Cite this article as: Xing A, Holloway L, Arumugam S, Walker A, Rai R, Juresic E, Cassapi L, Goozee G, Liney G. Commissioning and quality control of a dedicated wide bore 3T MRI simulator for radiotherapy planning. Int J Cancer Ther Oncol. 2016; 4(2):421. DOI: 10.14319/ijcto.42.1 © Xing et al. ISSN 2330-4049 Commissioning and quality control of a dedicated wide bore 3T MRI simulator for radioth...

Introduction: 99mTc-MIBI has been proposed for use as an imaging agent for various tumors, including breast cancer, lung cancer, lymphomas, melanomas and brain neoplastic lesions. Brain tumors are very common and radiotherapy being major part of treatment following surgery. After radiotherapy, deteriorating clinical status can be due to either radiation necrosis or recurrent tumor. Comput...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the dosimetric impact of utilizing Active Breathing Control-moderate deep inspiration breath-hold (ABC-mDIBH) technique in early-stage left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy (RT). Twenty-five patients with left-sided early-stage breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery referred to our department for adjuvant radiotherapy between October 2010 and Oct...

Brain metastases arise in 10%-40% of all cancer patients. Up to one third of the patients do not have previous cancer history. We report a case of a 67-years-old male patient who presented with confusion, tremor, and apraxia. A brain MRI revealed an isolated right temporal lobe lesion. A thorax-abdomen-pelvis CT scan showed no primary lesion. The patient underwent a craniotomy with gross-total ...

BACKGROUND The relationship between radiation exposure for treatment of cancer and occurrence of a second primary cancer at the irradiated site is well known. This phenomenon is however rare in prostate. CASE PRESENTATION A 75-year-old farmer was treated for rectal cancer with preoperative 45 Gy of radiotherapy and abdominoperineal resection. Four years later he developed symptoms of bladder ...

IMPORTANCE Increased use of computed tomography (CT) in pediatrics raises concerns about cancer risk from exposure to ionizing radiation. OBJECTIVES To quantify trends in the use of CT in pediatrics and the associated radiation exposure and cancer risk. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Seven US health care systems. PARTICIPANTS The use of CT was evaluated for children y...

BACKGROUND An analysis of radiotherapy infrastructure in Korea was performed in 2006 to collect data on treatment devices, the work force and new patients for future development plans. METHODS The survey included radiotherapy centers, their major equipment and personnel. The centers were categorized into four levels: level 0 (stand-alone teletherapy units); level 1 (teletherapy, brachytherapy...

introduction: 99mtc-mibi has been proposed for use as an imaging agent for various tumors, including breast cancer, lung cancer, lymphomas, melanomas and brain neoplastic lesions. brain tumors are very common and radiotherapy being major part of treatment following surgery. after radiotherapy, deteriorating clinical status can be due to either radiation necrosis or recurrent tumor. computed tom...