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Radioterapia de intensidade modulada do feixe (IMRT) - ilustração da técnica, suas indicações e vantagens

Revista Portuguesa Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, 2009
A Radioterapia de Intensidade Modulada, conhecida pela sigla IMRT, é um estado-da-arte no tratamento do cancro. É um método que permite debitar altas doses de radiação directamente ao volume-alvo tumoral, de uma forma extremamente orientada e muito mais
Maria Adelina Costa, Paulo Serafim, Joana Vale, Paula Genésio, Graça Fonseca, Ricardo Guedes, Fernanda Ponte, Cármen Calçada, Nathalie Stas, Júlio Teixeira   +9 more
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External Radiotherapy in Mozambique: Report of the First Five Years of Activity of the Radiotherapy Service of the Maputo Central Hospital. [PDF]

Cancer Med
ABSTRACT Background A Radiotherapy Service (RS) started working in the Maputo Central Hospital (MCH), Mozambique, in August 2019. Here we describe its first 5 years of activity. Methods A total of 810 patients who underwent external radiotherapy between August 2019 and December 2023 were considered for the analysis.
Fontes F, Morais AG, Nhampule J, Navarro S, Sitoe N, Amisse L, Tulsidás S, Lorenzoni C, Carrilho C, Lunet N.   +9 more
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Implementation of High Dose-rate Brachytherapy for Cervix Cancer in a Low-income Country

Annals of Global Health, 2018
Background: The purpose of this study is to detail the implementation of HDR brachytherapy at the only radiotherapy center in Nicaragua. Methods: Patients are treated with external-beam radiotherapy to 46–50Gy at 2Gy/fraction to the pelvis. A gynecologic
Sommer R. Nurkic, Ana Isabel Ocampo, Mario Josè Pinell Gadea, Julie Greenwalt, Mario Jose Vicente, Anielka Lucia Velasquez, Lisbeth Concepcion Lopez Peralta, Franck Soto Herrera, Osmara Calero Romero, Francisco Lopez Tenorio, Harving Lorente Zamora, Luis Matamoros Munguia, Anamaria Yeung   +12 more
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Clinical implication in the use of the AAA algorithm versus the AXB in nasopharyngeal carcinomas by comparison of TCP and NTCP values

Radiation Oncology, 2020
Purpose Retrospective analysis of volumetric modulated arc therapy treatment plans to investigate qualitative, possible, clinical consequences of the use of AAA versus AXB in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) cases.
Antonella Bufacchi, Orietta Caspiani, Giulia Rambaldi, Luca Marmiroli, Giuseppe Giovinazzo, Mattia Polsoni   +5 more
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May we routinely spare hippocampal region in primary central nervous system lymphoma during whole brain radiotherapy?

Radiation Oncology, 2023
Purpose One of the main limiting factors of whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is the impairment of neurocognitive functions (NCFs), which is mainly caused by radiation-induced injury to the ...
Ciro Mazzarella, Silvia Chiesa, Lucrezia Toppi, Stefan Hohaus, Simona Gaudino, Francesco D’Alo, Nicola Dinapoli, Resta Davide, Tiziano Zinicola, Serena Bracci, Antonella Martino, Francesco Beghella Bartoli, Elisabetta Lepre, Roberta Bertolini, Silvia Mariani, Cesare Colosimo, Vincenzo Frascino, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Vincenzo Valentini, Mario Balducci   +20 more
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Kinetics of Circulating Plasma Cell-Free DNA in Paediatric Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma [PDF]

, 2016
Levels of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) of a large series of children with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) were evaluated and analyzed at diagnosis and during chemotherapy treatment in relation with clinical characteristics.
Basso, Giuseppe, Buffardi, Salvatore, Burnelli, Roberta, Carraro, Elisa, Elia, Caterina, Farruggia, Piero, Mascarin, Maurizio, Mussolin, Lara, Pillon, Marta, Primerano, Simona, Sala, Alessandra, Vinti, Luciana   +11 more
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Radioterapia estereotáctica [PDF]

Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra, 2009
La radioterapia con técnica estereotáctica es una modalidad de radioterapia externa que utiliza un sistema de coordenadas tridimensionales independientes del paciente para la localización precisa de la lesión. También se caracteriza porque los haces de irradiación son altamente conformados, precisos y convergentes sobre la lesión que hacen posible la ...
Ciérvide, R. (R.), Guridi-Legarra, J. (Jorge), Aristu-Mendioroz, J.J. (José Javier), Arbea-Moreno, L. (Leire), Ramos, L.I. (Luis Isaac), Zubieta, J.L. (José L.), Azcona-Armendariz, J.D. (Juan Diego), Moreno-Jimenez, M. (Marta)   +7 more
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Síndrome da veia cava superior

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 1998
RESUMO: A Sindrome da Vcia Cava Superior (SVCS) estágeralmente associada a doença oncológica avançada, apresentando um mau prognóistico.Esta sindrome com uma apresentação clinica aguda ou subaguda, pode requerer uma intervenção imediata.A ...
Graça Fonseca, Julieta Gonçalves, Paulo Serafim, Cármen P. Calçada, Olga Sousa, Tomé Fernandes   +5 more
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Carcinoma primário da traqueia Tratamento de Radioterapia

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 1999
RESUMO: O carcinoma primário da traqueia é uma entidade rara, cuja abordagem terapêutica clássica consiste na exérese cirúrgica da lesão com margens adequadas.Contudo, devido ás características intrinsecas destas lesões, nem sempre é possível
Paulo Serafim, Graça Fonseca, Olga Sousa, Cármen Calçada, Fatima Borges, Tomé Fernandes   +5 more
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Bullous pemphigoid and radiotherapy: case report and literature review update

Dermatology Reports, 2021
INTROUDCTION Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a common autoimmune bullous disease generally occurring in elderly patients. Itchy and tense blisters on normal skin or erythematous and edematous lesions on the trunk and extremities usually characterize BP ...
Antonio Piras, Bruno Fionda, Antonella Sanfratello, Andrea D'Aviero, Giovanni Sortino, Gianfranco Pernice, Luca Boldrini, Tommaso Angileri, Antonino Daidone   +8 more
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