Technological advances in radiation beam planning and linear accelerator based radiation delivery have led to the development of three dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT). The 3D-CRT clinical treatment in our hospital was started in September 1998 and till December 2002, 51 patients with M(0) stage prostate carcinoma were treated. Treatment method consisted of pelvis and leg immobi...

c-Met is a well validated exciting oncology target which has attracted significant commercial interest in major cancers such as NSCLC, breast and colon cancer. We believe that this project represents an attractive opportunity for a company interested in this target to rapidly reach the forefront of this field. CRT is currently seeking a commercial partner interested in the licensing of the anti...

This study aims to implement three-dimensional convolutional neural networks (3D-CNN) for clinical target volume (CTV) segmentation whole breast irradiation and investigate the focus of 3D-CNNs during decision-making using gradient-weighted class activation mapping (Grad-CAM). A 3D-UNet CNN was adopted conduct automatic CTV cancer. The trained three datasets left-, right-, both left- right-side...

PURPOSE To include biologic factors in parallel-architecture normal-tissue complication probability (NTCP) model for radiation-induced liver disease (RILD) after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) for gastric or hepatic cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 151 patients (89 with hepatocellular carcinoma and 62 with gastric cancer) who received 3D-CRT to the liver were includ...

Stromal fibroblasts are suggested to be a key determinant in the malignant progression of breast cancer. To find an in vitro culture model that best mimics the in vivo tumor microenvironment so we can study the effects of stromal fibroblasts on breast cancer progression, we evaluated several three-dimensional (3D) co-culture models in order to identify the most suitable culture model for our st...

background: exposure to endogenous hormones such as estrogen is known as a lifetime breast cancer (bc) risk factor. polymorphisms in genes that are involved in the steroidogenic process, such as cytochrome p450c17alpha ( cyp17) , affect individuals’ susceptibility to bc. in iran, the highest incident of bc is among young women. this study aimed to find prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphi...

BACKGROUND We conducted a retrospective analysis on 884 patients who were diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and treated with either the neutron brachytherapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy (NBT + EBRT) or 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) to determine the differences in efficacy and morbidity between the two treatment groups. METHODS The...

BACKGROUND Although various studies have been conducted on the effects of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, rectal toxicity after radiation therapy for prostate cancer, which is an important late adverse event associated with radiation therapy, has not been sufficiently examined. This study aimed to assess the associations of late rectal disorder (LRD) with dosimetric, anatomic, and clinic...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of computed tomography (CT) using hepatic arterial phase (HAP) and portal venous phase (PVP) contrast on dose calculation of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver cancer. METHODS Twenty-one patients with liver cancer were studied. HAP, PVP and non-enhanced CTs were performed on subjects scanned in identical positions under active breathing cont...