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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2014

Inhalt (302 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Adequacy of inhale/exhale breathhold CT based ITV margins and image-guided registration for free-breathing pancreas and liver SBRT

Wensha Yang, Benedick A Fraass, Robert Reznik, Nicholas Nissen, Simon Lo, Laith H Jamil, Kapil Gupta, Howard Sandler, Richard Tuli

Open Access Research

Radiation therapy combined with intracerebral administration of carboplatin for the treatment of brain tumors

Weilian Yang, Rolf F Barth, Tianyao Huo, Robin J Nakkula, Michael Weldon, Nilendu Gupta, Lawrence Agius, John C Grecula

Open Access Review

Integrative radiation systems biology

Kristian Unger

Open Access Research

Change in prostate volume during extreme hypo-fractionation analysed with MRI

Adalsteinn Gunnlaugsson, Elisabeth Kjellén, Oskar Hagberg, Camilla Thellenberg-Karlsson, Anders Widmark, Per Nilsson

Open Access Research

Radiation-induced alterations of histone post-translational modification levels in lymphoblastoid cell lines

Belinda Maroschik, Anne Gürtler, Anne Krämer, Ute Rößler, Maria Gomolka, Sabine Hornhardt, Simone Mörtl, Anna A Friedl

Open Access Research

Phase I study of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with S-1 plus biweekly cisplatin for advanced gastric cancer patients with lymph node metastasis: -KOGC04-

Satoru Matsuda, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Junichi Fukada, Kazumasa Fukuda, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yoshiro Saikawa, Osamu Kawaguchi, Hiroya Takeuchi, Naoyuki Shigematsu, Yuko Kitagawa

Open Access Study protocol

MR-guidance – a clinical study to evaluate a shuttle- based MR-linac connection to provide MR-guided radiotherapy

Tilman Bostel, Nils H Nicolay, Jörg G Grossmann, Angela Mohr, Stefan Delorme, Gernot Echner, Peter Häring, Jürgen Debus, Florian Sterzing

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Combined brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy without adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy for high-risk prostate cancer

Toshio Ohashi, Atsunori Yorozu, Shiro Saito, Tetsuo Momma, Toru Nishiyama, Shoji Yamashita, Yutaka Shiraishi, Naoyuki Shigematsu

Open Access Research

Impact of body-mass factors on setup displacement in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy using daily on-line image guidance

Yo-Liang Lai, Shih-Neng Yang, Ji-An Liang, Yao-Ching Wang, Chun-Yen Yu, Ching-Hsiung Su, Shang-Wen Chen

Open Access Research

Improved hippocampal dose with reduced margin radiotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme

Arif N Ali, Tomi Ogunleye, Claire W Hardy, Hui-Kuo Shu, Walter J Curran, Ian R Crocker

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes and toxicity of proton beam therapy for advanced cholangiocarcinoma

Chiyoko Makita, Tatsuya Nakamura, Akinori Takada, Kanako Takayama, Motohisa Suzuki, Yojiro Ishikawa, Yusuke Azami, Takahiro Kato, Iwao Tsukiyama, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Masato Hareyama, Masao Murakami, Nobukazu Fuwa, Masaharu Hata, Tomio Inoue

Open Access Research

Neurosymptomatic carvenous sinus meningioma: a 15-years experience with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery

Sebastião Francisco Miranda Correa, Gustavo Nader Marta, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira

Open Access Study protocol

Multimodal treatment for high-risk prostate cancer with high-dose intensity-modulated radiation therapy preceded or not by radical prostatectomy, concurrent intensified-dose docetaxel and long-term androgen deprivation therapy: results of a prospective phase II trial

Andrea Guttilla, Roberto Bortolus, Gianluca Giannarini, Pirus Ghadjar, Fabio Zattoni, Michele Gnech, Vito Palumbo, Francesca Valent, Antonio Garbeglio, Filiberto Zattoni

Open Access Research

A comparison of two systems of patient immobilization for prostate radiotherapy

Peter White, Chui Ka Yee, Lee Chi Shan, Lee Wai Chung, Ng Ho Man, Yik Shing Cheung

Open Access Research

The effect of radiation therapy on the mechanical and morphological properties of the enamel and dentin of deciduous teeth—an in vitro study

Talitha de Siqueira Mellara, Regina Guenka Palma-Dibb, Harley Francisco de Oliveira, Francisco Wanderley Garcia Paula-Silva, Paulo Nelson-Filho, Raquel Assed Bezerra da Silva, Léa Assed Bezerra da Silva, Alexandra Mussolino de Queiroz

Open Access Research

Intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer: do health professionals choose convenience or risk?

Tammy Corica, David Joseph, Christobel Saunders, Max Bulsara, Anna K Nowak

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Vaginal tolerance of CT based image-guided high-dose rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecological malignancies

Naoya Murakami, Takahiro Kasamatsu, Minako Sumi, Ryoichi Yoshimura, Ken Harada, Mayuka Kitaguchi, Shuhei Sekii, Kana Takahashi, Kotaro Yoshio, Koji Inaba, Madoka Morota, Yoshinori Ito, Jun Itami

Open Access Research

Breast conserving treatment for breast cancer: dosimetric comparison of different non-invasive techniques for additional boost delivery

Hilde Van Parijs, Truus Reynders, Karina Heuninckx, Dirk Verellen, Guy Storme, Mark De Ridder

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A retrospective analysis of survival and prognostic factors after stereotactic radiosurgery for aggressive meningiomas

Daniel J Ferraro, Ryan K Funk, John William Blackett, Michelle R Ju, Todd A DeWees, Michael R Chicoine, Joshua L Dowling, Keith M Rich, Robert E Drzymala, Imran Zoberi, Joseph R Simpson, Jerry J Jaboin

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In vivo dosimetry of thyroid doses from different irradiated sites in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Cassiane Cardoso Bonato, Henrique Bregolin Dias, Michele da Silva Alves, Lucas Ost Duarte, Telpo Martins Dias, Maiara Oliveira Dalenogare, Claudio Castelo Branco Viegas, Regina Helena Elnecave

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Pretreatment SUVmax predicts progression-free survival in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy

Zachary D Horne, David A Clump, John A Vargo, Samir Shah, Sushil Beriwal, Steven A Burton, Annette E Quinn, Matthew J Schuchert, Rodney J Landreneau, Neil A Christie, James D Luketich, Dwight E Heron

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Optimization of tomotherapy treatment planning for patients with bilateral hip prostheses

David Chapman, Shaun Smith, Rob Barnett, Glenn Bauman, Slav Yartsev

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Improvement in toxicity in high risk prostate cancer patients treated with image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy compared to 3D conformal radiotherapy without daily image guidance

Joen Sveistrup, Per Munck af Rosenschöld, Joseph O Deasy, Jung Hun Oh, Tobias Pommer, Peter Meidahl Petersen, Svend Aage Engelholm

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A comparison of liver protection among 3-D conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy and RapidArc for hepatocellular carcinoma

Dong Chen, Renben Wang, Xiangjiao Meng, Tonghai Liu, Hongjiang Yan, Rui Feng, Shangang Liu, Shumei Jiang, Xiaoqing Xu, Kunli Zhu, Xue Dou

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Hypofractionated SBRT versus conventionally fractionated EBRT for prostate cancer: comparison of PSA slope and nadir

Mekhail Anwar, Vivian Weinberg, Albert J Chang, I-Chow Hsu, Mack Roach III, Alexander Gottschalk

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Synergistic enhancement of NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity by combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor and ionizing radiation

Cheol-Hun Son, Jin-Hee Keum, Kwangmo Yang, Jiho Nam, Mi-Ju Kim, Sun-Hee Kim, Chi-Dug Kang, Sae-Ock Oh, Chi-Dae Kim, You-Soo Park, Jaeho Bae

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The roles of platelet-derived growth factors and their receptors in brain radiation necrosis

Tomo Miyata, Taichiro Toho, Naosuke Nonoguchi, Motomasa Furuse, Hiroko Kuwabara, Erina Yoritsune, Shinji Kawabata, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Shin-Ichi Miyatake

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Patient-reported outcomes following stereotactic body radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer

Onita Bhattasali, Leonard N Chen, Jennifer Woo, Jee-Won Park, Joy S Kim, Rudy Moures, Thomas Yung, Siyuan Lei, Brian T Collins, Keith Kowalczyk, Simeng Suy, Anatoly Dritschilo, John H Lynch, Sean P Collins

Open Access Methodology

Concept for individualized patient allocation: ReCompare—remote comparison of particle and photon treatment plans

Armin Lühr, Steffen Löck, Klaus Roth, Stephan Helmbrecht, Annika Jakobi, Jørgen B Petersen, Uwe Just, Mechthild Krause, Wolfgang Enghardt, Michael Baumann

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Risk factors of radiation-induced acute esophagitis in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy

ZiCheng Zhang, Jin Xu, Tao Zhou, Yan Yi, HongSheng Li, HongFu Sun, Wei Huang, DongQing Wang, BaoSheng Li, GuoGuang Ying

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Intensity-modulated radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Junlin Yi, Xiaodong Huang, Li Gao, Jingwei Luo, Shiping Zhang, Kai Wang, Yuan Qu, Jianping Xiao, Guozhen Xu

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Establishment of a small animal tumour model for in vivo studies with low energy laser accelerated particles

Kerstin Brüchner, Elke Beyreuther, Michael Baumann, Mechthild Krause, Melanie Oppelt, Jörg Pawelke

