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Intensity modulated proton therapy compared to volumetric modulated arc therapy in the irradiation of young female patients with hodgkin’s lymphoma. Assessment of risk of toxicity and secondary cancer induction

Radiation Oncology, 2020
Background To investigate the role of intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) compared to volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for advanced supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) in young female patients by assessing dosimetric features and ...
Marta Scorsetti, Luca Cozzi, Pierina Navarria, Antonella Fogliata, Alexia Rossi, Davide Franceschini, Fiorenza De Rose, Ciro Franzese, Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Armando Santoro   +9 more
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Adaptive Volumetric-Modulated Arc Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: Evaluation of Benefit on Target Coverage and Sparing of Organs at Risk

Current Oncology, 2023
Background: Radiotherapy is essential in the management of head–neck cancer. During the course of radiotherapy, patients may develop significant anatomical changes.
Ciro Franzese, Stefano Tomatis, Sofia Paola Bianchi, Marco Pelizzoli, Maria Ausilia Teriaca, Marco Badalamenti, Tiziana Comito, Elena Clerici, Davide Franceschini, Pierina Navarria, Luciana Di Cristina, Damiano Dei, Carmela Galdieri, Giacomo Reggiori, Pietro Mancosu, Marta Scorsetti   +15 more
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Phase II trial on SBRT for unresectable liver metastases: long-term outcome and prognostic factors of survival after 5 years of follow-up

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term efficacy and survival prognostic factors of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for un-resectable liver metastases in patients enrolled in a prospective phase II trial.
Marta Scorsetti, Tiziana Comito, Elena Clerici, Ciro Franzese, Angelo Tozzi, Cristina Iftode, Lucia Di Brina, Pierina Navarria, Pietro Mancosu, Giacomo Reggiori, Antonella Fogliata, Stefano Tomatis, Guido Torzilli, Luca Cozzi   +13 more
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The Time for Chronotherapy in Radiation Oncology

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
Five decades ago, Franz Halberg conceived the idea of ​​a circadian-based therapy for cancer, given the differential tolerance to treatment derived from the intrinsic host rhythms.
Luis Bermúdez-Guzmán, Alejandro Blanco-Saborío, Juliana Ramírez-Zamora, Eduardo Lovo   +3 more
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Neurovascular Radiosurgery [PDF]

Interventional Neuroradiology, 2006
This article focuses on the treatment of neurovascular diseases, in particular brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs), with radiosurgery. The target group for this review is physicians who manage patients with neurovascular diseases, but are not actively engaged in radiosurgery.
M, Söderman, W Y, Guo, B, Karlsson, D M, Pelz, E, Ulfarsson, T, Andersson   +5 more
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Collimator scatter factor: Monte Carlo and in-air measurements approaches

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background Linac output as a function of field sizes has a phantom and a head scatter component. This last term can be measured in-air with appropriate build-up ensuring a complete electron equilibrium and the absence of the contaminant electrons ...
A. Fogliata, A. Stravato, G. Reggiori, S. Tomatis, J. Würfel, M. Scorsetti, L. Cozzi   +6 more
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THE HISTORY OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY DEVELOPMENT AND ITS ROLE IN THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN METASTASES

Опухоли головы и шеи, 2015
Metastases of primary tumors to the brain develop in 20–40 % of cancer patients. Historical information about the origin and development of the stereotactic radiosurgery method are shown, including GammaKnife and CyberKnife.
O. T. Engel, A. V. Nazarenko
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Low‐dose hilar and mediastinal stereotactic body radiation therapy for non‐small cell lung cancer: Analysis of outcomes in patients receiving one or multiple courses of treatment

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Background This study reports the outcomes of a single institutional experience treating non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) involving the pulmonary hilum with low‐dose stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
Roman O. Kowalchuk, Michael R. Waters, Martin Richardson, Kelly Spencer, James M. Larner, Charles R. Kersh   +5 more
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Innovative perspectives in limbic surgery using deep brain stimulation

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Limbic surgery is one of the most attractive and retaken fields of functional neurosurgery in the last two decades. Psychiatric surgery emerged from the incipient work of Moniz and Lima lesioning the prefrontal cortex in agitated patients.
José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz, José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz, José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz, José Rodrigo Carrillo-Márquez, José Rodrigo Carrillo-Márquez, Jesús Quetzalcóatl Beltrán, Fiacro Jiménez-Ponce, Luis García-Muñoz, José Luis Navarro-Olvera, René Márquez-Franco, Francisco Velasco   +10 more
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Stereotactic biopsy for intracranial space occupying lesions: Experience in a referral hospital in Mexico

Cirugía y Cirujanos, 2021
Background: Stereotactic brain biopsy (SBB) is used for establishing the histological diagnosis of intracranial lesions that are not amenable for a direct surgical approach.
José L. Navarro-Olvera, Gustavo Parra-Romero, José D. Carrillo-Ruiz, Gustavo Aguado-Carrillo, Julián E. Soto-Abraham, Julián E. Soto-Abraham   +5 more
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