Interstitial 125I Seed Implantation for Cervical Lymph Node Recurrence after Multimodal Treatment of Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The biological function of deoxycytidine kinase in tumor is not yet clear, and there are a few studies relating to the correlation of deoxycytidine kinase gene with the occurrence and development of liver cancer. METHODS:The messenger RNA expression of deoxycytidine kinase was analyzed with the use of the U...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Hu SF,Lin X,Xu LP,Chen HG,Guo JF,Jin L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main objective in studying large-scale cancer omics is to identify molecular mechanisms of cancer and discover novel biomedical targets. This work not only discovers the cancer subtypes in genome scale data by using clustering and classification but also measures their accuracy. METHODS:Initially, candid...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Vasudevan P,Murugesan T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal metastases are a common manifestation of malignant tumors that can cause severe pain, spinal cord compression, pathological fractures, and hypercalcemia, and these clinical manifestations will ultimately reduce the health-related quality of life and even shorten life expectancy in patient with cancer. Effective...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Zhang HR,Li JK,Yang XG,Qiao RQ,Hu YC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helical tomotherapy is a form of image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy that introduces the ring gantry concept into radiation oncology. The system is a combination of a therapeutic linear accelerator and a megavoltage CT-scanner. This work describes the clinical experience with megavoltage CT with 456 patients...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Sterzing F,Kalz J,Sroka-Perez G,Schubert K,Bischof M,Roder F,Debus J,Herfarth K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) facilitates the cellular uptake of glucose and is overexpressed in most cancers. The altered expression of GLUT1 may influence the sensitivity of tumor cells to chemotherapy. This study investigated whether the knockdown of GLUT1 expression to sensitize head and neck cancer cells to the c...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Wang YD,Li SJ,Liao JX

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the effectiveness of cryotherapy as a curative treatment for prostate cancer has often relied on the use of either in vitro cell culture monolayers or animal models. While the data gleaned from these studies have been valuable, each model has inherent limitations. In order to bridge the gap between in vit...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Robilotto AT,Clarke D,Baust JM,Van Buskirk RG,Gage AA,Baust JG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted immunotherapy using dendritic cell vaccine has been employed for the treatment of solid tumors. Topical 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy, an established approach for topical cancers, can induce an effective antitumor immune response. We have previously shown that 5-aminolevulinic acid-media...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Zhang H,Wang P,Wang X,Shi L,Fan Z,Zhang G,Yang D,Bahavar CF,Zhou F,Chen WR,Wang X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite remarkable progress in diagnosis and treatment, malignant glioma, a highly lethal cancer of the central nervous system, remains incurable. Although glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) represent a relatively small fraction of the cells in malignant glioma, they can proliferate and self renew extensively, being crucia...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Xu ZY,Li XQ,Chen S,Cheng Y,Deng JM,Wang ZG

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of salvage cryoablation of the prostate for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer that have failed radiotherapy to the prostate is reviewed with reference to alternatives including salvage radical prostatectomy and brachytherapy. The diagnosis and work-up of local recurrence/persistence of cancer...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Chin JL,Touma N

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:To evaluate long-term outcomes and prognostic factors of laparoscopic microwave ablation as a first-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma located at the liver surface not feasible for percutaneous ablation. METHODS:51 consecutive patients receiving laparoscopic microwave ablation in our cente...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Wang T,Zhang XY,Lu X,Zhai B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article proposes quantitative analysis tools and digital phantoms to quantify intrinsic errors of deformable image registration (DIR) systems and establish quality assurance (QA) procedures for clinical use of DIR systems utilizing local and global error analysis methods with clinically realistic digital image ph...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Kim H,Park SB,Monroe JI,Traughber BJ,Zheng Y,Lo SS,Yao M,Mansur D,Ellis R,Machtay M,Sohn JW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) refers to a single radiation treatment delivering a high dose to an intra-cranial target localized in three-dimensions by CT and/or MRI imaging. Traditionally, immobilization of the patient's head has been achieved using a rigid stereotactic head frame as the key step in allowing for ac...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Sahgal A,Ma L,Chang E,Shiu A,Larson DA,Laperriere N,Yin FF,Tsao M,Menard C,Basran P,Létourneau D,Heydarian M,Beachey D,Shukla V,Cusimano M,Hodaie M,Zadeh G,Bernstein M,Schwartz M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and evaluate an automatic intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) program for cervical cancer, including a Convolution Neural Network (CNN)-based prediction model and an automated optimization strategy. METHODS:A CNN deep learning model was trained to predict a patient-specify set of IMRT objec...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Jihong C,Penggang B,Xiuchun Z,Kaiqiang C,Wenjuan C,Yitao D,Jiewei Q,Kerun Q,Jing Z,Tianming W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of optic neuropathy after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is related to the total dose, fraction size, and treatment volume. Theoretically, fractionated SRS can decrease this risk. In this paper, we report our technique for fractionated SRS and assess its potential role in the management of tumors locate...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Mehta VK,Lee QT,Chang SD,Cherney S,Adler JR Jr

