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The Process of the Execution of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is highly sensitive to ionizing radiation, and radiation therapy is the mainstay treatment modality for nonmetastatic disease. For decades, NPC radiation therapy has utilized con...
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Lymphoma Vaccines: Background and Perspectives
Cancer immunotherapy is most promising in treatment combinations that complement each other to set the “cancer immunity cycle” in motion. In this context, therapeutic vaccination, in spite of all previous fail...
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Nature History, Presenting Symptoms, and Diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial carcinoma arising from the nasopharyngeal mucosal lining. In the nasopharynx, the tumor is often observed at the pharyngeal recess. Effective population screenin...
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Assessment of Locally Recurrent Disease, Response to Chemo- and Radiotherapy, and Special Considerations
This chapter gives a short overview of the expected imaging appearance of postoperative findings, postoperative recurrence, and potential postoperative complications that may occur after treatment of tumors of...
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Epidemiology of Primary Tumors of the Osseous Spine
Primary tumors of the osseous spine, though rare, pose significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This comprehensive text offers an in-depth analysis of the pathologic and histologic features, epidemio...
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Assessment of Postoperative Posttreatment Changes: General Considerations
This chapter deals with the general principles of posttreatment imaging of tumors of the osseous spine. Prerequisites for post-therapeutic imaging include clinical presentation and familiarity with the tumor h...
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Ultrasound
Ultrasound (US) is increasingly utilized as an imaging tool to assess the hip joint, tendon disorders, sports-related injuries and in the post-operative phase. The strength of US lies in its excellent soft tis...
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Piriformis Syndrome and Deep Gluteal Syndrome: Presentation, Diagnostic Imaging, and Management
Deep gluteal syndrome is a type of entrapment neuropathy of the deep gluteal space where patients present with chronic buttock pain and/numbness with or without sciatica. Piriformis syndrome is one of the etio...
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Classification, Pathology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology of Primary Tumors of the Osseous Spine
Primary tumors of the osseous spine represent a diverse group of entities with varying prognostic and therapeutic implications. This chapter provides an exhaustive review of their classification, pathology, ge...
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Individualized Clinical Target Volume Delineation in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma arises from the mucosa lining the nasopharynx. Although it is relatively uncommon worldwide, high incidence rates are observed in east and southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle ...
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Pathogenesis and Etiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial malignancy that originates from the nasopharynx, ubiquitously in the ostium of the Eustachian tube in the superior posterior wall of the nasopharynx (Sham et al....
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Surgery for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) refers to a malignancy arising from the epithelium of the nasopharynx with a high incidence in southern China and Southeast Asia (Chen et al. 2019). It is significantly different...
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Vertebral Hemangioma and Angiomatous Neoplasms
Vertebral hemangiomas and angiomatous neoplasms consist of a group of vascular tumors that arise from the abnormal proliferation of blood vessels within the bone.
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Staging of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
In oncology, “to stage” a patient implies two intentions: the first uses clinicopathological examination and investigations to describe the extent of disease to permit a rational treatment strategy to be formulat...
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Decision-Making Process
Reconstruction of a facial defect needs to take into account a variety of factors, including the final aesthetic outcome. An overview of appropriate assessment and factors to be considered in deciding on the f...
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Performing a Physical Examination on a Patient Diagnosed with Hypertension
• How to perform a comprehensive, well-structured, and systematic exam on a hypertensive patient?
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Dysmorphic Syndromes with Skeletal Anomalies
Dysmorphic syndromes are characterized by multiple congenital deformities affecting different organs and apparatuses. The skeleton is often affected. There are several classifications of syndromes with skeleta...
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Inception of the Idea
Hospital planning begins with the promoter’s idea of setting up the hospital. Key questions regarding the hospital’s why, where, when, size, purpose, philosophy, inheritance, and status should be addressed by ...
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Medical Error Disclosure
Areas to be focused on: Communication skills, hospital policy, and mitigating consequences.
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Special Surgical Aspects in Mandibular Setback
Mandibular repositioning can lead to interference between the proximal and distal mandibular segments depending on the displacement distance and the shape of the mandible. These interferences must be recognize...
