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Clinical data and treatment completion The characteristics of the 91 patients are listed in Table 1. The median age is 78 years old (range, 75 to 92 years old). The median length of esophageal tumors was 4.5 cm (range, 2.0 to 9.0 cm). 29.7% of patients had a family history of tumors...
Okamoto et al., Treatment results of radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervical esophagus. Acta Oncol, 2006. 45(8): p. 1120-5.Yamada K,Murakami M,Okamoto Y,et al.Treatment re-sults of radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervical esopha-gus[].Acta Oncologica.2006...
comparing the three-week schedule with the five-week schedules. They used a statistical model that took into account the total dose, the size of the daily dose, the length of time over which the radiotherapy was given, and factors
Some patients may be eligible for extreme hypofractionation with SBRT (stereotactic body radiation therapy), which, when appropriate, can shave weeks off the traditional treatment length. Brachytherapy (Internal Radiation) Brachytherapy is a procedure used to treat certain types of cancer and other ...
The functional results of treatment were assessed in the nine survivors who did not have a recurrence . Eight had normal limb function and one had a 3 cm leg-length discrepancy. Nine patients in the total experience of the hospital who survived more than ten years after radiotherapy were ...
Three patients (9.1%) developed grade 3 esophageal fistula; two immediately after two cycles of chemo-immunotherapy, and one at 4 months after the completion of radiotherapy. All three patients who developed esophageal fistula had T4 tumors (tumor length >5 cm). Table 2 Treatment-related ...
Side effects of radiation vary, depending on the tumor type, total radiation dose, size of the fractions, length of therapy, and amount of healthy tissue in the target area. Some side effects are temporary and some may be permanent. Ask your doctor about specific side effects you may experie...
When scheduling the starting times for treatment appointments of patients in hospitals or outpatient clinics such as radiotherapy centers, minimizing patie
The main reason for choosing such boundary conditions is that we are interested in the self-organization of pattern and zero-flux conditions imply no external input. The length of x,y∈(0,L) is measured in millimeter [mm], where the length scale L denotes the size of the system in ...