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The Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy vs . the 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy Regarding Acute Radiation Skin Toxicity and TreatmentRelated Lymphopenia in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients 调强放疗vs。早期乳腺癌患者急性放射皮肤毒性及治疗相关淋巴细胞减少的3d适形放疗
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2019-04-16 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000401
Osama H Elzaafarany, E. Ali, S. Fadel, A. Kandil
{"title":"The Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy vs . the 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy Regarding Acute Radiation Skin Toxicity and TreatmentRelated Lymphopenia in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients","authors":"Osama H Elzaafarany, E. Ali, S. Fadel, A. Kandil","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000401","url":null,"abstract":"Adjuvant radiotherapy is an integral part of breast cancer treatment, and there was a great evolution of radiotherapy techniques over the past few years. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was developed in the 1990s as a modern technique aiming to spare normal tissues from toxic effects of radiotherapy. This study aimed at comparing the IMRT technique to the 3D-coformal radiotherapy technique (3D-CRT) in early breast cancer patients regarding the occurrence of acute skin toxicities and treatment-related lymphopenia (TRL). It is a prospective study conducted on 100 eligible patients who were divided equally between two groups; the first, are patients received adjuvant radiotherapy using IMRT technique and the second group were those who received 3D-CRT. Results showed that sever acute skin toxicity or moist desquamation in IMRT group was 6% vs. 18% in 3DCRT group (p<0.05). And, the sever TRL with IMRT technique was 9% compared 21% among those of the 3D-CRT group (p<0.05). The IMRT technique resulted in statistically significant lower incidence of sever acute skin toxicities as well as less sever TRL when compared with 3D-CRT technique.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127478515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy in Non-small Cell Carcinoma Lung in Elderly: Initial Experience from a Rural Tertiary Cancer Centre 立体定向消融体放疗治疗老年人非小细胞肺癌:来自农村三级肿瘤中心的初步经验
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2019-03-26 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000398
N. Vinin, Joneetha Jones, M. Geetha, N. Yahiya, Shoaib Nawaz Pn, A. Narendran, Greeshma Ke, D. NidhinRa, R. Bharathan
{"title":"Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy in Non-small Cell Carcinoma Lung in Elderly: Initial Experience from a Rural Tertiary Cancer Centre","authors":"N. Vinin, Joneetha Jones, M. Geetha, N. Yahiya, Shoaib Nawaz Pn, A. Narendran, Greeshma Ke, D. NidhinRa, R. Bharathan","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000398","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and outcome of early stage non-small cell lung carcinoma in elderly patients treated with SABR in a tertiary care cancer centre in rural India. \u0000 \u0000Materials and methods: This was a retrospective study. All cases of histopathologically proven, stage 1 lung cancer patients in whom surgical management was not feasible due to various reasons were included. It included patients treated from 2013 to 2018 at our centre. Case records and radiation treatment plans were reviewed and data was collected. All were T1/T2N0 cases. Dose schedules employed were 48 Gy in 4 fractions, 60 Gy in 5 fractions and 60 Gy in 3 fractions. The primary end point was the tolerance and toxicity profile. \u0000 \u0000Results: A total of 5 patients were treated at our center from 2013 to 2017. All were males. Mean age was 72 years. One had squamous cell and four had adenocarcinoma histology. The dose fractionation schedules employed where 48 Gy in 4 fractions, 60 Gy in 5 fractions and 60 Gy in 3 fractions. All tolerated treatment well. No grade 3 or 4 toxicities were observed. \u0000 \u0000Conclusion: SABR is a feasible alternative curative treatment modality in stage 1 NSCLC. It is feasible and was tolerated well even in the elderly age group. This can be offered to medically inoperable patients as a curative treatment and is possible in a resource constrained setting also. This modality is a promise to future for operable stage 1 NSCLC also. But more randomized studies need to be carried out before applying it to operable lung cancer patients.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123009411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Portal Dosimetry for Pre-treatment Verification of Imrt/Vmat Plan: A Comparison with 2D Array Detector for Quality Assurance 入口剂量法用于Imrt/Vmat计划的前处理验证:与2D阵列检测器质量保证的比较
