Percutaneous fiducial marker placement prior to stereotactic body radiotherapy for malignant liver tumors: an initial experience.

abstract：:Efficacy of different schedules of HDR brachytherapy in concurrent chemoradiotherapy was evaluated. The study compared the effectiveness of the two HDR brachytherapy schedules which have the same Biological Effective Dose (BED) in locally advanced cervical carcinoma that was treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tharavichitkul E,Klunkin P,Lorvidhaya V,Sukthomya V,Chakrabhandu S,Pukanhaphan N,Chitapanarux I,Galalae R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synergistic interaction of hyperthermia with ionizing or UV light (254 nm) radiation was analyzed in experiments with yeast cells. For a fixed dose rate of radiation, the synergism was shown to be observed only within a definite temperature range (40-45 degrees C), inside of which there was an optimal temperature to...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kim JK,Petin VG,Zhurakovskaya GP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical outcomes of simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy (SMART) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). A total of 97 patients who underwent SMART for NPC between August 2005 and November 2011 were evaluated. The prescribed dose was 69.9 Gy/30 fraction...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tang JM,Ma XM,Hou YL,Dai LY,Cao HB,Ye M,Bai YR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species continuously oxidize DNA bases and threaten the genetic integrity. Thymine glycol (TG), one of the representative oxidized products, is repaired mainly by base excision repair (BER). In Escherichia coli, endonuclease III (Nth) and endonuclease VIII (Nei) are known to actively remove TG from DNA...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yamamoto R,Akiyama M,Ide H,Yamamoto K,Matsuyama S,Kubo K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We generated low-flux X-ray micro-planar beams (MPBs) using a laboratory-scale industrial X-ray generator (60 kV/20 mA) with custom-made collimators with three different peak/pitch widths (50/200 μm, 100/400 μm, 50/400 μm). To evaluate normal skin reactions, the thighs of C3H/HeN mice were exposed to 100 and 200 Gy MP...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hong Z,Zenkoh J,Le B,Gerelchuluun A,Suzuki K,Moritake T,Washio M,Urakawa J,Tsuboi K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to carry out geometric and dosimetric evaluation of the usefulness of a deformable image registration algorithm utilized for adaptive head-and-neck intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Data consisted of seven patients, each with a planning CT (pCT), a rescanning CT (ReCT) and a cone beam CT (CBC...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Eiland RB,Maare C,Sjöström D,Samsøe E,Behrens CF

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, the evacuees from Namie Town still cannot reside in the town, and some continue to live in temporary housing units. In this study, the radon activity concentrations were measured at temporary housing facilities, apartments and detached houses in Fukush...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hosoda M,Tokonami S,Omori Y,Ishikawa T,Iwaoka K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported the usefulness of the field-in-field (FIF) technique in breast radiotherapy. However, the methods for the FIF technique used in these studies vary. These methods were classified into three categories. We simulated a radiotherapy plan with each method and analyzed the outcomes. In the firs...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tanaka H,Hayashi S,Hoshi H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole brain irradiation (WBI) has become an indispensible tool in the treatment of head and neck cancer, and it has greatly improved patient survival rate and total survival time. In addition, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) has dramatically decreased the incidence of brain metastatic carcinoma. However, WBI ma...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Xu M,Fan Q,Zhang J,Chen Y,Xu R,Chen L,Zhao P,Tian Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation killing of tumor cells by ionizing radiation is best described by the linear-quadratic (LQ) model. Research into the underlying mechanisms of α- and β-inactivation has suggested that different molecular targets (DNA in different forms) and different microdosimetric energy deposits (spurs versus electron ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Chapman JD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol has received considerable attention as a polyphenol with anti-oxidant, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-inflammatory effects. Radiation is an important component of therapy for a wide range of malignant conditions. However, it causes damage to normal cells and, hence, can result in adverse side effects. This st...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Jeong MH,Yang KM,Jeong DH,Lee CG,Oh SJ,Jeong SK,Lee KW,Jo YR,Jo WS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the results of definitive radiotherapy (RT) with concurrent chemotherapy for maxillary sinus carcinomas (MSCs) with neck lymph node metastasis to clarify its limitation. Local control (LC), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were calculated using t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Abe T,Saito S,Iino M,Aoshika T,Ryuno Y,Ohta T,Igari M,Hirai R,Kumazaki Y,Ebihara Y,Nakahira M,Sugasawa M,Noda SE,Kato S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this multi-institutional Phase II trial study was to prospectively investigate the efficacy of the herbal medicine TJ-14 for acute radiation-induced enteritis (ARE). TJ-14 was administered orally as a first-line treatment for ARE. The primary end point was efficacy at 1 week. The secondary end points we...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Murai T,Matsuo M,Tanaka H,Manabe Y,Takaoka T,Hachiya K,Yamaguchi T,Otsuka S,Shibamoto Y

