When planning for palliative radiotherapy, clinicians can forgo an additional CT scan on the same day as treatment and instead use a recent diagnostic CT scan, according to a results from a randomized ...

General Objectives : This series of microlearning videos present basic principles and practical aspects for conventional and CT simulation for cervical cancer radiotherapy. At the completion of this ...

A new paper published in EPJ Plus and authored by Eduardo De Paiva, from the Division of Medical Physics at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pits the gold ...

A new study reveals that only about 1 in 3 patients with prostate cancer have a successful first CT simulation, while 1 in 6 need to be rescheduled for another day.

Development of a performance status prediction model for use in administrative data analyses. Background: Technical studies suggest CT-based simulation can improve the therapeutic ratio for thoracic ...

The use of a virtual reality device significantly improved depression and anxiety in patients with cancer preparing for radiotherapy.

A national survey was sent to radiation oncologists through e-mail or a WhatsApp message, where feasible, with a request letter containing the link to the survey questionnaire. The survey ...

Recently, the research group led by Prof. LIU Changsong from Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a set of simulation ...

This series of microlearning videos present basic principles and practical aspects for conventional and CT simulation for cervical cancer radiotherapy. At the completion of this microlearning videos, ...