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Whole brain radiotherapy: Consequences for personalized medicine [PDF]

Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 2013
Several studies focusing on brain irradiation are in progress. Reflecting updates of relevant outcomes in palliative treatment of patients suffering from brain metastases, the primary objective of these studies is the evaluation of neurocognitive function and quality of life.
Kazda, Tomáš, Pospíšil, Petr, Doleželová, Hana, Jančálek, Radim, Šlampa, Pavel   +4 more
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Concurrent whole brain radiotherapy and bortezomib for brain metastasis [PDF]

Radiation Oncology, 2013
Survival of patients with brain metastasis particularly from historically more radio-resistant malignancies remains dismal. A phase I study of concurrent bortezomib and whole brain radiotherapy was conducted to determine the tolerance and safety of this approach in patients with previously untreated brain metastasis.A phase I dose escalation study ...
Lao, CD, Friedman, J, Tsien, CI, Normolle, DP, Chapman, C, Cao, Y, Lee, O, Schipper, M, Van Poznak, C, Hamstra, D, Lawrence, T, Hayman, J, Redman, BG   +12 more
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Brain Radiotherapy and Cognition

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1992
Cognitive function and school achievement were studied prospectively over 3 to 4 years in 19 children treated for brain tumors with whole-brain radiotherapy at the Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
J Gordon Millichap
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Whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastases in Nigeria: a systematic review

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundWhole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) remains the most commonly used treatment for brain metastases in Nigeria due to limited access to advanced radiotherapy techniques.
Kehinde Alare, Nenkimun Dirting Bakwa, Izuchukwu Okechukwu Nwachukwu, Deborah Ngozi Conteh, Abdulrahmon Moradeyo, Mubarak Jolayemi Mustapha, Abdulbasit Muili, Samson Adedeji Afolabi, Marlin Mazima, Fan Chen   +9 more
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Unilateral hippocampal sparing during whole brain radiotherapy for multiple brain metastases: narrative and critical review [PDF]

Frontiers in Oncology
BackgroundThe landscape of brain metastases radiotherapy is evolving, with a shift away from whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) toward targeted stereotactic approaches aimed at preserving neurocognitive functions and maintaining overall quality of life. For
Petr Pospisil, Petr Pospisil, Ludmila Hynkova, Ludmila Hynkova, Lucie Hnidakova, Lucie Hnidakova, Jana Maistryszinova, Jana Maistryszinova, Pavel Slampa, Pavel Slampa, Tomas Kazda, Tomas Kazda   +11 more
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A retrospective propensity-matched study comparing whole-brain radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost to whole-brain radiotherapy alone for brain metastases

BMC Cancer
Background The effectiveness of whole brain radiation therapy with simultaneous integrated boost (WBRT-SIB) in comparison to whole brain radiation therapy alone (WBRT-alone) is yet unknown, despite the fact that its use in clinic is growing.
Zheqing Liu, Xiaojing Du, Meiling Deng, Yuanyuan Chen, Shaoxiong Wu   +4 more
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Induced by Phenytoin and Whole Brain Radiotherapy

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition), 2007
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) have been associated with some drugs, particularly anticonvulsants such as phenytoin. Some authors have pointed out an increased risk of TEN/SJS when phenytoin is associated with whole brain radiotherapy.
F A, Fernández, E, Pintor, R, Quesada, F J, Garcés   +3 more
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Analysis of Prognostic Factors in NSCLC Patients with Brain Metastases 
Diagnosed by Constrast-enhanced MRI After Whole Brain Radiotherapy

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2011
Background and objective Brain metastases are a common complication of lung cancer, occurring in 20%-40% of patients. The aim of this study is to explore prognostic factors in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients with brain metastases diagnosed
Hui LIU, Qiongya WU, Xiaomei GONG, Xiaodong HE, Hongyu WU, Zhaoying SHENG, Dao’an ZHOU   +6 more
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Relapse of herpes simplex encephalitis in a patient with metastatic small cell lung cancer following scalp sparing whole brain radiotherapy

IDCases, 2019
Herpes simplex virus is the most common cause of severe and potentially fatal sporadic encephalitis worldwide. Recurrence of neurologic symptoms after resolution of the initial episode of HSV encephalitis and despite adequate treatment with intravenous ...
A. Balkhair, A. Al Wahaibi, S. Raniga, M. Al Amin, F. Ba Alawi, M. El-Tigani, S. Kumar   +6 more
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Improving on whole-brain radiotherapy in patients with large brain metastases: a planning study to support the AROMA clinical trial [PDF]

, 2022
PURPOSE: To develop a novel dose-escalated volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) strategy for patients with single or multiple large brain metastases which can deliver a higher dose to individual lesions for better local control (LC), and to compare ...
Rozati, Hamoun, Calvez, Kerlann Le, Wang, James, Chen, Jiarong, Hill, Laurence, Pakzad-Shahabi, Lillie, Williams, Matt, Sinclair, Georges, Paddick, Ian, Kerlann Le Calvez, Georges Sinclair, Matt Williams, Hamoun Rozati, Ian Paddick, James Wang, Jiarong Chen, Laurence Hill, Lillie Pakzad-Shahabi   +17 more
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