IMPORTANCE: Toxic effects of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can cause treatment interruptions and hospitalizations, reducing treatment efficacy and increasing health care costs. Physical activity monitoring may enable early identification of pati...
INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to develop deep-learning neural networks to guide treatment decisions and for the accurate evaluation of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) in rectal cancer using magnetic resonance (MR) imag...
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
May 4, 2021
BACKGROUND: Images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are crucial unstructured data for prognostic evaluation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We developed and validated a prognostic system based on the MRI features and clinical data of locoregi...
Technology in cancer research & treatment
Jan 1, 2020
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Although the prognosis of nasopharyngeal cancer largely depends on a classification based on the tumor-lymph node metastasis staging system, patients at the same stage may have different clinical outcomes. This study aimed to eval...
PURPOSE: Patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) may require emergency department evaluation or hospitalization. Early identification may direct preventative supportive care, improving outcomes and reducing health care costs....
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2016
A 52-year-old man was initially diagnosed with an unresectable acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with liver metastasis and involvement of the superior mesenteric artery. After 5 courses of systemic chemotherapy(gemcitabine and S-1), the size of t...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2016
The patient was a 53-year-old man who complained of perianal pain. He had a 20-year history of an anal fistula. There was a 10 cm tumor with mucin-like discharge on the left side of the anus. His CEA level was high, at 7.3 ng/mL, and T2-weighted MRI ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
We examined the treatment outcomes and survival rate of patients treated with salvage thoracoscopic esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). Twenty-seven patients who were indicated for salvage thoracoscopic esophagectomy after dCRT i...
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