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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2017

Inhalt (207 Artikel)

Open Access Review

Current status and perspectives of interventional clinical trials for glioblastoma – analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov

Nikola Cihoric, Alexandros Tsikkinis, Giuseppe Minniti, Frank J Lagerwaard, Ulrich Herrlinger, Etienne Mathier, Ivan Soldatovic, Branislav Jeremic, Pirus Ghadjar, Olgun Elicin, Kristina Lössl, Daniel M Aebersold, Claus Belka, Evelyn Herrmann, Maximilian Niyazi

Open Access Research

Risk of second cancer following radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a population-based analysis

Nina-Sophie Hegemann, Anne Schlesinger-Raab, Ute Ganswindt, Claudia Hörl, Stephanie E. Combs, Dieter Hölzel, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Christian Stief, Claus Belka, Jutta Engel

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes of stage I and IIA non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy using a real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy system

Norio Katoh, Itaru Soda, Hiroyasu Tamamura, Shotaro Takahashi, Yusuke Uchinami, Hiromichi Ishiyama, Kiyotaka Ota, Tetsuya Inoue, Rikiya Onimaru, Keiko Shibuya, Kazushige Hayakawa, Hiroki Shirato

Open Access Research

The predictive value of 18F-FDG PET-CT for assessing the clinical outcomes in locally advanced NSCLC patients after a new induction treatment: low-dose fractionated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy

Maria Vittoria Mattoli, Mariangela Massaccesi, Alessandra Castelluccia, Valentina Scolozzi, Giovanna Mantini, Maria Lucia Calcagni

Open Access Research

Classifying high-risk versus very high-risk prostate cancer: is it relevant to outcomes of conformal radiotherapy and androgen deprivation?

Akram Saad, Jeffrey Goldstein, Yaacov R. Lawrence, Benjamin Spieler, Raya Leibowitz-Amit, Raanan Berger, Tima Davidson, Damien Urban, Lev Tsang, Dror Alezra, Ilana Weiss, Zvi Symon

Open Access Research

Influence of daily imaging on plan quality and normal tissue toxicity for prostate cancer radiotherapy

Katharina Bell, Marina Heitfeld, Norbert Licht, Christian Rübe, Yvonne Dzierma

Open Access Review

Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) in pancreatic cancer

Robert Krempien, Falk Roeder

Open Access Research

Treatment planning comparison of IMPT, VMAT and 4π radiotherapy for prostate cases

Angelia Tran, Jingjing Zhang, Kaley Woods, Victoria Yu, Dan Nguyen, Gary Gustafson, Lane Rosen, Ke Sheng

Open Access Research

External beam radiotherapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, an international multicenter phase I trial, SAKK 77/07 and SASL 26

Evelyn Herrmann, Diana Naehrig, Manfred Sassowsky, Martin Bigler, Jeroen Buijsen, Ilja Ciernik, Daniel Zwahlen, Alessandra Franzetti Pellanda, Andreas Meister, Peter Brauchli, Simona Berardi, Erika Kuettel, Jean-François Dufour, Daniel M. Aebersold

Open Access Research

A comparative analysis between sequential boost and integrated boost intensity-modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for locally-advanced head and neck cancer

Gregory Vlacich, Mark J. Stavas, Praveen Pendyala, Shaeu-Chiann Chen, Yu Shyr, Anthony J. Cmelak

Open Access Research

Toxicity and quality of life report of a phase II study of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for low and intermediate risk prostate cancer

Matthew J. Boyer, Michael A. Papagikos, Rex Kiteley, Zeljko Vujaskovic, Jackie Wu, W. Robert Lee

Open Access Research

PET/CT-guided dose-painting versus CT-based intensity modulated radiation therapy in locoregional advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Feng Liu, Xu-ping Xi, Hui Wang, Ya-qian Han, Feng Xiao, Ying Hu, Qian He, Lin Zhang, Qin Xiao, Lin Liu, Le Luo, Yun Li, Yi Mo, Hong-zhi Ma

Open Access Research

Correlation between the Ki-67 proliferation index and response to radiation therapy in small cell lung cancer

Naoya Ishibashi, Toshiya Maebayashi, Takuya Aizawa, Masakuni Sakaguchi, Haruna Nishimaki, Shinobu Masuda

Open Access Research

Relationship between the uptake of 18F-borono-L-phenylalanine and L-[methyl-11C] methionine in head and neck tumors and normal organs

Yoshiaki Watanabe, Hiroaki Kurihara, Jun Itami, Ryohei Sasaki, Yasuaki Arai, Kazuro Sugimura

Open Access Review

Intraoperative radiotherapy in gynaecological and genito-urinary malignancies: focus on endometrial, cervical, renal, bladder and prostate cancers

Marco Krengli, Carla Pisani, Letizia Deantonio, Daniela Surico, Alessandro Volpe, Nicola Surico, Carlo Terrone

Open Access Research

The use of dose-escalated radiation for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the U.S., 2004–2013

John P. Christodouleas, Matthew D. Hall, Marjorie A. van der Pas, Wensheng Guo, Timothy E. Schultheiss, Peter Gabriel

Open Access Review

Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) in soft-tissue sarcoma

Falk Roeder, Robert Krempien

Open Access Research

Cell-in-cell structures are more potent predictors of outcome than senescence or apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

Hannah Schenker, Maike Büttner-Herold, Rainer Fietkau, Luitpold V. Distel

Open Access Research

Elective breast radiotherapy including level I and II lymph nodes: A planning study with the humeral head as planning risk volume

Kathrin Surmann, Jorien van der Leer, Tammy Branje, Maurice van der Sangen, Maarten van Lieshout, Coen W. Hurkmans

Open Access Review

Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) as boost in breast cancer

Felix Sedlmayer, Roland Reitsamer, Frederik Wenz, Elena Sperk, Christoph Fussl, Julia Kaiser, Ingrid Ziegler, Franz Zehentmayr, Heinz Deutschmann, Peter Kopp, Gerd Fastner

Open Access Review

Biology of high single doses of IORT: RBE, 5 R’s, and other biological aspects

Carsten Herskind, Lin Ma, Qi Liu, Bo Zhang, Frank Schneider, Marlon R. Veldwijk, Frederik Wenz

Open Access Review

Current controversies in radiotherapy for breast cancer

David Krug, René Baumann, Wilfried Budach, Jürgen Dunst, Petra Feyer, Rainer Fietkau, Wulf Haase, Wolfgang Harms, Marc D. Piroth, Marie-Luise Sautter-Bihl, Felix Sedlmayer, Rainer Souchon, Frederik Wenz, Rolf Sauer

Open Access Research

Evaluation of a novel sodium borocaptate-containing unnatural amino acid as a boron delivery agent for neutron capture therapy of the F98 rat glioma

Gen Futamura, Shinji Kawabata, Naosuke Nonoguchi, Ryo Hiramatsu, Taichiro Toho, Hiroki Tanaka, Shin-Ichiro Masunaga, Yoshihide Hattori, Mitsunori Kirihata, Koji Ono, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Shin-Ichi Miyatake

Open Access Review

A review of substitute CT generation for MRI-only radiation therapy

Jens M. Edmund, Tufve Nyholm

Open Access Research

Significant benefits in survival by the use of surgery combined with radiotherapy for retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma

Sven Hager, Frank Makowiec, Karl Henne, Ulrich T. Hopt, Uwe A. Wittel

Open Access Short report

Short report: interim safety results for a phase II trial measuring the integration of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) plus surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (MISSILE-NSCLC)

