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A Phase II Study of Submandibular Gland Transfer Prior to Radiation for Prevention of Radiation-induced Xerostomia in Head-and-Neck Cancer (RTOG 0244) by Jha, Naresh, MBBS, Harris, Jonathan, MS, Seikaly, Hadi, MD, Jacobs, John R., MD, McEwan, A.J.B., MBBS, Robbins, K. Thomas, MD, Grecula, John, MD, Sharma, Anand K., MD, Ang, K. Kian, MD

“…Purpose We report the results of a phase II study to determine the reproducibility of a submandibular salivary gland transfer (SGT) surgical technique for…”
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Responses of three PIT-tagged native fish species to floods in a small, upland stream in New Zealand by McEwan, AJ, Joy, MK

“…Floods are an integral part of flowing river systems, yet our understanding of freshwater fish behaviour during floods is limited. In 2008, 67 redfin bullies…”
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A conjugate of gemcitabine with bisphosphonate (Gem/BP) shows potential as a targeted bone-specific therapeutic agent in an animal model of human breast cancer bone metastases by El-Mabhouh, A A, Nation, P N, Abele, J T, Riauka, T, Postema, E, McEwan, A J B, Mercer, J R

“…Bone metastases in advanced breast cancer patients remains a significant treatment challenge. Bisphosphonates are now a routine first line treatment for…”
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Monitoring a New Zealand freshwater fish community using passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology; lessons learned and recommendations for future use by McEwan, AJ, Joy, MK

“…One hundred and thirty individual fish were collected and passive integrated transponder (PIT) tagged in a 100-m reach of a small North Island, New Zealand…”
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Results of a phase I study to dose escalate using intensity modulated radiotherapy guided by combined PET/CT imaging with induction chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer by Holloway, Caroline L., Robinson, Don, Murray, Brad, Amanie, John, Butts, Charles, Smylie, Michael, Chu, Karen, McEwan, A.J., Halperin, Ross, Roa, Wilson H.

“…Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) guided by PET/CT imaging with respiratory gating was employed to dose escalate in patients with non-small cell…”
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Low-Activity Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Thyroid Carcinomas Exhibiting Nodal Metastases and Extrathyroidal Extension May Lead to Early Disease Recurrence by Chu, Karen P, Baker, Sarah, Zenke, Julianna, Morad, Ahmed, Ghosh, Sunita, Morrish, Don W, McEwan, A J B Sandy, Williams, David C, Severin, Diane, McMullen, Todd P W

“…The application of radioactive iodine in differentiated thyroid carcinomas has become more selective in an attempt to decrease morbidity. While ablative…”
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123I-mIBG scintigraphy in neuroblastoma: development of a SIOPEN semi-quantitative reporting ,method by an international panel by Lewington, V., Lambert, B., Poetschger, U., Sever, Z. Bar, Giammarile, F., McEwan, A. J. B., Castellani, Rita, Lynch, T., Shulkin, B., Drobics, M., Staudenherz, A., Ladenstein, R.

“…Purpose A robust method is required to standardise objective reporting of diagnostic 123 I-mIBG images in neuroblastoma. Prerequisites for an appropriate…”
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Strontium-89 chloride for pain palliation in prostatic skeletal malignancy by Laing, A H, Ackery, D M, Bayly, R J, Buchanan, R B, Lewington, V J, McEwan, A J, Macleod, P M, Zivanovic, M A

“…In a multi-centre study strontium-89 was shown to be effective in relieving bone pain from prostatic carcinoma in patients who had failed conventional…”
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Measurement of hypoxia in human tumours by non-invasive spect imaging of iodoazomycin arabinoside by Urtasun, R C, Parliament, M B, McEwan, A J, Mercer, J R, Mannan, R H, Wiebe, L I, Morin, C, Chapman, J D

“…Tumour oxygenation status in individual patients may be assessed using the bioreduction and linkage of 2-nitroimidazole markers to viable hypoxic cells in vivo…”
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Sr-89 therapy: strontium kinetics in disseminated carcinoma of the prostate by Blake, G M, Zivanovic, M A, McEwan, A J, Ackery, D M

“…Strontium kinetics were investigated in a group of 14 patients receiving 89Sr palliation for metastatic bone disease secondary to prostatic carcinoma. Using…”
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Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to cardiovascular nuclear imaging by Gulenchyn, K.Y., McEwan, A.J., Freeman, M., Kiess, M., O’Neill, B.J., Beanlands, R.S.