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the in vivo dosimetry, during the fractionated radiation therapy, is the verification of the correct dose delivery to patient. Nowadays, in vivo dosimetry procedures for photon beams are based on the use of the electronic portal imaging device and dedicated software to elaborate electronic portal ima...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Falco MD,Giancaterino S,De Nicola A,Adorante N,De Lorenzo RG,Di Tommaso M,Vinciguerra A,Trignani M,Perrotti F,Allajbej A,Fidanzio A,Greco F,Grusio M,Genovesi D,Piermattei A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of prognosis of patients with multiple myeloma having extramedullary involvement (EMM) with the 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose(18F-FDG) maximum standardized uptake value and the expression of Ki-67 in biopsy samples. Sixty-five patients were newly diagnosed with multiple...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Li Q,Ma J,Li H,Xu W,Cao Z,Liu S,Chen L,Gao S,Yan T,Li D,Wang X,Yue Y,Zhao Z,Wang X,Yang H,Zhao H,Yu Y,Zhang Y,Fan F,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For most basic radiobiological research applications involving irradiation of small animals, it is difficult to achieve the same high precision dose distribution realized with human radiotherapy. The precision for irradiations performed with standard radiotherapy equipment is +/-2 mm in each dimension, and is adequate...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： DesRosiers C,Mendonca MS,Tyree C,Moskvin V,Bank M,Massaro L,Bigsby RM,Caperall-Grant A,Valluri S,Dynlacht JR,Timmerman R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palliation of advanced disease using radiotherapy can create difficult clinical situations where standard computed tomography simulation and immobilization techniques are not feasible. We developed a linear accelerator-based radiotherapy simulation technique using nonstandard patient positioning for head and...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Dyer BA,Nair CK,Deardorff CE,Wright CL,Perks JR,Rao SS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and aggressive tumor with generally disappointing results in terms of survival, however, there are occasional long-term survivors probably due to the biologic characteristics of the disease. Standard uptake value (SUV) of [(18)F] Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) evaluated by phot...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Genestreti G,Moretti A,Piciucchi S,Tiseo M,Bersanelli M,Scarlattei M,Scarpi E,Dubini A,Matteucci F,Sanna S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography is a noninvasive imaging technique for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring. The technique uses a handheld probe capable of providing measurements of multiple wavelengths in a few seconds. These measurements are used to estimate optical absorptions of lesion...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Althobaiti M,Vavadi H,Zhu Q

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy method for the ex vivo classification of resected and formalin-fixed breast tissue samples as normal (healthy) tissue, fibroadenoma, or invasive carcinoma. We analyzed 8 tissue samples containing invasive carcinoma that were surrounded by normal tissue and 3 t...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Gebrekidan MT,Erber R,Hartmann A,Fasching PA,Emons J,Beckmann MW,Braeuer A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has been adopted by many clinics for its higher delivery efficiency compared to conventional intensity modulated radiotherapy techniques. Currently, the quality assurance (QA) has remained a challenge in that no identical tests are available for accelerators from different vendo...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Wang J,Hu W,Peng J,Lu S,Zhao J,Xiao Y,Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planning robotic radiosurgery treatments for multiple (n > 3) metastatic brain lesions is challenging due to the need of satisfying a large number of dose-volume constraints and the requirement of prescribing different dose levels to individual targets. In this study, we developed a sequential two-step optimization te...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Ma L,Sahgal A,Hwang A,Hu W,Descovich M,Chuang C,Barani I,Sneed PK,McDermott M,Larson DA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51 year old male with a history of right facial numbness developed progressive upper lip swelling for one year, but an MRI of the head was unremarkable. A wide local excision of the upper lip was performed and pathology revealed a 1.7 cm mass, poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with perineural invasion. S...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Bhatnagar AK,Heron DE,Schaitkin B

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation therapy is one of the primary modalities for treating cancers. Ideally, the particle selected to deliver ionizing radiation for routine therapy should control the disease, cause minimal side effects, and be affordable. Two major properties for judging the utility of a particle, physical controllabil...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Slater JM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fiber confocal back scattering micro-spectrometer (FCBS) was established, which combined fiber confocal microscopy with light scattering spectroscopy (LSS) for early diagnosis of the cancer cell at cellular level. An adherent monolayer human normal gastric epithelium line GES-1 and a carcinoma cell line NCI-N87 as w...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Wang C,Li Y,Liu G,Ma J,Li Z,Wei X

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometrial carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in women. A limited number of endometrial carcinoma cell lines are available for studies of signal transduction pathways and experimental therapeutics in vitro. However, these cell lines have not been comprehensively characterized. In this study, we used genome-w...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Wang Y,Yang D,Cogdell D,Hu L,Xue F,Broaddus R,Zhang W

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work is to estimate the degree of uncertainty inherent to a given four dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) imaging modality and to test for interaction of the investigated factors (i.e., object displacement, velocity, and the period of motion) when determining the object motion coordinates, mot...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Ehler E,Tome W

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This successor phase II study evaluates the tolerability and efficacy of concomitant hyperfractionated radiation therapy (HFX-RT) and double dose intra-arterial (IA) cisplatin in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). In doing so, this study represents further resurgence o...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Regine WF,Valentino J,Arnold SM,Sloan D,Kenady D,Strottmann J,Mohiuddin M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and treatment plans of intensity-modulated radiation therapy using helical tomotherapy (HT) for brain metastases. Twenty-three patients with 1 to 4 brain metastases were treated with HT. In combination with whole-brain radiotherapy (simultaneous plans), metasta...

journal_title：Technology in cancer research & treatment

authors： Tomita N,Kodaira T,Tachibana H,Nakamura T,Nakahara R,Inokuchi H,Shibamoto Y

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00