Definitive particle therapy using protons or carbon ions for dedifferentiated liposarcoma.

Background: Particle therapy is effective for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas. However, the clinical outcomes of definitive particle therapy, particularly for dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS), remain unknown.

Purpose: To analyze the treatment outcomes of proton and carbon ion particle therapies for DDLS.

Colossal Magnetoresistive Switching Induced by d Ferromagnetism of MgO in a Semiconductor Nanochannel Device with Ferromagnetic Fe/MgO Electrodes.

Exploring potential spintronic functionalities in resistive switching (RS) devices is of great interest for creating new applications, such as multifunctional resistive random-access memory and novel neuromorphic computing devices. In particular, the importance of the spin-triplet state of cation vacancies in oxide materials, which is induced by localized and strong O-2p on-site Coulomb interactions, in RS devices has been overlooked. d ferromagnetism sometimes appears due to the spin-triplet state and ferromagnetic Zener's double exchange interactions between cation vacancies, which are occasionally strong enough to make nonmagnetic oxides ferromagnetic.

Magnetic field observation in a magnetic tunnel junction by scanning transmission electron microscopy.

A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) consists of two ferromagnetic layers separated by a thin insulating layer. MTJs show tunnel magnetoresistance effect, where the resistance in the direction perpendicular to the insulator layer drastically changes depending on the magnetization directions (parallel or antiparallel) in the ferromagnetic layers. However, direct observation of local magnetizations inside MTJs has been challenging.

Factors affecting local control of bone metastases from radioresistant tumors treated with palliative external beam radiotherapy.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the factors that affect the local control (LC) of bone metastases from radioresistant carcinomas (renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC], and colorectal carcinoma [CRC]) treated with palliative external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT).

Methods And Materials: Between January 2010 and December 2020, 211 bone metastases in 134 patients were treated with EBRT in two hospitals (a cancer center and university hospital). Based on follow-up CT, these cases were reviewed retrospectively to evaluate LC at the EBRT site.

Effect of preparation method for radioactive iodine therapy on serum electrolytes.

Purpose: Thyroid hormone withdrawal (THW) in preparation for radioactive iodine therapy (RIT) may lead to hyponatremia and hyperkalemia because hypothyroidism reduces the glomerular filtration rate. Using recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) may avoid these changes; however, these two preparation methods have not been compared in the literature. The purpose of this study was to reveal whether THW and rhTSH as preparation methods for RIT affect serum electrolytes differently.