“…Cardiovascular nuclear medicine uses agents labelled with radioisotopes that can be imaged with cameras (single-photon emission tomography [SPECT] or positron…”
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Separation of [99mTc]pertechnetate and molybdate using polyethylene glycol coated C18 and C30 resins by Andersson, J.D., Wilson, J.S., Romaniuk, J.A., McEwan, A.J.B., Abrams, D.N., McQuarrie, S.A., Gagnon, K.

“…Hydrophobic adsorbents such as C18 and C30 were coated with PEG and subsequently used for the separation of Mo/Tc. The most effective resin for adsorbing PEG…”
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A hoarse voice: atypical mycobacterial infection of the larynx by McEwan, J A, Mohsen, A H, Schmid, M L, McKendrick, M W

“…Myobacterium malmoense is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium that most commonly causes pulmonary infection, particularly in patients with underlying pulmonary…”
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Tweenies' in the oropharnyx by Morton, G., McEwan, J.A., Giridharan, W.

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An on-belt elemental analyser for the cement industry by Lim, C.S, Tickner, J.R, Sowerby, B.D, Abernethy, D.A, McEwan, A.J, Rainey, S, Stevens, R, Manias, C, Retallack, D

“…On-line control of raw mill feed composition is a key factor in the improved control of cement plants. A new and improved on-conveyor belt elemental analyser…”
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Identification of Hypoxic Regions in Traumatic Brain Injury by VINJAMURI, SOBHAN, O’DRISCOLL, KIERAN, MALTBY, PAUL, McEWAN, ANTHONY J, WIEBE, LEONARD I, CRITCHLEY, MAN

“…Because perfusion brain SPECT provides images with low resolution and MRI identifies only structural changes, these two tests routinely applied in a clinical…”
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Strontium-89: treatment results and kinetics in patients with painful metastatic prostate and breast cancer in bone by Robinson, R G, Blake, G M, Preston, D F, McEwan, A J, Spicer, J A, Martin, N L, Wegst, A V, Ackery, D M

“…Two hundred and two patients with bone pain from metastatic cancer were treated with 40 microCi/kg of Sr-89. Patients were followed with pain diaries, records…”
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Autoradiographic imaging of cerebral ischaemia using a combination of blood flow and hypoxic markers in an animal model by Lythgoe, M F, Williams, S R, Wiebe, L I, McEwan, A J, Gordon, I

“…Current routine clinical techniques, including angiography and perfusional single-photon emission tomography, can be used to indicate problems in cerebral…”
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Low frequency microwave technique for on-line measurement of moisture by Cutmore, N.G, Evans, T.G, McEwan, A.J, Rogers, C.A, Stoddard, S.L

“…The measurement of the moisture content of materials is a key control parameter in a very wide range of industrial processes. A low frequency (1 GHz) microwave…”
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Analysis of intraprostatic therapeutic effects in prostate cancer patients using [(11)C]-choline pet/ct after external-beam radiation therapy by Amanie, J, Jans, H S, Wuest, M, Pervez, N, Murtha, A, Usmani, N, Yee, D, Pearcey, R, Danielson, B, Patel, S, Macewan, R, Field, C, Robinson, D, Wilson, J, Lewis, D, Parliament, M, McEwan, A J B

“…The objective of the present study was to analyze, with relatively high sensitivity and specificity, uptake properties of [(11)C]-choline in prostate cancer…”
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