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Patterns of local-regional failure after primary intensity modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Fangfang Kong, Hongmei Ying, Chengrun Du, Shuang Huang, Junjun Zhou, Junchao Chen, Lining Sun, Xiaohui Chen, Chaosu Hu

Open Access Research

Type and dose of radiotherapy used for initial treatment of non-metastatic prostate cancer

Dian Wang, Alex Ho, Ann S Hamilton, Xiao-Cheng Wu, Mary Lo, Steven Fleming, Michael Goodman, Trevor Thompson, Jean Owen

Open Access Review

Clinical management of gastroesophageal junction tumors: past and recent evidences for the role of radiotherapy in the multidisciplinary approach

Francesco Cellini, Alessio G Morganti, Francesco M Di Matteo, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Vincenzo Valentini

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MRI and CT imaging for preoperative target volume delineation in breast-conserving therapy

Mariska D den Hartogh, Marielle EP Philippens, Iris E van Dam, Catharina E Kleynen, Robbert JHA Tersteeg, Ruud M Pijnappel, Alexis NTJ Kotte, Helena M Verkooijen, Maurice AAJ van den Bosch, Marco van Vulpen, Bram van Asselen, HJG Desirée van den Bongard

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Involved-field irradiation in definitive chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Xiaoli Zhang, Minghuan LI, Xue Meng, Li Kong, Yan Zhang, Guangsheng Wei, Xiqin Zhang, Fang Shi, Man Hu, Guoli Zhang, Jinming Yu

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Carbon ion radiotherapy for oligo-recurrent lung metastases from colorectal cancer: a feasibility study

Wataru Takahashi, Mio Nakajima, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Shigeru Yamada, Hideomi Yamashita, Keiichi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Tsuji, Tadashi Kamada

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The treatment of extensive scalp lesions using coplanar and non-coplanar photon IMRT: a single institution experience

Christian Ostheimer, Martin Janich, Patrick Hübsch, Reinhard Gerlach, Dirk Vordermark

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Artemisinin derivative artesunate induces radiosensitivity in cervical cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

Judong Luo, Wei Zhu, Yiting Tang, Han Cao, Yuanyuan Zhou, Rong Ji, Xifa Zhou, Zhongkai Lu, Hongying Yang, Shuyu Zhang, Jianping Cao

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Low-dose splenic irradiation in symptomatic congestive splenomegaly: report of five cases with literature data

Frank Bruns, Michael Bremer, Arne Dettmer, Stefan Janssen

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Local failure patterns for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Jia-xin Li, Shao-min Huang, Xin-hua Jiang, Bin Ouyang, Fei Han, Shuai Liu, Bi-xiu Wen, Tai-xiang Lu

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Effects of the dose-volume relationship on and risk factors for maxillary osteoradionecrosis after carbon ion radiotherapy

Go Sasahara, Masashi Koto, Hiroaki Ikawa, Azusa Hasegawa, Ryo Takagi, Yoshitaka Okamoto, Tadashi Kamada

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First experiences with the implementation of the European standard EN 62304 on medical device software for the quality assurance of a radiotherapy unit

Angelika Höss, Christian Lampe, Ralf Panse, Benjamin Ackermann, Jakob Naumann, Oliver Jäkel

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A non-linear detection of phospho-histone H2AX in EA.hy926 endothelial cells following low-dose X-irradiation is modulated by reactive oxygen species

Martin Large, Sebastian Reichert, Stephanie Hehlgans, Claudia Fournier, Claus Rödel, Franz Rödel

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The impact of overall radiotherapy treatment time and delay in initiation of radiotherapy on local control and distant metastases in gastric cancer

Viacheslav Soyfer, Ravit Geva, Michael Michelson, Moshe Inbar, Einat Shacham-Shmueli, Benjamin W Corn

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Release of monocyte migration signals by breast cancer cell lines after ablative and fractionated γ-irradiation

Roman Hennel, Nikko Brix, Karin Seidl, Anne Ernst, Heike Scheithauer, Claus Belka, Kirsten Lauber

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Fractionated radiotherapy is the main stimulus for the induction of cell death and of Hsp70 release of p53 mutated glioblastoma cell lines

Yvonne Rubner, Carolin Muth, Annedore Strnad, Anja Derer, Renate Sieber, Rolf Buslei, Benjamin Frey, Rainer Fietkau, Udo S Gaipl

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Long-term results of radiotherapy in anaplastic thyroid cancer

Anne-Katrin Dumke, Tanja Pelz, Dirk Vordermark

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Implementation of single-breath-hold cone beam CT guided hypofraction radiotherapy for lung cancer

Renming Zhong, Jin Wang, Lin Zhou, Feng Xu, Li Liu, Jidan Zhou, Xiaoqin Jiang, Nianyong Chen, Sen Bai, You Lu

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Stereotactic body radiotherapy (sbrt) in lung oligometastatic patients: role of local treatments

Pierina Navarria, Anna Maria Ascolese, Stefano Tomatis, Luca Cozzi, Fiorenza De Rose, Pietro Mancosu, Filippo Alongi, Elena Clerici, Francesca Lobefalo, Angelo Tozzi, Giacomo Reggiori, Antonella Fogliata, Marta Scorsetti

Open Access Review

Bringing the heavy: carbon ion therapy in the radiobiological and clinical context

Cody D Schlaff, Andra Krauze, Arnaud Belard, John J O’Connell, Kevin A Camphausen

Open Access Research

Influence of body mass index and periprostatic fat on rectal dosimetry in permanent seed prostate brachytherapy

David Tiberi, Nelson Gruszczynski, Aliza Meissner, Guila Delouya, Daniel Taussky

Open Access Study protocol

Randomized phase II trial of hypofractionated proton versus carbon ion radiation therapy in patients with sacrococcygeal chordoma-the ISAC trial protocol

Matthias Uhl, Lutz Edler, Alexandra D Jensen, Gregor Habl, Jan Oelmann, Falk Röder, Oliver Jäckel, Jürgen Debus, Klaus Herfarth

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Dosimetric advantages of a “butterfly” technique for intensity-modulated radiation therapy for young female patients with mediastinal Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Khinh Ranh Voong, Kelli McSpadden, Chelsea C Pinnix, Ferial Shihadeh, Valerie Reed, Mohammad R Salehpour, Isidora Arzu, He Wang, David Hodgson, John Garcia, Michalis Aristophanous, Bouthaina S Dabaja

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A comparison of long-term survivors and short-term survivors with glioblastoma, subventricular zone involvement: a predictive factor for survival?

Sebastian Adeberg, Tilman Bostel, Laila König, Thomas Welzel, Juergen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Absorbable hydrogel spacer use in men undergoing prostate cancer radiotherapy: 12 month toxicity and proctoscopy results of a prospective multicenter phase II trial

Matthias Uhl, Klaus Herfarth, Michael J Eble, Michael Pinkawa, Baukelien van Triest, Robin Kalisvaart, Damien C Weber, Raymond Miralbell, Danny Y Song, Theodore L DeWeese

Open Access Research

Thorax irradiation triggers a local and systemic accumulation of immunosuppressive CD4+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells

Florian Wirsdörfer, Federica Cappuccini, Muska Niazman, Simone de Leve, Astrid M Westendorf, Lutz Lüdemann, Martin Stuschke, Verena Jendrossek

Open Access Research

Significance of an increase in the Child-Pugh score after radiotherapy in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Seok Hyun Son, Hong Seok Jang, In-Young Jo, Byung Ock Choi, Jeong Won Jang, Seung Kew Yoon, Chul Seung Kay

Open Access Research

Cytokine levels as biomarkers of radiation fibrosis in patients treated with breast radiotherapy

Charlotte B Westbury, Joanne Haviland, Sue Davies, Lone Gothard, Bahja Ahmed Abdi, Mark Sydenham, Jo Bowen, Richard Stratton, Susan C Short, John R Yarnold

Open Access Research

Salvage brachytherapy in prostate local recurrence after radiation therapy: predicting factors for control and toxicity

Iván Henríquez, Gemma Sancho, Asunción Hervás, Benjamin Guix, Joan Pera, Cristina Gutierrez, Oscar Abuchaibe, Rafael Martínez-Monge, Alejandro Tormo, Alfredo Polo

Open Access Research

Reconstitution of internal target volumes by combining four-dimensional computed tomography and a modified slow computed tomography scan in stereotactic body radiotherapy planning for lung cancer

Seong Soon Jang, Gil Ja Huh, Suk Young Park, Po Song Yang, Hae Nam Chung, Jae Hyuk Seo, Ji Chan Park, Young Jun Yang, Eun Youn Cho

Open Access Research

Toxicity and cosmetic outcome of hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy: predictive clinical and dosimetric factors

Patrizia Ciammella, Ala Podgornii, Maria Galeandro, Renato Micera, Dafne Ramundo, Tamara Palmieri, Elisabetta Cagni, Cinzia Iotti

Open Access Research

V30 as a predictor for radiation-induced hypothyroidism: a dosimetric analysis in patients who received radiotherapy to the neck

Zuleyha Akgun, Beste M Atasoy, Zeynep Ozen, Dilek Yavuz, Bahadir Gulluoglu, Meric Sengoz, Ufuk Abacioglu

Open Access Research

The biochemical recurrence-free rate in patients who underwent prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy, using two different definitions

Nobumichi Tanaka, Isao Asakawa, Emiko Katayama, Akihide Hirayama, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Noboru Konishi, Kiyohide Fujimoto

