Optimizing Clinical Implementation of Hypofractionation: Comprehensive Evidence Synthesis and Practical Guidelines for Low-and Middle-Income Settings

MTM Starling, S Thibodeau, CFPM de Sousa… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The increasing global cancer burden is intensifying health disparities,
especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), where access to advanced …

Out-of-field organ doses and associated risk of cancer development following radiation therapy with photons

M Mazonakis, J Damilakis - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Innovations in cancer treatment have contributed to the improved survival rate of these
patients. Radiotherapy is one of the main options for cancer management nowadays. High …

Opportunities in telemedicine, lessons learned after COVID-19 and the way into the future

M Abdel-Wahab, E Rosenblatt, B Prajogi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current pandemic has resulted in unprecedented demands on health care systems
overloaded with COVID-19–afflicted patients, with the challenges of an insufficient number …

Fully-automated, CT-only GTV contouring for palliative head and neck radiotherapy

SS Gay, CE Cardenas, C Nguyen, TJ Netherton… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Planning for palliative radiotherapy is performed without the advantage of MR or PET
imaging in many clinics. Here, we investigated CT-only GTV delineation for palliative …

Global access to radiotherapy in low-and middle-income countries

M Abdel-Wahab, E Fidarova, A Polo - Clinical Oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last 60 years, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been working to
introduce, expand and improve radiotherapy services, working with partners such as the …

Water phantom characterization of a novel optical fiber sensor for LDR brachytherapy

M Martyn, W Kam, P Woulfe… - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work considers the feasibility of using a novel optical fiber-based sensor, employing a
terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulfide (Gd2O2S: Tb) inorganic scintillator, as a real-time in …

Establishing and delivering quality radiation therapy in resource-constrained settings: the story of Botswana

JA Efstathiou, M Heunis, T Karumekayi… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
There is a global cancer crisis, and it is disproportionately affecting resource-constrained
settings, especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Radiotherapy is a critical …

[HTML][HTML] Global palliative radiotherapy: a framework to improve access in resource-constrained settings

SNC Elmore, S Grover, JM Bourque… - Annals of palliative …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiotherapy is an essential component of cancer therapy. Lack of access to radiotherapy in
less-developed countries prevents its use for both cure and symptom relief, resulting in a …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation therapy considerations during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Literature review and expert opinions

P Mohindra, CR Buckey, S Chen, TT Sio… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is an unprecedented pandemic that has already
reached over 2 million confirmed cases globally, with at least 140,000 deaths as reported by …

Radiation oncology in Mexico: Current status according to mexico's radiation oncology certification board

FM Magos, FJL Ruíz, SIP Álvarez… - Reports of Practical …, 2020 - journals.viamedica.pl
Aim Describe the results of the first national census of radiotherapy in Mexico in order to
make a situational diagnosis of radiotherapy availability, offer more accurate information to …