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Dosimetric comparison between conventional and conformal radiotherapy for carcinoma cervix: Are we treating the right volumes?

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, Niladri B Patra, Biplab Sarkar, Ayan Basu, Santanu Pal   +4 more
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Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) versus three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) as treatment plans for head and neck tumours

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objectives: To compare intensity-modulated radiation therapy with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy 3DCRTwith respect to dose coverage for target volume.
Abd Al-Taj Abd Ali Khaleel, Siham Sabah Abdullah, Sabbar Shukri Al-Bayaty, Nabaa Mohammad Ali Alazawy, Abdulrahman Mohammed Abdulbaqi   +4 more
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Evaluation and Comparison of Dosimetric Characteristics of Semiflex®3D and Microdiamond in Relative Dosimetry under 6 and 15 MV Photon Beams in Small Fields [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2022
Background: In modern radiotherapy techniques, the frequently small and non-uniformed fields can increase treatment efficiency due to their highly conformal dose distribution.
Zahra Momeni Harzanji, Mohammad Hassan Larizadeh, Nasim Namiranian, Abolfazl Nickfarjam   +3 more
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Dose-volume histogram constrains for small intestine in postoperative transcutaneous radiotherapy of endometrial carcinoma: comparison between conventional and conformal techniques

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, Dženita Ljuca, Goran Marosević   +2 more
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Risk-adapted targeted intraoperative radiotherapy versus whole-breast radiotherapy for breast cancer:5-year results for local control and overall survival from the TARGIT-a randomised trial [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The TARGIT-A trial compared risk-adapted radiotherapy using single-dose targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) versus fractionated external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for breast cancer.
Holtveg, Helle M R, Tobias, Jeffrey S., Alvarado, Michael, Harris, Eleanor, Joseph, David J, Vaidya, Jayant S., Sütterlin, Marc, Vaidya, Jayant S, Flyger, Henrik L., Tobias, Jeffrey S, Massarut, Samuele, Falzon, Mary, Holtveg, Helle R, Brew-Graves, Chris, Dewar, John, Pigorsch, Steffi, Potyka, Ingrid, Bulsara, Max, Thompson, Alastair, Saunders, Christobel, Holtveg, Helle M. R., Joseph, David J., Roncadin, Mario, Keshtgar, Mohammed, Baum, Michael, Metaxas, Marinos, Dewar, John A, Flyger, Henrik, Eiermann, Wolfgang, Matthews, April, Brown, Douglas, Dewar, John A., Joseph, David, Williams, Norman R, Flyger, Henrik L, Williams, Norman R., Wenz, Frederik, Corica, Tammy, Esserman, Laura, Sperk, Elena   +39 more
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Correlation of 3DCRT and Open Field Treatment Techniques in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated by Chemoradiation [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2022
Background: Multimodality treatment is required for the management of head and neck cancer. Functional impairment and toxicities associated with surgery and radiation accentuate the need to develop innovative therapeutic strategies in the management of ...
Anjali Sachan, Seema Gupta, Navin Singh
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Practical Guidelines on Implementing Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer in Africa [PDF]

, 2021
Among a growing body of literature in global oncology, several articles project increased cost savings and radiotherapy access by adopting hypofractionated radiotherapy (HFRT) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like those in Africa.
Ngwa, Wilfred, Sajo, Erno, Swanson, William, Samba, Richard Ndi, Incrocci, Luca; id_orcid, Incrocci, Luca, Lavelle, Michael, Elzawawy, Ahmed   +7 more
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The transition from conformal to advanced radiotherapy techniques in the treatment planning of gynecological cancer patients [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022
Background/Aim. The transition from standard to highly conformal radiation therapy techniques requires the implementation of complex advanced dosimetry.
Petrović Borislava, Ivanov Olivera, Marjanović Milana, Ličina Jelena, Gencel Ivan, Golubovac Nemanja   +5 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, S. I. Tkachev, T. V. Yuryeva   +2 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, Bengt K., Nikos Papanikolaou, Lind, Bengt K., Mavroidis, Panayiotis, Papanikolaou, Nikos, Bengt K. Lind, Panayiotis Mavroidis, Dimos Baltas   +8 more
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