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Radiosurgery Treatment Planning via Nonlinear Programming [PDF]

, 2001
The Gamma Knife is a highly specialized treatment unit that pro- vides an advanced stereotactic approach to the treatment of tumors, vascular malformations, and pain disorders within the head.
Lim, Jinho, Ferris, Michael, Shepard, David   +2 more
core  

Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Automated treatment planning of postmastectomy radiotherapy

Medical Physics (Lancaster), 2019
Purpose: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women globally and radiation therapy is a cornerstone of its treatment. However, there is an enormous shortage of radiotherapy staff, especially in low-and middle-income countries.
K. Kisling, L. Zhang, Jin-Zhong Yang, P. Balter, R. Howell, L. Court, S. Shaitelman, A. Jhingran, David Anderson, T. Thebe, K. Schmeler, H. Simonds, M. du Toit, C. Trauernicht, H. Burger, Kobus Botha, N. Joubert, B. Beadle   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An optimization approach for radiosurgery treatment planning [PDF]

, 2001
We outline a new approach for radiosurgery treatment planning, based on solving a series of optimization problems. We consider a speci c treat- ment planning problem for a specialized device known as the Gamma Knife, that provides an advanced ...
Lim, Jinho, Ferris, Michael, Shepard, David   +2 more
core  

Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment Planning Strategies for Interstitial Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Purpose: To develop patient-specific 3D models using Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulations and pre-treatment planning tools for the selective thermal ablation of prostate cancer with interstitial ultrasound.
Pragya Gupta, Tamas Heffter, Muhammad Zubair, I-Chow Hsu, E. Clif Burdette, Chris J. Diederich   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dosimetry effects caused by unilateral and bilateral hip prostheses: A monte carlo case study in megavoltage photon radiotherapy for computed tomography data without metal artifacts

Journal of Medical Physics, 2018
Background: Hip prostheses (HPs) are routinely used in hip augmentation to replace painful or dysfunctional hip joints. However, high-density and high-atomic-number (Z) inserts may cause dose perturbations in the target volume and interface regions. Aim:
Courage Mahuvava, Frederik Carl Phillipus Du Plessis   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

7. IMRT – new standards in treatment planning [PDF]

, 2001
Technological advances in medical imaging have prompted accelerator manufactures to produce more and more advanced treatment delivery systems capable to precise shape the dole distribution.For several years radiation beams have been modulated by ...
Ślosarek, K.; Treatment Planning Unit Center of Oncology – MSC Memorial Institute, Gliwice, Poland, Grządziel, A.; Treatment Planning Unit Center of Oncology – MSC Memorial Institute, Gliwice, Poland, Rembielak, A.; Treatment Planning Unit Center of Oncology – MSC Memorial Institute, Gliwice, Poland, Rutkowski, R.; Treatment Planning Unit Center of Oncology – MSC Memorial Institute, Gliwice, Poland   +3 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current status and prospects of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and treatment of bladder tumors

Zhongguo linchuang yanjiu
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the diagnosis and treatment of bladder tumors has made significant progress. Machine learning and deep learning algorithms have played an important role in the imaging detection and diagnosis of bladder ...
GAN Xiya, WEI Wei
doaj   +1 more source