Description
Session for the presentation of Oral presentations on Implementation of New Technologies
Optimization parameters in bladder and rectum for gynecologic cancer treatment with VMAT Technique through ProKnow platform.
M. Bertero, R. Gonzalez Armesto, J. De Brida, M. S. Gallo, R. Ruggeri.
Centro Oncológico Integral, Leben Salud.
Introduction
Gynecologic cancer represents 14% of new cancer cases in...
Introduction of the study
Organs at risk (OAR) and target volume contouring is a labour intensive part of the radiation therapy (RT) treatment planning process. Recently, multiple vendors have introduced a segmentation tools based on artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce planning time through automation. In this study, the accuracy and efficiency gain for prostate cancer patient contouring...
The NCCM has taken number of measures to increase its diagnostic and therapeutic capacity by financial support of Ministry of Health, one of which was to build a three-storey expansion building with 5 bunkers for radiotherapy in 2009-2017 and an implementation of the project "Improving quality and access to cancer diagnostics and treatment" funded by soft loans of Austrian Government.
Phase I...
Kennedy Lishimpi, Lewis Banda, Susan C Msadabwe, Dorothy Lombe, Mulape Kanduza, Augustine N Mwale, Barbara C. M’ule, Anthony Sinalume, Ernest Chanda, Cain Chintala, Sha Chung, Catherine Mwaba
Purpose IMRT is now the standard radiotherapy delivery mode. It was not available at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) of Zambia and many RT clinics in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. CDH has one...
Kennedy Lishimpi, Barbara C M’ule, Maurice Mwale, Catherine Mwaba, George Pupwe, Susan C Msadabwe, Mulape M Kanduza, Augustine N Mwale, Mwape Mofya, Mwansa Kawesha, Harry Munkupa, Ernest Chanda, Phanny Nankonde, Mercy Chipampe, Sydney Jere, Anthony Sinalume, Cain Chintala, Lewis Banda, Dorothy C Lombe.
Background: The definitive treatment of Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)...
Introduction
Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality worldwide. The prognosis is poor even if patients can undergo curative treatments such as radical surgery or standard radical radiotherapy treatment (60 Gy in 30 fractions over six weeks with or without concurrent chemotherapy). However, most lung cancer patients are diagnosed as advanced inoperable stage and...
INTRODUCTION
Based on The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guideline, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is the recommended radiotherapy technique for head and neck cancer cases. The reason is that IMRT is rapidly reaching its maturity in delivering very precise dose distributions with the ability to achieve a high dose in tumor while sparing normal tissue.[1] Thus, the...
Introduction :
Delay to access to radiation therapy in developing countries is challenging and compromising the cancer prognosis.
In our department we had one linear accelerator for a whole region in the country. We treated about 50 to 60 patient a day from 8 am to 8 pm and appointments were for more than 3 months.
The medical and psychological impact on patients was important. Our...
Objective:
This retrospective study was done to assess the impact of helical Radixact® (HR) on frequency and severity of acute gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity in prostate cancer.
Methods and Materials:
Between May 13th,2019 and May 25th,2020, a total of 74 patients who were diagnosed with localized and locally advanced prostate cancer were the first to be treated with...
INTRODUCTION:
Brachytherapy is the standard treatment to achieve adequate tumor dose leading to better clinical outcomes. This paper aims to present the development, current status, clinical outcomes, as well as, obstacles in the use of brachytherapy specifically in the adaptation of IGBT in gynecologic malignancies in the Philippines.
METHODS:
A survey was done regarding the status of...
Introduction
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a highly precise local treatment with high dose per fraction. Local
control rate in lung tumors treated with SBRT is high, 85-95%. Several studies showed the predictor for local control
of lung SBRT in patients with primary lung cancer and/or lung metastasis was the prescribed biological equivalent
dose with α/β = 10 (BED10) and common...
