Essays about: "effect of cancer treatment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 105 essays containing the words effect of cancer treatment.

  1. 1. Evaluating aperture shape controller (ASC) in modulated radiation treatments

    University essay from

    Author : Vilma Andrén Cederholm; [2023-09-28]
    Keywords : Medical physics;

    Abstract : To decrease aperture complexity, the aperture shape controller (ASC) is a recently introduced function in Eclipse external beam planning (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, USA). ASC works within the photon optimizer, minimizing distances between adjacent leaf tips of the MLC. READ MORE

  3. 2. Apoptosis induction in breast cancer cells after radiotherapy and potential radiosensitizers

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    Author : Klara Simonsson; [2023-06-27]
    Keywords : Medical physics; Breast cancer cells; radiotherapy; systemic therapy; combination therapy; apoptosis; BH3 profiling; flow cytometry;

    Abstract : Background. Today breast cancer is the foremost cancer death type amongst women around the world. At present some of the toughest challenges in the clinic is recurrent, radioresistant breast cancer, and metastatic breast cancer where low cure rates are observed after surgery and radiotherapy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Combining doxorubicin and gemcitabine with targeted drugs as a treatment option for high-risk neuroblastoma

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Alexandra Johannesson; [2023]
    Keywords : neuroblastoma; doxorubicin; gemcitabine; targeted drugs; ATM; neuroblastom; doxorubicin; gemcitabin; målinriktade läkemedel; ATM;

    Abstract : Neuroblastom är en barncancer som uppstår ur det sympatiska nervsystemet och drabbar omkring 15 barn i Sverige varje år. Högriskvarianten är associerad med mycket hög dödlighet och risk för återfall, vilket tros ha att göra med att tumörernas ovanligt heterogena sammansättning tillåter resistenta subpopulationer att motstå konventionella behandlingsmetoder. READ MORE

  5. 4. Optimization of Radiotherapy Treatment Plans Based on Monte Carlo Dose Computations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Ludvig Håkansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Treatment planning plays a vital role in providing good treatment to cancer patients. In order to reach an adequate treatment plan, the algorithm used for simulating the dose in the patient must model the reality well. READ MORE

  6. 5. Using Generative Adversarial Networks for H&E-to-HER2 Stain Translation in Digital Pathology Images

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk teknik

    Author : William Tirmén; [2023]
    Keywords : Machine learning; Artificial intelligence; Digital pathology; Image processing; Generative adversarial networks; Image-to-image translation;

    Abstract : In digital pathology, hematoxylin & eosin (H&E) is a routine stain which is performed on most clinical cases and it often provides clinicians with sufficient information for diagnosis. However, when making decisions on how to guide breast cancer treatment, immunohistochemical staining of human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2 staining) is also needed. READ MORE