A5014903262- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Effects of Radiation Exposure
- Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Meningioma and schwannoma management
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Oral health in cancer treatment
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
- Antenna Design and Analysis
- Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Gut microbiota and health
Emory University
2018-2024
Cancer Institute (WIA)
2024
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2010-2019
New York Proton Center
2019
Eastern Maine Medical Center
2019
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2017-2018
Radiation Oncology Associates
2003-2018
RTI International
2018
Winship Cancer Institute
2018
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2002-2016
<h3>Objective</h3> To assess the role of positron emission tomography (PET) in management unknown primary carcinoma head and neck region. <h3>Design Setting</h3> Prospective case series at an academic medical center. <h3>Patients</h3> Twenty-six patients with open excisional biopsy or a fine-needle aspiration finding that confirmed squamous cell cervical lymph nodes no visible tumor (as determined by results comprehensive physical examination computed and/or magnetic resonance imaging)...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the treatment Merkel cell carcinoma.We reviewed 85 cases carcinoma. There were 68 males and 17 females. majority involved head neck sites (48%), followed by extremities (38%) trunk (14%). Sixty-seven percent patients had stage I disease that localized skin origin at presentation. Twenty-five 8% II (nodal metastasis) III (distant metastasis), respectively. Surgical intervention included local or wide excision +/- nodal dissection (68%), radical...
The unknown primary carcinoma in the head and neck has been estimated to represent up 7% of all carcinomas. In an attempt identify occult tumor evaluation this patient population included a complete examination, flexible fiberoptic endoscopy, imaging with CT/MRI. More recently, positron emission tomography (PET) advocated as tool detect tumors.A cohort 31 patients fine-needle aspiration biopsy-confirmed squamous cell were prospectively entered into diagnostic protocol tumor. comprehensive...
ABSTRACT Candida glabrata has emerged in recent years as a significant cause of systemic fungal infection. We have previously reported on the first three patients receiving radiation for head and neck cancer to develop oropharyngeal candidiasis due C. . The goal this study was track development increased fluconazole resistance isolates evaluate described genetic mechanisms associated with from one these patients. patient 52-year-old man squamous cell carcinoma treated radiation. At week 7...
Candida glabrata colonization is common in patients receiving radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, but to our knowledge has never been described as the infecting organism with oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC). This study presents first three C. OPC this patient population. Patient 1 developed required fluconazole, 800 mg/day, clinical resolution. Antifungal susceptibility testing revealed a MIC of fluconazole >64 microg/ml. Elapsed time from initial culturing decision was 7 days....
Objectives The clinical outcomes of patients treated with spatially fractionated GRID radiotherapy (SFGRT) for bulky tumors the head and neck at a single institution were evaluated retrospectively. Endpoints interest included tumor response, symptom improvement, treatment tolerance, adverse events. Methods Institutional review board approval was obtained prior to study initiation. institutional database queried SFGRT between August 2007 April 2015. Medical records identified reviewed details...
Abstract Background While the importance of commensal microbes in vaginal health is well appreciated, little known about effects gynecological cancer (GynCa) and radiation therapy (RT) on microbiome (VM) postmenopausal women. Methods We studied women with GynCa, pre‐ (N = 65) post‐RT 25) a group healthy controls 67) by sequencing V4 region 16S rRNA gene from swabs compared diversity composition VMs between three groups accounting for potential confounding factors multivariate analysis...
The quality improvement study examines the use of risk-adaptive adjuvant radiotherapy in women with non–mismatch repair deficiency endometrial cancer.
This report describes the course of recurrent Merkel cell carcinoma and defines possible treatment strategies for disease as seen in a long-term multisite retrospective analysis. is highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer. Surgery radiation therapy have been demonstrated ability to control this disease; however, recurrence common. Systemic chemotherapy has, yet, no presently defined role primary treatment, few conclusions can be reached regarding optimal recurrence. Forty-six patients...
The purpose of this article is to assess the long-term fertility and attitudes towards fecundity in men after radical inguinal orchiectomy radiation therapy (RT) for seminoma, also how often sperm cryopreservation being offered patients with seminoma prior treatment. A retrospective review was conducted at 3 institutions (Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center, Brooke Army Fitzsimmons Center) identify who had undergone treatment stage 1 or 2A during period from 1975 1997. Seventy-three 212...
Urethral cancer is rare, encompassing less than 1% of all malignancies. Optimal management, at present, often relies on the limited experience gained from study retrospective cases. Therefore, it imperative to share available information regarding urethral treatment via reportage pertinent cases, thus enabling more complete comprehension and decision-making options by both clinicians researchers. A review 18 consecutive patients with primary was performed. An analysis performed clinical...
The feasibility of intensity modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) to improve dose conformity for irregularly shaped targets has been previously investigated by researchers means using partially shielded sources. However, partial shielding does not fully explore the potential IMBT. goal this study is introduce concept three dimensional (3D) and solve two fundamental issues regarding application 3D IMBT treatment planning: calculation algorithm inverse planning method.A system prototype was...
Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma (SNTCS) is a distinctly rare tumor characterized by variegated histologic architecture of epithelial and mesenchymal components. By reported accounts, SNTCS highly malignant displaying rapid, aggressive growth. Prognosis poor: less than 45% all patients survive past 5 years. Combination surgery radiotherapy currently appear to be the most effective treatment. This report presents 76-year-old African American man with in right nasal cavity paranasal sinuses. The...
A Monte Carlo model of the Novalis Tx linear accelerator equipped with high-definition multileaf collimator (HD-120 HD-MLC) was commissioned using ionization chamber measurements in water. All water were performed a liquid filled chamber. Film made EDR2 film solid Open rectangular fields defined by jaws or HD-MLC used for comparison against measurements. Furthermore, inter- and intraleaf leakage calculated compared The statistical uncertainty calculations less than 1% all simulations....