David A. Palma, Timothy K. Nguyen, Keith Kwan, Stewart Gaede, Mark Landis, Richard Malthaner, Dalilah Fortin, Alexander V. Louie, Eric Frechette, George B. Rodrigues, Brian Yaremko, Edward Yu, A. Rashid Dar, Ting-Yim Lee, Al Gratton, Andrew Warner, Aaron Ward, Richard Inculet

Open Access Research

Helical TomoTherapy for locally advanced or recurrent breast cancer

M. N. Duma, C. Heinrich, C. Schönknecht, B. Chizzali, M. Mayinger, M. Devecka, S. Kampfer, S. E. Combs

Open Access Research

Helical tomotherapy of spinal chordomas: French Multicentric, retrospective study of a cohort of 30 cases

Maxime Bobin, Christina Zacharatou, Paul Sargos, Véronique Brouste, Albert Lisbona, Marc-André Mahé, Georges Noël, Amandine Halley, Loïc Feuvret, Louis Gras, Stéphanie Hoppe, Bénédicte Henriques de Figueiredo, Guy Kantor

Open Access Research

Fully automated treatment planning of spinal metastases – A comparison to manual planning of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for conventionally fractionated irradiation

Daniel Buergy, Abdul Wahab M. Sharfo, Ben J. M. Heijmen, Peter W. J. Voet, Sebastiaan Breedveld, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr, Florian Stieler

Open Access Research

Is pulmonary artery a dose-limiting organ at risk in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy?

Jie-Tao Ma, Li Sun, Xin Sun, Zhi-Cheng Xiong, Yang Liu, Shu-Ling Zhang, Le-Tian Huang, Cheng-Bo Han

Open Access Research

Lung metastases treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy: the RSSearch® patient Registry’s experience

Anthony Ricco, Joanne Davis, William Rate, Jun Yang, David Perry, John Pablo, David D‘Ambrosio, Sanjeev Sharma, Srinath Sundararaman, James Kolker, Kimberly M. Creach, Rachelle Lanciano

Open Access Review

Present state and issues in IORT Physics

Frank W. Hensley

Open Access Research

Definitive salvage radiation therapy and chemoradiation therapy for lymph node oligo-recurrence of esophageal cancer: a Japanese multi-institutional study of 237 patients

Hideomi Yamashita, Keiichi Jingu, Yuzuru Niibe, Kuniaki Katsui, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Tomohiro Nishina, Atsuro Terahara

Open Access Research

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with conventional fractionated radiotherapy and low-dose daily cisplatin plus weekly docetaxel for T2N0 glottic cancer

Jun-ichi Saitoh, Katsuyuki Shirai, Masumi Imaeda, Atsushi Musha, Takanori Abe, Masato Shino, Yukihiro Takayasu, Katsumasa Takahashi, Kazuaki Chikamatsu, Takashi Nakano

Open Access Research

A comparative study of dose distribution of PBT, 3D-CRT and IMRT for pediatric brain tumors

Daichi Takizawa, Masashi Mizumoto, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yoshiko Oshiro, Hiroko Fukushima, Takashi Fukushima, Toshiyuki Terunuma, Toshiyuki Okumura, Koji Tsuboi, Hideyuki Sakurai

Open Access Research

Real-time in vivo rectal wall dosimetry using MOSkin detectors during linac based stereotactic radiotherapy with rectal displacement

Kimberley Legge, Peter B. Greer, Daryl J. O’Connor, Lee Wilton, Matthew Richardson, Perry Hunter, Alex Wilfert, Jarad Martin, Anatoly Rosenfeld, Dean Cutajar

Open Access Research

Timing of thoracic radiotherapy in the treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: important or not?

Jing Luo, Liming Xu, Lujun Zhao, Yuanjie Cao, Qingsong Pang, Jun Wang, Zhiyong Yuan, Ping Wang

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes of gastrointestinal brain metastases treated with radiotherapy

Samrat M. Sanghvi, Jonathan W. Lischalk, Ling Cai, Sean Collins, Mani Nair, Brain Collins, Keith Unger

Open Access Research

Analysis of inter- and intra fractional partial bladder wall movement using implanted fiducial markers

Kentaro Nishioka, Shinichi Shimizu, Nobuo Shinohara, Yoichi M. Ito, Takashige Abe, Satoru Maruyama, Norio Katoh, Rumiko Kinoshita, Takayuki Hashimoto, Naoki Miyamoto, Rikiya Onimaru, Hiroki Shirato

Open Access Study protocol

Do selective radiation dose escalation and tumour hypoxia status impact the loco-regional tumour control after radio-chemotherapy of head & neck tumours? The ESCALOX protocol

Steffi U. Pigorsch, Jan J. Wilkens, Severin Kampfer, Victoria Kehl, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Christian Schläger, Henning Bier, Markus Schwaiger, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Reducing radiation dose to normal brain through a risk adapted dose reduction protocol for patients with favourable subtype anaplastic glioma

M. Back, M. LeMottee, C. Crasta, D. Bailey, H. Wheeler, L. Guo, T. Eade

Open Access Research

A phase II study of concurrent chemoradiotherapy combined with a weekly paclitaxel and 5-fluorouracil regimen to treat patients with advanced oesophageal carcinoma

Yi Xia, Yun-hai Li, Yun Chen, Jun-hua Zhang, Qi Liu, Jia-ying Deng, Ta-shan Ai, Han-ting Zhu, Jian-hong Fan, Harun Badakhshi, Kuai-le Zhao

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy followed by radical resection in patients with locally advanced colon cancer

Chun-Ming Huang, Ming-Yii Huang, Cheng-Jen Ma, Yung –Sung Yeh, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Ching-Wen Huang, Chih-Jen Huang, Jaw-Yuan Wang

Open Access Research

Salvage prostate re-irradiation using high-dose-rate brachytherapy or focal stereotactic body radiotherapy for local recurrence after definitive radiation therapy

Aurélie Mbeutcha, Laurent Chauveinc, Pierre-Yves Bondiau, Marie-Eve Chand, Matthieu Durand, Daniel Chevallier, Jean Amiel, Daniel Lam Cham Kee, Jean-Michel Hannoun-Lévi

Open Access Research

The effect of bowel preparation regime on interfraction rectal filling variation during image guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Ali Hosni, Tara Rosewall, Timothy Craig, Vickie Kong, Andrew Bayley, Alejandro Berlin, Robert Bristow, Charles Catton, Padraig Warde, Peter Chung

Open Access Research

Hypo- or conventionally fractionated radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer

Jing Zhang, Min Fan, Di Liu, Kuai-Le Zhao, Kai-Liang Wu, Wei-Xin Zhao, Zheng-Fei Zhu, Xiao-Long Fu

Open Access Research

Using field size factors to characterize the in-air fluence of a proton machine with a range shifter

Jiajian Shen, Jarrod M. Lentz, Yanle Hu, Wei Liu, Danairis Hernandez Morales, Joshua B. Stoker, Martin Bues

Open Access Research

Prostate cancer treated with brachytherapy; an exploratory study of dose-dependent biomarkers and quality of life

Sarah O. S. Osman, Simon Horn, Darren Brady, Stephen J. McMahon, Ahamed B. Mohamed Yoosuf, Darren Mitchell, Karen Crowther, Ciara A. Lyons, Alan R. Hounsell, Kevin M. Prise, Conor K. McGarry, Suneil Jain, Joe M. O’Sullivan

Open Access Research

A dosimetric model for the heterogeneous delivery of radioactive nanoparticles In vivo: a feasibility study

Andrew B. Satterlee, Peter Attayek, Bentley Midkiff, Leaf Huang

Open Access Research

A topology-based method to mitigate the dosimetric uncertainty caused by the positional variation of the boost volume in breast conservative radiotherapy

