Publications by authors named "Tamar Brooks"
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- The study aimed to investigate if the gross tumor volume (GTV) before radiation therapy (RT) affects the risk of progressive disease (PD) in patients with adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (ACP) who underwent surgery and RT.
- Forty-eight pediatric and adolescent patients were analyzed, with a median GTV of 9.86 cm³, and the 5-year event-free survival rate was found to be 85.4%. Initial analyses showed a significant link between GTV and PD, but an outlier skewed these results.
- After excluding the outlier, the second analysis revealed no significant correlation between GTV and PD, suggesting that for most patients, GTV at
This case presentation describes development of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis in a healthy woman who underwent partial breast irradiation with deep inspiration breath hold for early stage breast cancer meeting all published dose constraints. Risk factors for, diagnosis and management of radiation pneumonitis are discussed in detail. Radiation pneumonitis is rare, ranging from <1% to 1.
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