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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2020

Inhalt (268 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Tumor burden and location as prognostic factors in patients treated by iodine seed implant brachytherapy for localized prostate cancers

Claire Meynard, Andres Huertas, Charles Dariane, Sandra Toublanc, Quentin Dubourg, Saik Urien, Marc-Olivier Timsit, Arnaud Méjean, Nicolas Thiounn, Philippe Giraud

Open Access Research

Is in vivo and ex vivo irradiation equally reliable for individual Radiosensitivity testing by three colour fluorescence in situ hybridization?

Theresa Mayo, Marlen Haderlein, Barbara Schuster, Anna Wiesmüller, Christian Hummel, Maximilian Bachl, Manfred Schmidt, Rainer Fietkau, Luitpold Distel

Open Access Research

Forecasting tumor and vasculature response dynamics to radiation therapy via image based mathematical modeling

David A. Hormuth II, Angela M. Jarrett, Thomas E. Yankeelov

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of PD-L1 expression on tumor cells combined with CD8+ TIL density in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Kathrin Gennen, Lukas Käsmann, Julian Taugner, Chukwuka Eze, Monika Karin, Olarn Roengvoraphoj, Jens Neumann, Amanda Tufman, Michael Orth, Simone Reu, Claus Belka, Farkhad Manapov

Open Access Research

Definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with squamous cell cancers of the head and neck - results from an unselected cohort of the clinical cooperation group “Personalized Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer”

Lars Schüttrumpf, Sebastian Marschner, Katrin Scheu, Julia Hess, Sibylle Rietzler, Axel Walch, Philipp Baumeister, Thomas Kirchner, Ute Ganswindt, Horst Zitzelsberger, Claus Belka, Cornelius Maihoefer

Open Access Research

Repeated CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma

Jing Sun, Can Ouyang, Xiaoyun Chang, Aimin Zhang, Quan Wang, Wengang Li, Dan Zhang, Jia Wang, Dong Li, Xuezhang Duan

Open Access Research

Intraoperative radiotherapy as an immediate adjuvant treatment of rectal cancer due to limited access to external-beam radiotherapy

Sergey Potemin, Jens Kübler, Ivan Uvarov, Frederik Wenz, Frank Giordano

Open Access Research

Intensity modulated proton therapy compared to volumetric modulated arc therapy in the irradiation of young female patients with hodgkin’s lymphoma. Assessment of risk of toxicity and secondary cancer induction

Marta Scorsetti, Luca Cozzi, Pierina Navarria, Antonella Fogliata, Alexia Rossi, Davide Franceschini, Fiorenza De Rose, Ciro Franzese, Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Armando Santoro

Open Access Research

Dosimetric benefit of an adaptive treatment by means of plan selection for rectal cancer patients in both short and long course radiation therapy

R. de Jong, J. Visser, K. F. Crama, N. van Wieringen, J. Wiersma, E. D. Geijsen, A. Bel

Open Access Research

The impact of quantitative CT-based tumor volumetric features on the outcomes of patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer

Sophia C. Kamran, Thibaud Coroller, Nastaran Milani, Vishesh Agrawal, Elizabeth H. Baldini, Aileen B. Chen, Bruce E. Johnson, David Kozono, Idalid Franco, Nitish Chopra, Roman Zeleznik, Hugo J. W. L. Aerts, Raymond Mak

Open Access Research

Optimal radiotherapy for patients with internal mammary lymph node metastasis from breast cancer

Kyungmi Yang, Haeyoung Kim, Doo Ho Choi, Won Park, Jae Myoung Noh, Won Kyung Cho

Open Access Review

Comparing hypofractionated to conventional fractionated radiotherapy in postmastectomy breast cancer: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Lei Liu, Yongqiang Yang, Qi Guo, Bixin Ren, Qiliang Peng, Li Zou, Yaqun Zhu, Ye Tian

Open Access Research

Contrast-enhanced, conebeam CT-based, fractionated radiotherapy and follow-up monitoring of orthotopic mouse glioblastoma: a proof-of-concept study

Benjamin Stegen, Alexander Nieto, Valerie Albrecht, Jessica Maas, Michael Orth, Klement Neumaier, Sabine Reinhardt, Moritz Weick-Kleemann, Wilfried Goetz, Merle Reinhart, Katia Parodi, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi, Kirsten Lauber

