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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"oncologist"”.
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A prospective study: Investigating the use of oncologist-read CT scans in the investigation of suspected malignant spinal cord compression
… whether CT scans assessed by radiation oncologists should be used to diagnose and manage spinal cord compression in patients with advanced cancer by assessing its overall accuracy, including sensitivity and specificity, as a diagnostic test. To collect preliminary data to assist in …
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Three Essays on Incentive Problems of Parties with Potential Conflict of Interest
… between two parties—a healthcare payer and an oncologist—where the oncologist has private information about the patient’s characteristics (adverse selection) and the payer does not know whether the optimal course of action is used by the oncologist (moral hazard). I demonstrate that, in the …
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BELIEFS ABOUT SELF-CARE AMONG ONCOLOGY PROVIDERS
… support. Findings from this study indicated that oncologist utilize spiritual self-care more than any other medical professional. The older adults utilize their social support systems more than the younger adults. Individuals with three or more children are better at utilizing their social …
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Modeling and computer simulation of tumor growth and tumor response to radiotherapy
… to the clinical expertise of the radiation oncologist. To aid radiation oncologists in the treatment planning process, it is important to quantitatively assess tumor response to irradiation. The objective of this work is to devise a cellular radiobiological model and to develop …
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Treatment Planning Automation For Rectal Cancer Radiotherapy
… apertures were evaluated by a GI radiation oncologist. We then designed an algorithm to automate the forward-planning process with the capacity of adding fields to homogenize the dose at the target volumes using the field-in-field technique. The algorithm was validated on the clinical …
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Patient’s perception of cancer-related depression/anxiety during their treatment
… discuss their psychological problems with their oncologist, and 60.8% of patients did not receive any treatment for anxiety and/or depression. Younger patients (< 45 years of age, 50%), males (46.5%), and American Indians (62.5%) received treatment more frequently for anxiety and depression …
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An analytics approach to designing clinical trials for cancer
… and c) outperforms the trials run by the average oncologist to give survival improvements of several months. Ultimately, our analytics approach offers promise for improving life expectancy and quality of life for cancer patients at low cost.
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Development of novel extraction and separation methods for the determination of anthracyclines and taxanes simultaneously from biological matrices
… can be a very important clinical tool for the oncologist, enabling them to change dosage or even drug regimen on an individual basis for patients, improving outcome in the long run. This thesis describes the development of two different analytical methods capable of quantifying both drug types …
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The significance of the EGFR pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma
IntroductionEGFR, MTOR and COX2 are up regulated in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). In this study we aimed to determine the expression of Lipoxygenase enzymes (LOX), absence of PTEN protein expression and the cytotoxic effect of EGFR, MTOR and COX2 inhibitors in MPM.Materials and …
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Boron neutron capture therapy treatment planning improvements
… giving the medical physicist or radiation oncologist the freedom to use an iterative approach to try different radiation beam orientations to optimize treatment. Additional aspects of the treatment planning process were improved. The previously unrecognized phenomenon of peak dose movement …
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Biopsy-implantable chemical sensor
… in the size of the tumor can be observed and the oncologist has the information necessary to determine whether treatment is working. Valuable time is lost searching for the right treatment and the right dose. This thesis presents a sensor that can be implanted inside the body during a biopsy …
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Self-stigma, trust in the oncologists and information seeking behaviors in breast cancer patients and survivors
… how this impacts patients’ trust in the treating oncologist in the prognosis communication experience, as well as the BC patients' different information seeking behaviors: (i) Self-Stigma Characteristics in BC Treatment Stages and Among Racial Groups (ii) Trust in the Oncologist as Information …
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An exploration of factors that influence referrals to palliative care in oncology
… of their diagnosis; 2) medical and radiation oncologists. Purposive sampling was undertaken with planned sample size of 10-14 patient participants and 8-10 oncologist participants The participants were fully informed regarding the research and asked to sign consent to take part in the …
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Supporting parental caregivers of children living with life limiting or life threatening illnesses: A Delphi study
… palliative care specialist, one pediatric oncologist, one community member, and a graduate student. The study presented here is based on the Delphi survey only and serves as the graduate student’s master of nursing thesis. A Delphi survey consisting of three rounds of questions and …
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Understanding Radiation Resistance in Head and Neck Tumor Xenografts Using Diffuse Reflectance and Raman Spectroscopy
… early days after commencement of therapy can aid oncologist with escalating and de-escalating treatment plans for exceptionally non-responding and responding patients. Such a knowledge can be only be gained if proper understanding of radiation-induced physiological and biomolecular changes is …
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Nurses' Knowledge of Palliative Care in a Midwestern Federal Medical Center
… wills, an interdisciplinary approach, good oncologist and adequate staffing. Barriers to palliative care identified by nurses included short staffing, lack of time, lack of privacy, physician reluctance, lack of funding, teaching hospital/aggressive treatment, lack of education on end of …
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The professional and organisational impact of the consultant therapeutic radiographer: a case study
… duties that were once performed by the clinical oncologist are now being shared in some trusts by Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer (CTRs) who are experts in their scope of practice. The first CTR was appointed in 2003, yet an evaluation of the role has remained limited. Aims: The thesis …
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Automated Radiotherapy Treatment Planning for Breast Cancer: A Robust to ol for Global Deployment
… dose limits, and were reviewed by a radiation oncologist (5-point scale for the internal dataset) and a medical physicist (accept or edit for the external dataset). Further large-scale testing was performed on 272 internal and 285 external patients from six different countries (Argentina, Iran, …
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Cancer Diagnosis During Pregnancy: Evaluating The Challenges Faced By Oncologists
… of this study were to determine how comfortable oncologists are discussing pregnancy issues related to treatment, specifically termination and fetal risks, to determine what oncologists view as their primary responsibilities in the management of a woman diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy, and …