Risk factor Nulliparity Early menarche Late menopause Increasing age White race Family history Personal history of breast cancer Hormone replacement therapya Fertility drugsa Talca aControversial Early Detection and Screening for…
Agent Mechanism of action Toxicities Clinical pearls Paclitaxel [1, 2] Antimicrotuble agent; stabilizes microtubules inhibiting interphase and mitosis •Myelosuppression •Nausea/vomiting (low risk) •Peripheral neuropathy •Arthralgia/myalgia •Hypersensitivity •Alopecia •Vascular irritant •Should…
Panici trial ASTEC trial #Patients 514 1408 Eligibility Clinical Stage I, >50 % myometrial invasion (excluded Stage IB grade 1), age <75, good performance status, no prior RT or…
Fig. 9.1 A 56-year old man presented with bilateral medial malleolus acute pain without history of trauma. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was negative. There was no history of gout, malignancy,…
Fig. 6.1 A 66-year-old woman with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. (a) DECT pancreatic parenchymal phase GSI server standard pancreatic carcinoma postprocessing “collage” with 70 keV (left column), 52 keV (middle column),…
(1.1) Here μ is the linear attenuation coefficient of the x-rays at point (x, y, z), L is the thickness of the tissue crossed by the x-ray beam, and s…
Characterization of lung nodules/masses as benign or malignant Imaging in confirmed lung cancer Assessment of tumor vitality and therapy response Nodal staging Imaging pulmonary embolism in cancer patients Pulmonary perfusion…
Fig. 5.1 DECT post-processing workflow. (a) 100 kVp dataset, (b) Sn150 kVp dataset, (c) 120 kV mixed image, (d) virtual unenhanced image, (e) color-coded iodine map, (f) virtual monoenergetic image…
Fig. 8.1 (a) Conventional noncontrast, postcontrast, (b) conventional, and (c) 80 keV virtual monochromatic nephrographic images in a 45-year-old man with low attenuation intra-parenchymal lesion of the left kidney. In…
Fig. 3.1 Virtual monochromatic energies. (a) CT image reconstructed at 40 kev. (b) CT image reconstructed at 60 keV (c) CT image reconstructed at 80 keV. (d) Average weighted image…