Open Access Research

Assessing the robustness of passive scattering proton therapy with regard to local recurrence in stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a secondary analysis of a phase II trial

Zhengfei Zhu, Wei Liu, Michael Gillin, Daniel R Gomez, Ritsuko Komaki, James D Cox, Radhe Mohan, Joe Y Chang

Open Access Research

Risk of secondary cancers from scattered radiation during intensity-modulated radiotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Dong Wook Kim, Kwangzoo Chung, Weon Kuu Chung, Sun Hyun Bae, Dong Oh Shin, Seongeon Hong, Sung Ho Park, Sung-Yong Park, Chae-Seon Hong, Young Kyung Lim, Dongho Shin, Se Byeong Lee, Hyun-ho Lee, Jiwon Sung, Myonggeun Yoon

Open Access Research

Local effect of stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary and metastatic liver tumors in 130 Japanese patients

Hideomi Yamashita, Hiroshi Onishi, Yasuo Matsumoto, Naoya Murakami, Yukinori Matsuo, Takuma Nomiya, Keiichi Nakagawa

Open Access Research

Efficacy and toxicity of chemoradiation in patients with anal cancer - a retrospective analysis

Stefan Alexander Koerber, Alla Slynko, Matthias F Haefner, David Krug, Clara Schoneweg, Kerstin Kessel, Annette Kopp-Schneider, Klaus Herfarth, Juergen Debus, Florian Sterzing

Open Access Research

Prognostic factors for survival and radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery alone or in combination with whole brain radiation therapy for 1–3 cerebral metastases

Lars Hendrik Schüttrumpf, Maximilian Niyazi, Silke Birgit Nachbichler, Farkhad Manapov, Nathalie Jansen, Axel Siefert, Claus Belka

Open Access Study protocol

Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with skull base metastases from systemic cancer involving the anterior visual pathway

Giuseppe Minniti, Vincenzo Esposito, Enrico Clarke, Claudia Scaringi, Alessandro Bozzao, Teresa Falco, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Maurizio Maurizi Enrici, Maurizio Valeriani, Mattia Falchetto Osti, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici

Open Access Methodology

Management of brain metastases with stereotactic radiosurgery alone versus whole brain irradiation alone versus both

Mahmoud M El Gantery, HodaM Abd El Baky, Hesham A El Hossieny, Mohamed Mahmoud, Osama Youssef

Open Access Research

Whole brain radiotherapy plus simultaneous in-field boost with image guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for brain metastases of non-small cell lung cancer

Lin Zhou, Jia Liu, Jianxin Xue, Yong Xu, Youling Gong, Lei Deng, Shichao Wang, Renming Zhong, Zhenyu Ding, You Lu

Open Access Research

Early results of urethral dose reduction and small safety margin in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for localized prostate cancer using a real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy (RTRT) system

Shinichi Shimizu, Kentaro Nishioka, Ryusuke Suzuki, Nobuo Shinohara, Satoru Maruyama, Takashige Abe, Rumiko Kinoshita, Norio Katoh, Rikiya Onimaru, Hiroki Shirato

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Critical appraisal of RapidArc radiosurgery with flattening filter free photon beams for benign brain lesions in comparison to GammaKnife: a treatment planning study

Ufuk Abacioglu, Zeynep Ozen, Meltem Yilmaz, Alptekin Arifoglu, Basri Gunhan, Namik Kayalilar, Selcuk Peker, Meric Sengoz, Salih Gurdalli, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Research

SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy of sentinel node(s) for superselective prophylactic irradiation of the neck in cN0 head and neck cancer patients: a prospective phase I feasibility study

Jean-François Daisne, Johanne Installé, Benoît Bihin, Marc Laloux, Thierry Vander Borght, Isabelle Mathieu, Georges Lawson

Open Access Research

Late toxicity and five year outcomes after high-dose-rate brachytherapy as a monotherapy for localized prostate cancer

Pirus Ghadjar, Sebastian L Oesch, Cyrill A Rentsch, Bernhard Isaak, Nikola Cihoric, Peter Manser, George N Thalmann, Daniel M Aebersold

Open Access Research

Integrating microRNA and mRNA expression profiles in response to radiation-induced injury in rat lung

Ling Xie, Jundong Zhou, Shuyu Zhang, Qing Chen, Rensheng Lai, Weiqun Ding, ChuanJun Song, XingJun Meng, Jinchang Wu

Open Access Research

Accelerated partial breast irradiation in the elderly: 5-year results of high-dose rate multi-catheter brachytherapy

Caroline Genebes, Marie-Eve Chand, Jocelyn Gal, Mathieu Gautier, Ines Raoust, Tarik Ihrai, Adel Courdi, Jean-Marc Ferrero, Isabelle Peyrottes, Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi

Open Access Research

IMRT credentialing for prospective trials using institutional virtual phantoms: results of a joint European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer and Radiological Physics Center project

Damien C Weber, Veronique Vallet, Andrea Molineu, Christos Melidis, Vanda Teglas, Suzanne Naudy, Raphael Moeckli, David S Followill, Coen W Hurkmans

Open Access Research

Chemoradiation with capecitabine and mitomycin-C for stage I-III anal squamous cell carcinoma

Govin Thind, Bal Johal, Matthew Follwell, Hagen Fritz Kennecke

Open Access Research

Integrating respiratory-gated PET-based target volume delineation in liver SBRT planning, a pilot study

Olivier Riou, Benjamin Serrano, David Azria, Benoit Paulmier, Remy Villeneuve, Pascal Fenoglietto, Antonella Artenie, Cécile Ortholan, Marc Faraggi, Juliette Thariat

Open Access Research

The efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy on huge hepatocellular carcinoma unsuitable for other local modalities

Jenny Y Que, Li-Ching Lin, Kuei-Li Lin, Chia-Hui Lin, Yu-Wei Lin, Ching-Chieh Yang

Open Access Research

Patterns of failure for glioblastoma multiforme following limited-margin radiation and concurrent temozolomide

Brian J Gebhardt, Michael C Dobelbower, William H Ennis, Asim K Bag, James M Markert, John B Fiveash

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy in patients with distant metastatic breast cancer

Kirsten Steinauer, Markus Wolfram Gross, Dorothy Jane Huang, Serenella Eppenberger-Castori, Uwe Güth

Open Access Research

Different rectal toxicity tolerance with and without simultaneous conventionally-fractionated pelvic lymph node treatment in patients receiving hypofractionated prostate radiotherapy

Andrew M McDonald, Christopher B Baker, Richard A Popple, Kiran Shekar, Eddy S Yang, Rojymon Jacob, Rex Cardan, Robert Y Kim, John B Fiveash

Open Access Research

Quality of life, fatigue and local response of patients with unstable spinal bone metastases under radiation therapy - a prospective trial

Harald Rief, Maximiliane Heinhold, Thomas Bruckner, Ingmar Schlampp, Robert Förster, Thomas Welzel, Tilman Bostel, Jürgen Debus, Stefan Rieken

Open Access Short report

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and radiotherapy-induced carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with head and neck cancer

Eduardo B Pereira, Tiago Gemignani, Andrei C Sposito, José R Matos-Souza, Wilson Nadruz Jr

Open Access Research

Repeated stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer recurrence

Karel Decaestecker, Gert De Meerleer, Bieke Lambert, Louke Delrue, Valérie Fonteyne, Tom Claeys, Filip De Vos, Wouter Huysse, Arne Hautekiet, Gaethan Maes, Piet Ost

Open Access Review

Updates on clinical studies of selenium supplementation in radiotherapy

Irma M Puspitasari, Rizky Abdulah, Chiho Yamazaki, Satomi Kameo, Takashi Nakano, Hiroshi Koyama

Open Access Research

Assessment of early and late dysphagia using videofluoroscopy and quality of life questionnaires in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy

Eda Yirmibeşoğlu Erkal, Doğu Canoğlu, Ahmet Kaya, Görkem Aksu, Binnaz Sarper, Gür Akansel, Tülay Meydancı, Haldun Şükrü Erkal

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for very elderly patients (age, greater than or equal to 85 years) with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Shinya Hayashi, Hidekazu Tanaka, Yuuichi Kajiura, Yasushi Ohno, Hiroaki Hoshi

Open Access Review

Why and how to spare the hippocampus during brain radiotherapy: the developing role of hippocampal avoidance in cranial radiotherapy

Tomas Kazda, Radim Jancalek, Petr Pospisil, Ondrej Sevela, Tomas Prochazka, Miroslav Vrzal, Petr Burkon, Marek Slavik, Ludmila Hynkova, Pavel Slampa, Nadia N Laack

Open Access Research

Hsp70 - a biomarker for tumor detection and monitoring of outcome of radiation therapy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Mathias Gehrmann, Hanno M Specht, Christine Bayer, Markus Brandstetter, Barbara Chizzali, Marciana Duma, Stephanie Breuninger, Kathrin Hube, Sophie Lehnerer, Valerie van Phi, Eva Sage, Thomas E Schmid, Michael Sedelmayr, Daniela Schilling, Wolfgang Sievert, Stefan Stangl, Gabriele Multhoff

Open Access Research

Survival of women with clear cell and papillary serous endometrial cancer after adjuvant radiotherapy

Robert Foerster, Robert Kluck, Harald Rief, Stefan Rieken, Juergen Debus, Katja Lindel

Open Access Research

Challenges in using 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET-CT to define a biological radiotherapy boost volume in locally advanced pancreatic cancer

