2 results match your criteria: "United States. Electronic address: jennifer.dorth@uhhospitals.org.[Affiliation]"
Chemoradiotherapy-related carotid artery inflammation in head and neck cancer patients quantified by [F]FDG PET/CT.
Oral Oncol
June 2019
Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States. Electronic address:
Objectives: Radiotherapy (RT) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but little is known about the mechanism for vascular injury and methods for early detection.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective, pilot study of carotid artery inflammation using F-labeled 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose ([F]FDG) PET/CT imaging pre- and 3 months post-RT in head-and-neck cancer (HNC) patients. [F]FDG uptake by the carotid arteries was measured by the maximum and mean target to background ratio (TBR, TBR) and the mean partial volume corrected standardized uptake value (pvcSUV).
Cost-Effectiveness of Primary Radiation Therapy Versus Radical Prostatectomy for Intermediate- to High-Risk Prostate Cancer.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
February 2018
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Purpose: To compare, using a cost-effectiveness analysis, the quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) and cost between the 2 treatment options for intermediate- to high-risk prostate cancer: (1) radiation (RT) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or (2) radical prostatectomy (RP) followed by adjuvant RT for patients with risk factors.
Methods And Materials: Our Markov model allowed patients to transition between health states with yearly probabilities of developing cancer recurrence and/or toxicity. Probabilities were assigned according to favorable intermediate, unfavorable intermediate, or high-risk prostate cancer groups.