Peng-Yi Lee, Chih-Yuan Lin, Shang-Wen Chen, Chun-Ru Chien, Chun-Nan Chu, Hsiu-Ting Hsu, Ji-An Liang, Ying-Jun Lin, An-Cheng Shiau

Open Access Research

An appraisal of analytical tools used in predicting clinical outcomes following radiation therapy treatment of men with prostate cancer: a systematic review

Elspeth Raymond, Michael E. O’Callaghan, Jared Campbell, Andrew D. Vincent, Kerri Beckmann, David Roder, Sue Evans, John McNeil, Jeremy Millar, John Zalcberg, Martin Borg, Kim Moretti

Open Access Review

Influence of autophagy on the efficacy of radiotherapy

Shing Yau Tam, Vincent Wing Cheung Wu, Helen Ka Wai Law

Open Access Research

Considerable interobserver variation in delineation of pancreatic cancer on 3DCT and 4DCT: a multi-institutional study

Eva Versteijne, Oliver J. Gurney-Champion, Astrid van der Horst, Eelco Lens, M. Willemijn Kolff, Jeroen Buijsen, Gati Ebrahimi, Karen J. Neelis, Coen R. N. Rasch, Jaap Stoker, Marcel van Herk, Arjan Bel, Geertjan van Tienhoven

Open Access Research

Radiation dose escalation based on FDG-PET driven dose painting by numbers in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a dosimetric comparison between TomoTherapy-HA and RapidArc

Sarah Differding, Edmond Sterpin, Nicolas Hermand, Bianca Vanstraelen, Sandra Nuyts, Nathalie de Patoul, Jean-Marc Denis, John Aldo Lee, Vincent Grégoire

Open Access Research

The benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery in older patients with low risk breast cancer- a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Christiane Matuschek, Edwin Bölke, Jan Haussmann, Svjetlana Mohrmann, Carolin Nestle-Krämling, Peter Arne Gerber, Stefanie Corradini, Klaus Orth, Kai Kammers, Wilfried Budach

Open Access Research

Tumor motion changes in stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver tumors: an evaluation based on four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography and fiducial markers

Yoshinobu Shimohigashi, Ryo Toya, Tetsuo Saito, Osamu Ikeda, Masato Maruyama, Keisuke Yonemura, Yuji Nakaguchi, Yudai Kai, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Natsuo Oya, Fujio Araki

Open Access Research

A phase II study of preoperative chemoradiation with tegafur-uracil plus leucovorin for locally advanced rectal cancer with pharmacogenetic analysis

Sun Young Kim, Ji Yeon Baek, Jae Hwan Oh, Sung Chan Park, Dae Kyung Sohn, Min Ju Kim, Hee Jin Chang, Sun-Young Kong, Dae Yong Kim

Open Access Research

Monitoring of breathing motion in image-guided PBS proton therapy: comparative analysis of optical and electromagnetic technologies

Giovanni Fattori, Sairos Safai, Pablo Fernández Carmona, Marta Peroni, Rosalind Perrin, Damien Charles Weber, Antony John Lomax

Open Access Research

An integrated strategy of biological and physical constraints in biological optimization for cervical carcinoma

Ziwei Feng, Cheng Tao, Jian Zhu, Jinhu Chen, Gang Yu, Shaohua Qin, Yong Yin, Dengwang Li

Open Access Research

Down-regulation of LncRNA TUG1 enhances radiosensitivity in bladder cancer via suppressing HMGB1 expression

Huijuan Jiang, Xigang Hu, Hongzhi Zhang, Wenbo Li

Open Access Research

Subventricular zones: new key targets for glioblastoma treatment

J. Khalifa, F. Tensaouti, A. Lusque, B. Plas, J.-A. Lotterie, A. Benouaich-Amiel, E. Uro-Coste, V. Lubrano, E. Cohen-Jonathan Moyal

Open Access Research

Long-term follow-up after stereotactic radiosurgery of intracanalicular acoustic neurinoma

Daniel Rueß, Lea Pöhlmann, Stefan Grau, Christina Hamisch, Alexandra Hellerbach, Harald Treuer, Martin Kocher, Maximilian I. Ruge

Open Access Research

Predicting liver SBRT eligibility and plan quality for VMAT and 4π plans

Angelia Tran, Kaley Woods, Dan Nguyen, Victoria Y. Yu, Tianye Niu, Minsong Cao, Percy Lee, Ke Sheng

Open Access Research

Setup errors in patients with head-neck cancer (HNC), treated using the Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) technique: how it influences the customised immobilisation systems, patient’s pain and anxiety

Massimiliano Contesini, Monica Guberti, Roberta Saccani, Luca Braglia, Cinzia Iotti, Andrea Botti, Emilio Abbati, Marina Iemmi

Open Access Research

RapidPlan head and neck model: the objectives and possible clinical benefit

A. Fogliata, G. Reggiori, A. Stravato, F. Lobefalo, C. Franzese, D. Franceschini, S. Tomatis, P. Mancosu, M. Scorsetti, L. Cozzi

Open Access Commentary

The dose-response relationship for cardiovascular disease is not necessarily linear

Uwe Schneider, Marina Ernst, Matthias Hartmann

Open Access Research

A short time interval between radiotherapy and hyperthermia reduces in-field recurrence and mortality in women with advanced cervical cancer

Caspar M. van Leeuwen, Arlene L. Oei, Kenneth W. T. K. Chin, Johannes Crezee, Arjan Bel, Anneke M. Westermann, Marrije R. Buist, Nicolaas A. P. Franken, Lukas J. A. Stalpers, H. Petra Kok

Open Access Research

Dosimetric comparison of helical tomotherapy, VMAT, fixed-field IMRT and 3D-conformal radiotherapy for stage I-II nasal natural killer T-cell lymphoma

Xianfeng Liu, Erliang Huang, Ying Wang, Yanan He, Huanli Luo, Mingsong Zhong, Da Qiu, Chao Li, Han Yang, Guanglei He, Juan Zhou, Fu Jin

Open Access Research

Does age really matter? Radiotherapy in elderly patients with glioblastoma, the Munich experience

Christoph Straube, Hagen Scherb, Jens Gempt, Stefanie Bette, Claus Zimmer, Friederike Schmidt-Graf, Jürgen Schlegel, Bernhard Meyer, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Dose tracking assessment for image-guided radiotherapy of the prostate bed and the impact on clinical workflow

Lucia Clara Orlandini, Marianna Coppola, Christian Fulcheri, Luna Cernusco, Pei Wang, Luca Cionini

Open Access Research

Sparing of normal tissues with volumetric arc radiation therapy for glioblastoma: single institution clinical experience

Tina Marie Briere, Mary Frances McAleer, Lawrence B. Levy, James N. Yang

Open Access Research

A comprehensive dosimetric study on switching from a Type-B to a Type-C dose algorithm for modern lung SBRT

Christina Zhou, Nathan Bennion, Rongtao Ma, Xiaoying Liang, Shuo Wang, Kristina Zvolanek, Megan Hyun, Xiaobo Li, Sumin Zhou, Weining Zhen, Chi Lin, Andrew Wahl, Dandan Zheng

Open Access Research

Clinical implementation of a knowledge based planning tool for prostate VMAT

Richard Powis, Andrew Bird, Matthew Brennan, Susan Hinks, Hannah Newman, Katie Reed, John Sage, Gareth Webster

Open Access Review

Diagnostic and treatment modalities for patients with cervical lymph node metastases of unknown primary site – current status and challenges

Jens Müller von der Grün, Aykut Tahtali, Shahram Ghanaati, Claus Rödel, Panagiotis Balermpas

Open Access Research

Dosimetric advantage of volumetric modulated arc therapy in the treatment of intraocular cancer

Zhenxiang Deng, Lanxiao Shen, Xiaomin Zheng, Yongqiang Zhou, Jinling Yi, Ce Han, Congying Xie, Xiance Jin

Open Access Research

Dosimetric comparison of interstitial brachytherapy with multi-channel vaginal cylinder plans in patients with vaginal tumors

Lucas C. Mendez, Moti Paudel, Matt Wronski, Ananth Ravi, Lisa Barbera, Eric Leung

Open Access Research

Is it possible for knowledge-based planning to improve intensity modulated radiation therapy plan quality for planners with different planning experiences in left-sided breast cancer patients?