James M Wilson, Somnath Mukherjee, Kwun-Ye Chu, Thomas B Brunner, Mike Partridge, Maria Hawkins

Open Access Methodology

Post-processing sets of tilted CT volumes as a method for metal artifact reduction

Hendrik Ballhausen, Michael Reiner, Ute Ganswindt, Claus Belka, Matthias Söhn

Open Access Research

Prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients with bone oligometastases treated concurrently with thoracic three-dimensional radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Wei-Wei Ouyang, Sheng-Fa Su, Zhu Ma, Yin-Xiang Hu, Bing Lu, Qing-Song Li, Yi-Chao Geng, Hui-Qin Li

Open Access Research

Validation of the prognostic Heidelberg re-irradiation score in an independent mono-institutional patient cohort

Maximilian Niyazi, Maya Flieger, Ute Ganswindt, Stephanie E Combs, Claus Belka

Open Access Research

High-dose rate brachytherapy in localized penile cancer: short-term clinical outcome analysis

Yohann Rouscoff, Alexander Tuan Falk, Matthieu Durand, Jocelyn Gal, Marie-Eve Chand, Mathieu Gautier, Alexandre Marsaud, Daniel Chevallier, Jean Amiel, Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi

Open Access Research

Interventional therapy for human breast cancer in nude mice with 131I gelatin microspheres (131I-GMSs) following intratumoral injection

Chuan-Chao Li, Jun-Lin Chi, Yu Ma, Jian-Hong Li, Chuan-Qin Xia, Lin Li, Zhuo Chen, Xiao-Li Chen

Open Access Research

Patient-reported urinary incontinence following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for clinically localized prostate cancer

Leonard N Chen, Simeng Suy, Hongkun Wang, Aditi Bhagat, Jennifer A Woo, Rudy A Moures, Joy S Kim, Thomas M Yung, Siyuan Lei, Brian T Collins, Keith Kowalczyk, Anatoly Dritschilo, John H Lynch, Sean P Collins

Open Access Research

Treatment fractionation for stereotactic radiotherapy of lung tumours: a modelling study of the influence of chronic and acute hypoxia on tumour control probability

Emely Lindblom, Laura Antonovic, Alexandru Dasu, Ingmar Lax, Peter Wersäll, Iuliana Toma-Dasu

Open Access Research

Risk-adapted partial larynx and/or carotid artery sparing modulated radiation therapy of glottic cancer

Stefan Janssen, Christoph Glanzmann, Gerhard Huber, Gabriela Studer

Open Access Research

Hafnium oxide nanoparticles: toward an in vitropredictive biological effect?

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Quality of life and fatigue of patients with spinal bone metastases under combined treatment with resistance training and radiation therapy- a randomized pilot trial

Harald Rief, Michael Akbar, Monika Keller, Georg Omlor, Thomas Welzel, Thomas Bruckner, Stefan Rieken, Matthias F Häfner, Ingmar Schlampp, Alexandros Gioules, Jürgen Debus

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A cohort analysis to identify eligible patients for intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) of early breast cancer

Elena Sperk, Daniela Astor, Anke Keller, Grit Welzel, Axel Gerhardt, Benjamin Tuschy, Marc Sütterlin, Frederik Wenz

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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases: a systematic review

Carsten Nieder, Anca L Grosu, Laurie E Gaspar

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Prominent response with helical tomotherapy in recurrent ameloblastic carcinoma of maxillary sinus: a case report

Timur Koca, Hamit Başaran, Deniz Arslan, Duygu Sezen, Zümrüt Arda Çerkeşli, Özlem Kılınç, Sibel Karaca, Cumhur İbrahim Başsorgun, Hilmi Önder Okay, Münir Demirci

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Hilke Vorwerk, Klemens Zink, Daniela Michaela Wagner, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic

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Weight and body mass index in relation to irradiated volume and to overall survival in patients with oropharyngeal cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Sandra Ottosson, Karin Söderström, Elisabeth Kjellén, Per Nilsson, Björn Zackrisson, Göran Laurell

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Hypofractionated radiotherapy for breast cancer acceleration of the START A treatment regime: intermediate tolerance and efficacy

Stefan Janssen, Christoph Glanzmann, Stephanie Lang, Sarah Verlaan, Tino Streller, Doris Wisler, Claudia Linsenmeier, Gabriela Studer

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Ototoxicity evaluation in medulloblastoma patients treated with involved field boost using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): a retrospective review

Wilson Albieri Vieira, Eduardo Weltman, Michael Jenwei Chen, Nasjla Saba da Silva, Andrea Maria Cappellano, Liliane Desgualdo Pereira, Maria Ines Rabelo Gonçalves, Robson Ferrigno, Rodrigo Morais Hanriot, Wladimir Nadalin, Vicente Odone Filho, Antonio Sergio Petrilli

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High-dose proton beam therapy for sinonasal mucosal malignant melanoma

Hiroshi Fuji, Shusuke Yoshikawa, Masako Kasami, Shigeyuki Murayama, Tetsuro Onitsuka, Hiroya Kashiwagi, Yoshio Kiyohara

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Obstructive voiding symptoms following stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer

W Tristram Arscott, Leonard N Chen, Nathan Wilson, Aditi Bhagat, Joy S Kim, Rudy A Moures, Thomas M Yung, Siyuan Lei, Brian T Collins, Keith Kowalczyk, Simeng Suy, Anatoly Dritschilo, John H Lynch, Sean P Collins

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Wavelet-based algorithm to the evaluation of contrasted hepatocellular carcinoma in CT-images after transarterial chemoembolization

Matheus Alvarez, Diana Rodrigues de Pina, Fernando Gomes Romeiro, Sérgio Barbosa Duarte, José Arruda Ricardo de Miranda

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The sensitivity of gamma-index method to the positioning errors of high-definition MLC in patient-specific VMAT QA for SBRT

Jung-in Kim, So-Yeon Park, Hak Jae Kim, Jin Ho Kim, Sung-Joon Ye, Jong Min Park

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Radiotherapy treatment planning with contrast-enhanced computed tomography: feasibility of dual-energy virtual unenhanced imaging for improved dose calculations

Sachiko Yamada, Takashi Ueguchi, Toshiyuki Ogata, Hirokazu Mizuno, Ryota Ogihara, Masahiko Koizumi, Takeshi Shimazu, Kenya Murase, Kazuhiko Ogawa

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Hair-sparing whole brain radiotherapy with volumetric arc therapy in patients treated for brain metastases: dosimetric and clinical results of a phase II trial

Annemieke De Puysseleyr, Joris Van De Velde, Bruno Speleers, Tom Vercauteren, Anneleen Goedgebeur, Tom Van Hoof, Tom Boterberg, Wilfried De Neve, Carlos De Wagter, Piet Ost

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Comparison of biochemical failure rates between permanent prostate brachytherapy and radical retropubic prostatectomy as a function of posttherapy PSA nadir plus ‘X’

Kamran A Ahmed, Brian J Davis, Lance A Mynderse, Jeffrey M Slezak, Eric J Bergstralh, Torrence M Wilson, C Richard Choo

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Evaluation of an automatic segmentation algorithm for definition of head and neck organs at risk

David Thomson, Chris Boylan, Tom Liptrot, Adam Aitkenhead, Lip Lee, Beng Yap, Andrew Sykes, Carl Rowbottom, Nicholas Slevin

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The effects of computed tomography image characteristics and knot spacing on the spatial accuracy of B-spline deformable image registration in the head and neck geometry

Charlotte L Brouwer, Roel GJ Kierkels, Aart A van ’t Veld, Nanna M Sijtsema, Harm Meertens

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A multi-institution evaluation of MLC log files and performance in IMRT delivery

James R Kerns, Nathan Childress, Stephen F Kry

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Down-regulation of BTG1 by miR-454-3p enhances cellular radiosensitivity in renal carcinoma cells

Xin Wu, Nan Ding, Wentao Hu, Jinpeng He, Shuai Xu, Hailong Pei, Junrui Hua, Guangming Zhou, Jufang Wang

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Optimal beam arrangement for pulmonary ventilation image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for lung cancer

Ruihao Wang, Shuxu Zhang, Hui Yu, Shengqu Lin, Guoqian Zhang, Rijie Tang, Bin Qi

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Seminal vesicle intrafraction motion analysed with cinematic magnetic resonance imaging

Suki Gill, Kim Dang, Chris Fox, Mathias Bressel, Tomas Kron, Noelene Bergen, Nick Ferris, Rebecca Owen, Sarat Chander, Keen Hun Tai, Farshad Foroudi

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Toxicity and quality of life after choline-PET/CT directed salvage lymph node dissection and adjuvant radiotherapy in nodal recurrent prostate cancer

Cordula A Jilg, Anja Leifert, Daniel Schnell, Simon Kirste, Natalia Volegova-Neher, Daniel Schlager, Gesche Wieser, Karl Henne, Wolfgang Schultze-Seemann, Anca-L Grosu, Hans Christian Rischke

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Mariola Fotin-Mleczek, Kai Zanzinger, Regina Heidenreich, Christina Lorenz, Aleksandra Kowalczyk, Karl-Josef Kallen, Stephan M Huber

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Comparison of primary target volumes delineated on four-dimensional CT and 18 F-FDG PET/CT of non-small-cell lung cancer

Yi-Li Duan, Jian-Bin Li, Ying-Jie Zhang, Wei Wang, Feng-Xiang Li, Xiao-Rong Sun, Yan-Luan Guo, Dong-Ping Shang