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2018-03-16 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000359
Ayman G Mohamed, Ismail E. Mohamed, H. M. Zidan
{"title":"Portal Dosimetry for Pre-treatment Verification of Imrt/Vmat Plan: A Comparison with 2D Array Detector for Quality Assurance","authors":"Ayman G Mohamed, Ismail E. Mohamed, H. M. Zidan","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000359","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The present study is to investigate the measured and calculated doses for different malignant tumours utilizing various gamma criteria and QA for confirmation of IMRT/VMAT with portal dosimetry and 2D array. \u0000Methods: Different malignant tumors are treated by IMRT/VMAT techniques on Varian IX linear accelerator with 6 MV photon beams. Treatment planning system (TPS) is used to plan Patient’s charts. Gamma Index (GI) variation is compared to the procedure of pre-treatment verification in IMRT/VMAT plans. \u0000Results: The gamma criteria (DD/ DTA) of IMRT for (3%/3 mm), mean ± SD are γ≤ 1%=99.41% ± 0.67%, γmax=2.11 ± 0.56 and γavg=0.23 ± 0.03 by EPID, and γ% ≤ 1=98.55% ± 0.79%, γmax=1.65 ± 0.45 and γavg=0.27 ± 0.04 by using 2D array. For VMAT mean ± SD are γ% ≤ 1= 99.42% ± 0.67%, γmax=2.11 ± 0.56 and γavg= 0.19 ± 0.05 using portal dosimetry, and γ% ≤ 1=99.36% ± 0.53%, γmax=1.65 ± 0.45 and γavg=0.22 ± 0.05 using 2D array. \u0000Conclusions: Specific QA of IMRT/VMAT patient using (portal dosimetry or 2D array) to verify IMRT/VMAT fields. 3%/3 mm is the most appropriate of gamma criteria (DD/DTA) for IMRT/VMAT plans quality assurance. The control chart is an effective tool to detect uncontrolled variation.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130769115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Technological Development, Clinical Application, Quality Assurance and Dosimetric Validation of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT): A Comprehensive Literature Review 容积调节电弧疗法(VMAT)的技术发展、临床应用、质量保证和剂量学验证:综合文献综述
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2018-03-16 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.S9-003
C. P. Bhatt, I. Ahmad, M. Semwal, K. Chufal
{"title":"Technological Development, Clinical Application, Quality Assurance and Dosimetric Validation of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT): A Comprehensive Literature Review","authors":"C. P. Bhatt, I. Ahmad, M. Semwal, K. Chufal","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.S9-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.S9-003","url":null,"abstract":"Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) is a recently developed technology which, similar to Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), utilizes optimization algorithms to find an acceptable solution. VMAT optimization algorithms are more complex and resource intensive than IMRT algorithms, as the former have to account for many more variables including machine-specific limitations. VMAT is distinguished from traditional fixed-beam IMRT in that radiation is delivered while the gantry rotates around the patient. It is a significant advancement over fixed gantry angle IMRT in terms of the efficiency of delivery of desired complex dose distributions (dose painting) in modern-day radiotherapy. The purpose of this review is to discuss the technological development, clinical applications and quality assurance of VMAT.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124413692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy of Early-Stage and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Review of the Literature 早期和局部晚期乳腺癌的新辅助放疗:文献综述
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2018-03-08 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000357
A. Maghous, E. Marnouche, N. Zaghba, K. Andaloussi, M. Elmarjany, K. Hadadi, H. Sifat, R. Moussaoui, H. Mansouri
