... bilateral radiotherapy The impact of different planning softwares and compensator characteristics due to changing materials used over the period will be analysed Clinically the impact of parotid ... conformal radiotherapy may be an alternative to IMRT [20,21] Particularly in cases where the target volume extends to base of scull e.g in tumors of the tonsils and of the nasopharynx 3D-con- formal radiotherapy ... difficult) before radiotherapy has started, on the last day ofradiotherapy and at and 12 months after its completion The questionnaire is given in detail in table Table 3: Dose coverage of the planning...
... of this first phase ofclinical introduction of RA is the assessment of the possibility to administer to patients standard radiotherapy treatments and moreover to investigate the potentials of ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/54 Page of Table 4: Summary of DVH analysis for Rectum, Bladder, Femurs, Penile Bulb and Healhty Tissue Table 5: Clinicalresults at the end ofradiotherapy Duration of RT [days] 58.4 ... to values close to zero at end of treatment (values are reported as median ± MAD (Median Absolute Discussion Based on the resultsof an intensive program of pre -clinical investigations performed...
... design of the study, check of the data, statistical evaluation, and writing of the manuscript JF was responsible for the treatment of the majority of the patients, control of documentation of treatment ... surgery because of a high rate of long-lasting pain relief and improvement of mobility with virtually no side effects A recent investigation of the efficacy of radiother- Page of (page number ... concerning the time of onset of improvement, duration of improvement and overall satisfaction are summarized in Table The only side effect was a mild redness of skin after radiotherapy (acute...
... the results to improve with increasing experience and user-friendliness of hard and software; currently, the recognition of the described infrared frame is not a clinically released option of ... 0.08 ± 0.1 0.06 ± 0.1 grey value match of CBCT2 with planning CT group mean error (M) root mean square of random errors (σ) Degree of freedom (DoF) In a total of fractions, the initial IR-based position ... through the underside of the mouthpiece from this vacuum-area Page of 11 allowing objectively consistent connection of the vMP to the patient's upper dentition The connection of the vMP to the treatment...
... coverage of the target volume Initial results using IMRT show an improvement of local tumour control rates and toxicity profiles in patients with tumours of the head and neck [4-6] The aim of this ... and only 20% of the patients developed a grade III toxicity of the mucosa These results are comparable to the results from a group of patients treated with photons in the study of Huber et al ... Methods Adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck are a unique kind of tumour deriving from cells of the major and minor salivary glands, they account for 25% of all malignant salivary gland...
... and social functioning of the patient in terms of the impact of disease is "an essential part ofclinical diagnosis, a major determinant of therapeutic choices, a measure of their efficacy, and ... implementation of HRQoL measurement in clinical practice Practical barriers that have been reported include general lack of time, money and human resources, impracticality of instruments, disruption ofclinical ... clinical routine, lack of IT support and health professionals' lack of knowledge in this area Attitudinal barriers may include health professionals' scepticism of the validity of HRQoL questionnaires,...
... I: Frequency of wearing glasses Range of scale and answer choices Frequency of wearing glasses from "always" to "never" Frequency of wearing glasses for distance tasks Frequency of wearing glasses ... distance and near tasks Self-reported rating of vision without glasses from "none of the time" to "all of the time" from "none of the time" to "all of the time" from "the worst" to 10 "the best" ... to describe the overall pattern ofresults rather than test the statistical significance of differences Because of this, no adjustments were used for multiplicity of tests Where specific significance...
... [21] The initiation of further ambulant therapy and/or the discussion of possibilities of supervision to perform a professional self-reflection at home was another element of the stationary treatment ... week) Missing data of the MBI (1.4 % of all items; incomplete data sets in 7.5 % of first and 9.3 % of follow-up surveys) were replaced by calculated personal mean values of the corresponding ... study results are the high quota of teachers who resumed their activities (75 %), the essential reduction of days off work due to incapacity to less than one-third and a significant decrease of...
... radiograph of satisfactory correction of angulation in the diaphyseal fracture costs [13] The disadvantages of the wire technique are lack of absolute stability, wire migration, impalement of soft tissues, ... exist, the principles of treatment include restoration of articular anatomy, stable fixation of fractures, elimination of angular or rotational deformity and rapid restoration of mobility and function ... Radiological evidence of satisfactory outcome after removal of the wire and IP joints but two patients had a mild extensor lag of about 15° Discussion Though various methods of internal fixation...
... and social functioning of the patient in terms of the impact of disease is "an essential part ofclinical diagnosis, a major determinant of therapeutic choices, a measure of their efficacy, and ... implementation of HRQoL measurement in clinical practice Practical barriers that have been reported include general lack of time, money and human resources, impracticality of instruments, disruption ofclinical ... clinical routine, lack of IT support and health professionals' lack of knowledge in this area Attitudinal barriers may include health professionals' scepticism of the validity of HRQoL questionnaires,...