Juanqi Wang, Weigang Hu, Zhaozhi Yang, Xiaohui Chen, Zhiqiang Wu, Xiaoli Yu, Xiaomao Guo, Saiquan Lu, Kaixuan Li, Gongyi Yu

Open Access Research

Seven fractions to deliver partial breast irradiation: the toxicity is Low

Marco Trovo, Michele Avanzo, Lorenzo Vinante, Carlo Furlan, Francesco Fiorica, Tiziana Perin, Loredana Militello, Simon Spazzapan, Massimiliano Berretta, Rajesh Jena, Joseph Stancanello, Erica Piccoli, Mario Mileto, Elvia Micheli, Mario Roncadin, Samuele Massarut

Open Access Research

Patterns of local-regional recurrence after conformal and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Safora Johansen, Mathilde H. Norman, Einar Dale, Cecilie D. Amdal, Torbjørn Furre, Eirik Malinen, Jan F. Evensen

Open Access Research

Whole breast and regional nodal irradiation in prone versus supine position in left sided breast cancer

Pieter Deseyne, Bruno Speleers, Wilfried De Neve, Bert Boute, Leen Paelinck, Tom Van Hoof, Joris Van de Velde, Annick Van Greveling, Chris Monten, Giselle Post, Herman Depypere, Liv Veldeman

Open Access Research

Radiation-related lymphopenia is associated with spleen irradiation dose during radiotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Jing Liu, Qianqian Zhao, Weiye Deng, Jie Lu, Xiaoqing Xu, Renben Wang, Xia Li, Jinbo Yue

Open Access Research

Prognostic analysis of radiation pneumonitis: carbon-ion radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced lung cancer

Kazuhiko Hayashi, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Masataka Karube, Mio Nakajima, Naruhiro Matsufuji, Hiroshi Tsuji, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Tadashi Kamada

Open Access Research

High-biologically effective dose palliative radiotherapy for a tumor thrombus might improve the long-term prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study

Xiang-quan Kong, Ya-ping Dong, Jun-xin Wu, Jun-yan He, Yu-yin Le, Kai-xin Du, Qing-qin Peng, Jin-luan Li

Open Access Research

Treating lung cancer with dynamic conformal arc therapy: a dosimetric study

Primož Peterlin, Karmen Stanič, Ignasi Méndez, Andrej Strojnik

Open Access Research

Planning strategies for inter-fractional robustness in pancreatic patients treated with scanned carbon therapy

Vania Batista, Daniel Richter, Stephanie E. Combs, Oliver Jäkel

Open Access Research

Salvage robotic SBRT for local prostate cancer recurrence after radiotherapy: preliminary results of the Oscar Lambret Center

Thomas Leroy, Thomas Lacornerie, Emilie Bogart, Philippe Nickers, Eric Lartigau, David Pasquier

Open Access Research

Outcome of proximal esophageal cancer after definitive combined chemo-radiation: a Swiss multicenter retrospective study

Evelyn Herrmann, Nando Mertineit, Berardino De Bari, Laura Hoeng, Francesca Caparotti, Dominic Leiser, Raphael Jumeau, Nikola Cihoric, Alexandra D. Jensen, Daniel M. Aebersold, Mahmut Ozsahin

Open Access Research

Long-term prognostic significance of rising PSA levels following radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer – focus on overall survival

Carla Freiberger, Vanessa Berneking, Thomas-Alexander Vögeli, Ruth Kirschner-Hermanns, Michael J. Eble, Michael Pinkawa

Open Access Research

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy from 70Gy to 80Gy in prostate cancer: six- year outcomes and predictors of late toxicity

Maria Jolnerovski, Julia Salleron, Véronique Beckendorf, Didier Peiffert, Anne-Sophie Baumann, Valérie Bernier, Sandrine Huger, Vincent Marchesi, Ciprian Chira

Open Access Research

Reduction of breathing irregularity-related motion artifacts in low-pitch spiral 4D CT by optimized projection binning

René Werner, Christian Hofmann, Eike Mücke, Tobias Gauer

Open Access Review

Radiation therapy for older patients with brain tumors

Giuseppe Minniti, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Mattia Falchetto Osti, Umberto Ricardi

Open Access Research

Primary tumor volume delineation in head and neck cancer: missing the tip of the iceberg?

Olgun Elicin, Dario Terribilini, Mohamed Shelan, Werner Volken, Etienne Mathier, Alan Dal Pra, Daniel M. Aebersold, Michael K. Fix, Peter Manser

Open Access Research

Seroma change during magnetic resonance imaging-guided partial breast irradiation and its clinical implications

Seung Hyuck Jeon, Kyung Hwan Shin, So-Yeon Park, Jung-in Kim, Jong Min Park, Jin Ho Kim, Eui Kyu Chie, Hong-Gyun Wu

Open Access Research

Analyzing human decisions in IGRT of head-and-neck cancer patients to teach image registration algorithms what experts know

Eva Maria Stoiber, Nina Bougatf, Hendrik Teske, Christian Bierstedt, Dieter Oetzel, Jürgen Debus, Rolf Bendl, Kristina Giske

Open Access Research

Institutional analysis of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for oligometastatic lymph node metastases

Rosanna Yeung, Jeremy Hamm, Mitchell Liu, Devin Schellenberg

Open Access Review

Stereotactic radiosurgery versus whole-brain radiotherapy after intracranial metastasis resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nayan Lamba, Ivo S. Muskens, Aislyn C. DiRisio, Louise Meijer, Vanessa Briceno, Heba Edrees, Bilal Aslam, Sadia Minhas, Joost J. C. Verhoeff, Catharina E. Kleynen, Timothy R. Smith, Rania A. Mekary, Marike L. Broekman

Open Access Research

Validation of the graded prognostic assessment for lung cancer with brain metastases using molecular markers (lung-molGPA)

Carsten Nieder, Mandy Hintz, Oliver Oehlke, Angelika Bilger, Anca L. Grosu

Open Access Research

Dosimetric evaluation of synthetic CT for magnetic resonance-only based radiotherapy planning of lung cancer

Hesheng Wang, Hersh Chandarana, Kai Tobias Block, Thomas Vahle, Matthias Fenchel, Indra J. Das

Open Access Research

Idelalisib may have the potential to increase radiotherapy side effects

Thomas Gryc, Florian Putz, Nicole Goerig, Sonia Ziegler, Rainer Fietkau, Luitpold V. Distel, Barbara Schuster

Open Access Review

Systematic review of patient reported quality of life following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for primary and metastatic liver cancer

Adam Mutsaers, Jeffrey Greenspoon, Cindy Walker-Dilks, Anand Swaminath

Open Access Research

Difference in the relative biological effectiveness and DNA damage repair processes in response to proton beam therapy according to the positions of the spread out Bragg peak

Hidehiro Hojo, Takeshi Dohmae, Kenji Hotta, Ryosuke Kohno, Atsushi Motegi, Atsushi Yagishita, Hideki Makinoshima, Katsuya Tsuchihara, Tetsuo Akimoto

