Survival of dental implants in patients with oral cancer treated by surgery and radiotherapy: a retrospective study [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the survival of dental implants placed after ablative surgery, in patients affected by oral cancer treated with or without radiotherapy.
A Agresti +37 more
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Perturbation Effect of Fiducial Marker on 3D Dose Distribution in External Surrogates Radiotherapy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2021 Introduction: Tumor motion is a challenging issue in radiotherapy, which complicates the process of tumor delineation, localization, and dose delivery. External surrogate radiotherapy is one of the available strategies that provides motion dataset for a ...
Ahmad Esmaili Torshabi, Masoud Taghipour
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Minimizing Metastatic Risk in Radiotherapy Fractionation Schedules [PDF]
, 2015 Metastasis is the process by which cells from a primary tumor disperse and form new tumors at distant anatomical locations. The treatment and prevention of metastatic cancer remains an extremely challenging problem.
Badri, Hamidreza +2 more
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The role of stereotactic body radiation therapy in oligometastatic colorectal cancer [PDF]
, 2017 Rationale: Regorafenib is the new standard third-line therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). However, the reported 1-year overall survival rate does not exceed 25%.
Archibugi, Livia +7 more
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Nucleosomes indicate the in vitro radiosensitivity of irradiated bronchoepithelial and lung cancer cells [PDF]
, 2004 Nucleosomes, which are typical cell death products, are elevated in the serum of cancer patients and are known to rapidly increase during radiotherapy.
Al-Batran SE +14 more
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Optimization of Clarkson’s Method for Calculating Absorbed Dose under Compensator Filters used in Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2020 Background: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is extensively used in the treatment of malignancies. Clarkson’s method is one of the leading methods for dose calculation at open points present in irregular fields.
M Pourkaveh +3 more
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EGFR mutation positive stage IV non small-cell lung cancer: treatment beyond progression [PDF]
, 2014 Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of death from cancer for both men en women. Chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment in advanced disease, but is only marginally effective. In about 30% of patients with advanced NSCLC in East Asia
Ferdinande, Liesbeth +4 more
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Polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase P1 is associated with susceptibility to chemotherapyinduced leukemia [PDF]
, 2001 Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) detoxify potentially mutagenic and toxic DNA-reactive electrophiles, including metabolites of several chemotherapeutic agents, some of which are suspected human carcinogens.
Allan, J.M. +9 more
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Radiology and Oncology, 2018 The current standard of care of glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, has remained unchanged for over a decade. Nevertheless, some improvements in patient outcomes have occurred as a consequence of modern surgery, improved ...
Kazda Tomas +9 more
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Experimental model of cutaneous radiation injury in rabbits [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2013 PURPOSE: To describe an experimental model of cutaneous radiation injury in rabbits. METHODS: On this study eight six-month-old New Zealand male rabbits, with an average weight of 2.5kg were used. They were distributed in four groups (n=2 per group). The
Rafael Panisi de Campos Meirelles +5 more
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