 Radiotherapy, Conformal
"Radiotherapy, Conformal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Radiotherapy where there is improved dose homogeneity within the tumor and reduced dosage to uninvolved structures. The precise shaping of dose distribution is achieved via the use of computer-controlled multileaf collimators.
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D020266
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.635.700 L01.313.500.750.100.710.600.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Radiotherapy, Conformal- Radiotherapy, Conformal
- Conformal Radiotherapies
- Radiotherapies, Conformal
- Conformal Radiotherapy
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiotherapy, Conformal" by people in Profiles.
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Reddy JP, Lei X, Huang SC, Nicklaus KM, Fingeret MC, Shaitelman SF, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Merchant F, Markey MK, Smith BD. Quantitative Assessment of Breast Cosmetic Outcome After Whole-Breast Irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Apr 01; 97(5):894-902.
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Marsh Rde W, George TJ, Siddiqui T, Mendenhall WM, Zlotecki RA, Grobmyer S, Hochwald S, Chang M, Larson B, King J. A phase II trial of neoadjuvant capecitabine combined with hyperfractionated accelerated radiation therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jun; 33(3):251-6.
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Wo JY, Chen MH, Nguyen PL, Renshaw AA, Loffredo MJ, Kantoff PW, D'Amico AV. Evaluating the combined effect of comorbidity and prostate-specific antigen kinetics on the risk of death in men after prostate-specific antigen recurrence. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Dec 10; 27(35):6000-5.
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D'Amico AV, Chen MH, Renshaw AA, Loffredo M, Kantoff PW. Interval to testosterone recovery after hormonal therapy for prostate cancer and risk of death. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Sep 01; 75(1):10-5.
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D'Amico AV, Chen MH, Renshaw AA, Loffredo M, Kantoff PW. Androgen suppression and radiation vs radiation alone for prostate cancer: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2008 Jan 23; 299(3):289-95.
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Efstathiou JA, Chen MH, Renshaw AA, Loffredo MJ, D'Amico AV. Influence of body mass index on prostate-specific antigen failure after androgen suppression and radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer. Cancer. 2007 Apr 15; 109(8):1493-8.
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Beard C, Chen MH, Cote K, Loffredo M, Renshaw A, Hurwitz M, D'Amico AV. Pretreatment predictors of posttreatment PSA doubling times for patients undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. Urology. 2005 Nov; 66(5):1020-3.
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Nguyen PL, Whittington R, Koo S, Schultz D, Cote KB, Loffredo M, McMahon E, Renshaw AA, Tomaszewski JE, D'Amico AV. The impact of a delay in initiating radiation therapy on prostate-specific antigen outcome for patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma. Cancer. 2005 May 15; 103(10):2053-9.
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D'Amico AV, Renshaw AA, Cote K, Hurwitz M, Beard C, Loffredo M, Chen MH. Impact of the percentage of positive prostate cores on prostate cancer-specific mortality for patients with low or favorable intermediate-risk disease. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Sep 15; 22(18):3726-32.
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D'Amico AV, Manola J, Loffredo M, Renshaw AA, DellaCroce A, Kantoff PW. 6-month androgen suppression plus radiation therapy vs radiation therapy alone for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Aug 18; 292(7):821-7.
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