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes of retrograde intra-arterial chemotherapy concurrent with radiotherapy for elderly oral squamous cell carcinoma patients aged over 80 years old

Yuichiro Hayashi, Kenji Mitsudo, Kaname Sakuma, Masaki Iida, Toshinori Iwai, Hideyuki Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Toshiyuki Koizumi, Senri Oguri, Makoto Hirota, Mitomu Kioi, Izumi Koike, Masaharu Hata, Iwai Tohnai

Open Access Research

Correlation between delivered radiation doses to the brainstem or vestibular organ and nausea & vomiting toxicity in patients with head and neck cancers – an observational clinical trial

Kilian Schiller, Hanno Martin Specht, Bernhard Haller, Daniela Hallqvist, Michal Devecka, Aaron Becker von Rose, Stephanie Elisabeth Combs, Steffi Pigorsch

Open Access Research

Simultaneous integrated boost therapy of carcinoma of the hypopharynx/larynx with and without flattening filter - a treatment planning and dosimetry study

Barbara Dobler, Tina Obermeier, Matthias G. Hautmann, Amine Khemissi, Oliver Koelbl

Open Access Research

Spinal bone metastases in colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis of stability, prognostic factors and survival after palliative radiotherapy

Tilman Bostel, Robert Förster, Ingmar Schlampp, Tania Sprave, Thomas Bruckner, Nils Henrik Nicolay, Stefan Ezechiel Welte, Jürgen Debus, Harald Rief

Open Access Research

Excellent local control and tolerance profile after stereotactic body radiotherapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Eleni Gkika, Michael Schultheiss, Dominik Bettinger, Lars Maruschke, Hannes Philipp Neeff, Michaela Schulenburg, Sonja Adebahr, Simon Kirste, Ursula Nestle, Robert Thimme, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Thomas Baptist Brunner

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Investigation of irradiated volume in linac-based brain hypo-fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy

Mark Ruschin, Arjun Sahgal, Hany Soliman, Sten Myrehaug, May Tsao, Collins Yeboah, Arman Sarfehnia, Brige Chugh, Alex Kiss, Young Lee

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Analyses of distribution and dosimetry of brain metastases in small cell lung cancer with relation to the neural stem cell regions: feasibility of sparing the hippocampus in prophylactic cranial irradiation

Lei Zhao, Yan Shen, Jin-Dong Guo, Heng-Le Gu, Wen Yu, Jia-Ming Wang, Chang-Xing LV, Jun Liu, Xu-Wei Cai, Xiao-Long Fu

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Clinical workflow for MR-only simulation and planning in prostate

Neelam Tyagi, Sandra Fontenla, Michael Zelefsky, Marcia Chong-Ton, Kyle Ostergren, Niral Shah, Lizette Warner, Mo Kadbi, Jim Mechalakos, Margie Hunt

Open Access Research

Biomarkers of resistance to radiation therapy: a prospective study in cervical carcinoma

P. Moreno-Acosta, A. Vallard, S. Carrillo, O. Gamboa, A. Romero-Rojas, M. Molano, J. Acosta, D. Mayorga, C. Rancoule, M.A. Garcia, M. Cotes Mestre, N. Magné

Open Access Research

Predictive biomarkers of resistance to hypofractionated radiotherapy in high grade glioma

Julian Biau, Emmanuel Chautard, Leanne De Koning, Frank Court, Bruno Pereira, Pierre Verrelle, Marie Dutreix

Open Access Research

A novel CBCT-based method for derivation of CTV-PTV margins for prostate and pelvic lymph nodes treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

Ciara A. Lyons, Raymond B. King, Sarah O.S. Osman, Stephen J. McMahon, Joe M. O’Sullivan, Alan R. Hounsell, Suneil Jain, Conor K. McGarry

Open Access Research

Risk adapted dose-intensified postoperative radiation therapy in prostate cancer patients using a simultaneous integrated boost technique applied with helical Tomotherapy

Marcus Beck, Peter Wust, Tomasz Barelkowski, David Kaul, Alexander-Henry Thieme, Sascha Wecker, Waldemar Wlodarczyk, Volker Budach, Pirus Ghadjar

Open Access Research

Relationship between radiation dose and microbleed formation in patients with malignant glioma

Michael Wahl, Mekhail Anwar, Christopher P. Hess, Susan M Chang, Janine M. Lupo

Open Access Research

Neurocognitive sparing of desktop microbeam irradiation

Soha Bazyar, Christina R. Inscoe, Thad Benefield, Lei Zhang, Jianping Lu, Otto Zhou, Yueh Z. Lee

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Patterns of locoregional failure following post-operative intensity-modulated radiotherapy to oral cavity cancer: quantitative spatial and dosimetric analysis using a deformable image registration workflow

Abdallah S. R. Mohamed, Andrew J. Wong, Clifton D. Fuller, Mona Kamal, Gary B. Gunn, Jack Phan, William H. Morrison, Beth M. Beadle, Heath Skinner, Stephen Y. Lai, Sean R. Quinlan-Davidson, Abdelaziz M. Belal, Ahmed G. El-Gowily, Steven J. Frank, David I. Rosenthal, Adam S. Garden

Open Access Research

Understanding the potentiality of accelerator based-boron neutron capture therapy for osteosarcoma: dosimetry assessment based on the reported clinical experience

Silva Bortolussi, Ian Postuma, Nicoletta Protti, Lucas Provenzano, Cinzia Ferrari, Laura Cansolino, Paolo Dionigi, Olimpio Galasso, Giorgio Gasparini, Saverio Altieri, Shin-Ichi Miyatake, Sara J. González

Open Access Research

Intensity-modulated versus 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in the definitive treatment of esophageal cancer: comparison of outcomes and acute toxicity

Matthias Felix Haefner, Kristin Lang, Vivek Verma, Stefan Alexander Koerber, Lorenz Uhlmann, Juergen Debus, Florian Sterzing

Open Access Research

Factors affecting survival after concurrent chemoradiation therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study

Ja Kyung Kim, Jun Won Kim, Ik Jae Lee, Seung-Moon Joo, Kwang-Hun Lee, Eun-Suk Cho, Jeong-Sik Yu, Tae Joo Jeon, Yonsoo Kim, Jung Il Lee, Kwan Sik Lee

Open Access Research

Outcome of hearing preservation related to tumor morphologic analysis in acoustic neuromas treated by gamma knife radiosurgery

Szu-Yen Pan, Shih-An Liu, Ming-Hsi Sun, Hsi-Kai Tsou, Shinh-Dung Lee, Yen-Ju Chen, Jason Sheehan, Meei-Ling Sheu, Hung-Chuan Pan

Open Access Research

Classification of chronic radiation-induced ulcers in the chest wall after surgery in breast cancers

Xiao Ma, Zengqiang Jin, Guojun Li, Wenfeng Yang

Open Access Research

Radiotoxicity in robotic radiosurgery: proposing a new quality index for optimizing the treatment planning of brain metastases

Alexandra Hellerbach, Klaus Luyken, Mauritius Hoevels, Andreas Gierich, Daniel Rueß, Wolfgang W. Baus, Martin Kocher, Maximilian I. Ruge, Harald Treuer

Open Access Study protocol

Hypo-fractionated SBRT for localized prostate cancer: a German bi-center single treatment group feasibility trial

