Comparison of User-Directed and Automatic Mapping of the Planned Isocenter to Treatment Space for Prostate IGRT by Zijie Xu, Ronald Chen, Andrew Wang, Andrea Kress, Mark Foskey, An Qin, Timothy Cullip, Gregg Tracton, Sha Chang, Joel Tepper, Di Yan, Edward Chaney

“…Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), adaptive radiotherapy (ART), and online reoptimization rely on accurate mapping of the radiation beam isocenter(s) from planning to treatment space. …”
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Genetic Testing Distinguishes Multiple Chondroid Chordomas with Neuraxial Bone Metastases from Multicentric Tumors by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Shin, Naohiro Makise, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Masachika Ikegami, Yuki Taniguchi, Yusuke Shinoda, Shinji Kohsaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Katsutoshi Oda, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroyuki Mano, Sakae Tanaka

“…Sequential surgeries and radiotherapy were performed for these lesions, and postoperative histological diagnosis revealed that all lesions were chondroid chordomas. …”
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Anlotinib as Maintenance Therapy After First-Line Chemotherapy Combined with Consolidation Radiation for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer by Jinbo Ma MD, Xiaoyan Ma MS, Wei Zhang MD, Shanliang Hu MS, Rukun Zang MS, Xiaolong Wu MS, Jie Song MD

“…Background Small cell lung cancer is sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but local recurrence and distant metastasis occur shortly after treatment. …”
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Use of Diced Cartilage for Management of Internal Mammary Vessel Exposure Sites in Autologous Breast Reconstruction by Ulf Dornseifer, MD, PhD, My L. Truong, Stephan Grumbrecht, MD, Peter P. Pfeiler, MD, Uli D. Haide, MD, DMD, Philipp Moog, MD, PhD, Michael Kimelman, MD

“…Reconstructions using DC were subdivided based on previous breast radiotherapy (DC versus DC with prior breast radiotherapy [DCR]). …”
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Case report: Unraveling a unique case of male occult breast cancer with axillary intricacies and a comprehensive literature dive by Xintong Xie, Xiangyi Kong, Xiangyi Kong, Hongnan Jiang, Jidong Gao, Jidong Gao

“…His treatment involved a multidisciplinary approach, including HER2-targeted therapy, chemotherapy, axillary lymph node dissection, and radiotherapy. Regular follow-ups have shown that his condition remains stable. …”
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Sequential or simultaneous-integrated boost in early-stage breast cancer patients: trade-offs between skin toxicity and risk of compromised coverage by Changyou Zhong, Minfeng Huang, Haidong Yu, Jun Yuan, Ruilian Xie, Zhenzhen Lai, Shanzhou Niu, Chunbo Tang

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The Hidden Cost of Untreated Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: Systemic Reactive (AA) Amyloidosis by Erkan Dervisoglu, Murat Ozturk, Mehmet Tuncay, Gulhatun Kilic Dervisoglu, Yesim Gurbuz, Serhan Derin

“…We report a case of a 51-year-old man who was diagnosed with systemic reactive (AA) amyloidosis in association with untreated glomus jugulare and glomus caroticum tumors. He refused radiotherapy and renal replacement therapy. Paragangliomas, although rare, should be considered one of the tumors that can result in AA amyloidosis.…”
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Primary Stromal Breast Sarcoma with Concomitant Contralateral Carcinoma: A Rare Case from Syria by Rawan Al khudari, Mohannad Homsi, Hasan Al zohaily, Maher S. Saifo

“…Moreover, sarcomas rarely originate from the breast as a primary lesion whereas the common presentation is having angiosarcoma following radiotherapy. In this report, we present a rare case of a Syrian 43-year-old woman having two distinct primary lesions in the breasts: invasive ductal carcinoma and contralateral stromal sarcoma.…”
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Severe Acute Radiation Dermatitis in a Patient with Argyria by P. Gorayski, M. B. Pinkham, J. B. Muir, A. P. Pullar

