... carcinoma (MSDS) Diminished acceptance of adjuvant externalbeamradiotherapy Nuklearmedizin 2003, 42:244-250 Kim TH, Yang DS, Jung KY, Kim CY, Choi MS: Value ofexternal irradiation for locally advanced ... Hill C, Rougier P, Sarrazin D: Externalradiotherapy in thyroid cancers Cancer 1985, 55:2062-2071 13 O’Connell ME, A’Hern RP, Harmer CL: Results ofexternalbeamradiotherapy in differentiated ... radiotherapy (IMRT) in patients with carcinoma of the thyroid gland Radiother Oncol 2001, 60:173-180 doi:10.1186/1748-717X-5-69 Cite this article as: Kim et al.: The effect ofexternalbeam radiotherapy...
... method of dose escalation in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer who have received EBRT Health related qualityof life (HRQoL) is a subjective measure of a patient's perception of well-being ... comparison of healthrelated qualityof life after contemporary therapies for localized prostate cancer J Clin Oncol 2002, 20:557-566 Welsh L, Lydon A, Ingham D: Pilot Study to Assess the Qualityof Life ... Randomized trial comparing iridium implant plus external- beam radiation therapy with external- beam radiation therapy alone in nodenegative locally advanced cancer of the prostate Clin Oncol 2005, 23:1192-9...
... comparisons have been made between different forms of APBI using intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), 3-dimensional conformal externalbeamradiotherapy (3DCRT) and MammoSite brachytherapy ... diameter qualityassurance measurements image reviewed for daily AP radiograph demonstrating theof the MammoSite balloon AP radiograph demonstrating the image reviewed for daily qualityassurance ... from the MammoSite catheter and externalbeamradiotherapy using the standard dosimetric parameters Dosimetric Parameters MammoSite (34 Gy/10#/1 week) ExternalBeam (50 Gy/25#/5 weeks) p-value...
... Intraoperative radiotherapy electron boost followed by moderate doses ofexternalbeamradiotherapy in resected soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremities Radiotherapy And Oncology: Journal Of The European ... [11,12], the authors of more recent papers preferred the combination of IORT as an early boost with a highly conformal externalbeamradiotherapy In this setting electron doses of 7.5 – 25 Gy were ... doses ofexternalbeamradiotherapy in limb-sparing treat- http://www.ro-journal.com/content/4/1/32 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 ment of patients with extremity soft-tissue...
... follow-up At the end of this data collection, 41 patients (61%) were alive, of whom 39 had no evidence of disease Sixteen patients (23%) died of cancer and patients (12%) died of other causes Five-year ... hysterectomy following preoperative radiotherapy with externalbeam irradiation and high dose rate brachytherapy Chemotherapy was not administered to any of them Median age was 46 years (range ... or not the presence of residual tumor on hysterectomy specimens is related to better survival and local control [4,6,17,19-21] Few studies have evaluated the role ofexternalbeam radiation therapy...
... scientific arguments about qualityassurance as follows: Quality control, qualityassurance and totol quality management are 03 different levels ofquality management The application of this level with ... in each of VTCs, combined with qualityassurance processes as necessary Qualityassurance process should always be started from the internal qualityassurance The design and make qualityassurance ... efficiencies of processes, internal qualityassurance mechanisms of public VTCs Self-assessment is considered to be a chain ofqualityassurance processes As a quality management level, contents of internal...
... variation of the GAI during the three acquisitions was of 1.3%, with a mean variation of 0.7 ± 0.4% This is a confirmation of the stability of the delivery, even in case of small arcs Plots of the ... evaluation of dose distributions Med Phys 1998, 25:656-660 Webb S: Use of a quantitative index ofbeam modulation to characterize dose conformality: illustration by a comparison of full beamlet ... results of the assessment of the apparent PV support arm movement are reported in figure where the displacement of the center of mass of the small field is plotted as a function of the gantry position...
... through a course ofradiotherapy and correlate well with RTOG/ EORTC scores [27] The aim of this study was to evaluate gastrointestinal qualityof life changes after externalbeamradiotherapy for ... health-related qualityof life The questionnaire was handed over to the patients personally by one of the physicians at time A, B and C Number of questionnaires was the lowest at the end ofradiotherapy ... 0.05 is considered significant Results Qualityof life scores before radiotherapy and at different intervals after radiotherapy - with differentiation of irritative symptoms, incontinence and...
... HDR brachytherapy[24] This analysis describes early observations of the incidence of transient PSA elevation following externalbeam and HDR brachytherapy for prostate cancer Methods Eligibility ... Wilcoxon rank Figure Beam Radiation External1 Transient PSA Elevations Following HDR Brachytherapy and Transient PSA Elevations Following HDR Brachytherapy and ExternalBeam Radiation Pt = Patient ... outcome of high dose rate brachytherapy in radiotherapyof localised prostate cancer Radiother Oncol 2005, 74:157-161 Deger S, Boehmer D, Turk I, et al.: High dose rate brachytherapy of localized...