{"title":"Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy of Early-Stage and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Review of the Literature","authors":"A. Maghous, E. Marnouche, N. Zaghba, K. Andaloussi, M. Elmarjany, K. Hadadi, H. Sifat, R. Moussaoui, H. Mansouri","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000357","url":null,"abstract":"Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer type among women worldwide. The treatment of breast cancer is multimodal and the current standard approach is surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) based on prognostic scores. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and RT delivered in advance of surgery are used in some early stage and locally advanced cases, may offer an advantage over adjuvant therapy related to the potential benefits in the pathologic response and survival outcomes based the hypothesis of Abscopal effect.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116046491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Comparison of Unblocked, Directionally Blocked and Full Blocked Plans in Helical Tomotherapy for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy 非阻断、定向阻断和完全阻断方案在乳腺癌放疗螺旋层析治疗中的比较
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2018-03-08 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000358
E. Kucuktulu, A. F. Yurekli, Eray Bilcan, Mahmut Serdar Sisecioglu, M. Topbaş, U. Kucuktulu
{"title":"Comparison of Unblocked, Directionally Blocked and Full Blocked Plans in Helical Tomotherapy for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy","authors":"E. Kucuktulu, A. F. Yurekli, Eray Bilcan, Mahmut Serdar Sisecioglu, M. Topbaş, U. Kucuktulu","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000358","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The doses received by the contralateral breast, lung and heart either directionally or full blocked techniques in Hi-Art Tomotherapy systems in partial or whole breast radiotherapy has been studied. \u0000Method: In 20 breast cancer patients 3 plans with non-blocked, directionally blocked and full blocked methods were designed in Hi-Art planning system. In all planning method the dose received by the contralateral breast, the heart volume percentages V5 and V30 and the lung volume percentages V5 and V20 were compared. \u0000Results: The mean doses received by contralateral breast were 6.24 Gy (4.50-8.74 Gy) in unblocked group 3.85 Gy (2.08-5.81 Gy) in directionally blocked group and 0.99 Gy (0.69-1.39 Gy) in full blocked group. The mean Lung V5 values were 98% (79-100%) in unblocked group and it was 98% (91-100%) in directionally blocked group while it was 93% (89-97%) in full blocked group. The mean V20 values were 16% (7-23%), 20% (17-24%) and 22% (18-28%) in unblocked, directionally blocked and full blocked groups respectively. The mean Heart V5 value 100% (99-100%) in unblocked group, and it was 99% (85-100%) in directionally blocked group while it was 92% (73- 100%) in full blocked group. The mean V30 values were 11% (2-25%), 6% (0-12%) and 9% (1-22%) in unblocked, directionally blocked and full blocked groups respectively. The mean beam-on time was 261.6 s (237.6-318.2) for unblocked, 277.9 s (237.6-338.5) for directionally blocked and 314.2 s (272.6-429.1) full blocked group. The mean numbers of MUs were 3712 (3353-4536) for unblocked, 3951 (3357-4834) for directionally blocked and 4506 (3866- 6168) for full blocked group. In full blocked group both beam on time and MU values were higher. \u0000Conclusion: We propose that further efforts needed to reduce low dose volumes to normal tissues, meanwhile when using directionally and full blocked plans all parameters should be considered together.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114610852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Dosimetric Comparison of a-Si 1200 and a-Si 1000 Electronic Portal Imager for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) 调强放射治疗(IMRT)中a- si1200和a- si1000电子门脉成像仪剂量学比较
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2018-02-20 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000354
V. Mhatre, S. Pilakkal, P. Chadha, Kaustav Talpatra
