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A long-term survival case of bladder cancer with distant metastases: abscopal effect of brain metastases after stereotactic radiotherapy with immune checkpoint blockade therapy to lung metastases
Brain metastases from bladder cancer are rare, with a poor prognosis. There is no standard treatment for bladder cancer with brain metastases; thus, palliative therapy is generally provided. We report a case o...
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Ipsilateral breast tumor control following hypofractionated and conventional fractionated whole-breast irradiation for early breast cancer: a long-term follow-up
Long-term follow-up of Japanese women with breast cancer who underwent hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation (HF-WBI) has not been well documented. Therefore, we compared the treatment results of HF-WBI an...
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Abscopal complete regression of hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple pleural metastases
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with extrahepatic metastasis is rare, and its prognosis is extremely poor. There is no standard treatment for HCC with extrahepatic metastasis. We report a case of abscopal effec...
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Open AccessMetabolic characterization of aggressive breast cancer cells exhibiting invasive phenotype: impact of non-cytotoxic doses of 2-DG on diminishing invasiveness
Metabolic reprogramming is being recognized as a fundamental hallmark of cancer, and efforts to identify drugs that can target cancer metabolism are underway. In this study, we used human breast cancer (BC) ce...
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The 5-year outcomes of moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (66 Gy in 22 fractions, 3 fractions per week) for localized prostate cancer: a retrospective study
Hypofractionated radiotherapy using fewer and larger fractional doses may be more beneficial than conventional external-beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. We evaluated the 5-year outcomes of mode...
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Open AccessThe prognostic value of rectal invasion for stage IVA uterine cervical cancer treated with radiation therapy
The prognostic value of rectal invasion is still unclear in stage IVA cervical cancer. The objective of this study is to evaluate patient outcome and prognostic factors in stage IVA cervical cancer treated wit...
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Comparison of hypofractionated and conventionally fractionated whole-breast irradiation for early breast cancer patients: a single-institute study of 1,098 patients
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation (HF-WBI) compared with conventionally fractionated (CF) WBI.
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The role of chemoradiotherapy in patients with unresectable T4 breast tumors
Unresectable T4 tumors of the breast are usually treated with systemic therapies, while the role of local therapies remains debatable. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of chemoradiotherapy as a pa...
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Estimation of anxiety and depression in patients with early stage breast cancer before and after radiation therapy
Most previous studies about anxiety and depression in patients undergoing radiotherapy have only measured the quantity of general depression and anxiety and have not studied specific periods of involvement. Th...
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An investigation of anxiety about radiotherapy deploying the Radiotherapy Categorical Anxiety Scale
Radiotherapy is one of the major methods for treating cancer, but many patients undergoing radiotherapy have deep concerns about receiving radiation treatment. This problem is not generally appreciated and has...
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Treatment outcome of breast-conserving therapy in patients with positive or close resection margins: Japanese multi institute survey for radiation dose effect
The relationship between a positive resection margin and the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) is controversial. To evaluate the radiation dose and other factors influencing the ipsilateral br...
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Outcome of breast-conserving therapy in the Tokyo women’s medical university breast cancer society experience
The results of BCT in Japanese women have not been fully evaluated. The Tokyo Women’s Medical University Breast Cancer Society initiated BCT protocols in 1987. Here, we present a retrospective analysis of BCT ...
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Radiotherapy with concurrent docetaxel for advanced and recurrent breast cancer
Docetaxel has shown remarkable radiosensitizing propertiesin vitro. In this study we investigated whether the addition of docetaxel to radiotherapy enhanced tumor response in patients with advanced or recurrent b...
