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Induction chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: role, controversy, and future directions. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundThe value of induction chemotherapy (ICT) remains under investigation despite decades of research. New advancements in the field, specifically regarding the induction regimen of choice, have reignited interest in this approach for patients with
Cohen, EEW +6 more
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2019 Radiotherapy is used in >50% of patients with cancer, both for curative and palliative purposes. Radiotherapy uses ionizing radiation to target and kill tumour tissue, but normal tissue can also be damaged, leading to toxicity. Modern and precise radiotherapy techniques, such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy, may prevent toxicity, but some patients ...
Ruysscher, Dirk de +5 more
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Journal of Immunology Research, 2022 Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent newly discovered mode of cell death, can be induced by lenaltinib and plays an important role in ...
Jiahao Zhu +6 more
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Towards the production of radiotherapy treatment shells on 3D printers using data derived from DICOM CT and MRI: preclinical feasibility studies [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Immobilisation for patients undergoing brain or head and neck radiotherapy is achieved using perspex or thermoplastic devices that require direct moulding to patient anatomy. The mould room visit can be distressing for patients and the shells
C. D. Scrase +11 more
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External radiotherapy of thyroid cancer [PDF]
, 2001 Differentiated thyroid cancer comprises papillary, mixed papillary-follicular and follicular adenocarcinomas. They are mostly hormone-sensitive and respond to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression. The standard treatment is total thyroidectomy. I-
Dühmke, Eckhart, Pollinger, B.
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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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GBM radiosensitizers: dead in the water…or just the beginning? [PDF]
, 2017 The finding that most GBMs recur either near or within the primary site after radiotherapy has fueled great interest in the development of radiosensitizers to enhance local control.
Bindra, Ranjit S. +3 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1974 Summary The author examines the place of radiotherapy in the management of oesophageal cancer. Many of these tumours are locally curable with radiotherapy. This is so particularly with the proliferative, poorly differentiated tumour.
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Role of chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Oncology Reviews, 2012 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a unique malignant head and neck cancer with clinical, demographic, and geographic features distinct from other head and neck epithelial malignancies.
Fabiola Paiar +10 more
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Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research, 2021 Radiotherapy is one of the widely used modalities of treatment in an oncology setting whether the approach to treat cancer is either curative or palliative. Tumor masses bleeding is not an uncommon emergency in cancer patients and local radiotherapy is very commonly used as a hemostatic therapy. Hemostatic radiotherapy is used
Aastha Shah, U Suryanarayan
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