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Heike Scheithauer, Claus Belka, Kirsten Lauber, Udo S Gaipl

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Long-term intra-fractional motion of the prostate using hydrogel spacer during Cyberknife® treatment for prostate cancer – a case report

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Particle beam radiation therapy using carbon ions and protons for oligometastatic lung tumors

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Re-irradiation of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme using 11C-methionine PET/CT/MRI image fusion for hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy by intensity modulated radiation therapy

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Locoregional tumor failure after definitive radiation for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Raj S Rajpara, Eduard Schreibmann, Tim Fox, Liza J Stapleford, Jonathan J Beitler, Walter J Curran, Kristin A Higgins

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Evaluation of high-fidelity simulation training in radiation oncology using an outcomes logic model

Meredith Giuliani, Caitlin Gillan, Olive Wong, Nicole Harnett, Emily Milne, Doug Moseley, Robert Thompson, Pamela Catton, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette

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Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with concurrent chemotherapy as definitive treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer

Falk Roeder, Nils H Nicolay, Tam Nguyen, Ladan Saleh-Ebrahimi, Vasilis Askoxylakis, Tilman Bostel, Felix Zwicker, Juergen Debus, Carmen Timke, Peter E Huber

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The analysis of respiration-induced pancreatic tumor motion based on reference measurement

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The prognostic role of EZH2 expression in rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

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Spinal bone metastases in gynecologic malignancies: a retrospective analysis of stability, prognostic factors and survival

Robert Foerster, Daniel Habermehl, Thomas Bruckner, Tilman Bostel, Ingmar Schlampp, Thomas Welzel, Juergen Debus, Harald Rief

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On the robustness of VMAT-SABR treatment plans against isocentre positioning uncertainties

Joep Stroom, Sandra Vieira, Dalila Mateus, Carlo Greco, Antonella Fogliata, Giorgia Nicolini, Alessandro Clivio, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

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GTV-based prescription in SBRT for lung lesions using advanced dose calculation algorithms

Thomas Lacornerie, Albert Lisbona, Xavier Mirabel, Eric Lartigau, Nick Reynaert

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Feasibility and potential benefits of defining the internal gross tumor volume of hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast-enhanced 4D CT images obtained by deformable registration

Hua Xu, Guanzhong Gong, Hong Wei, Lusheng Chen, Jinhu Chen, Jie Lu, Tonghai Liu, Jian Zhu, Yong Yin

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VMAT planning study in rectal cancer patients

Jun Shang, Wei Kong, Yan-yang Wang, Zhe Ding, Gang Yan, Hong Zhe

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Safety and efficacy of stereotactic body radiotherapy as primary treatment for vertebral metastases: a multi-institutional analysis

Matthias Guckenberger, Frederick Mantel, Peter C Gerszten, John C Flickinger, Arjun Sahgal, Daniel Létourneau, Inga S Grills, Maha Jawad, Daniel K Fahim, John H Shin, Brian Winey, Jason Sheehan, Ron Kersh

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Assessment of the risk factors for impending fractures following radiotherapy for long bone metastases using CT scan-based virtual simulation: a retrospective study

Zuzana Tatar, Martin Soubrier, Anne Françoise Dillies, Pierre Verrelle, Stéphane Boisgard, Michel Lapeyre

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Dose painting based on tumor uptake of Cu-ATSM and FDG: a comparative study

Malene Martini Clausen, Anders Elias Hansen, Michael Lundemann, Christian Hollensen, Tobias Pommer, Per Munck af Rosenschöld, Annemarie Thuri Kristensen, Andreas Kjær, Fintan J McEvoy, Svend Aage Engelholm

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Optimal hypofractionated conformal radiotherapy for large brain metastases in patients with high risk factors: a single-institutional prospective study

Hiroshi K Inoue, Hiro Sato, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Jun-ichi Saitoh, Shin-ei Noda, Ken-ichi Seto, Kota Torikai, Hideyuki Sakurai, Takashi Nakano

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Sphincter preservation in distal CT2N0 rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiotherapy

Nir Wasserberg, Yulia Kundel, Ofer Purim, Andrei Keidar, Hanoch Kashtan, Eran Sadot, Eyal Fenig, Baruch Brenner

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Higher caseload improves cervical cancer survival in patients treated with brachytherapy

Moon-Sing Lee, Shiang-Jiun Tsai, Ching-Chih Lee, Yu-Chieh Su, Wen-Yen Chiou, Hon-Yi Lin, Shih-Kai Hung

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Assessment of a model based optimization engine for volumetric modulated arc therapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular cancer

Antonella Fogliata, Po-Ming Wang, Francesca Belosi, Alessandro Clivio, Giorgia Nicolini, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

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Oligometastasis and oligo-recurrence: more than a mirage

Fang Huang, Gang Wu, Kunyu Yang

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Dynamic simulation of motion effects in IMAT lung SBRT

Wei Zou, Lingshu Yin, Jiajian Shen, Michael N Corradetti, Maura Kirk, Reshma Munbodh, Penny Fang, Salma K Jabbour, Charles B Simone, Ning J Yue, Ramesh Rengan, Boon-Keng Kevin Teo

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Feasibility of constant dose rate VMAT in the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer patients

Wenliang Yu, Haijiao Shang, Congying Xie, Ce Han, Jinling Yi, Yongqiang Zhou, Xiance Jin

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Current state of the art, multimodality research and future visions for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer: consensus results from "Challenges and Chances in Prostate Cancer Research Meeting 2013"

Stephanie E Combs, Jürgen Debus, Günter Feick, Boris Hadaschik, Markus Hohenfellner, Roland Schüle, Jens-Peter Zacharias, Malte Schwardt

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A case of radiation-induced osteosarcoma treated effectively by boron neutron capture therapy

Gen Futamura, Shinji Kawabata, Hiroyuki Siba, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Minoru Suzuki, Natsuko Kondo, Koji Ono, Yoshinori Sakurai, Minoru Tanaka, Tomoki Todo, Shin-Ichi Miyatake

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Interstitial high-dose rate brachytherapy as boost for anal canal cancer

Alexander Tuan Falk, Audrey Claren, Karen Benezery, Eric François, Mathieu Gautier, Jean-Pierre Gerard, Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi

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Long-term outcomes of adjuvant radiotherapy after surgical resection of central neurocytoma

Yi-Dong Chen, Wen-Bin Li, Jin Feng, Xiao-Guang Qiu

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Feasibility of extreme dose escalation for glioblastoma multiforme using 4π radiotherapy

Dan Nguyen, Jean-Claude M Rwigema, Victoria Y Yu, Tania Kaprealian, Patrick Kupelian, Michael Selch, Percy Lee, Daniel A Low, Ke Sheng

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PTV margin definition in hypofractionated IGRT of localized prostate cancer using cone beam CT and orthogonal image pairs with fiducial markers

Christoph Oehler, Stephanie Lang, Peter Dimmerling, Christian Bolesch, Stephan Kloeck, Alessandra Tini, Christoph Glanzmann, Yousef Najafi, Gabriela Studer, Daniel R Zwahlen

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Carbon-ion scanning lung treatment planning with respiratory-gated phase-controlled rescanning: simulation study using 4-dimensional CT data

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Volumetric modulated arc therapy for lung stereotactic radiation therapy can achieve high local control rates

Hideomi Yamashita, Akihiro Haga, Wataru Takahashi, Ryousuke Takenaka, Toshikazu Imae, Shigeharu Takenaka, Keiichi Nakagawa

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Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer in men with large prostates (≥50 cm3)

Einsley Janowski, Leonard N Chen, Joy S Kim, Siyuan Lei, Simeng Suy, Brian Collins, John Lynch, Anatoly Dritschilo, Sean Collins

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Evaluation of permanent alopecia in pediatric medulloblastoma patients treated with proton radiation

Chul Hee Min, Harald Paganetti, Brian A Winey, Judith Adams, Shannon M MacDonald, Nancy J Tarbell, Torunn I Yock

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A prospective cohort study on postoperative radiotherapy with TomoDirect using simultaneous integrated boost technique in early breast cancer

Hyo Chun Lee, Sung Hwan Kim, Young Jin Suh, Mi Joo Chung, Dae Gyu Kang, Hyun Joo Choi, Jong Hoon Lee

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Less advanced disease at initiation of salvage androgen deprivation therapy is associated with decreased mortality following biochemical failure post-salvage radiation therapy

Corey C Foster, William C Jackson, Benjamin C Foster, Skyler B Johnson, Felix Y Feng, Daniel A Hamstra

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Dosimetric comparison between helical tomotherapy and volumetric modulated arc-therapy for non-anaplastic thyroid cancer treatment

Jonathan Khalifa, Laure Vieillevigne, Sabrina Boyrie, Monia Ouali, Thomas Filleron, Michel Rives, Anne Laprie

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An EPID-based method for comprehensive verification of gantry, EPID and the MLC carriage positional accuracy in Varian linacs during arc treatments

Pejman Rowshanfarzad, Conor K McGarry, Michael P Barnes, Mahsheed Sabet, Martin A Ebert

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mARC vs. IMRT radiotherapy of the prostate with flat and flattening-filter-free beam energies

Yvonne Dzierma, Katharina Bell, Jan Palm, Frank Nuesken, Norbert Licht, Christian Rübe

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Submandibular gland-sparing radiation therapy for locally advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: patterns of failure and xerostomia outcomes

Michael F Gensheimer, Jay J Liao, Adam S Garden, George E Laramore, Upendra Parvathaneni

