University of Maryland Medical Center
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Medicine
Proton Therapy Delivery and Its Clinical Application in Select Solid Tumor Malignancies
Adeel Kaiser 1, John G. Eley 1, Nasarachi E. Onyeuku 1, Stephanie R. Rice 1, Carleen C. Wright 2, Nathan E. McGovern 2, Megan Sank 2, Mingyao Zhu 1, Zeljko Vujaskovic 1, Charles B. Simone 2nd 1, Arif Hussain 3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 3Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
The fundamentals of radiation planning and delivery for proton therapy using prostate cancer as a model are presented. The application of these principles to other selected disease sites highlights how proton radiotherapy may enhance clinical outcomes for cancer patients.
Medicine
A Simple Cuff Technique for Murine Left Lung Transplantation
Zhongcheng Mei 1, Mojtaba Taheri 1, Elizabeth A. Jacobsen 2, Wenjun Li 3,4, Andrew E. Gelman 3,4, Daniel Kreisel 3,4, Alexander Sasha Krupnick 1,5
1Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, 2Division of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Mayo Clinic, 3Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, 4Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, 5Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Medical Center
The present protocol describes a cuff technique for a mouse left lung transplantation model. This technique has been developed over several years and has performed well, serving effectively in immunological research.
