Publications by authors named "Saju Divakar"
Purpose: We report the clinical outcomes of patients with soft tissue sarcomas (STS) arising in extremities treated with image-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT) at our institute. Local control of the tumors treated with RT was the primary end point of this study. Analyzing overall survival and long-term toxicities were the secondary objectives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: It is imperative to spare functioning kidneys from high radiation doses when they are near enough to radiotherapy (RT) target volumes in patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). To achieve this intent, we designed the unique approach that we report here.
Methods And Materials: The patient who has PKD, presented with B-cell lymphoma involving paraaortic lymph nodes.
Background: During radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer, parts of the heart are irradiated, which may lead to late toxicity. We report on the experience of single institution with cardiac-sparing radiotherapy using voluntary deep inspiration breath hold (V-DIBH) and compare its dosimetric outcome with free breathing (FB) technique.
Patients And Methods: Left-sided breast cancer patients, treated at our department with postoperative radiotherapy of breast/chest wall +/- regional lymph nodes between May 2015 and January 2017, were considered for inclusion.
Background: Omitting the placement of clips inside tumour bed during breast cancer surgery poses a challenge for delineation of lumpectomy cavity clinical target volume (CTV). We aimed to quantify inter-observer variation and accuracy for CT- and MRI-based segmentation of CTV in patients without clips.
Patients And Methods: CT- and MRI-simulator images of 12 breast cancer patients, treated by breast conserving surgery and radiotherapy, were included in this study.