“…Acute radiation dermatitis (RD) is an expected toxicity in patients undergoing radiotherapy but it is unknown to what extent argyria affects the onset and severity of RD. …”
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The Role of Gemcitabine in the Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer: A Systematic Review by Brian H Dingle, R Bryan Rumble, Melissa C Brouwers

“…No chemotherapy or radiotherapy options have shown substantial activity. …”
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Hip Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor without Recurrence in a 9-Year Follow-Up by Seyyed-Morteza Kazemi, Seyyed-Mohsen Hosseininejad

“…Open synovectomy and tumor resection through surgical dislocation of the hip without adjutant radiotherapy could be a reliable choice for the localization of the hip.…”
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Investigation of Patients with Apparently Inoperable Lung Cancer by Riyad Karmy-Jones, Eric Vallieres, Joseph W Lewis, George Dundas

“…Over a three-year period, 30 patients were referred to a multidisciplinary lung cancer group for palliative radiotherapy of presumed unresectable bronchogenic cancer on the basis of radiological findings. …”
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Foldable Denture: For Microstomia Patient by Sandeep Kumar, Aman Arora, Reena Yadav

“…Microstomia may result from surgical treatment of orofacial neoplasms, cleft lips, maxillofacial trauma, burns, radiotherapy, or scleroderma. A maximal oral opening that is smaller than the size of a complete denture can make prosthetic treatment challenging. …”
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Zosteriform cutaneous metastases: A rare occurrence in ductal carcinoma breast after mastectomy by Roshany Sakthibalan, Trishna Vaishali Muthurathinam, Roshni Menon

“…Here, we report a 55-year-old woman who had undergone modified radical mastectomy with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for carcinoma left breast with painful lesions over the left side of her chest and upper back in a zosteriform distribution. …”
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma: The Past, the Present, and the Future by Inamaria Erovic, Boban M. Erovic

“…Moreover, we will highlight the beginning of adjuvant therapeutic regimens with radiotherapy and chemotherapy and discuss the diagnostic work-up including imaging and histology of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. …”
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Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis as a Late-Onset Pulmonary Toxicity after Treatment with Anticancer Chemotherapy for High-Risk Neuroblastoma by Satoshi Yokoyama, Risa Kanai, Daisuke Fukao, Keigo Hamahata

“…In pediatrics, it has been described in patients with a history of malignancy who have received a bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. It is characterized by pleural thickening, fibrosis, subpleural elastosis, and intraalveolar collagen deposits. …”
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Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma in an adolescent male: A case report of an unusual neoplasm by Aashna Soman, P. H. Prasad, P. V. Ajayan

“…The tumor was completely removed by right total maxillectomy with orbital mess reconstruction, and postoperative radiotherapy with chemotherapy was given. The follow-up of the patient for 2 years has shown evidence of recurrence and is now on palliative care.…”
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QUALITY CONTROL OF MODERN MEDICAL LINEAR ACCELERATORS by Y. V. Tsitovich, I. G. Tarutin, M. G. Kiselev

“…Quality control is the basic measure of radiation protection of the patients with malignant tumors during radiotherapy. Linear accelerators devices and systems which are influencing on  accuracy of dose delivery and dose distribution within treated patients body volumes were considered. …”
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The Role of Advanced Cardiac Imaging in Monitoring Cardiovascular Complications in Patients with Extracardiac Tumors: A Descriptive Review by Annamaria Tavernese, Valeria Cammalleri, Rocco Mollace, Giorgio Antonelli, Mariagrazia Piscione, Nino Cocco, Myriam Carpenito, Carmelo Dominici, Massimo Federici, Gian Paolo Ussia

“…Early detection of cardiac dysfunction, particularly due to cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy or radiotherapy, is essential to establish the disease’s overall prognostic impact. …”
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A rare intersection: squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil and the anti-TIF1 syndrome masquerade by Manush Sondhi, Megan Lear, Saleha Dar, Madiha Tariq

“…Initial treatment included radiotherapy, with a post-treatment PET scan showing no evidence of disease. …”
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