International guideline on dose prioritization and acceptance criteria in radiation therapy planning for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

AW Lee, WT Ng, JJ Pan, CL Chiang, SS Poh… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma requires high radiation doses. The
balance of the risks of local recurrence owing to inadequate tumor coverage versus the …

Treatment of radiation‐induced brain necrosis

X Yang, H Ren, J Fu - Oxidative Medicine and Cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation‐induced brain necrosis (RBN) is a serious complication of intracranial as well as
skull base tumors after radiotherapy. In the past, due to the lack of effective treatment …

Dosimetric analysis of radiation-induced brainstem necrosis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with IMRT

X Fan, Y Huang, P Xu, Y Min, J Li, M Feng, G Xu… - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Radiation-induced brainstem necrosis (RIBN) is a late life-threatening
complication that can appear after treatment in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma …

Normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models for predicting temporal lobe injury after intensity-modulated radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A large …

DW Wen, L Lin, YP Mao, CY Chen, FP Chen… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To develop predictive models with dosimetric and clinical variables for temporal
lobe injury (TLI) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after intensity-modulated radiotherapy …

Noninvasive diagnosis model for predicting significant liver inflammation in patients with chronic hepatitis B in the immune-tolerant phase

S Chen, L Huang, Y Chu, J Lian, H Shao, T Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
The presence of significant liver inflammation is an important indication for antiviral therapy
in immune-tolerant (IT) phase with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. This study aims to …

Prioritizing sufficient dose to gross tumor volume over normal tissue sparing in intensity‐modulated radiotherapy treatment of T4 nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Y Chen, Q Zhang, T Lu, C Hu, J Zong, Y Xu… - Head & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background In intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
(NPC), priority is often given minimize dose to the critical organs at risk (OARs) to avoid …

Treatment of cerebral radiation necrosis using hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a child: Illustrative case

MJD Jimenez, M Mohiuddin, D Li, JR Ruge - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2024 - thejns.org
BACKGROUND Cerebral radiation necrosis (RN) is an uncommon sequela that occurs in up
to 25% of irradiated patients. This can occur 6 months to several years after therapy and …

[HTML][HTML] Determining risk and predictors of head and neck cancer treatment-related lymphedema: A clinicopathologic and dosimetric data mining approach using …

PT Teo, K Rogacki, M Gopalakrishnan, IJ Das… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and purpose The ability to determine the risk and predictors of lymphedema is
vital in improving the quality of life for head and neck (HN) cancer patients. However …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation Dose-Induced Carotid Artery Stenosis and Brain Necrosis in Head and Neck Cancer—A Real World Cohort Study

HWC Leung, SY Wang, CL Lin, ALF Chan - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radiotherapy is the main local treatment for head and neck cancer.
Radiation oncologists and patients should be alert to late carotid artery stenosis and brain …

Neurological complications of modern radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

JCH Chow, JCS Ho, KM Cheung, D Johnson… - Radiotherapy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is one of the mainstay treatment modalities for the management of non-
metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC). Notable improvements in treatment outcomes have …