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Radiotherapy, Image-Guided

Known as: IGRT, Image-Guided Radiation Therapies, Image-guided radiation therapy 
A procedure that uses a computer to create a picture of a tumor to help guide the radiation beam during radiation therapy. The pictures are made… 
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Fiducial MarkersPositioning patient (procedure)nursing therapystandards characteristics

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Radiotherapy Target Organ Alignment

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Therapeutic radiology procedure

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Tumour genomic and microenvironmental heterogeneity for integrated prediction of 5-year biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study.
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Reprogramming Metabolism with Metformin Improves Tumor Oxygenation and Radiotherapy Response
Purpose: Tumor hypoxia is a negative prognostic factor in multiple cancers, due in part to its role in causing resistance to… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Procalcitonin-guided therapy in intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis and septic shock – a systematic review and meta-analysis
IntroductionProcalcitonin (PCT) algorithms for antibiotic treatment decisions have been studied in adult patients from primary… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: a report of the AAPM TG-179.
PURPOSE Commercial CT-based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems allow widespread management of geometric variations in… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Improved clinical outcomes with high-dose image guided radiotherapy compared with non-IGRT for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer.
Review
2008
Review
2008
Innovations in image-guided radiotherapy
Nature Reviews Cancer 7, 949– 960 (2007) There is an error in Box 1 of this article on page 951. The formula for the volume of a… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Innovations in image-guided radiotherapy
The limited ability to control for the location of a tumour compromises the accuracy with which radiation can be delivered to… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Low-dose unenhanced multidetector CT of patients with suspected renal colic.
OBJECTIVE This study is designed to assess the intraobserver and interobserver agreements and the diagnostic performances of low… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A randomized efficacy and feasibility study of imagery in acute stroke
Objective: To compare the feasibility and efficacy of a programme combining imagery and occupational therapy with a programme of… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Psychological sequelae and alopecia among women with cancer.
PURPOSE This article reviews the relevant literature on treatment-induced alopecia in women with cancer and describes the… 
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