... details of the equipment to be used Appropriate qualityassurance systems should also be implemented A comprehensive overview ofqualityassurance issues can be found in a special edition about quality ... models, a standard fractionation schedule of fractions of 20 Gy or fractions of 18 Gy and a conservative fractionation schedule of fractions of 12 Gy or fractions of 11 Gy could be allowed For type ... potential mobility of these organs, as current experience is based on this type of delineations However, extremes of motion of organs such as the oesophagus may influence the choice ofbeam arrangements...
... Safran H, Hoffman JP, Konski AA, Benson AB, Macdonald JS, Rich TA, Willett CG: RTOG 9704 – Radiotherapyqualityassurance (QA) review and survival Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the American ... Eich HT: The development ofqualityassurance programs for radiotherapy within the German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG) Introduction, continuing work, and results of the radiotherapy reference panel ... Tool for the Remote Verification of Output for Radiotherapy Beams: 25 Years of Experince Standards and Codes of Practice in Medical Radiation Dosimetry Proceedings of an International Symposium,...
... Nine of 35 (25.7%) patients had an average of 1.6 additional films over a period In this qualityassurance survey, we observed in our medical patients that 22% of all routine CXRs, and 40% of nonroutine ... evaluate their utility in our medical–surgical ICU as part of a qualityassurance survey The goals of this study were to determine the percentage of routine and non-routine radiographs that change management ... or the NGT The balance of these changes (42.0%) led to a change in clinical management, specifically the treatment of CHF, the addition of antibiotics, the performance of bronchoscopy, or a change...
... and improve the qualityof its education and other activities Qualityassurance system The concept ofqualityassurance system’ (QA system) includes both quality man agement and quality enhancement ... ways: it may refer to the qualityassurance system of an individual HEI or to the national system for assuring’the qualityof higher education The qualityassurance system of a HEI re fers to the ... European principles in the qualityassuranceof Finnish HEIs For the European guidelines and recommendations ofqualityassurance in “Standards and Guidelines for QualityAssurance in the European Higher...
... provision of higher-education programmes of good quality within developing countries is a solution to building the capacity of the health care workforce in these countries [7-9] Measures ofqualityof ... enable qualityassurance principles to be implemented in resource-limited settings The aim of this handbook was to provide a short, simple and jargon-free set of principles on qualityassurance ... documents from the QualityAssurance Agency and the University of Liverpool's Teaching Quality Support Division web sites [15,17] We also reviewed documents that focused on qualityassurance strategies...
... There can be a significant loss ofqualityof vegetable products in the supply chain, especially in retail There are significant opportunities to improve the qualityof produce reaching consumers ... qualityof produce reaching the consumer and in food safety Food safety improvements have been achieved through a reduction in microbial contamination of food as well as through measurement of ... future will be for these supermarkets to introduce quality standards and then buy high quality, clean produce direct from farmers who meet the QualityAssurance (QA requirements) This project will...
... management and qualityassurance systems Executive Summary Project CARD-004/04 VIE “Improving the safety and qualityof Vietnamese vegetables” commenced in September 2005 The overall objective of this ... losses and to utilise qualityassurance principles Objectives of this project are as follows: Facilitate the wider implementation and adoption of protected cropping systems of low to medium technology ... utilise qualityassurance principles to implement targeted system improvements; Enhance Vietnamese R&D capacity in the areas of protected cropping systems, postharvest management and quality assurance...
... utilise qualityassurance principles to implement targeted system improvements; Enhance Vietnamese R&D capacity in the areas of protected cropping systems, postharvest management and qualityassurance ... Institute of Fruit and Vegetables with Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences for South Vietnam as the Vietnamese project partners NSW Department of Primary ... Institute Information Project Name Improving the safety and qualityof Vietnamese vegetables through research and capacity building in quality assurance, postharvest management and high technology...
... utilise qualityassurance principles to implement targeted system improvements; Enhance Vietnamese R&D capacity in the areas of protected cropping systems, postharvest management and qualityassurance ... Trang, QualityAssurance Manager) was that Metro is still having difficulty sourcing sufficient quantities of product that meets their quality specifications They are also still in the process of ... One of the focuses of the current set of trials is to compare field and greenhouse/nethouse production A number of the demonstration trials will take place on farm, facilitating greater uptake of...
... in methods of strain selection and qualityassuranceof strains in biofertilisers Field training of villagers, particularly women, in methods of biofertiliser production and the use of simple ... related to qualityassuranceof starter culture strains of bacteria for biofertiliser inoculants used in paddy rice production in Vietnam Similar qualityassurance is required for biofertilisers produced ... techniques of biofertiliser production and qualityassurance 4 Training by technologists instructing village women and others in biofertiliser production, sampling for simple tests ofquality and...