Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Africa (1)
- Burkina Faso (1)
- Carcinoma (1)
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung (1)
- Computer-Assisted (1)
-
- Conformal (1)
- Dose-Response Relationship (1)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation (1)
- Female (1)
- Food (1)
- Health (1)
- Hot Temperature (1)
- Humans (1)
- Lung (1)
- Lung Neoplasms (1)
- Lymphatic Metastasis (1)
- Male (1)
- Models (1)
- Non-Small-Cell Lung (1)
- Nutrition (1)
- Ouagadougou (1)
- Proceedings of workshops organized by Mamoudou H. DICKO (1)
- Radiation (1)
- Radiometry (1)
- Radiotherapy (1)
- Radiotherapy Dosage (1)
- Radiotherapy Planning (1)
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted (1)
- Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted (1)
- Radiotherapy, Conformal (1)
- Publication
- File Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Planning Evaluation Of Radiotherapy For Complex Lung Cancer Cases Using Helical Tomotherapy, Tomas Kron, Grigor Grigorov, Edward Yu, Slav Yartsev, Jeff Chen, Eugene Wong, George Rodrigues, Kris Trenka, Terry Coad, Glenn Bauman, Jake Van Dyk
Planning Evaluation Of Radiotherapy For Complex Lung Cancer Cases Using Helical Tomotherapy, Tomas Kron, Grigor Grigorov, Edward Yu, Slav Yartsev, Jeff Chen, Eugene Wong, George Rodrigues, Kris Trenka, Terry Coad, Glenn Bauman, Jake Van Dyk
Edward Yu
Lung cancer treatment is one of the most challenging fields in radiotherapy. The aim of the present study was to investigate what role helical tomotherapy (HT), a novel approach to the delivery of highly conformal dose distributions using intensity-modulated radiation fan beams, can play in difficult cases with large target volumes typical for many of these patients. Tomotherapy plans were developed for 15 patients with stage III inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. While not necessarily clinically indicated, elective nodal irradiation was included for all cases to create the most challenging scenarios with large target volumes. A 2 cm margin was used …
Food Based Approaches For A Healthy Nutrition In Africa, Mamoudou Hama Dicko
Food Based Approaches For A Healthy Nutrition In Africa, Mamoudou Hama Dicko
Pr. Mamoudou H. DICKO, PhD
The latest estimates of the FAO demonstrate the problems of the fight against hunger. These problems are manifested by the ever-increasing number of chronically undernourished people worldwide. Their numbers during the 1999-2001 period were estimated at about 840 million of which 798 million live in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa alone represented 198 million of those. In this part of Africa the prevalence of undernourishment ranges from 5-34%, causing growth retardation and insufficient weight gain among one third of the children under five years of age and resulting in a mortality of 5-15% among these children. Malnutrition resulting from undernourishment is …