Oral mucositis is one of the main complications in non-surgical cancer treatments. It represents the major dose-limiting toxicity for some chemotherapeutic agents, for radiotherapy of the head and neck region and for some radiochemotherapy combined treatments. Many reviews and clinical studies have been published in order to define the best clinical protocol for prophylaxis or treatment of muco...

Radiotherapy to the head and neck region has oral side effects can lead catastrophic dental deterioration, but this is largely preventable. This article describes case of a patient whose dentition was irreparably compromised after radical radiotherapy for soft palate cancer. The had fairly well maintained at pre-radiotherapy screen, – notably dry mouth reduced access cleaning coupled with high-...

A high-energy carbon-ion radiotherapy facility is under construction at Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Centre (GHMC). Its design was based on a study of the heavy ion radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in order to reduce the size and construction cost of the facility. A compact electron cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS) for Gunma University, called K...

On-line educational means were developed, which assist training in Radiation Protection and in Accelerator Technology Safety, in Radiotherapy Departments and Industrial Sterilization Facilities. Hypertext and multimedia courseware are gaining importance in University and Professional Education, and may partially release the teaching staff, and offer them more time to concentrate on more substan...

Factors of importance in the development of telangiectasia were investigated in a series of 229 patients who, between 1978 and 1982, received postmastectomy radiotherapy with two different fractionation schedules. Patients who developed moist desquamation had a statistically significantly increased risk of developing telangiectasia after a specific course of radiotherapy. As an example the esti...

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is an age related neoplasm, with high incidence in the group of elderly man. The correct management must to be balanced between the benefits of the treatment and its disadvantages. Radiotherapy as definitive treatment is commonly reserved for older patients and patients with high surgical risk and is widely used as a treatment of choice. AIM The aim of this study wa...

Introduction: The heavyweight concretes have been widely used for constructing medical or industrial radiation facilities with photon sources. Materials and Methods: In this study, heavy concretes containing galena (PbS) and several borated minerals are proposed as suitable materials against photons. The shielding properties of 21 galena concretes containing seven borated minerals with three m...

Background: The fundamental principles of internal targeted alpha therapy for cancer were established many decades ago.The high linear energy transfer (LET) of alpha radiation to the targeted cancer cellscauses double strand breaks in DNA. At the same time, the short range radiation spares adjacent normal tissues. This targeted approach complements conventional external beam radiotherapy and ch...

Ocular melanoma is frequently treated using brachytherapy implants (such as 125I and 60Co plaques or 184Ta wire), surgery, or external beam radiotherapy using small 60Co beams, high energy x-rays, or proton therapy. The last technique, though very expensive, provides improved dose distributions and dose localizations in the treatment of tumours adjacent to critical normal tissues. The technique...