Ping Jiang, Katja Krockenberger, Reinhard Vonthein, Jane Tereszczuk, Arne Schreiber, Sebastian Liebau, Stefan Huttenlocher, Detlef Imhoff, Panagiotis Balermpas, Christian Keller, Kathrin Dellas, Rene Baumann, Claus Rödel, Guido Hildebrandt, Klaus-Peter Jünemann, Alex S. Merseburger, Alan Katz, Andreas Ziegler, Oliver Blanck, Jürgen Dunst

Open Access Research

Preoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost combined with Capecitabine in locally advanced rectal cancer: short-term results of a multicentric study

Marco Lupattelli, Fabio Matrone, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Mattia Osti, Gabriella Macchia, Elisa Palazzari, Luca Nicosia, Federico Navarria, Giuditta Chiloiro, Vincenzo Valentini, Cynthia Aristei, Antonino De Paoli

Open Access Research

Intermediate-term outcome after PSMA-PET guided high-dose radiotherapy of recurrent high-risk prostate cancer patients

Sebastian Zschaeck, Peter Wust, Marcus Beck, Waldemar Wlodarczyk, David Kaul, Julian Rogasch, Volker Budach, Christian Furth, Pirus Ghadjar

Open Access Research

Preoperative radiotherapy improves survival in rectal signet-ring cell carcinoma-a population-based study

San-Gang Wu, Wen-Wen Zhang, Jia-Yuan Sun, Zhen-Yu He, Guo-Qiang Su, Feng-Yan Li

Open Access Review

Modeling DNA damage-induced pneumopathy in mice: insight from danger signaling cascades

Florian Wirsdörfer, Verena Jendrossek

Open Access Short report

Novel three-dimensional bone ‘mapping’ software can help assess progression of osseous metastases from routine CT

D. Thurtle, G. M. Treece, T. Barrett, V. J. Gnanapragasam

Open Access Research

Carbon-ion radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer with interstitial lung disease: a retrospective analysis

Mio Nakajima, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Masataka Karube, Daniel K Ebner, Wataru Takahashi, Makoto Anzai, Kenji Tsushima, Yuji Tada, Koichiro Tatsumi, Tadaaiki Miyamoto, Hiroshi Tsuji, Takehiko Fujisawa, Tadashi Kamada

Open Access Research

Cone-beam CT reconstruction for non-periodic organ motion using time-ordered chain graph model

Masahiro Nakano, Akihiro Haga, Jun’ichi Kotoku, Taiki Magome, Yoshitaka Masutani, Shouhei Hanaoka, Satoshi Kida, Keiichi Nakagawa

Open Access Research

Re-irradiation for oligo-recurrence from esophageal cancer with radiotherapy history: a multi-institutional study

Keiichi Jingu, Yuzuru Niibe, Hideomi Yamashita, Kuniaki Katsui, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Tomohiro Nishina, Atsuro Terahara

Open Access Research

Target volume delineation of anal cancer based on magnetic resonance imaging or positron emission tomography

Espen Rusten, Bernt Louni Rekstad, Christine Undseth, Ghazwan Al-Haidari, Bettina Hanekamp, Eivor Hernes, Taran Paulsen Hellebust, Eirik Malinen, Marianne Grønlie Guren

Open Access Research

Local relapse of nasopharyngeal cancer and Voxel-based analysis of FMISO uptake using PET with semiconductor detectors

Yukiko Nishikawa, Koichi Yasuda, Shozo Okamoto, Yoichi M. Ito, Rikiya Onimaru, Tohru Shiga, Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, Shiro Watanabe, Wataru Takeuchi, Yuji Kuge, Hao Peng, Nagara Tamaki, Hiroki Shirato

Open Access Research

Nadir PSA is a strong predictor of treatment outcome in intermediate and high risk localized prostate cancer patients treated by definitive external beam radiotherapy and androgen deprivation

Fady B. Geara, Muhammad Bulbul, Raja B. Khauli, Therese Y. Andraos, Mirna Abboud, Abdelatif Al Mousa, Nasim Sarhan, Ahmed Salem, Hamza Ghatasheh, Anoud Alnsour, Zeina Ayoub, Ibrahim Abu Gheida, Maya Charafeddine, Mohammed Shahait, Ali Shamseddine, Rami Abu Gheida, Jamal Khader

Open Access Research

Long-term patient reported outcomes following radiation therapy for oropharyngeal cancer: cross-sectional assessment of a prospective symptom survey in patients ≥65 years old

Salman A. Eraj, Mona K. Jomaa, Crosby D. Rock, Abdallah S. R. Mohamed, Blaine D. Smith, Joshua B. Smith, Theodora Browne, Luke C. Cooksey, Bowman Williams, Brandi Temple, Kathryn E. Preston, Jeremy M. Aymard, Neil D. Gross, Randal S. Weber, Amy C. Hessel, Renata Ferrarotto, Jack Phan, Erich M. Sturgis, Ehab Y. Hanna, Steven J. Frank, William H. Morrison, Ryan P. Goepfert, Stephen Y. Lai, David I. Rosenthal, Tito R. Mendoza, Charles S. Cleeland, Kate A. Hutcheson, Clifton D. Fuller, Adam S. Garden, G. Brandon Gunn

Open Access Research

Comprehensive target geometric errors and margin assessment in stereotactic partial breast irradiation

Xin Zhen, Bo Zhao, Zhuoyu Wang, Robert Timmerman, Ann Spangler, Nathan Kim, Asal Rahimi, Xuejun Gu

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer using higher doses for larger tumors: results of the second study

Akifumi Miyakawa, Yuta Shibamoto, Fumiya Baba, Yoshihiko Manabe, Taro Murai, Chikao Sugie, Takeshi Yanagi, Taiki Takaoka

Open Access Research

Risk for surgical complications after previous stereotactic body radiotherapy of the spine

Johannes Roesch, John B.C. Cho, Daniel K. Fahim, Peter C. Gerszten, John C. Flickinger, Inga S. Grills, Maha Jawad, Ronald Kersh, Daniel Letourneau, Frederick Mantel, Arjun Sahgal, John H. Shin, Brian Winey, Matthias Guckenberger

Open Access Review

Development and clinical application of radiomics in lung cancer

Bojiang Chen, Rui Zhang, Yuncui Gan, Lan Yang, Weimin Li

Open Access Research

Dosimetric comparison of different treatment modalities for stereotactic radiotherapy

Shih-Ming Hsu, Yuan-Chun Lai, Chien-Chung Jeng, Chia-Ying Tseng

Open Access Research

Comparison of volumetric-modulated arc therapy using simultaneous integrated boosts (SIB-VMAT) of 45 Gy/55 Gy in 25 fractions with conventional radiotherapy in preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancers: a propensity score case-matched analysis

Hideomi Yamashita, Soichiro Ishihara, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazushige Kawai, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Kae Okuma, Osamu Abe, Toshiaki Watanabe, Keiichi Nakagawa

Open Access Research

Combined high dose radiation and pazopanib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a phase I dose escalation trial

Katrien De Wolf, Sylvie Rottey, Karim Vermaelen, Karel Decaestecker, Nora Sundahl, Lizzy De Lobel, Els Goetghebeur, Gert De Meerleer, Nicolaas Lumen, Valérie Fonteyne, Daan De Maeseneer, Piet Ost

Open Access Research

CT imaging features associated with recurrence in non-small cell lung cancer patients after stereotactic body radiotherapy

Qian Li, Jongphil Kim, Yoganand Balagurunathan, Jin Qi, Ying Liu, Kujtim Latifi, Eduardo G. Moros, Matthew B. Schabath, Zhaoxiang Ye, Robert J. Gillies, Thomas J. Dilling

Open Access Research

Comparative study of the effects of different radiation qualities on normal human breast cells