{"title":"Dosimetric Comparison of a-Si 1200 and a-Si 1000 Electronic Portal Imager for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)","authors":"V. Mhatre, S. Pilakkal, P. Chadha, Kaustav Talpatra","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000354","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study investigates the dosimetric impact of a-Si 1200 over a-Si 1000 portal imager for 6 MV photon beam of a Varian Amorphous Silicon Electronic Portal Imaging Device (a-Si EPID) installed on Edge and Novalis TxLinac. Materials and Methods: The performance of an a-Si EPID 1200 was assessed and compared to its performance with a-Si EPID 1000 and dose measurements using an ionization chamber. This study was conducted for 6MV photon energy and the EPID performance was assessed as function of the delivered dose, dose rate, field size, SDD effect, Ghosting effect, Backscatter arm shielding impact and intensity-modulated radiation therapy fields. Results: The dose response for a-Si 1200 was within 0.5% for low MU (2-10) as compared to 1.4% for a-Si 1000 portal imager and less than 1% for both the imager above 10 MU. The output factor variation for 25 × 25 cm2 was 1.3% for a-Si 1200 and 3.8% for a-Si 1000 when compared with ionisation chamber. The ghosting was measured to be 0.2% for a-Si 1200 as compared to 0.8% for a-Si 1000 portal imager. There is a significant improvement in a-Si 1200 portal image due to backscatter shielding material attached to the back of the panel of a-Si 1200 portal imager. Conclusion: The new aS1200 detector showed a significant dosimetric improvement when compared with previous aS1000 hence providing more accurate measurements for pre-treatment patient specific Quality Assurance (QA).","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130676749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
Both Percent Diameter Stenosis (%DS) and Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR) can be Derived Directly from Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) using FMTVDM © ℗ and Measurement of Isotope Redistribution 使用FMTVDM可以直接从心肌灌注成像(MPI)中得出百分比直径狭窄(%DS)和冠状动脉血流储备(CFR)©©and Measurement of Isotope Redistribution
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2018-02-13 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000353
R. M. Fleming, M. Fleming, T. Chaudhuri, A. McKusick, W. Dooley, Charles Glover
{"title":"Both Percent Diameter Stenosis (%DS) and Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR) can be Derived Directly from Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) using FMTVDM © ℗ and Measurement of Isotope Redistribution","authors":"R. M. Fleming, M. Fleming, T. Chaudhuri, A. McKusick, W. Dooley, Charles Glover","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000353","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Scientifically published studies have demonstrated that all isotopes, including Sestamibi redistribute. Measurement of this redistribution using FMTVDM©℗ provides an accurate method for determining wash-in and washout. Methods: Using FMTVDM©℗ 1040 human coronary arteries were studied to determine their wash-in and washout redistribution measured on a pixel-by-pixel basis. From FMTVDM©℗ the percent diameter stenosis (%DS) for each artery was determined. This %DS was then used to calculate coronary flow reserve (Calculated SFR) using a proprietary quadratic equation (QCFR©, FCFR©) previously derived from quantitative coronary arteriography (QCA) measurements. These calculated CFR values were then compared with the actual measured CFR obtained directly from QCA. Results: The results of the calculated CFR from FMTVDM©℗ with that obtained by direct QCA measurement showed a regression analysis of y= (0.8758•x)+0.4291, where y=the QCFR© and x=the QCA measured CFR. The R2 value (coefficient of determination) for this demonstrated a strong relationship at 0.87582. Conclusions: The use of the FMTVDM©℗ for measurement of isotope redistribution, including Sestamibi, provides an accurate quantitative method for determining both redistribution wash-in and redistribution washout, from which %DS can be calculated on a pixel-by-pixel basis. This %DS can then be used with the proprietary equation (QCFR©, FCFR©) to calculate the CFR directly from the MPI result using FMTVDM©℗. The implementation of this power tool, will provide for additional determination of the physiological effect of CAD without requiring additional QCA equipment and expertise costs, making QCFR© possible in most if not all hospitals with nuclear medicine departments.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125287263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 13
Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Liver Metastases- How Far can we Go with Diffusion Weighted Imaging? 肝细胞癌和肝转移的评估-弥散加权成像能走多远?
