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Characteristics of a real-time radiation exposure dosimetry system using a synthetic ruby for radiotherapy
Radiotherapy-related medical accidents are frequently caused by planning problems, excessive irradiation during radiotherapy, or patient movement....
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Ablative radiotherapy improves survival but does not cure autochthonous mouse models of prostate and colorectal cancer
BackgroundGenetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) of cancer are powerful tools to study mechanisms of disease progression and therapy response,...
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Individualized surgery combined with radiotherapy and triamcinolone acetonide injection for the treatment of auricular keloids
BackgroundAlthough multiple methods have been proposed to treat auricular keloids, low curative effects and high recurrence rates are currently major...
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Localized Non-melanoma Skin Cancer: Risk Factors of Post-surgical Relapse and Role of Postoperative Radiotherapy
The mainstay treatment of localized non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is surgical excision or Mohs surgery. However, approximately 5% of patients with...
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Chronic toxicity and long-term outcome in intraoperative electron radiotherapy as boost followed by whole-breast irradiation
PurposeThe administration of a dose boost to the tumor bed after breast-conserving surgery has proven to reduce local recurrence. Intra-operative...
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Two separate subcutaneous pedicled flaps for repair of total umbilical defects: a simple reconstruction technique
Total umbilical defects may occur after surgeries such as tumour excision. As the umbilicus is a well-recognized landmark in the abdomen, various...
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Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment
Radiotherapy (RT) is delivered for purposes of local control, but can also exert systemic effect on remote and non-irradiated tumor deposits, which...
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Near-maximum rib dose is the most relevant risk factor for ipsilateral spontaneous rib fracture: a dosimetric analysis of breast cancer patients after radiotherapy
PurposeSpontaneous rib fracture (SRF) is a common late complication in treated breast cancer patients. This study evaluated the incidence and risk...
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Efficacy and Safety of Excision Combination Therapies for Earlobe Keloids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
BackgroundDifferent combinations of excision and adjuvant therapies have been applied to improve outcomes for earlobe keloids, though evidence in...
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Low-dose total skin electron beam therapy: Quality of life improvement and clinical impact of maintenance and adjuvant treatment in patients with mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome
PurposeTotal skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) has proved to be a safe and effective treatment for cutaneous T‑cell lymphomas. Here, we examined the...
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Health-related quality of life of early-stage breast cancer patients after different radiotherapy regimens
PurposeTo evaluate and compare health-related quality of life (HRQL) of women with early-stage breast cancer (BC) treated with different radiotherapy...
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Effectiveness and safety of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) with low-energy X-rays (INTRABEAM®) for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI)
PurposeTo evaluate treatment outcomes in patients with early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) treated with targeted intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)...
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Analysis of image-guided superficial radiation therapy (IGSRT) on the treatment of early-stage non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in the outpatient dermatology setting
BackgroundInterest in image-guidance superficial radiation therapy (IGSRT) for the treatment of early-stage non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has...
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Pattern of care in radiotherapy at a University Hospital in Spain: the RENORT project
PurposeRENORT is a novel data mining application developed to extract relevant clinical data from oncology information systems (OIS; ARIA and Mosaiq)...
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A hesitated approach: primary radiotherapy for keloids—a case series
PurposeTo assess the efficacy and toxicity of hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) alone in treatment-resistant symptomatic keloids.
Methods ...
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Skin cancer therapeutics: nano-drug delivery vectors—present and beyond
BackgroundSkin cancers are among the widely prevalent forms of cancer worldwide. The increasing industrialization and accompanied environmental...
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Radiotherapie kutaner Lymphome
BackgroundPrimary cutaneous lymphomas (CL) are highly radiosensitive. Therefore, radiotherapy is an integral part of multimodality treatment.
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Dosimetric comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) for superficial skin irradiation with significant curvature in one or more planes
PurposeThis study compares the plan quality of high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for superficial...
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The outcome of postoperative radiation therapy following plastic surgical resection of recurrent ear keloid: a single institution experience
BackgroundEar keloids are abnormal continuously growing healing process following cutaneous injury. Surgical excision is the standard treatment...