Dajana Juerß, Monique Zwar, Ulrich Giesen, Ralf Nolte, Stephan Kriesen, Giorgio Baiocco, Monika Puchalska, Marc-Jan van Goethem, Katrin Manda, Guido Hildebrandt

Open Access Research

Exclusion of emphysematous lung from dose-volume estimates of risk improves prediction of radiation pneumonitis

Yasuki Uchida, Takuya Tsugawa, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Kazuo Noma, Ken Aoki, Wataru Shigemori, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kinose, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Makoto Osawa, Emiko Ogawa, Yasutaka Nakano

Open Access Research

Five-fraction SBRT for ultra-central NSCLC in-field recurrences following high-dose conventional radiation

Michael C. Repka, Nima Aghdam, Shaan K. Kataria, Lloyd Campbell, Simeng Suy, Sean P. Collins, Eric Anderson, Jonathan W. Lischalk, Brian T. Collins

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for definitive treatment and as a bridge to liver transplantation in early stage inoperable Hepatocellular carcinoma

Assaf Moore, Michal Cohen-Naftaly, Anna Tobar, Yulia Kundel, Ofer Benjaminov, Marius Braun, Assaf Issachar, Eytan Mor, Michal Sarfaty, Dimitri Bragilovski, Ran Ben Hur, Noa Gordon, Salomon M. Stemmer, Aaron M. Allen

Open Access Research

Benefit of salvage total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy for recurrent locally advanced head and neck cancer after radiotherapy

Jie Liu, Ye Zhang, Zhengjiang Li, Shaoyan Liu, Huizheng Li, Zhengang Xu

Open Access Research

Temporal and spatial dose distribution of radiation pneumonitis after concurrent radiochemotherapy in stage III non-small cell cancer patients

Mohammed Alharbi, Stefan Janssen, Heiko Golpon, Michael Bremer, Christoph Henkenberens

Open Access Research

An investigation into the range dependence of target delineation strategies for stereotactic lung radiotherapy

Dennis J. Mohatt, John M. Keim, Mathew C. Greene, Ami Patel-Yadav, Jorge A. Gomez, Harish K. Malhotra

Open Access Research

Normal lung sparing Tomotherapy technique in stage III lung cancer

Chae-Seon Hong, Sang Gyu Ju, Yong Chan Ahn, Gyu Sang Yoo, Jae Myoung Noh, Dongryul Oh, Kwangzoo Chung, Hongryull Pyo, Kwanghyun Jo

Open Access Research

Multicriteria plan optimization in the hands of physicians: a pilot study in prostate cancer and brain tumors

Birgit S. Müller, Helen A. Shih, Jason A. Efstathiou, Thomas Bortfeld, David Craft

Open Access Research

First intraindividual comparison of contrast-enhanced MRI, FET- and DOTATOC- PET in patients with intracranial meningiomas

Jan Oliver Dittmar, Clemens Kratochwil, Anne Dittmar, Thomas Welzel, Daniel Habermehl, Stefan Rieken, Frederik L. Giesel, Uwe Haberkorn, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Review

Management of organ motion in scanned ion beam therapy

Christoph Bert, Klaus Herfarth

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes of graves’ ophthalmopathy treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy

Yong-Jiang Li, Yong Luo, Wei-Min He, Ping Li, Feng Wang

Open Access Research

Quantitative assessment of radiation dose and fractionation effects on normal tissue by utilizing a novel lung fibrosis index model

Cheng Zhou, Bleddyn Jones, Mahmoud Moustafa, Christian Schwager, Julia Bauer, Bing Yang, Liji Cao, Min Jia, Andrea Mairani, Ming Chen, Longhua Chen, Juergen Debus, Amir Abdollahi

Open Access Research

Carbon ion radiotherapy: impact of tumor differentiation on local control in experimental prostate carcinomas

Christin Glowa, Peter Peschke, Stephan Brons, Oliver C. Neels, Klaus Kopka, Jürgen Debus, Christian P. Karger

Open Access Research

Potential dosimetric benefits of adaptive tumor tracking over the internal target volume concept for stereotactic body radiation therapy of pancreatic cancer

Konstantina Karava, Stefanie Ehrbar, Oliver Riesterer, Johannes Roesch, Stefan Glatz, Stephan Klöck, Matthias Guckenberger, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang

Open Access Research

Detection level and pattern of positive lesions using PSMA PET/CT for staging prior to radiation therapy

Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Wolfgang Peter Fendler, Alexander Buchner, Christian Stief, Paul Rogowski, Maximilian Niyazi, Chukwuka Eze, Minglun Li, Peter Bartenstein, Claus Belka, Ute Ganswindt

Open Access Research

Conventional fractionation should not be the standard of care for T2 glottic cancer

Lynne M. Dixon, Catriona M. Douglas, Shazril Imran Shaukat, Kate Garcez, Lip Wai Lee, Andrew J. Sykes, David Thomson, Nicholas J. Slevin

Open Access Research

Quality assurance of the SCOPE 1 trial in oesophageal radiotherapy

Lucy Wills, Rhydian Maggs, Geraint Lewis, Gareth Jones, Lisette Nixon, John Staffurth, Tom Crosby

Open Access Research

The impact of dual energy CT imaging on dose calculations for pre-clinical studies

Ana Vaniqui, Lotte E. J. R. Schyns, Isabel P. Almeida, Brent van der Heyden, Stefan J. van Hoof, Frank Verhaegen

Open Access Research

Comparison of neoadjuvant chemoradiation with carboplatin/ paclitaxel or cisplatin/ 5-fluoruracil in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Stefan Münch, Steffi U. Pigorsch, Marcus Feith, Julia Slotta-Huspenina, Wilko Weichert, Helmut Friess, Stephanie E. Combs, Daniel Habermehl

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“HEATPAC” - a phase II randomized study of concurrent thermochemoradiotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy alone in locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Niloy Ranjan Datta, Bernhard Pestalozzi, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Alexander Siebenhüner, Emsad Puric, Shaka Khan, Christoph Mamot, Oliver Riesterer, Jürg Knuchel, Cäcilia Sophie Reiner, Stephan Bodis, Michelle De Oliveira, Henrik Petrowsky, Thomas Winder, Matthias Guckenberger, Stephanie Lang, Peter Bauerfeind, Beata Bode, Oliver Tschalèr, Dietmar Marder, Thomas Roeren, Rainer Grobholz, Burkhardt Seifert

Open Access Research

Postoperative radiotherapy with or without concurrent chemotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients with three or more minor risk factors: a propensity score matching analysis

Kang-Hsing Fan, Yen-Chao Chen, Chien-Yu Lin, Chung-Jan Kang, Li-Yu Lee, Shiang-Fu Huang, Chun-Ta Liao, Shu-Hang Ng, Hung-Ming Wang, Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang

Open Access Research

Predictive factors of acute skin reactions to carbon ion radiotherapy for the treatment of malignant bone and soft tissue tumors

Yosuke Takakusagi, Jun-ichi Saitoh, Hiroki Kiyohara, Takahiro Oike, Shin-ei Noda, Tatsuya Ohno, Takashi Nakano

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Long-term patient reported outcomes following radiation therapy for oropharyngeal cancer: cross-sectional assessment of a prospective symptom survey in patients ≥65 years old

Salman A. Eraj, Mona K. Jomaa, Crosby D. Rock, Abdallah S. R. Mohamed, Blaine D. Smith, Joshua B. Smith, Theodora Browne, Luke C. Cooksey, Bowman Williams, Brandi Temple, Kathryn E. Preston, Jeremy M. Aymard, Neil D. Gross, Randal S. Weber, Amy C. Hessel, Renata Ferrarotto, Jack Phan, Erich M. Sturgis, Ehab Y. Hanna, Steven J. Frank, William H. Morrison, Ryan P. Goepfert, Stephen Y. Lai, David I. Rosenthal, Tito R. Mendoza, Charles S. Cleeland, Kate A. Hutcheson, Clifton D. Fuller, Adam S. Garden, G. Brandon Gunn

