The American Cancer Society estimates that there are approximately 14.5 million cancer
survivors in the United States as of 2015. 1 Approximately one-half of patients treated for …

Neuromuscular late effects of radiation therapy (RT) result from radiation fibrosis (RF) of the
treated tissues. The clinical manifestations of this dysfunction have been termed radiation …

Radiation therapy (RT) is beneficial in Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) in both the definitive
and adjuvant setting. Highly complex and conformal planning techniques are becoming …

There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States, a number expected to
exceed 22 million by 2030. 1 At least half of these survivors will experience impairments …

Objectives To define radiation fibrosis and radiation fibrosis syndrome; review the basics of
radiotherapy, the pathophysiology of radiation injury, and the principles of clinical evaluation …

In recent years, Gafchromic films are used as an advanced instrument for dosimetry systems.
The EBT3 films are a new generation of Gafchromic films. Our main interest is to compare …

The prevalence of oral cancer is exponentially increasing and it has become one of the
common causes for mortality and morbidity. Oral cancer is a multifactorial disease, but …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this article is to describe the pathophysiology of
radiation fibrosis (RF) as well as highlight and review the evidence for novel molecular and …

Purpose In radiotherapy, accurate calculation of patient radiation dose is very important for
good clinical outcome. In the presence of metallic implants, the dose calculation accuracy …

The purpose of this study was to develop a new component module (CM) namely IQM to
accurately model the integral quality monitoring (IQM) system® to be used in the BEAMnrc …