radiation fields based on the planner’s experience adjusting beam parameters manually to create a better dose distribution Inverse Treatment Planning Dose prescription is given first A set of intensity-modulated external fields is generated through an optimization process Why use inverse treatment planning...
Radiation as A Cure for Cancer: The History of Radiation Treatment in British Columbiadoi:10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60011-6Sheri GrahameCanadian Journal of Medical Radiation Technology
Radiation therapy (XRT) is an important modality for treatment of breast cancer. Its use has occasionally resulted in the development of secondary malignan... S Biswas,F Badiuddin - 《Cases Journal》 被引量: 17发表: 2008年 Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the breast: report of one ...
Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy is an uncommon but devastating late complication seen in patients receiving radiation therapy to the chest wall and a... Thomas,H.,Tung,... - 《Hand》 被引量: 17发表: 2009年 Diagnosis and operative treatment of radiation—induced brachial plexopathy Objective...
The effects of environmental low-dose irradiation on tolerance to chemotherapeutic agents. The results of the present study demonstrate a differential response to chemotherapeutic treatment with respect to previous levels of radiation exposure, ... EK Howell,SP Gaschak,KDW Griffith,... - 《Environmenta...
Beginning in 1895, with the discovery of x-rays, alpha and beta radiation, uranium, radium, thorium, and polonium, the fascinating story of the beginning of knowledge concerning the existence of ionizing radiation unfolds. This brief history of radiation and leukemia is divided into two main part...
History of radiation Record any history of head and neck radiation exposure, especially during childhood, which significantly increases the risk of benign and malignant nodular thyroid disease and thyroid dysfunction (hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism). [5, 6] Family history Family history is very imp...
Radiation therapy does not improve survival irrespective of stage. The 5-year survival rate with renal vein involvement was 32 per cent. Nephrectomy in patients with distant metastasis did not alter survival. Among the patients with metastasis 74 per cent were dead before 1 year and 96 per cent...
TCM methods are mostly natural and noninvasive. For example, where Western physicians might employ surgery andchemotherapyor radiation for a cancer patient, a TCM physician might use acupuncture and dietary changes. TCM believes in "curing the root" of a disease and not merely in treating its sy...
Medical History Questionnaire NAME: ___TODAY’S DATE: ___ First Middle Initial Last DATE OF BIRTH: ___ This questionnaire was designed to provide important facts regarding the history of your pain or condition. The information you provide will assist in reaching diagnosis and determining...