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Efficacy and prognostic analysis of chemoradiotherapy in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous carcinoma with cervical lymph nodal metastasis alone

Peng Zhang, Mian Xi, Lei Zhao, Qiao-Qiao Li, Li-Ru He, Shi-Liang Liu, Jing-Xian Shen, Meng-Zhong Liu

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The impact of smoking on the clinical outcome of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemoradiotherapy

Shan-Shan Guo, Pei-Yu Huang, Qiu-Yan Chen, Huai Liu, Lin-Quan Tang, Lu Zhang, Li-Ting Liu, Ka-Jia Cao, Ling Guo, Hao-Yuan Mo, Xiang Guo, Ming-Huang Hong, Hai-Qiang Mai

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Quality assurance for the EORTC 22071–26071 study: dummy run prospective analysis

Alysa Fairchild, Johannes A Langendijk, Sandra Nuyts, Christopher Scrase, Milan Tomsej, Danny Schuring, Akos Gulyban, Sunita Ghosh, Damien C Weber, Wilfried Budach

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Short communication: timeline of radiation-induced kidney function loss after stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy of renal cell carcinoma as evaluated by serial 99mTc-DMSA SPECT/CT

Price Jackson, Farshad Foroudi, Daniel Pham, Michael S Hofman, Nicholas Hardcastle, Jason Callahan, Tomas Kron, Shankar Siva

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Superior sulcus non small cell lung carcinoma: retrospective analysis of 42 patients

Pierre Truntzer, Delphine N Antoni, Nicola Santelmo, Catherine Schumacher, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Elisabeth Quoix, Jean-Pierre Steib, Gilbert Massard, Georges Noël

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Treatment improvement and better patient care: which is the most important one in oral cavity cancer?

Francesca De Felice, Daniela Musio, Valentina Terenzi, Valentino Valentini, Andrea Cassoni, Mario Tombolini, Marco De Vincentiis, Vincenzo Tombolini

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Reconstruction of the treatment area by use of sinogram in helical tomotherapy

Akihiro Haga, Keiichi Nakagawa, Calvin Maurer, Ken Ruchala, Edward Chao, Dylan Casey, Satoshi Kida, Dousatsu Sakata, Masahiro Nakano, Taiki Magome, Yoshitaka Masutani

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Prostatic displacement during extreme hypofractionated radiotherapy using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

Adam Gladwish, Geordi Pang, Patrick Cheung, Laura D’Alimonte, Andrea Deabreu, Andrew Loblaw

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The role of radiotherapy in the management of POEMS syndrome

Yang-Gun Suh, Young-Suk Kim, Chang-Ok Suh, Yu Ri Kim, June-Won Cheong, Jin Seok Kim, Jaeho Cho

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Effect of combined irradiation and EGFR/Erb-B inhibition with BIBW 2992 on proliferation and tumour cure in cell lines and xenografts

Kristin Gurtner, Nadja Ebert, Dorothee Pfitzmann, Wolfgang Eicheler, Daniel Zips, Michael Baumann, Mechthild Krause

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Do patients with very few brain metastases from breast cancer benefit from whole-brain radiotherapy in addition to radiosurgery?

Dirk Rades, Stefan Huttenlocher, Dagmar Hornung, Oliver Blanck, Steven E Schild, Dorothea Fischer

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Quality assurance in radiotherapy: analysis of the causes of not starting or early radiotherapy withdrawal

Meritxell Arenas, Sebastià Sabater, Marina Gascón, Ivan Henríquez, M José Bueno, Àngels Rius, Àngels Rovirosa, David Gómez, Anna Lafuerza, Albert Biete, Jordi Colomer

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Effects of age and radiation treatment on function of extrinsic tongue muscles

John A Russell, Nadine P Connor

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Feasibility study on the verification of actual beam delivery in a treatment room using EPID transit dosimetry

Tae Seong Baek, Eun Ji Chung, Jaeman Son, Myonggeun Yoon

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Dosimetric predictors of hypothyroidism in oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Arthur Chyan, Josephine Chen, Erin Shugard, Louise Lambert, Jeanne M Quivey, Sue S Yom

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Paul Martin Putora, Cedric M Panje, Alexandros Papachristofilou, Alan Dal Pra, Thomas Hundsberger, Ludwig Plasswilm

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents - a single institution experience of 158 patients

Weixin Liu, Yuan Tang, Li Gao, Xiaodong Huang, Jingwei Luo, Shiping Zhang, Kai Wang, Yuan Qu, Jianping Xiao, Guozhen Xu, Junlin Yi

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Dosimetric robustness against setup errors in charged particle radiotherapy of skull base tumors

Filippo Ammazzalorso, Urszula Jelen, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Wolfgang Schlegel

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Nina-Sophie Hegemann, Matthias Guckenberger, Claus Belka, Ute Ganswindt, Farkhad Manapov, Minglun Li

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Hippocampal EUD in primarily irradiated glioblastoma patients

Raphael Bodensohn, Matthias Söhn, Ute Ganswindt, Gabriele Schupp, Silke B Nachbichler, Oliver Schnell, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi

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Prostate volume and implant configuration during 48 hours of temporary prostate brachytherapy: limited effect of oedema

Anna M Dinkla, Bradley R Pieters, Kees Koedooder, Niek van Wieringen, Rob van der Laarse, Arjan Bel

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Oligometastases in prostate cancer: restaging stage IV cancers and new radiotherapy options

Antonio José Conde Moreno, Carlos Ferrer Albiach, Rodrigo Muelas Soria, Verónica González Vidal, Raquel García Gómez, María Albert Antequera

Open Access Study protocol

Feasibility and efficacy of simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiation therapy in patients with limited-disease small cell lung cancer

Dan Han, Qin Qin, Shaoyu Hao, Wei Huang, Yumei Wei, Zicheng Zhang, Zhongtang Wang, Baosheng Li

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Development of a standardized method for contouring the larynx and its substructures

Mehee Choi, Tamer Refaat, Malisa S Lester, Ian Bacchus, Alfred W Rademaker, Bharat B Mittal

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Minocycline ameliorates cognitive impairment induced by whole-brain irradiation: an animal study

Liyuan Zhang, Kun Li, Rui Sun, Yuan Zhang, JianFeng Ji, Peigeng Huang, Hongying Yang, Ye Tian

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Proctitis following stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Daniel Y Joh, Leonard N Chen, Gerald Porter, Aditi Bhagat, Sumit Sood, Joy S Kim, Rudy Moures, Thomas Yung, Siyuan Lei, Brian T Collins, Andrew W Ju, Simeng Suy, John Carroll, John H Lynch, Anatoly Dritschilo, Sean P Collins

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Impact of treatment planning and delivery factors on gastrointestinal toxicity: an analysis of data from the RADAR prostate radiotherapy trial

Noorazrul Yahya, Martin A Ebert, Max Bulsara, Annette Haworth, Rachel Kearvell, Kerwyn Foo, Angel Kennedy, Sharon Richardson, Michele Krawiec, David J Joseph, Jim W Denham

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The effect of tumor volume and its change on survival in stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Tae Ryool Koo, Sung Ho Moon, Yu Jin Lim, Ja Young Kim, Yeonjoo Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Kwan Ho Cho, Ji-Youn Han, Young Joo Lee, Tak Yun, Heung Tae Kim, Jin Soo Lee

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Sana D Karam, Alexander Tai, James W Snider, Shilpa Bhatia, Edward J Bedrick, Abdul Rashid, Ann Jay, Christopher Kalhorn, Nathan Nair, K William Harter, Sean P Collins, Walter Jean

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Number of negative lymph nodes can predict survival of breast cancer patients with four or more positive lymph nodes after postmastectomy radiotherapy

San-Gang Wu, Jia-Yuan Sun, Juan Zhou, Feng-Yan Li, Hao Zhou, Qin Lin, Huan-Xin Lin, Yong Bao, Zhen-Yu He

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A clinical study of lung cancer dose calculation accuracy with Monte Carlo simulation

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Open Access Letter to the Editor

Selenium supplementation in radiotherapy patients: do we need to measure selenium levels in serum or blood regularly prior radiotherapy?

Ralph Muecke, Oliver Micke, Lutz Schomburg, Klaus Kisters, Jens Buentzel, Jutta Huebner, Jan Kriz

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Geographic miss of lung tumours due to respiratory motion: a comparison of 3D vs 4D PET/CT defined target volumes

Jason Callahan, Tomas Kron, Shankar Siva, Nathalie Simoens, Amanda Edgar, Sarah Everitt, Michal E Schneider, Rodney J Hicks

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A retrospective study of external beam radiation, neutron brachytherapy, and concurrent chemotherapy for patients with localized advanced carcinoma of the esophagus

Kai Ma, Qifeng Wang, Tao Li, Huiming Liu, Bo Liu, Xitang Jia, Shufeng Li, Junyuan Lang, Mingzhi Zhang

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The survival outcomes and prognosis of stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer treated with thoracic three-dimensional radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy

ShengFa Su, YinXiang Hu, WeiWei Ouyang, Zhu Ma, Bing Lu, QingSong Li, HuiQin Li, ZhiYong Wang, Yu Wang

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Baseline neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (≥2.8) as a prognostic factor for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiation

Lijun Shen, Hui Zhang, Liping Liang, Guichao Li, Ming Fan, Yongxin Wu, Ji Zhu, Zhen Zhang

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Assessing cumulative dose distributions in combined radiotherapy for cervical cancer using deformable image registration with pre-imaging preparations

Takanori Abe, Tomoaki Tamaki, Souichi Makino, Takeshi Ebara, Ryuuta Hirai, Kazunori Miyaura, Yu Kumazaki, Tatsuya Ohno, Naoto Shikama, Takashi Nakano, Shingo Kato

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How much will linked deformable registrations decrease the quality of multi-atlas segmentation fusions?

