Essays about: "Radiation induced toxicity"

Found 4 essays containing the words Radiation induced toxicity.

  1. 1. Toxicity of Pulsed Beams in Radiation Therapy from a Physio-Chemical Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

    Author : Karin Källén; [2021]
    Keywords : FLASH; radiotherapy; ultra high; dose rates; radiolysis; cancer; medical; FLASH; strålbehandling; ultrahög; doshastighet; radiolys; cancer; medicinsk;

    Abstract : A significant portion of cancer patients receive radiotherapy as part of their curative or palliative treatment plan. Radiotherapy is however greatly limited by radiation induced toxicities in healthy tissue surrounding the tumour, which can lead to long-term or acute complications for a patient. READ MORE

  3. 2. Predicting toxicity caused by high-dose-ratebrachytherapy boost for prostate cancer

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Dalia Estefan; [2019]
    Keywords : Prostate cancer; Radiation induced toxicity; Predictive model; Combination therapy; High-dose-rate brachytherapy boost;

    Abstract : Introduction Treating localized prostate cancer with combination radiotherapy consisting ofexternal beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) has beenproven to result in better disease outcome than EBRT only. There is, however, a decreasingtrend in utilization of combination therapy, partially due to concerns for elevated toxicityrisks. READ MORE

  4. 3. Effects of acetylation and deacetylation inhibitors on DNA double strand breaks repair and cell survival

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för immunologi, genetik och patologi

    Author : Eugenia Kalliontzi; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : During treatment with ionizing radiation (IR), cells are killed mainly due to ionizing radiation caused acute damage to DNA, such as double-strand breaks, where opposite DNA strands in close proximity are cut. To counteract toxicity of double-strand breaks, cells have evolved DNA damage repair systems such as homologous recombination and non-homologous end joining. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dose-Volume Histogram Analysis of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Liver Tumours

    University essay from Medicinsk strålningsfysik (tills m KI)

    Author : Eva Rutkowska; [2006]
    Keywords : Liver tumour; Stereotactic radiation therapy; retrospective study;

    Abstract : Background: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a relatively new method which has been employed e.g. in the treatment of liver tumours. Little dosimetric data has been published for SBRT in the liver. READ MORE