... Sakamoto M, Mitsumori M, Shibuya K, Araki N, Yano S, HIraoka M: Clinical outcomes of a phase I/II study of 48 Gy of stereotactic body radiotherapy in fractions for primary lung cancer using a stereotactic ... M, Hara R, Itami J, Yamada K, Araki T: Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HypoFXSRT) for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: updated resultsof 257 patients in a Japanese multi-institutional ... primary radiotherapyof non-small-cell lung cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002, 52:382-389 Qiao X, Tullgren O, Lax I, Sirzén F, Lewensohn R: The role ofradiotherapy in treatment of stage...
... completion of chemoradiotherapy Surgery was performed 25 to 79 days (median: 55 days) after the last day of chemoradiotherapy Exploratory surgery was performed in only patient because of a large, ... capecitabine-based chemoradiotherapy [39,50] to help determine the benefits of adding bevacizumab to the regimen Conclusion The resultsof this phase II study indicate that neoadjuvant capecitabine chemoradiotherapy ... contribution to acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data MB: contribution to acquisition of data FA: contribution to acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data IO: contribution...
... from the end of the Evaluation of dosimetric and technical data For each group of patients, technical parameters of delivery were scored in terms of number of arcs, total number of monitor units ... demonstration of the clinical feasibility of SBRT treatments with FFF beams, the demonstration of short term safety of these 0.4 ± 1.0 Gy [%] Stomach Table Main Technical features of delivered ... case of respiratory gated treatments where the trade-off of low duty cycle might be efficiently compensated Another possible and relatively obvious immediate advantage of high dose rate of FFF...
... each patient Patient compliance was not monitored Evaluation ofclinicalresults For evaluation ofclinicalresults after transplantation of BioSeed-C, the modified Cincinnati Knee Rating System ... implantation of BioSeed-C Clinical evaluation of surgical results years after implantation of BioSeed-C in defects of patients with radiographically confirmed osteoarthritis Radiographs of the degenerated ... j) of biopsy tissue of two patients confirmed the presence of viable chondrocytes and the absence of abnormal calcification, apoptosis, necrosis or formation of a fibrous repair tissue Page of...
... strenuous activities and contact sports after 12 months Evaluation ofclinicalresults For evaluation ofclinicalresults after implantation of BioSeed®-C, the Lysholm score [35], the Knee injury and ... focal osteoarthritic defects of the knee Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis of the cartilage repair tissue as well as the clinical evaluation of a series of 19 patients with pre-existing ... KellgrenLawrence score of with constriction of the joint space (Figure 2a, black arrowhead) or a score of with constriction and formation of osteophytes (Figure 2b, white arrowheads) Nineteen out of twenty-four...
... studies are not designed to evaluate clinical efficacy these results are of interest Of the eleven drugs discussed, ten had clinical efficacy data available, and of these ten all showed, at the very ... patients Discussion Phase I trials of targeted agents represent the culmination of years of laboratory work and preclinical animal evaluations Therefore the results are met with excitement and ... Monitoring of downstream pathways of drug targets was also presented for many of these new agents, again representing potential for predicting clinical response and for proving mechanisms of action...
... interpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript TFS participated in the study design, interpretation of the data and drafting of the manuscript FM initiated the study, participated in the design of ... pathogens other than HSV were present To assess the clinical relevance of HSV-1 detection in respiratory fluids, the clinical presentations and outcomes of HSV-1-positive patients were analysed (Tables ... respiratory tract of the patient Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Available online http://ccforum.com/content/11/6/R119 Table Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients...
... and Laslett [20] found that absence of aggravation of pain on rising from flexion was characteristic of pain originating from the facet joints The resultsof the open discussion with all participants ... the degree of consensus on the subject amongst a large group of practitioners was seen to be a useful contribution Therefore, this study aims to describe chiropractors' views of the clinical presentation ... agree on a maximum of three keywords on each of four topics relating to the presentation of pain: location, severity, aggravating factors, and relieving factors The choice of these keywords was...
... performance of a bronchoalveolar lavage for culture, or start of or a change in antimicrobial therapy in case of unexpected infiltrates on the CXR; repositioning of tubes in case of malposition of orotracheal ... ultrasound of the thorax in case of pleural effusion on the CXR, start or change in medication (diuretics); insertion of a pleural drain; and repositioning of devices in the case of malposition of medical ... removal of intravenous lines) The observers were not involved in the daily care of the patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part of the observation As a consequence, the clinical...