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Oral vinorelbine and cisplatin with concomitant radiotherapy in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A feasibility study [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy has improved survival in inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This phase I trial was performed in order to establish a dose recommendation for oral vinorelbine in combination with cisplatin and
Schmidt, Michael, Aubert, Delphine, Flentje, Michael, Semrau, Sabine, Fietkau, Rainer, Fittipaldo, Alberto, Huber, Rudolf M., Kleine, Philip, Beckmann, Gabriele   +8 more
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Hydrogel-based approaches for radiation protection in radiotherapy

Radiation Medicine and Protection
As one of the primary modalities for cancer treatment, radiotherapy (RT) utilizes high-energy radiation to eradicate cancer cells or inhibit tumor growth and is widely employed in clinical practice. However, while targeting malignant cells, radiation can
Mingliang Zhu, Wenyan Sun, Ya Li, Liangda Xing, Yinnong Jia   +4 more
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High-energy accelerators in medicine [PDF]

, 1992
The treatment of tumours with charged particles, ranging from protons to "light ions" ( Carbon, Oxygen, Neon) has many advantages, but up to now has been little used because of the absence of facilities.
Mandrillon, Pierre, P. Mandrillon, F.J.M. Farley   +2 more
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A core curriculum for RTTs (radiation therapists/radiotherapy radiographers) designed for developing countries under the auspices of the international atomic energy agency (IAEA)

, 2006
The cancer burden in developing countries is increasing dramatically, and with it the need for high-quality radiotherapy for cancer patients. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s major thrust in the field of cancer control is addressing ...
Wilkinson, Kate, Engel-Hills, Penelope, Benjaafar, Noureddine, El-Gantiry, Mahmoud, Vikram, Bhadrasain, Coffey, Mary   +5 more
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Clinical evaluation of endolymphatic radiotherapy in malignant lymphoma [PDF]

, 1974
By endolymphatic injection of radioisotope 131I.Lipiodol, so.called endolymphatic radiotherapy, we treated 10 cases with malignant lymphoma and found a marked tumor reduction to normal size in all the 10 cases we tried.
Irino, Shozo, Uno, Junichiro, Tanji, Tameyo, Oka, Akira   +3 more
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Monte Carlo study of radiation dose enhancement by gadolinium in megavoltage and high dose rate radiotherapy. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
MRI is often used in tumor localization for radiotherapy treatment planning, with gadolinium (Gd)-containing materials often introduced as a contrast agent. Motexafin gadolinium is a novel radiosensitizer currently being studied in clinical trials.
Daniel G Zhang, Vladimir Feygelman, Eduardo G Moros, Kujtim Latifi, Geoffrey G Zhang   +4 more
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MedLinac2: a GEANT4 based software package for radiotherapy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010
Dose distribution evaluation in oncological radiotherapy treatments is an outstanding problem that requires sophisticated computing technologies to optimize the clinical results (i.e.
Barbara Caccia, Claudio Andenna, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone   +2 more
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Increased cardiovascular mortality more than fifteen years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: a population-based study. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Breast radiotherapy as practised in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in significant myocardial exposure, and this was higher when the left breast was treated.
Putcha, V, Jack Cuzick, Darby, S, Cuzick, Jack, Sarah Darby, Moller, H; id_orcid, Robinson, D, Rahul Roychoudhuri, Roychoudhuri, R, Henrik Møller, Møller, Henrik, Cuzick, J, Darby, Sarah, Venkata Putcha, David Robinson, Putcha, Venkata, Robinson, David, Roychoudhuri, Rahul, Roychoudhuri Rahul, Møller Henrik, Putcha Venkata, Robinson David, Darby Sarah, Cuzick Jack   +23 more
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Radiotherapy and creation of safety feeling

نشریه پرستاری ایران, 1999
Radiotherapy is one of the most common treatments of cancer that are used alone or with the combination of other treatments. Radiotherapy are used before surgery for tumor shrinking, pain relief, wound healing or prevention of continues bleedings.
Ordoubadinia, Z
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Diamond Detectors for Radiotherapy X-Ray Small Beam Dosimetry

Frontiers in Physics, 2021
Many new X-Ray treatment machines using small and/or non-standard radiation fields, e.g., Tomotherapy, Cyber-knife, and linear accelerators equipped with high-resolution multi-leaf collimators and on-board imaging system, have been introduced in the ...
C. Talamonti, C. Talamonti, K. Kanxheri, S. Pallotta, S. Pallotta, L. Servoli   +5 more
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