Publications by authors named "Leire Moreno"
Article Synopsis
- The GI Tumors Workgroup of the Spanish Society of Radiation Therapy surveyed radiation oncologists in December 2020 to evaluate their adherence to international treatment guidelines for gastrointestinal tumors.
- The survey revealed a high level of adherence to standard treatments, with techniques like IMRT/VMAT being preferred for esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and rectal cancers.
- Overall, the results indicate that radiation therapy practices in Spain are largely in line with international recommendations, emphasizing a commitment to evidence-based medicine.
Background: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition that can cause acute coronary syndrome, typically in young patients without classical cardiovascular risk factors. Although in SCAD the conservative management is preferable, in cases with complete occlusion of the artery an invasive treatment may be required. In such cases, the goal of the percutaneous intervention should be to restore the connection between the true and false lumen recovering the distal flow of the vessel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPercutaneous intervention in the context of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is penalized with no-reflow phenomenon. The glycoprotein-IIb/IIIa-inhibitor abciximab was the most accepted method for pharmacology thrombus resolution in this scenario, nevertheless, this agent was recently withdrawn. We describe 5 patients treated with local intracoronary fibrinolysis administrated through predesigned catheters in the setting of AMI and CAE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMulticatheter breast implant during breast conservative surgery: Novel approach to deliver accelerated partial breast irradiation.
Brachytherapy
July 2017
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at a new way to treat early breast cancer using a special method called FHIOMBI and a type of radiation therapy called PHDRBT.
- 119 patients were treated with these methods, and most had very few complications, with only a small number having issues after surgery.
- The results showed that the treatment helped patients without causing serious problems, and many had good cosmetic outcomes after the procedure.
Double checking of the monitor units (MU) is an important step in the quality assurance (QA) process in radiosurgery. In this paper we propose the use of an independent algorithm constructed using the ellipsoid which best fits the measurements taken with the bubble head frame. The monitor units calculated by this independent algorithm and the commercial planning system were compared in 40 patients treated with radiosurgery (57 isocenters, 320 arcs).
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