Carl Sjöberg, Silvia Johansson, Anders Ahnesjö

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CT-guidance interstitial 125Iodine seed brachytherapy as a salvage therapy for recurrent spinal primary tumors

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Novel high dose rate lip brachytherapy technique to improve dose homogeneity and reduce toxicity by customized mold

Jon Feldman, Limor Appelbaum, Mordechay Sela, Ninel Voskoboinik, Sarit Kadouri, Jeffrey Weinberger, Itzhak Orion, Amichay Meirovitz

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Seung-Gu Yeo, Hyeon Woo Lim, Dae Yong Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Sun Young Kim, Ji Yeon Baek, Hee Jin Chang, Ji Won Park, Jae Hwan Oh

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Use of FDG-PET to guide dose prescription heterogeneity in stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung cancers with volumetric modulated arc therapy: a feasibility study

Bénédicte Henriques de Figueiredo, Mikael Antoine, Renaud Trouette, Philippe Lagarde, Adeline Petit, Frédéric Lamare, Mathieu Hatt, Philippe Fernandez

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Jennifer Croke, Jillian Maclean, Balazs Nyiri, Yan Li, Kyle Malone, Leonard Avruch, Cathleen Kayser, Shawn Malone

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Image-guided radiation therapy using surgical clips for localization of colonic metastasis from thyroid cancer

Alvin Szeto, Lee Chin, Patrick Whelan, Jennifer Wilson, Justin Lee

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Use of alpha-1 adrenoceptor antagonists in patients who underwent low-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer - a randomized controlled trial of silodosin versus naftopidil -

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Open Access Research

Hypericum perforatum and neem oil for the management of acute skin toxicity in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation or chemo-radiation: a single-arm prospective observational study

Pierfrancesco Franco, Ilenia Potenza, Francesco Moretto, Mattia Segantin, Mario Grosso, Antonello Lombardo, Daniela Taricco, Patrizia Vallario, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Monica Rampino, Umberto Ricardi

Open Access Review

Technical guidelines for head and neck cancer IMRT on behalf of the Italian association of radiation oncology - head and neck working group

Anna Merlotti, Daniela Alterio, Riccardo Vigna-Taglianti, Alessandro Muraglia, Luciana Lastrucci, Roberto Manzo, Giuseppina Gambaro, Orietta Caspiani, Francesco Miccichè, Francesco Deodato, Stefano Pergolizzi, Pierfrancesco Franco, Renzo Corvò, Elvio G Russi, Giuseppe Sanguineti

Open Access Research

Consequences of tumor planning target volume reduction in treatment of T2-T4 laryngeal cancer

Cornelia AJM Vugts, Chris HJ Terhaard, Marielle EP Philippens, Frank A Pameijer, Nicolien Kasperts, Cornelis PJ Raaijmakers

Open Access Methodology

A single-field integrated boost treatment planning technique for spot scanning proton therapy

Xiaorong Ronald Zhu, Falk Poenisch, Heng Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Narayan Sahoo, Richard Y Wu, Xiaoqiang Li, Andrew K Lee, Eric L Chang, Seungtaek Choi, Thomas Pugh, Steven J Frank, Michael T Gillin, Anita Mahajan, David R Grosshans

Open Access Methodology

Target splitting non-coplanar RapidArc radiation therapy for a diffuse sebaceous carcinoma of the scalp: a novel delivery technique

Jiang Hu, WeiWei Xiao, ZhiChun He, DeHua Kang, ALong Chen, ZhenYu Qi

Open Access Research

Clinical experience of SIB-IMRT in anal cancer and selective literature review

Stefan Janssen, Christoph Glanzmann, Peter Bauerfeind, Sonja Stieb, Gabriela Studer, Michelle Brown, Oliver Riesterer

Open Access Methodology

Dosimetric comparison of 4 MeV and 6 MeV electron beams for total skin irradiation

So-Yeon Park, Beom Seok Ahn, Jong Min Park, Sung-Joon Ye, Il han Kim, Jung-in Kim

Open Access Research

Inter-observer variability of clinical target volume delineation in radiotherapy treatment of pancreatic cancer: a multi-institutional contouring experience

Luciana Caravatta, Gabriella Macchia, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Aldo Sainato, Nunzia LV Cernusco, Giovanna Mantello, Monica Di Tommaso, Marianna Trignani, Antonino De Paoli, Gianni Boz, Maria L Friso, Vincenzo Fusco, Marta Di Nicola, Alessio G Morganti, Domenico Genovesi

Open Access Research

Variability in MRI vs. ultrasound measures of prostate volume and its impact on treatment recommendations for favorable-risk prostate cancer patients: a case series

Yonina R Murciano-Goroff, Luciant D Wolfsberger, Arti Parekh, Fiona M Fennessy, Kemal Tuncali, Peter F Orio III, Thomas R Niedermayr, W Warren Suh, Phillip M Devlin, Clare Mary C Tempany, Emily H Neubauer Sugar, Desmond A O’Farrell, Graeme Steele, Michael O’Leary, Ivan Buzurovic, Antonio L Damato, Robert A Cormack, Andriy Y Fedorov, Paul L Nguyen

Open Access Research

Treatment outcomes and late toxicities in patients with embryonal central nervous system tumors

Kazumasa Odagiri, Motoko Omura, Masaharu Hata, Noriko Aida, Tetsu Niwa, Hiroaki Goto, Susumu Ito, Masanori Adachi, Haruyasu Yoshida, Hiroko Yuki, Tomio Inoue

Open Access Research

Concurrent gemcitabine and 3D radiotherapy in patients with stage III unresectable non-small cell lung cancer

Gerald SMA Kerner, Leon FA van Dullemen, Erwin M Wiegman, Joachim Widder, Edwin Blokzijl, Ellen M Driever, John WG van Putten, Jeroen JW Liesker, Tineke EJ Renkema, Remge M Pieterman, Marc JF Mertens, Thijo JN Hiltermann, Harry JM Groen

Open Access Research

RAD9 deficiency enhances radiation induced bystander DNA damage and transcriptomal response

Shanaz A Ghandhi, Brian Ponnaiya, Sunil K Panigrahi, Kevin M Hopkins, Qingping Cui, Tom K Hei, Sally A Amundson, Howard B Lieberman

Open Access Review

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for lung cancer patients previously treated with conventional radiotherapy: a review

Arya Amini, Norman Yeh, Laurie E Gaspar, Brian Kavanagh, Sana D Karam

Open Access Methodology

The choice of statistical methods for comparisons of dosimetric data in radiotherapy

Abdulhamid Chaikh, Jean-Yves Giraud, Emmanuel Perrin, Jean-Pierre Bresciani, Jacques Balosso

Open Access Research

BAY 87–2243, a novel inhibitor of hypoxia-induced gene activation, improves local tumor control after fractionated irradiation in a schedule-dependent manner in head and neck human xenografts

Linda Helbig, Lydia Koi, Kerstin Brüchner, Kristin Gurtner, Holger Hess-Stumpp, Kerstin Unterschemmann, Michael Baumann, Daniel Zips, Ala Yaromina

Open Access Research

A new prognostic instrument to predict the probability of developing new cerebral metastases after radiosurgery alone

Stefan Huttenlocher, Liesa Dziggel, Dagmar Hornung, Oliver Blanck, Steven E Schild, Dirk Rades

Open Access Research

Trimodality bladder-sparing approach without neoadjuvant chemotherapy for node-negative localized muscle-invasive urinary bladder cancer resulted in comparable cystectomy-free survival

Cheng-Yen Lee, Kai-Lin Yang, Hui-Ling Ko, Rong-Yau Huang, Pei-Pin Tsai, Ming-Tsun Chen, Yi-Chia Lin, Thomas I-Sheng Hwang, Guang-Dar Juang, Kwan-Hwa Chi

Open Access Research

Long term results after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) in patients with craniopharyngioma: maximal tumor control with minimal side effects

Semi B Harrabi, Sebastian Adeberg, Thomas Welzel, Stefan Rieken, Daniel Habermehl, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Image guided intensity modulated hypofractionated radiotherapy in high-risk prostate cancer patients treated four or five times per week: analysis of toxicity and preliminary results

Maurizio Valeriani, Alessia Carnevale, Mattia Falchetto Osti, Vitaliana DE Sanctis, Linda Agolli, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici

Open Access Research

Dual-gated volumetric modulated arc therapy

Benjamin Fahimian, Junqing Wu, Huanmei Wu, Sarah Geneser, Lei Xing

Open Access Research

Reirradiation as part of a salvage treatment approach for progressive non-pontine pediatric high-grade gliomas: preliminary experiences from the German HIT-HGG study group

Klaus Müller, Heike Scheithauer, Sophie Pietschmann, Marion Hoffmann, Jochen Rössler, Norbert Graf, Brigitta G Baumert, Hans Christiansen, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Christof M Kramm, André O von Bueren

Open Access Research

A dosimetric comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and non-coplanar intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer

Yuri Jeong, Sang-wook Lee, Jungwon Kwak, Ilsung Cho, Sang Min Yoon, Jong Hoon Kim, Jin-hong Park, Eun Kyung Choi, Si Yeol Song, Young Seok Kim, Su Ssan Kim, Ji Hyeon Joo, Seung Do Ahn

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Association between radiation pneumonitis and tumor response in patients with NSCLC treated with chemoradiation

Michael P MacManus, David Ball, Rodney J Hicks

Open Access Research

Proposed salvage treatment strategy for biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer: a retrospective study

Makito Miyake, Nobumichi Tanaka, Isao Asakawa, Yosuke Morizawa, Satoshi Anai, Kazumasa Torimoto, Katsuya Aoki, Tatsuo Yoneda, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Noboru Konishi, Kiyohide Fujimoto

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Stereotactic radiosurgery alone for small cell lung cancer: a neurocognitivebenefit?

