. Adult medulloblastoma (AMB) patients should receive postoperative craniospinal irradiation (CSI) as a standard treatment. Volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a promising method for CSI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 71-year-old male ex-smoker presented in October 2021 to our department with a brain and bone metastatic adenocarcinoma NSCLC. PDL1, ROS, EGFR, and ALK were negative. He underwent stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases.
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Multi-modal therapies for gynecological cancers management may determine a wide range of side effects which depend on therapy-related factors and patient characteristics and comorbidities. Curative or adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy is linked with acute and late toxicity due to irradiation of organs at risk, as small and large bowel, rectum, bladder, pelvic bone, vagina and bone marrow. Successful toxicity management varies with its severity, Radiation Centre practice and experience and skills of radiation oncologists.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (SMVT) is a life-threatening condition that is often observed in patients with structural heart disease. Catheter ablation (CA) ablation is an effective and well-established treatment for the scar-related ventricular tachycardias (VTs). Sometimes, due to patient fragility or contraindications to CA, a noninvasive procedure is required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) may increase the risk of complication in aged patients. Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) is a non-invasive therapeutic alternative for cardiac arrhythmia. This sub-study evaluated left atrial strain (LAS) in elderly AF patients underwent STAR.
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