60-year-old woman was treated for a brain metastasis. the patient received intensity-modulated radiation therapy (sib-imrt) dose of 30 gy for the whole brain and 40 gy delivered simultaneously to individual brain metastases in 10 fractions. the present report investigated the influence of applied novel prepared treatment plan, among others the fractionation protocol on the electroencephalogram ...

OBJECTIVE To characterize risk factors for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infection in oncology patients. DESIGN A 3:1 case-control study. SETTING Stem Cell Transplant and Leukemic Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis), a 1,442-bed, tertiary-care teaching hospital with a 26-bed transplantation ward. METHOD From, June 1999 to April 2001, 13 patients with S. maltophilia bac...

Background: Mucositis is one of the most important complications radiotherapy. Some factors such as type treatment and degree patient sensitivity affect mucositis occurrence. Objective: This research was implemented to evaluate effect grape seed extract on radiation-induced mucositis. Methods: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial 78 patients undergoing head neck radiotherapy in oncology w...

Background: Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory condition of the arterial intimal wall projected globally to impact healthcare significantly. The pattern atherosclerosis, namely atherosclerotic disease and risk, may or not be reason for hospitalization; nevertheless, they have ongoing atherosclerosis that progress over years. Studies shown both patterns play an essential role in conferring ...