Eric Ojerholm, Michelle Alonso-Basanta, Charles B Simone II

Open Access Research

A margin-based analysis of the dosimetric impact of motion on step-and-shoot IMRT lung plans

Benjamin J Waghorn, Amish P Shah, Justin M Rineer, Katja M Langen, Sanford L Meeks

Open Access Research

Range modulation in proton therapy planning: a simple method for mitigating effects of increased relative biological effectiveness at the end-of-range of clinical proton beams

Jeffrey C Buchsbaum, Mark W McDonald, Peter AS Johnstone, Ted Hoene, Marc Mendonca, Chee-Wei Cheng, Indra J Das, Kevin P McMullen, Mark R Wolanski

Open Access Review

Visualization, imaging and new preclinical diagnostics in radiation oncology

Clemens C Cyran, Philipp M Paprottka, Michel Eisenblätter, Dirk A Clevert, Carsten Rist, Konstantin Nikolaou, Kirsten Lauber, Frederik Wenz, Daniel Hausmann, Maximilian F Reiser, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi

Open Access Research

Re-irradiation in the treatment of patients with cerebral metastases of solid tumors: retrospective analysis

Maike Scharp, Henrik Hauswald, Marc Bischof, Juergen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Case report

Boron neutron capture therapy with bevacizumab may prolong the survival of recurrent malignant glioma patients: four cases

Shin-Ichi Miyatake, Shinji Kawabata, Ryo Hiramatsu, Motomasa Furuse, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Minoru Suzuki

Open Access Research

Involvement of both Cervical Lymph Nodes and Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes has prognostic value for N1 patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Qi Shi, Chunying Shen, Lin Kong, Xiaoshen Wang, Jianhui Ding, Yunsheng Gao, Tingting Xu, Chaosu Hu

Open Access Research

Changes in volume of stage I non-small-cell lung cancer during stereotactic body radiotherapy

Kotoha Tatekawa, Hiromitsu Iwata, Takatsune Kawaguchi, Satoshi Ishikura, Fumiya Baba, Shinya Otsuka, Akifumi Miyakawa, Maho Iwana, Yuta Shibamoto

Open Access Research

Clinical outcome of hypofractionated breath-hold image-guided SABR of primary lung tumors and lung metastases

Judit Boda-Heggemann, Anian Frauenfeld, Christel Weiss, Anna Simeonova, Christian Neumaier, Kerstin Siebenlist, Ulrike Attenberger, Claus Peter Heußel, Frank Schneider, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr

Open Access Research

No difference in dose distribution in organs at risk in postmastectomy radiotherapy with or without breast implant reconstruction

Annelie Liljegren, Dmytro Unukovych, Giovanna Gagliardi, Judith Bjöhle, Marie Wickman, Hemming Johansson, Kerstin Sandelin

Open Access Research

A criterion for the reliable use of MRI-only radiotherapy

Marie E Korsholm, Line W Waring, Jens M Edmund

Open Access Research

Feasibility of stereotactic body radiation therapy with volumetric modulated arc therapy and high intensity photon beams for hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Po-Ming Wang, Wei-Chung Hsu, Na-Na Chung, Feng-Ling Chang, Chin-Jyh Jang, Antonella Fogliata, Marta Scorsetti, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Research

Clinical outcome of postoperative highly conformal versus 3D conformal radiotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Jérôme Krayenbuehl, Peter Dimmerling, I Frank Ciernik, Oliver Riesterer

Open Access Research

Investigation of variability in image acquisition and contouring during 3D ultrasound guidance for partial breast irradiation

Anthony Landry, Tanya Berrang, Isabelle Gagne, Carmen Popescu, Tracy Mitchell, Hazel Vey, Letricia Sand, Siew Yan Soh, Jill Wark, Ivo Olivotto, Wayne Beckham

Open Access Research

Timing and intensity of changes in FDG uptake with symptomatic esophagitis during radiotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy

Shuanghu Tiger Yuan, Richard KJ Brown, Lujun Zhao, Randall K Ten Haken, Milton Gross, Kemp B Cease, Matt Schipper, Paul Stanton, Jinming Yu, Feng-Ming Spring Kong

Open Access Review

Management of persistent anal canal carcinoma after combined-modality therapy: a clinical review

Daniela Musio, Francesca De Felice, Nicola Raffetto, Vincenzo Tombolini

Open Access Research

Target volume delineation in breast conserving radiotherapy: are co-registered CT and MR images of added value?

Mirjam Mast, Emile Coerkamp, Mark Heijenbrok, Astrid Scholten, Wim Jansen, Erik Kouwenhoven, Jasper Nijkamp, Stephanie de Waard, Anna Petoukhova, Henk Struikmans

Open Access Research

Evaluation of volumetric modulated arc therapy for postmastectomy treatment

Geoffrey P Nichols, Jonas D Fontenot, John P Gibbons, Mary Ella Sanders

Open Access Research

Brachytherapy boost in loco-regionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective randomized trial of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Eduardo Rosenblatt, May Abdel-Wahab, Mahmoud El-Gantiry, Inas Elattar, Jean Marc Bourque, M’hamed Afiane, Nouredine Benjaafar, Shahid Abubaker, Yaowalak Chansilpa, Bhadrasain Vikram, Peter Levendag

Open Access Research

Reliability of the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) among radiation oncologists: an assessment of instability secondary to spinal metastases

Charles G Fisher, Rowan Schouten, Anne L Versteeg, Stefano Boriani, Peter Pal Varga, Laurence D Rhines, Norio Kawahara, Daryl Fourney, Lorna Weir, Jeremy J Reynolds, Arjun Sahgal, Michael G Fehlings, Ziya L Gokaslan

Open Access Research

Intensity-modulated stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations: guidance for treatment planning

Marcus Sonier, Ermias Gete, Chris Herbert, Michael McKenzie, James Murphy, Vitali Moiseenko

Open Access Research

Pre-radiotherapy FDG PET predicts radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer

Richard Castillo, Ngoc Pham, Sobiya Ansari, Dmitriy Meshkov, Sarah Castillo, Min Li, Adenike Olanrewaju, Brian Hobbs, Edward Castillo, Thomas Guerrero

Open Access Research

Independent absorbed-dose calculation using the Monte Carlo algorithm in volumetric modulated arc therapy

Akihiro Haga, Taiki Magome, Shigeharu Takenaka, Toshikazu Imae, Akira Sakumi, Akihiro Nomoto, Hiroshi Igaki, Kenshiro Shiraishi, Hideomi Yamashita, Kuni Ohtomo, Keiichi Nakagawa

Open Access Research

Linac-based stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery in patients with meningioma

David Kaul, Volker Budach, Reinhard Wurm, Arne Gruen, Lukas Graaf, Piet Habbel, Harun Badakhshi

Open Access Research

In the era of total mesorectal excision: adjuvant radiotherapy may be unnecessary for pT3N0 rectal cancer

Jun-xin Wu, Yu Wang, Na Chen, Lu-chuan Chen, Peng-gang Bai, Jian-ji Pan

Open Access Research

Concomitant boost IMRT-based neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for clinical stage II/III rectal adenocarcinoma: results of a phase II study

Ji Zhu, Fangqi Liu, Weilie Gu, Peng Lian, Weiqi Sheng, Junyan Xu, Gang Cai, Debing Shi, Sanjun Cai, Zhen Zhang

Open Access Research

IMRT with 18FDG-PET\CT based simultaneous integrated boost for treatment of nodal positive cervical cancer

Nikola Cihoric, Coya Tapia, Kamilla Krüger, Daniel M Aebersold, Bernd Klaeser, Kristina Lössl

Open Access Research

The role of whole brain radiation therapy in the management of melanoma brain metastases

Michael A Dyer, Nils D Arvold, Yu-Hui Chen, Nancy E Pinnell, Timur Mitin, Eudocia Q Lee, F Stephen Hodi, Nageatte Ibrahim, Stephanie E Weiss, Paul J Kelly, Scott R Floyd, Anand Mahadevan, Brian M Alexander

Open Access Research

IMRT sparing of normal tissues in locoregional treatment of breast cancer

Jean-Michel Caudrelier, Joanne Meng, Bernd Esche, Laval Grimard, Terrence Ruddy, Kayvan Amjadi

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Radiation Oncology reviewer acknowledgement 2013

Claus Belka

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: phase I study of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with S-1 plus biweekly cisplatin for advanced gastric cancer patients with lymph node metastasis -KOGC04-

Satoru Matsuda, Tsunehiro Takahashi, Junichi Fukada, Kazumasa Fukuda, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yoshiro Saikawa, Osamu Kawaguchi, Hiroya Takeuchi, Naoyuki Shigematsu, Yuko Kitagawa

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