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Dosimetric comparison of volumetric-modulated arc therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy in patients with cervical cancer: a meta-analysis
... Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) are two of the main treatment techniques for cervical ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer: is it ready for prime time?
... in radiation technology and techniques has the potential to improve treatment outcomes with clinically meaningful long-term ...Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an advanced technique ...
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The Impact of Variation in Bladder Volume on the Doses of Target and Organ at Risk in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
... intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has become the mainstay of treatment for localized prostate ...delivers radiation more precisely than earlier techniques, sparing surrounding normal ...
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Effect of Tegafur Gimeracil Oteracil Potassium Capsule + Kangai injection + intensity-modulated radiation therapy on the cellular malignant biological processes in advanced cervical cancer lesion
... intensity-modulated radiation therapy and were 41-58 years old, 22 cases were in FIGO IIb stage, 32 cases were in III stage and 3 cases were in IVa stage; group B received cisplatin + ...
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Quality Control of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
... Abstract The aim of this study is to ensure the MLC positional and leaf speed accuracy. To check the MLC positional and leaf speed accuracy picket fence and synchronized segmented stripes test pattern were performed. The ...
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Effect of intensity modulated radiation therapy combined with paclitaxel + endostar chemotherapy on serum malignant molecule levels in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
... intensity modulated radiation therapy combined with paclitaxel + endostar chemotherapy, specifically as follows: CT scan (slice thickness 3 mm) under CT simulator positioning, drawing the outline of gross ...
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Stereotactic Body radiation therapy for liver tumors with or without rotational intensity modulated radiation therapy
... body radiation therapy; IGRT: Image guided radiation therapy; IMRT: Intensity modulated radiation therapy; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; CT: Computed tomography; EASL: European association ...
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Dose volume constrained optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning
... Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) [, ] is an effective radiotherapy technique that attacks cancer without inflicting serious damage to critical normal tissues by deliver- ing radiation ...
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): a clinical reality for cancer treatment, "any fool can understand this". The 2004 Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture.
... aiming radiation more accurately we can possibly cure ...modern radiation therapy and other 3D techniques such as MRI, SPECT and PET showing functional changes add to the ability to under- stand better the ...
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Intensity modulated radiation therapy for breast cancer: current perspectives
... 17. Mukesh MB, Qian W, Wilkinson JS, et al. Patient reported outcome mea- sures (PROMs) following forward planned field-in field IMRT: results from the Cambridge Breast IMRT trial. Radiother Oncol. 2014;111:270–275. 18. ...
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Effects of Radiation Dose and Volume to the Larynx in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of non-laryngeal Head and Neck Malignancies
... The radiation therapy was by conventional methods for 7 patients and with IMRT for eight of ...after radiation therapy at 0 to 4 months (acute), 4 to 12 months (subacute) and >12 months (chronic) was ...
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Dosimetric Improvements Utilising Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme
... A more radical approach is to reduce the IMRT treat- ment duration by hypofractionation, in which a six-week course of therapy is delivered in a shorter period to a reduced volume. This higher dose per fraction may in- ...
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Optimizing Respiratory Gated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning and Delivery of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
... of plans in Pareto surface. Recently, multicriteria optimization has been commercialized in RaySearch Laboratories planning system (RaySearch Laboratories, Stockholm, Sweden) 21 . Regional optimization 22 is an effective ...
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Postoperative intensity-modulated radiation therapy provides favorable local control and low toxicities in patients with soft tissue sarcomas in the extremities and trunk wall
... To our knowledge, our study represents one of the largest studies of IMRT for the postoperative treatment of STS in the modern era. IMRT produced favorable LC and OS among patients with STSs in the extremities and trunk ...
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Efficacy of Daily Cone Beam Computed Tomography as Part of a Rescan Protocol for Large Offset to Reduce the Inter Fractional Motion of the Prostate
... intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) using image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) with daily cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) as part of a rescan pro- tocol for large offset, and to evaluate the ...
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the survival of patients with non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma after curative treatment
... In conclusion, we developed and validated a novel nomogram for non-metastatic NPC patients. This nom- ogram provides a more accurate and precise prediction for the OS compared with the TNM staging system. This nomogram ...
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<p>Intensity-modulated carbon-ion radiation therapy versus intensity-modulated photon-based radiation therapy in locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a dosimetric comparison</p>
... intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is the most commonly used ...severe radiation-induced toxicities of the organs at risk (OARs) including mucosal ulceration/ necrosis, massive hemorrhage, ...
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Iridium Implantation in T1 and T2 Cancers of Anterior Tongue: Report from B P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Nepal
... A novel treatment option in radiotherapy is the inten- sity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). It has a poten- tial for better loco-regional control in inoperable disease due to its capability to spare the ...
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Radiation dose escalation by simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy for esophageal cancer: a phase II study
... Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a modern high-precision RT technique which can reduce the dose to organs at risk (OARs) while maintaining the tumor ...
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<p>Characteristic And Novel Therapeutic Strategies Of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma With Synchronous Metastasis</p>
... Due to the lower proportion of smNPC in all newly diag- nosed NPC, it is dif fi cult to conduct large scale, prospec- tive, randomized clinical trials. Almost all clinical data on smNPC in this review come from ...
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