Publications by authors named "Arundito Widikusumo"

Objective: The aim: This research aimed to show the achievement of Telecobalt60 radiation certainty using computed radiography, in comparation with non-verified computed radiography.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: This research is a quantitative study, randomized double-blind, and consecutive sampling design. The study was conducted by observing and com¬paring the data of verified computed radiography (VerC) computed radiograph for Telecobalt60 compared to the non-verified computed radiography (nVerC) Telecobalt60 data.

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Objective: The aim: This study aimed to define the factors related to irradiation field equality and target accuracy which will further influence the irradiation result.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: This is a prospective-qualitative study, conducted by observation of image data verification from cervical cancer patients in the Department of Radiotherapy, dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta who had undergone several times a week irradiation utilizing Telecobalt60 device and by conducting an in-depth interview to ten Indonesian radiotherapy experts, in October 2018.

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The global COVID-19 pandemic has placed a significant burden on the healthcare sector, overwhelming health services in affected countries worldwide. As healthcare facilities reorganize their services to adapt to this challenging problem, it is important that the sustainability of essential oncology services, including radiotherapy, is maintained. This article describes the Indonesian experience in ensuring sustainability of radiotherapy services during the pandemic, highlighting various important adjustments which were made to allow radiotherapy centers nationwide to continue operating while protecting staff and patients from the risk of disease transmission.

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Standard therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is concurrent chemoradiation. Nevertheless, therapeutic outcomes are often unsatisfactory particularly for locally advanced stage. To enhance the therapeutic outcome, we may consider using altered fraction radiotherapy.

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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is one of the four subtypes of RMS. Alveolar RMS is the rare type found in adults, with the worse prognosis. We report 2 serial cases of alveolar RMS on extremity which was only treated with subtotal excision or incision biopsy.

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