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Usefulness of FDG-PET imaging for the radiotherapy treatment planning of pyothorax-associated lymphoma
Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma develo** in the pleural cavity after a long-standing history of chronic pyothorax (CP). F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F...
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Unknown primary carcinoma, diagnosed as inflammatory breast cancer,and successfully treated with trastuzumab and vinorelbine
Occult breast cancer presenting with axillary lymph node metastases is uncommon, and inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), as a subtype, is quite rare. Here we describe a case of IBC, which arose as an unknown pri...
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Microwave Invasion Through Anti-Reflecting Layers of Dielectrics at a Millimeter Wave Irradiation to Living Bodies
Microwave invasion into living bodies through a millimeter wave catheter irradiation is described. As radiation sources for millimeter wave irradiation tests both Impatt oscillator (IO) and a Gunn oscillator w...
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Evaluation of radiotherapeutic response in non-small cell lung cancer patients by technetium-99m MIBT and thallium-201 chloride SPET
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between technetium-99m hexakis-2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) accumulation in tumours and response to radiotherapy in non-small cell lung ca...
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Accumulation of Tc-99m MIBI in breast lymphoma: Comparison with Ga-67 citrate
We report 2 cases of malignant lymphoma of the breast which were clearly shown on total body imaging as well as on SPECT with Ga-67 and Tc-99m MIBI. Tumor accumulation of Ga-67 was seen in all cases including ...
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Intraoperative radiotherapy for gliomas
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) was performed in 20 of 36 patients with glioma; 11 glioblastomas, 7 malignant astrocytomas, 2 benign astrocytomas. Twenty or 25 Gy of irradiation was delivered in a single fr...
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Clinical values for an index predicting postoperative residual liver function by pre-operative liver-scintigraphy in patients with liver disease
Hepatic resection is essential in treating hepatocellular carcinoma. However, before an operation, it is difficult to predict the functional reserve in the remnant following massive resection. We devised an or...