Background: To determine which radiotherapy parameters are associated with the tumor response of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Materials and Methods: Thirty one patients with IIIA/IIIB NSCLC underwent chemoradiotherapy with a median dose of 63 Gy. On our actual treatments, we made radiotherapy planning to cover the planning...

Patients with rectal cancer in the lower third of the rectum have three main options for surgical treatment including transanal resection, abdominoperineal resection (APR), total mesorectal excision (TME) and preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) with surgical management. However, APR can lead to a decreased quality of life, viewed in colostomy and compared to other surgical treatmen...

INTRODUCTION The introduction of total mesorectal excision (TME) and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy have further promoted pelvic MRI as the staging procedure of choice in rectal cancer [1]. Circumferential resection margin (CRM), local T-stage and nodal stage are the most important factors influencing therapy and outcome, but the optimal imaging protocol to accurately assess these image features...

Previous studies show inconsistent effect estimates for the efficacy of Endostar in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergoing chemoradiotherapy. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to determine the effectiveness and safety on the basis of data obtained from available randomized controlled trials (RTCs). We find relevant articles reporting the use of Endostar combined ...

treatment with intensification of chemotherapy using alkylating agents and topoisomerase ii inhibitors and radiotherapy has improved the outcome of patients with solid tumors such as ewing’s sarcoma. however, there are several reports of secondary malignancy following treatment of these tumors. in this article, we describe a 12 years old girl with all who had ewing’s sarcoma when she was 8 year...

background: to determine which radiotherapy parameters are associated with the tumor response of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy. materials and methods: thirty one patients with iiia/iiib nsclc underwent chemoradiotherapy with a median dose of 63 gy. on our actual treatments, we made radiotherapy planning to cover the planning...

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a strategy that supports an organization’s decision-making process to retain long-term and profitable relationships with its customers. Effective CRM analyses require a detailed data warehouse model that can support various CRM analyses and deep understanding on CRM-related business questions. In this paper, we present a taxonomy of CRM analysis categor...

Objective. To investigate the effects of one of the Chinese massage therapies, cervical rotatory manipulation (CRM), on uniaxial tensile properties of rabbit atherosclerotic internal carotid artery (ICA). Methods. 40 male purebred New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into CRM-Model group, Non-CRM-Model group, CRM-Normal group, and Non-CRM-Normal group. After modeling (atherosclerotic...

customer is felt more and more. today organizations can't make it faraway without giving attention to their customer's needs. for this purpose organizations try out many concepts which can help them be leader in managing their customers. one such concept is the customer relationship management (crm). crm has come a long way since its inception in business circles and its major change is felt in...