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Optimizing Heart Dose Reduction For Deep Inspiration Left Breast Radiotherapy, Ronald James Harder
Optimizing Heart Dose Reduction For Deep Inspiration Left Breast Radiotherapy, Ronald James Harder
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Multiple studies have shown that an increased risk of late injury cardiac abnormalities including congestive heart failure (CHF), ischemia, and coronary artery disease (CAD) can be associated with common left breast radiation therapy (RT) techniques. Many radiation therapy clinics have adopted the Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) technique for the treatment of the left breast with external beam therapy based on studies showing a decrease in the dose received by the heart. A common technology used to monitor inhalation during DIBH is the Real-Time Position Management (RPM) system (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA). This study analyzes if there is …
A Comparison Of Spatio-Temporal Prediction Methods Of Cancer Incidence In The U.S, Michelle Hamlyn
A Comparison Of Spatio-Temporal Prediction Methods Of Cancer Incidence In The U.S, Michelle Hamlyn
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Cancer is the cause of one out of four deaths in the United States, and in 2009, researchers expected over 1.5 million new patients to be diagnosed with some form of cancer. People diagnosed with cancer, whether a common or rare type, need to undergo treatments, the amount and kind of which will depend on the severity of the cancer. So how do healthcare providers know how much funding is needed for treatment? What would better enable a pharmaceutical company to determine how much to allocate for research and development of drugs, the amount of each drug to manufacture, or …
Modeling Mortality Rates For Leukemia Between Men And Women In The United States, Blessed Quansah
Modeling Mortality Rates For Leukemia Between Men And Women In The United States, Blessed Quansah
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Leukemia related deaths increased dramatically over the last forty years. Leukemia is a malignant disease or cancer of the bone marrow and blood. It is characterized by the uncontrolled accumulation of blood cells. Leukemia is divided into two categories: myelogenous or lymphocytic, each of which can be acute or chronic. The terms, myelogenous or lymphocytic denote the cell type involved.
In this thesis, the proposed modeling techniques are applied to leukemia deaths data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER). In particular, annual deaths data from 1969 to 2007 are used in the data analysis, which includes three major …