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy and safety of albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-PTX) and carboplatin (CBDCA) with concurrent radiotherapy for unresectable locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients with Stage III NSCLC and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 were eligible. Co...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hasegawa T,Futamura Y,Horiba A,Yoshida T,Suzuki T,Kato T,Kaito D,Ohno Y,Iida T,Hayashi S,Sawa T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to survey the current patterns of practice, and barriers to implementation, of 3D image-guided brachytherapy (3D-IGBT) for cervical cancer in Japan. A 30-item questionnaire was sent to 171 Japanese facilities where high-dose-rate brachytherapy devices were available in 2012. In total, 135 ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Ohno T,Toita T,Tsujino K,Uchida N,Hatano K,Nishimura T,Ishikura S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to estimate cancer risk associated with the low-level radiation exposure of an average annual effective dose of 6.4 mSv (including internal exposure) in the high background-radiation areas (HBRA) in Yangjiang, China. The mortality survey consisted of two steps, i.e., the follow-u...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tao Z,Zha Y,Akiba S,Sun Q,Zou J,Li J,Liu Y,Kato H,Sugahara T,Wei L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The space radiation environment imposes increased dangers of exposure to ionizing radiation, particularly during a solar particle event (SPE). These events consist primarily of low energy protons that produce a highly inhomogeneous dose distribution. Due to this inherent dose heterogeneity, experiments designed to inv...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Diffenderfer ES,Dolney D,Schaettler M,Sanzari JK,McDonough J,Cengel KA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastasis from esophageal carcinoma has been considered rare and survival following esophageal carcinoma with distant metastasis is poor. The purpose of this report was to clarify cumulative incidence and risk factors for brain metastasis after chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma, and to consider recomme...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kanemoto A,Hashimoto T,Harada H,Asakura H,Ogawa H,Furutani K,Boku N,Nakasu Y,Nishimura T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of gamma-irradiation on a major nutritional function of the yolk sac (the uptake and digestion of macromolecular materials) was studied in rat visceral yolk sacs cultured in vitro being used 125I-labeled bovine serum albumin (RISA) as the tracer protein. The uptake of RISA (per g wet weight) by rat yolk sac...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Takahashi S,Koshimoto C,Kubota Y

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to compare clinical outcomes and toxicity between 3D conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT) administered through helical tomotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients receiving preoperative chemoradiotherapy. We reviewed 144 p...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Huang CM,Huang MY,Tsai HL,Huang CW,Ma CJ,Lin CH,Huang CJ,Wang JY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yield of OH radical induced by ionizing radiation was estimated by an empirical model; a prescribed diffusion model for a spur of single size applying to neutral water. Two representative spur distances were introduced, one for an incident primary charged particle and one for a representative secondary electron, t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yamaguchi H,Uchihori Y,Yasuda N,Takada M,Kitamura H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to quantify local setup errors and evaluate the planning target volume (PTV) margins for sub-regions in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT). The local setup errors of 20 patients undergoing CBCT-guided PMRT were analysed retrospectively. Ima...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Zhou J,Li S,Ye C,Shen K,Li A,Chen G,Li X,Bai S,Wang W,Zhong R

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the outcomes and adverse events for 300 men with prostate cancer treated with 125iodine (125I) brachytherapy with and without external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) at a single institution in Japan. Between February 2005 and November 2011, 300 consecutive patients with clinically...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Maki S,Itoh Y,Kubota S,Okada T,Nakahara R,Ito J,Kawamura M,Naganawa S,Yoshino Y,Fujita T,Kato M,Gotoh M,Ikeda M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brachytherapy dose calculations used in treatment planning systems (TPSs) have conventionally been performed assuming homogeneous water. Using measurements and a Monte Carlo simulation, we evaluated the dosimetric impact of an air passage on brachytherapy for bronchus cancer. To obtain the geometrical characterist...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Okamoto H,Wakita A,Nakamura S,Nishioka S,Aikawa A,Kato T,Abe Y,Kobayashi K,Inaba K,Murakami N,Itami J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate inter-fractional dosimetric variations for high-dose rate breast brachytherapy using a strut-adjusted volume implant (SAVI). For the nine patients included, dosimetric constraints for treatment were as follows: for the planning target volume for evaluation (PTV_Eval), the volume re...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Iijima K,Okamoto H,Takahashi K,Aikawa A,Wakita A,Nakamura S,Nishioka S,Harada K,Notake R,Sugawara A,Yoshimura R,Kunieda E,Itami J

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioprotective activity of the hydroalcoholic extract of jamun seeds (SCE) was studied in mice exposed to different doses of gamma radiation. The mice were injected with 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 or 160 mg/kg body weight of SCE, before exposure to 10 Gy of gamma radiation, to select the optimum dose...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Jagetia GC,Baliga MS,Venkatesh P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid ionization chambers (LICs) are highly sensitive to dose irradiation and have small perturbations because of their liquid-filled sensitive volume. They require a sensitive volume much smaller than conventional air-filled chambers. However, it has been reported that the collection efficiency has dependencies on t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Takei H,Isobe T,Kitamura N,Mori Y,Tomita T,Kobayashi D,Kamizawa S,Sato T,Sakurai H,Sakae T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined whether dynamic F-18 FDG PET imaging could differentiate benign from malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Histopathologically confirmed SPNs (10-35 mm), 24 malignant and 10 benign, from 34 patients were studied through both dynamic and static F-18 FDG PET imaging of all patients. Volumes ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Huang YE,Lu HI,Liu FY,Huang YJ,Lin MC,Chen CF,Wang PW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rejoining efficiency of double-strand breaks (DSBs) was quantified by a DNA fragment-size analysis in tobacco protoplasts and CHO-K1 cells following gamma-ray irradiation in order to compare DNA reparability of higher plants with mammals. Results showed that the DSB rejoining efficiency of tobacco protoplasts is d...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yokota Y,Wada S,Hase Y,Funayama T,Kobayashi Y,Narumi I,Tanaka A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in order to evaluate the cytotoxicity of high linear-energy-transfer (LET) ionizing radiation (IR) on glioblastoma cells and fibroblasts using different modes of cell inactivation assays. Two human glioblastoma cell lines with or without p53-mutation, and fibroblasts were used as materials. Ga...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tsuboi K,Moritake T,Tsuchida Y,Tokuuye K,Matsumura A,Ando K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00