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Multispectral photoacoustics enable non-invasive, inexpensive and dose-free real-time imaging of light-absorbing molecules (absorbers), e.g. Deoxyhemoglobin and oxygenated hemoglobin in human tissue. This allows blood oxygen saturation (sO2) to be determined at depths of up to several centimeters.
Background
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) stands as the sixth most common cancer worldwide. The overall 5-year survival is approximately 50 % due to often advanced clinical stage at diagnosis, high rate of treatment resistance, and high incidence of second cancers. Currently there are
The goal of this research is to address the question:
"Does the addition of hyperbaric oxygen to radiation and chemotherapy improve outcomes in locally advanced oropharyngeal or laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma?"
There is reason to believe that hyperbaric oxygen administered immediately prior to
This is a prospective pilot study funded by the NIHR. Healthy participants and patients will be recruited in The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be asked to undergo oxygen-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (OE-MRI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). This study builds on the work
Late effects following radiation of pelvic cancers:
Annually, more than 32000 Norwegians are diagnosed with cancer where approximately 70% will be alive 5 years after diagnosis. About 50% of all cancer patients receive radiation as part of their multimodal cancer treatment, and 50% of these will be
The main objective of this trial is to prove the hypothesis that Metformin reduces tissue hypoxia in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma after a course of treatment of 9-14 days.
The primary endpoint of the trial is the change in hypoxia-regulated gene expression upon Treatment with Metformin.
Rationale: Proton therapy (PT), currently being introduced in the Netherlands, delivers radiation dose more conformal than photon radiotherapy, therefore healthy tissue damage is expected to be lower and at least similar tumouricidal effects are described. This increases the therapeutic window of
Previously irradiated patients with loco/ loco-regional recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinomas usually undergo re-irradiation. However prognosis of these patients is unfavourable, especially for non-human papilloma virus associated cancers. Moderate whole body hyperthermia will be
The following is a presentation of a prospective protocol, named FIGHHT, including patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) who are referred for surgery.
This is a prospective imaging/biomarker expression study where patients referred for surgery for HNSCC will be included.
In head and neck cancer, areas of tumours with low oxygen supply (called tumour hypoxia) harbour cells that are resistant to radiation and are prone to metastasize. Modern radiotherapy techniques are precise enough to deliver radiation to these small areas and could be used to target these areas to
The incidence of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) is around 600 000 cases per year worldwide. The main sites for HNSCC are the larynx, the pharynx and the oral cavity. Head and neck cancers, however, also include salivary gland tumours, as well as nasopharyngeal cancer and paranasal and
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHC) are cancers with pathologic features of biliary tract differentiation which arise from intrahepatic bile ducts and/or trans-differentiation of hepatocytes. IHC is the second most common primary liver cancer and its incidence and mortality rates are increasing
1. BACKGROUND AND SETTING
1.1. Introduction
Concurrent (chemo-) radiotherapy (CRT) is the current standard of care for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The proximity of important functional structures with the tumour makes treatment however highly