Publications by authors named "Songul Cavdar Karacam"
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- Fluoroscopic examinations, such as ERCP and PTC, are essential for diagnosing hepatobiliary diseases but expose patients to significant radiation, prompting a need to better assess radiation doses to critical organs.
- The study used an Alderson RANDO phantom and Thermoluminescent Dosemeters to measure actual radiation exposure during these procedures, finding that PTC generally yields higher doses, particularly to the thyroid and spleen.
- Results highlight the necessity of evaluating the risks versus benefits of these procedures due to the notable radiation exposure, suggesting a preference for ERCP when minimizing radiation is necessary, and advocating for continued improvements in medical imaging to enhance patient safety.
Background: The mainstay treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is radiation therapy (RT). The doses and volumes may differ from center to center. Most studies and guidelines recommend a total dose of 60 Gy for elective nodal and peritumoral volume treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuality assurance is an integral part of brachytherapy. Traditionally, radiographic films have been used for source position verification, however, in many clinics, computerized tomography simulators have replaced conventional simulators, and computerized radiography systems have replaced radiographic film processing units. With these advances, the problem of controlling source position verification without traditional radiographic films and conventional simulators has appeared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to investigate the recurrence patterns in pancreatic cancer patients treated with adjuvant intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and to correlate the sites of locoregional recurrence with radiotherapy target volumes.
Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight patients who had undergone resection and adjuvant chemoradiation for pancreatic cancer were evaluated. Radiotherapy (RT) was started after 1-3 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy (CHT).
Purpose: We aimed to investigate the appropriate postoperative radiotherapy dose and selective volume in T3-4 N0 laryngeal cancer patients treated with either total or partial laryngectomy.
Methods: Patients who received radiotherapy for locally advanced (T3-T4) and pathologic node-negative (N0) squamous cell laryngeal cancer were retrospectively evaluated. Radiotherapy was applied to median 60 Gy (range 54-60 Gy) as selective local radiotherapy (±stoma).
Background: Sexual dysfunction is an important side-effect after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer (PCa). The aim of this study was to compare sexual functions of PCa patients before and after intensity-modulated RT and to analyze their correlation with penile bulb (PB) doses and patient characteristics.
Materials And Methods: Forty-two patients who underwent RT ± hormone therapy for PCa between 2010 and 2013 were analyzed.
To determine clinically the fetal dose from irradiation of Hodgkin's disease during pregnancy and to quantify the components of fetal dose using phantom measurements. The fetal dose was measured with phantom measurements using thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLDs). Phantom measurements were performed by simulating the treatment conditions on an anthropomorphic phantom.
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