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The evolving role of reduced-dose total skin electron beam therapy in skin malignancies: the renaissance of a rare indication
Definitive radiation therapy is an effective local treatment for several cutaneous malignancies. Patients with diffuse or generalized skin...
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Skin Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Radiotherapy (RT) for skin cancers is commonly recommended for sites where primary surgery could be cosmetically disfiguring or may lead to...
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Electron beam detection in radiotherapy using a capacitor dosimeter equipped with a silicon photodiode
In this study, a newly developed capacitor dosimeter was evaluated using electron beams commonly utilized in radiotherapy. The capacitor dosimeter...
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Dose Fractionation in Skin Radiotherapy
This chapter intends to cover the dose fractionation commonly employed to treat skin cancers when superficial, orthovoltage, megavoltage X-rays or...
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Investigation of total skin helical tomotherapy using a 3D-printed total skin bolus
ObjectiveTo investigate the effectiveness of using a 3D-printed total skin bolus in total skin helical tomotherapy for the treatment of mycosis...
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External Beam Radiotherapy for Nose Vestibule Malignancies
Nose vestibule malignancies are rare, and randomized/prospective studies on available treatments are not available. External beam radiotherapy...
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Monte Carlo Phantom Studies on Radiation Dosimetry Using Flattening-Filter-Free Photon Beam in Nanoparticle-Enhanced Radiotherapy
With advances in biomedical nanotechnology and nanomaterial in cancer therapy and diagnosis, functionalized nanoparticles are designed and...
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Ulcerating skin lesions from blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm responding to low-dose radiotherapy—a case report and literature review
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare hematologic malignancy that can manifest with skin nodules and erythematous plaques....
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Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy, also known as radiooncology or radiotherapy, is a medical specialty that deals primarily with the treatment of malignant tumors...
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Intralesional Keloid Excision Followed by Single Fraction Electron Beam Radiotherapy and Postoperative Local Steroids: a Non-randomized Open Study on Recurrence Rate
After the total excision of keloids, radiation therapy has been demonstrated as one of the most effective treatment methods to prevent a recurrence....
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Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer
Radiotherapy or radiation therapy is a fundamental part of the multidisciplinary management of breast cancer. It is a treatment that utilizes...
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Image-Guided Superficial Radiotherapy and Other Noninvasive Modalities Used in the Treatment of Non-melanoma Skin Cancer and Keloids
Targeted superficial radiation therapy (SRT) may be used on most skin cancers and certain benign conditions such as keloids. Key to treatment...
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Benign Skin Tumors
Historically, radiotherapy (RT) has been used as a successful treatment for several nonmalignant conditions, either as primary or as adjuvant...
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Assessment of skin doses in small field radiotherapy for 6 MV photons and beam spectral analysis at skin surface: an EGSnrc based Monte Carlo study
This study aims at the estimation of skin doses during small field radiotherapy with 6 MV photons and analysis of beam spectra at skin surface. The...
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Hypofractionated radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: Clinical and dosimetric factors predictive of acute skin toxicity
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate acute skin toxicity in early breast cancer patients treated with hypofractionated radiotherapy...
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Current Overview of the Biological Effects of GRID, Microbeam, and FLASH Radiotherapy
External beam radiation has long been a linchpin in cancer treatment, demanding not just efficacy in tumor control but also precision to minimize...
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Postoperative cosmetic outcome of intraoperative radiotherapy in comparison to whole breast radiotherapy in early stage breast cancer; a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundIn this study, we aim to evaluate the cosmetic outcome differences between Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy (IOERT) and whole...
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High resolution dermal ultrasound (US) combined with superficial radiation therapy (SRT) versus non-image guided SRT or external beam radiotherapy (XRT) in early-stage epithelial cancer: a comparison of studies
BackgroundTo compare the effectiveness of high-resolution dermal ultrasound (US) guided superficial radiotherapy (SRT) to non-image-guided...
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Feasibility of a multigroup Boltzmann–Fokker–Planck solution for electron beam dose calculations
Legacy nuclear-reactor Boltzmann solvers start clinical deployment as an alternative to Monte Carlo (MC) codes and Fermi–Eyges semiemprical models in...
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Acute and sub-acute toxicity profile of ultra-hypofractionated low-dose total skin electron beam with two 4 Gy fractions for cutaneous T cell lymphoma
PurposeLow-dose total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) over 3 weeks has proved to be a safe and effective treatment for cutaneous T cell lymphomas...