masao Murakami, Kenji Nemoto   +7 more
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Dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy and photon radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background The purpose of this study was to perform a dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy (PBT) and photon radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who were treated with PBT in our ...
Yasuhiro Hirano, Masakatsu Onozawa, Hidehiro Hojo, Atsushi Motegi, Sadatomo Zenda, Kenji Hotta, Shunsuke Moriya, Hidenobu Tachibana, Naoki Nakamura, Takashi Kojima, Tetsuo Akimoto   +10 more
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Gamma radiation-induced impairment of hippocampal neurogenesis, comparison of single and fractionated dose regimens Deterioro de la neurogénesis en el hipocampo inducida por radiación gamma, comparación de los regímenes de dosis única y fraccionada [PDF]

, 2012
Radiation therapy of the brain is associated with many consequences, including cognitive disorders. Pathogenesis of radiation induced cognitive disorder is not clear, but reduction of neurogenesis in hippocampus may be an underlying reason. 24 adult male
Azami, N.S., Jahanshahi, M., Khoshbin khoshnazar, A.R.   +2 more
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Trends and Disparities in Lung Cancer and Respiratory Failure Mortality in the United States: A 24‐Year Retrospective Study

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Mortality from lung cancer and respiratory failure in US adults declined until 2010 but increased thereafter, with notable disparities by sex, race, region, and urbanicity. This 24‐year analysis highlights rising post‐2010 mortality in women, non‐Hispanic Whites, and urban areas, underscoring the need for targeted public health interventions.
Sardar M. I. Khan, Muneeb Khawar, Abdul Qadeer, Aqsa Komel, Azka Aisha, Arshia Batool, Ayesha Fatima, Javed Iqbal, Asraf Hussain, Anisha Manzoor, Muhammad Waqas   +10 more
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Missed radiation therapy sessions in first three weeks predict distant metastasis and less favorable outcomes in surgically treated patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

Radiation Oncology, 2020
Background We sought to investigate the prognostic impact of missed RT sessions in patients who had undergone surgery for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC).
Yin-Yin Chiang, Yung-Chih Chou, Kai-Ping Chang, Chun-Ta Liao, Yao-Yu Wu, Wing-Keen Yap, Ping-Ching Pai, Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang, Chien-Yu Lin, Kang-Hsing Fan, Bing-Shen Huang, Tsung-Min Hung, Ngan-Ming Tsang   +12 more
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Beyond Concurrent Chemoradiation: The Emerging Role of PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors in Stage III Lung Cancer. [PDF]

, 2018
Concurrent chemoradiation (cCRT) with platinum-based chemotherapy is standard-of-care therapy for patients with stage III unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Dicker, Adam P., Lu, Bo, McCall, Neal S.
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Prevalence of Stroke and Diagnostic Performance of Emergency MRI in Acute Isolated Dizziness

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke is frequently misdiagnosed in patients presenting with acute isolated dizziness; the optimal imaging modality for this population remains debated. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of stroke among patients with isolated dizziness and to assess the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed ...
Xiao Hu, Sijia Liu, Xiaosan Wu, Sunhong Yan, Jie Shen, Lei Zhu, Xueyun Liu, Zijie Wang, Chu Chen, Tiannan Yang, Chuanqin Fang, Qi Li   +11 more
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The scenario-based generalization of radiation therapy margins

, 2015
We give a scenario-based treatment plan optimization formulation that is equivalent to planning with geometric margins if the scenario doses are calculated using the static dose cloud approximation.
Bokrantz, Rasmus, Fredriksson, Albin
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