Does Preoperative Radio(chemo)therapy Increase Anastomotic Leakage in Rectal Cancer Surgery? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Changjiang Qin, Xuequn Ren, Kaiwu Xu, Zhihui Chen, Yulong He, Xinming Song

“…Seven randomized controlled trials with 3375 patients were included in the meta-analysis. 1660 forming the group undergoing preoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy versus 1715 patients undergoing without preoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. …”
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Treatment of Radiation Bone Injury with Transplanted hUCB-MSCs via Wnt/β-Catenin by Yufeng Zhang, Huaxin Deng, Zhiqiang Yang, Zhe Chen, Sheng Zhang, Yufan Zhu, Min Yang, Houcheng Zhong, Fuling Zhou, Yuanlong Xie, Lin Cai

“…Radiation-induced bone injury (RIBI) is one of the complications after radiotherapy for malignant tumors. However, there are no effective measures for the treatment of RIBI in clinical practice, and the mechanism of RIBI is unclear. …”
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Practice and Perception of Radiographers on the Positioning Techniques of Erect Lateral Cervical Spine Radiography in Non-trauma Adult Patients by B.S. Weerakoon, I.G.N.N.K. Karunaratne, .M.W.S. Jayasundara

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Spontaneous rupture of a giant mature teratoma in the lateral ventricle: a case report by Yong Xiao, Liang Liu, Ran Wang, Dong Wang, Liangyuan Geng, Xinhua Hu, Yong Liu, Chunfa Qian, Yuanjie Zou

“…Postoperatively, she was managed with routine follow-up without adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy. During the 1-year follow-up period, the patient remained asymptomatic with no evidence of tumor recurrence. …”
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HDR Brachytherapy in the Management of High-Risk Prostate Cancer by Susan Masson, Raj Persad, Amit Bahl

“…This approach is particularly favourable in prostate cancer where tumours are highly sensitive to dose escalation and to increases in radiotherapy fraction size, due to the unique radiobiological behaviour of prostate cancers in contrast with other malignancies. …”
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Previous treatment decreases efficacy of pralsetinib in RET fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer by Lei Wang, Yafei You, Wenzhuo He, Yu Hou, Lan Li, Li Wang, Chang Jiang, Jiahong Yi, Yaoxiong Xia, Liangping Xia

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Radiation dose and fraction in immunotherapy: one-size regimen does not fit all settings, so how does one choose? by Marka Crittenden, Sandra Demaria, C Norman Coleman, Jonathan Schoenfeld, Arta Monjazeb, Samir Khleif, Seema Gupta, Andrew Sikora, Zachary Morris, Chandan Guha, Stephen Shiao, Silvia Chiara Formenti, Bhadrasain Vikram, Mansoor M Ahmed

“…Hence, these differences in radiotherapy fractionation result in distinct immune-modulatory effects. …”
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Head and Neck: A Case Series and Literature Review by Brandon T. Mullins, Trevor Hackman

“…All patients received wide-local excision and adjuvant radiotherapy. No patients recurred during the series. …”
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Intraoperative Full-Dose of Partial Breast Irradiation with Electrons Delivered by Standard Linear Accelerators for Early Breast Cancer by Alfredo Carlos S. D. Barros, Samir A. Hanna, Heloísa A. Carvalho, Eduardo Martella, Felipe Eduardo M. Andrade, José Roberto M. Piato, José Luiz B. Bevilacqua

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Bioadhesive Chitosan Films Loading Curcumin for Safe and Effective Skin Cancer Topical Treatment by Seila Tolentino, Mylene M. Monteiro, Felipe Saldanha-Araújo, Marcilio Cunha-Filho, Tais Gratieri, Eliete N. Silva Guerra, Guilherme M. Gelfuso

“…Furthermore, curcumin alone was more effective in inhibiting tumor cells than radiotherapy alone (<i>p</i> < 0.01), with no additional benefit observed when curcumin was combined with radiotherapy. …”
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AdipoR1 enhances the radiation resistance via ESR1/CCNB1IP1/cyclin B1 pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cells by Yuhan Gan, Linhui Zhu, Yimo Li, Ruoting Ge, Jiahe Tian, Yuxin Chen, Xiang He, Shumei Ma, Xiaodong Liu

“…However, radiotherapy resistance is the main cause of therapeutic failure in patients. …”
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Enhanced radiosensitivity of head and neck cancer cells to proton therapy via hyperthermia-induced homologous recombination deficiency by Tim Heemskerk, Gerarda van de Kamp, Marta Rovituso, Roland Kanaar, Jeroen Essers

“…Background and purpose: Radiotherapy induces tumor cell killing by generating DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). …”
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Long-term survival with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy in a patient with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma of unclear primary origin harboring MTHFR C677T(T/T) mutation: a case report by Yuan Yu, Yuan Yu, Yuan Yu, Nan-Jing Li, Nan-Jing Li, Nan-Jing Li, Nan-Jing Li, Jin Wang, Jin Wang, Jin Wang, Jin Wang

“…The patient has been surviving for more than 10 years after pemetrexed-based treatment and local radiotherapy. Sequential gene tests showed kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) G13D mutation and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) 19ins. …”
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Adapting Temperature Predictions to MR Imaging in Treatment Position to Improve Simulation-Guided Hyperthermia for Cervical Cancer by Iva VilasBoas-Ribeiro, Kemal Sumser, Sven Nouwens, Theresa Feddersen, W.P.M.H. Heemels, Gerard C. van Rhoon, Margarethus M. Paulides

“…Hyperthermia treatment consists of elevating the temperature of the tumor to increase the effectiveness of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Hyperthermia treatment planning (HTP) is an important tool to optimize treatment quality using pre-treatment temperature predictions. …”
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Fully automatic reconstruction of prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy interstitial needles using two-phase deep learning-based segmentation and object tracking algorithms by Mohammad Mahdi Moradi, Zahra Siavashpour, Soheib Takhtardeshir, Eman Showkatian, Ramin Jaberi, Reza Ghaderi, Bahram Mofid, Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary

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Does the evidence exist for the deployment of AI in cancer therapies? by Keith Langmack

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Lymphoma of the Urinary Bladder by Anthony Kodzo-Grey Venyo

“…MALT lymphoma exhibits t(11; 18)(q21: 21). Radiotherapy is an effective treatment for the MALT type of LUB with no recurrence. …”
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Pancreatic Cancer: What the Oncologist Can Offer for Palliation by Malcolm J Moore

“…The effect of combined modality therapy (5-FU with radiotherapy) on survival is unclear, and it does not prevent local disease progression. …”
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A Case of Definitive Therapy for Localised Prostate Cancer: Report of a Urological Nightmare by Andreas Sommerhuber, Verena Traxlmayr, Wolfgang Loidl

“…Radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy and permanent brachytherapy are the most common treatment options for nonmetastatic localised adenocarcinoma of the prostate (PCa). …”
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Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient with Profound Hyponatremia and Acute Neurological Symptoms: An Effective Treatment with Fludrocortisone by Jana Jaal, Tõnu Jõgi, Alan Altraja

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