Dosimetric and Radiobiological Comparison of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy in Whole Pelvic Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer Patients [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and EngineeringBackground: Modern radiotherapy techniques can destroy tumors with less harm to surrounding normal tissues. Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) models are useful to evaluate treatment plans.
Marziyeh Mirzaeiyan +7 more
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Oral complications in irradiated head and neck cancer patients - 3D conformal radiotherapy planning vs. 3D conformal radiotherapy planning with magnetic resonance fusion [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2017 Introduction/Objective. The incidence of radiation-induced side effects in patients with head and neck (H&N) cancer depends on the planning technique and the irradiation dose, as well as primary tumor location within the H&N region.
Latinović Miroslav +4 more
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Three-year outcomes of a once daily fractionation scheme for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using 3-D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT). [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this study was to report 3-year outcomes of toxicity, cosmesis, and local control using a once daily fractionation scheme (49.95 Gy in 3.33 Gy once daily fractions) for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using three-dimensional ...
Daroui, Parima +5 more
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Journal of Health Sciences, 2013 Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the dose-volume histogram (DVH) constrains of conventional and conformal transcutaneous radiotherapy for small intestine and perform their comparison.
Anela Ramić +2 more
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Dosimetric comparison study between intensity modulated radiation therapy and three-dimensional conformal proton therapy for pelvic bone marrow sparing in the treatment of cervical cancer. [PDF]
, 2010 The objective was to compare intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with 3D conformal proton therapy (3DCPT) in the treatment of cervical cancer. In particular, each technique's ability to spare pelvic bone marrow (PBM) was of primary interest in ...
Huh, Soon N +7 more
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Use of radiobiological modeling in treatment plan evaluation and optimization of prostate cancer radiotherapy [PDF]
, 2011 There are many tools available that are used to evaluate a radiotherapy treatment plan, such as isodose distribution charts, dose volume histograms (DVH), maximum, minimum and mean doses of the dose distributions as well as DVH point dose constraints ...
Baltas, Dimos +3 more
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Past and present of radiotherapy in management of malignancies
Клиническая онкогематология, 2013 The article describes the stages of emergence and development of radiotherapy in management of malignancies of various locations, covering the period from the discovery of X-rays to the use of 60Co artificial isotope and development of the linear ...
O. P. Trofimova +2 more
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Primary radiotherapy in progressive optic nerve sheath meningiomas: a long-term follow-up study [PDF]
, 2010 Background/aims: To report the outcome of primary radiotherapy in patients with progressive optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM). Methods: The clinical records of all patients were reviewed in a retrospective, observational, multicentre study.
Blank, L. +8 more
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Improving plan quality and consistency by standardization of dose constraints in prostate cancer patients treated with CyberKnife. [PDF]
, 2013 Treatment plans for prostate cancer patients undergoing stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) are often challenging due to the proximity of organs at risk.
Carrara, Mauro +10 more
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South Asian Journal of Cancer, 2013 Background and Purpose: Conventional portals, based on bony anatomy, for external beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer have been repeatedly demonstrated as inadequate.
Jyotirup Goswami +4 more
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