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Minimally Invasive Retrosigmoidal Parasterional Burr-Hole Approach: Technique and Neuropathic Pain Amelioration after Microvascular Decompression of the Trigeminal Nerve

Biomedicines, 2023
Background: Trigeminal neuralgia, a common condition in clinical practice, often occurs due to vascular compression caused by aberrant or ectopic arterial or venous vessels. Microvascular decompression through a minimally invasive retrosigmoidal approach
José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz, Juan Camilo Covaleda-Rodríguez, José Armando Díaz-Martínez, Antonio Vallejo-Estrella, José Luis Navarro-Olvera, Francisco Velasco-Campos, Armando Armas-Salazar, Fátima Ximena Cid-Rodríguez   +7 more
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Dosimetric Analysis of Neural and Vascular Structures in Skull Base Tumors Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery. [PDF]

, 2017
Objective To examine the relationship between the prescribed target dose and the dose to healthy neurovascular structures in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).
Bhatt, Jay M, Chenery, Stafford, Djalilian, Hamid R, Ghavami, Yaser, Haidar, Yarah M, Moshtaghi, Omid, Schwer, Amanda   +6 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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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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Systematic Analysis of Clinical Outcomes Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Central Neurocytoma. [PDF]

, 2017
Central neurocytoma (CN) typically presents as an intraventricular mass causing obstructive hydrocephalus. The first line of treatment is surgical resection with adjuvant conventional radiotherapy.
Bui, Timothy T, Chin, Robert K, Chung, Lawrance K, Kaprealian, Tania, Lagman, Carlito, Lee, Percy, Tenn, Stephen, Yang, Isaac   +7 more
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Investigating the clinical advantages of a robotic linac equipped with a multileaf collimator in the treatment of brain and prostate cancer patients. [PDF]

, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercially available CyberKnife system with a multileaf collimator (CK-MLC) for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and standard fractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT ...
Descovich, Martina, Gottschalk, Alexander R, Lessard, Etienne, McGuinness, Christopher M, Nakamura, Jean L, Pinnaduwage, Dilini, Pouliot, Jean, Sims, Colin   +7 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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In vivo dose measurement using TLDs and MOSFET dosimeters for cardiac radiosurgery. [PDF]

, 2012
In vivo measurements were made of the dose delivered to animal models in an effort to develop a method for treating cardiac arrhythmia using radiation. This treatment would replace RF energy (currently used to create cardiac scar) with ionizing radiation.
Blanck, Oliver, Dieterich, Sonja, Gardner, Edward, Iwamura, Alyson, Maguire, Patrick, Steel, James, Sumanaweera, Thilaka   +6 more
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The changing landscape of vestibular schwannoma diagnosis and management: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2020
ObjectivesTo assess the current state of the diagnosis and management of vestibular schwannoma (VS) as well as treatment trends, and to evaluate the role of treatment setting and various specialists in treatment plan.MethodsPatients diagnosed with VS ...
Abouzari, Mehdi, Djalilian, Hamid R, Goshtasbi, Khodayar, Lin, Harrison W, Moshtaghi, Omid, Sahyouni, Ronald, Sajjadi, Autefeh   +6 more
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