Open Access Research

Optimization of the prescription isodose line for Gamma Knife radiosurgery using the shot within shot technique

Perry B. Johnson, Maria I. Monterroso, Fei Yang, Eric Mellon

Open Access Study protocol

Prospective phase-II-study evaluating postoperative radiotherapy of cervical and endometrial cancer patients using protons – the APROVE-trial

N. Arians, K. Lindel, J. Krisam, K. Herfarth, D. Krug, S. Akbaba, J. Oelmann-Avendano, J. Debus

Open Access Research

Unconscious physiological response of healthy volunteers to dynamic respiration-synchronized couch motion

Alexander Jöhl, Marta Bogowicz, Stefanie Ehrbar, Matthias Guckenberger, Stephan Klöck, Mirko Meboldt, Oliver Riesterer, Melanie Zeilinger, Marianne Schmid Daners, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang

Open Access Research

Impact of robust treatment planning on single- and multi-field optimized plans for proton beam therapy of unilateral head and neck target volumes

Macarena Cubillos-Mesías, Michael Baumann, Esther G. C. Troost, Fabian Lohaus, Steffen Löck, Christian Richter, Kristin Stützer

Open Access Research

Re-irradiation for recurrent glioma- the NCI experience in tumor control, OAR toxicity and proposal of a novel prognostic scoring system

Andra Valentina Krauze, Cord Peters, Jason Cheng, Holly Ning, Megan Mackey, Lindsay Rowe, Theresa Cooley-Zgela, Dee Dee Smart, Kevin Camphausen

Open Access Research

Analysis of the relationship between prescribed dose and dosimetric advantage of real-time intraoperatively built custom-linked seeds in iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy

Katsumi Hirose, Masahiko Aoki, Mariko Sato, Hiroyoshi Akimoto, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Atsushi Imai, Noritaka Kamimura, Hideo Kawaguchi, Yoshiomi Hatayama, Ichitaro Fujioka, Mitsuki Tanaka, Chikara Ohyama, Yoshihiro Takai

Open Access Review

Treatment of meningioma and glioma with protons and carbon ions

Sebastian Adeberg, Semi B. Harrabi, Vivek Verma, Denise Bernhardt, Nicole Grau, Jürgen Debus, Stefan Rieken

Open Access Research

Expert consensus on re-irradiation for recurrent glioma

Andra V. Krauze, Albert Attia, Steve Braunstein, Michael Chan, Stephanie E. Combs, Rainer Fietkau, John Fiveash, John Flickinger, Anca Grosu, Steven Howard, Carsten Nieder, Maximilian Niyazi, Lindsay Rowe, Dee Dee Smart, Christina Tsien, Kevin Camphausen

Open Access Research

Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Juntao Ran, Jingbo Wang, Nan Bi, Wei Jiang, Zongmei Zhou, Zhouguang Hui, Jun Liang, Qinfu Feng, Luhua Wang

Open Access Research

A 10-year clinical outcome of radiotherapy as an adjuvant or definitive treatment for primary tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma

Hyoung Uk Je, Si Yeol Song, Dong Kwan Kim, Yong-Hee Kim, Seong-Yun Jeong, Geum Mun Back, Wonsik Choi, Su Ssan Kim, Seung-Il Park, Eun Kyung Choi

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy plus temozolomide in elderly patients with glioblastoma: a “real-life” report

J. Biau, E. Chautard, E. De Schlichting, G. Dupic, B. Pereira, A. Fogli, M. Müller-Barthélémy, P. Dalloz, T. Khalil, A. F. Dillies, X. Durando, C. Godfraind, P. Verrelle

Open Access Research

Intensity modulated radiation therapy and surgery for Management of Retroperitoneal Sarcomas: a single-institution experience

Pippa F. Cosper, Jeffrey Olsen, Todd DeWees, Brian A. Van Tine, William Hawkins, Jeff Michalski, Imran Zoberi

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy of MRI-detected involved internal mammary lymph nodes in breast cancer

Sean Sachdev, Chelain R. Goodman, Erin Neuschler, Kapila Kalakota, Daniel Cutright, Eric D. Donnelly, John P. Hayes, Adam E. Prescott, Gianna Mirabelli, Jonathan B. Strauss

Open Access Review

Critical appraisal of the role of volumetric modulated arc therapy in the radiation therapy management of breast cancer

Luca Cozzi, Frank Lohr, Antonella Fogliata, Davide Franceschini, Fiorenza De Rose, A R Filippi, Gabriele Guidi, Valentina Vanoni, Marta Scorsetti

Open Access Research

Significant suppression of radiation dermatitis in breast cancer patients using a topically applied adrenergic vasoconstrictor

James F. Cleary, Bethany M. Anderson, Jens C. Eickhoff, Deepak Khuntia, William E. Fahl

Open Access Research

Highly conformal combined radiotherapy with cisplatin and gemcitabine for treatment of loco-regionally advanced cervical cancer – a retrospective study

Nikola Cihoric, Alexandros Tsikkinis, Eugenia Vlaskou Badra, Markus Glatzer, Urban Novak, Amina Scherz, Mohamed Shelan, Ivan Soldatovic, Chittazhathu Kurian Kuruvilla Yojena, Daniel M. Aebersold, Kristina Lössl

Open Access Review

Effective radiotherapeutic treatment intensification in patients with pancreatic cancer: higher doses alone, higher RBE or both?

Constantin Dreher, Daniel Habermehl, Oliver Jäkel, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Small field dosimetry for the small animal radiotherapy research platform (SARRP)

Mihaela Ghita, Stephen J. McMahon, Hannah F. Thompson, Conor K. McGarry, Raymond King, Sarah O. S. Osman, Jonathan L. Kane, Amanda Tulk, Giuseppe Schettino, Karl T. Butterworth, Alan R. Hounsell, Kevin M. Prise

Open Access Research

Evaluation of a software module for adaptive treatment planning and re-irradiation

Anne Richter, Stefan Weick, Thomas Krieger, Florian Exner, Sonja Kellner, Bülent Polat, Michael Flentje

Open Access Research

Tumor treating fields (TTFields) delay DNA damage repair following radiation treatment of glioma cells

Moshe Giladi, Mijal Munster, Rosa S. Schneiderman, Tali Voloshin, Yaara Porat, Roni Blat, Katarzyna Zielinska-Chomej, Petra Hååg, Ze’ev Bomzon, Eilon D. Kirson, Uri Weinberg, Kristina Viktorsson, Rolf Lewensohn, Yoram Palti

Open Access Research

Choice of postoperative radiation for stage IIIA pathologic N2 non-small cell lung cancer: impact of metastatic lymph node number

Siwei Wang, Zhifei Ma, Xiangbao Yang, Yajing Wang, Youtao Xu, Wenjia Xia, Rui Chen, Mantang Qiu, Feng Jiang, Rong Yin, Lin Xu, Keping Xu

Open Access Research

Overcoming hypoxia-induced tumor radioresistance in non-small cell lung cancer by targeting DNA-dependent protein kinase in combination with carbon ion irradiation

Carmen Klein, Ivana Dokic, Andrea Mairani, Stewart Mein, Stephan Brons, Peter Häring, Thomas Haberer, Oliver Jäkel, Astrid Zimmermann, Frank Zenke, Andree Blaukat, Jürgen Debus, Amir Abdollahi

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