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2017-12-24 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000351
Gozde Arslan, E. Inci
{"title":"Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Liver Metastases- How Far can we Go with Diffusion Weighted Imaging?","authors":"Gozde Arslan, E. Inci","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000351","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: We aimed to determine the usefulness of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values for the differential diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinomas and most common metastatic liver tumors and we aimed to compare the characteristic properties. We also aimed to detect novel lesions on ADC maps before the lesion is clinically and radiologically detected by conventional methods. \u0000Materials and Methods: We evaluated characteristic properties, contrast enhancement patterns of liver metastasis of malignancies like adenocancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion weighted (DW) imaging. ADCs were measured both from the cystic and solid parts of the tumoral lesions. Solid and cystic parts were grouped seperately and compared individually. \u0000Results: 48 cases, (60% male and 40% female) with ages ranging between 48 and 81 were involved. 28 of them had liver metastasis and 20 of them had HCC. MRIs between the years 2009 and 2012 were analyzed. Among mean ADC values measured from solid contrast-enhancing parts, values of the HCC group were significantly higher than the metastasis group (p=0.004). Also, in metastasis group consisting of many distinct primaries, there were differences in ADC values. A retrospective analysis for follow-up cases showed that the ADC values of the parencyhma where a lesion will appear on later follow-up images were lower than the adjacent parenchyma. \u0000Conclusion: We believe that this method may be useful to detect early metastasis. Studies with larger patient groups could give more significant results which would enable diffusion imaging method to be used in this area.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"221 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116410569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
The Development of FMTVDM-BEST IMAGING©℗: The Answer for Breast Cancer. Breast Enhanced Scintigraphy Test (BEST©℗): Quantifying the Detection of Breast Cancer and its Treatment. FMTVDM-BEST成像技术的发展©©:乳腺癌的答案。乳腺增强闪烁成像试验(BEST©©):量化乳腺癌的检测及其治疗。
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Pub Date : 2017-12-18 DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000350
R. M. Fleming, W. Dooley, T. Chaudhuri
{"title":"The Development of FMTVDM-BEST IMAGING©℗: The Answer for Breast Cancer. Breast Enhanced Scintigraphy Test (BEST©℗): Quantifying the Detection of Breast Cancer and its Treatment.","authors":"R. M. Fleming, W. Dooley, T. Chaudhuri","doi":"10.4172/2155-9619.1000350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9619.1000350","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The diagnostic testing for breast cancer has been limited by the absence of a method, which can quantitatively differentiate tissue differences; specifically differentiation between calcium deposits, normal breast tissue, inflammatory changes in breast tissue and breast cancer. Such a quantitative method would remove the issue of sensitivity and specificity errors and allow for diagnostic decision-making including treatment monitoring. Method: A series of investigations were conducted over an 18-year period of time looking at more than 1000 women and men suspected of having breast tissue abnormalities. The studies compared pathologic tissue results with outcomes using other diagnostic studies and FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging. The studies began with asking the fundamental questions necessary to produce such a quantitative diagnostic test, followed by correcting for errors encountered by other methods. Following the initial work comparing FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging with other tests and tissue pathology results, the investigations turned to monitoring changes in women over time, demonstrating the ability to monitor treatment results from surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immune therapy, diet and lifestyle changes. Further work was conducted to assure that the time within a woman’s cycle did not affect FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging. The next series of studies looked at the effect that soy protein, smoking and hormone treatment (HRT) had on breast tissue health and the relationship between breast cancer and these influences. The summation of all of these studies included looking at breast density and breast implants as well as male patients. Results: FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging quantitatively differentiates between breast calcium deposits, normal breast tissue, inflammatory changes and breast cancer. It can monitor transitions in tissue showing both the progression and regression of disease allowing clinicians to monitor treatment outcomes independent of the treatment approach used. FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging is not affected by breast density, breast implants, mastectomy or size of breast; including male patients. : FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging provides the first and only quantitative method, which can differentiate tissues based upon changes in measurements obtained from this patented method. As such, it can detect changes in tissue leading to breast cancer allowing for greater treatment opportunities, as well as monitoring outcomes of treatment for breast cancer and other abnormalities (e.g. fibrocystic disease). FMTVDM-BEST©℗ Imaging works independent of whether the patient has dense breast tissue, breast implants, is on HRT, smokes or has undergone previous treatment in both men and women.","PeriodicalId":302578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121884657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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