Open Access Research

Improve the dosimetric outcome in bilateral head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment using spot-scanning proton arc (SPArc) therapy: a feasibility study

Gang Liu, Xiaoqiang Li, An Qin, Weili Zheng, Di Yan, Sheng Zhang, Craig Stevens, Peyman Kabolizadeh, Xuanfeng Ding

Open Access Research

Treatment planning comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy employing a dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator and helical tomotherapy for cervix uteri

S. Panda, J. Swamidas, S. Chopra, A. Mangaj, A. Fogliata, P. Kupelian, J. P. Agarwal, L. Cozzi

Open Access Research

Survey of current practices from an international task force for gynecological stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

E. Leung, A. Gladwish, A. Sahgal, S. S. Lo, C. A. Kunos, R. M. Lanciano, C. A. Mantz, M. Guckenberger, T. M. Zagar, N. A. Mayr, A. R. Chang, S. Jorcano, T. Biswas, A. Pontoriero, K. V. Albuquerque

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy alone for stage IE ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas: long-term results

Masanari Niwa, Satoshi Ishikura, Kotoha Tatekawa, Natsuko Takama, Akifumi Miyakawa, Toshinobu Kubota, Eriko Kato, Yuta Shibamoto

Open Access Study protocol

Multisession radiosurgery for intracranial meningioma treatment: study protocol of a single arm, monocenter, prospective trial

V. Pinzi, M. Marchetti, E. De Martin, V. Cuccarini, I. Tramacere, F. Ghielmetti, M. L. Fumagalli, C. Iezzoni, L. Fariselli

Open Access Research

Impact of a low FODMAP diet on the amount of rectal gas and rectal volume during radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer – a prospective pilot study

Christian Schaefer, Constantinos Zamboglou, Natalja Volegova-Neher, Carmen Martini, Nils Henrik Nicolay, Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Paul Rogowski, Minglun Li, Claus Belka, Arndt-Christian Müller, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Thomas Brunner

Open Access Research

Improving quality of care and clinical outcomes for rectal cancer through clinical audits in a multicentre cancer care organisation

M. G. Torras, E. Canals, C. Muñoz-Montplet, A. Vidal, D. Jurado, A. Eraso, S. Villà, M. Caro, J. Molero, M. Macià, M. Puigdemont, E. González-Muñoz, A. López, F. Guedea, J. M. Borras

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Effects of the Bragg peak degradation due to lung tissue in proton therapy of lung cancer patients

Kilian-Simon Baumann, Veronika Flatten, Uli Weber, Stefan Lautenschläger, Fabian Eberle, Klemens Zink, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic

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Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for adrenal metastases of oligometastatic or oligoprogressive tumor patients

Laila König, Matthias F. Häfner, Sonja Katayama, Stefan A. Koerber, Eric Tonndorf-Martini, Denise Bernhardt, Bastian von Nettelbladt, Fabian Weykamp, Philipp Hoegen, Sebastian Klüter, Matthew S. Susko, Jürgen Debus, Juliane Hörner-Rieber

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy for geriatric head-and-neck cancer patients: what is the value of standard treatment in the elderly?

Erik Haehl, Alexander Rühle, Hélène David, Tobias Kalckreuth, Tanja Sprave, Raluca Stoian, Christoph Becker, Andreas Knopf, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Nils H. Nicolay

Open Access Research

Accuracy of automatic deformable structure propagation for high-field MRI guided prostate radiotherapy

Rasmus Lübeck Christiansen, Lars Dysager, Anders Smedegaard Bertelsen, Olfred Hansen, Carsten Brink, Uffe Bernchou

Open Access Research

Correlation of dosimetric factors with the development of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis in stereotactic body radiotherapy

Jeffrey M. Ryckman, Michael Baine, Joseph Carmicheal, Ferdinand Osayande, Richard Sleightholm, Kaeli Samson, Dandan Zheng, Weining Zhen, Chi Lin, Chi Zhang

Open Access Research

Evaluation of plan quality and robustness of IMPT and helical IMRT for cervical cancer

Haijiao Shang, Yuehu Pu, Wei Wang, Zhitao Dai, Fu Jin

Open Access Research

Validation of the graded prognostic assessment for gastrointestinal cancers with brain metastases (GI-GPA)

Carsten Nieder, Mandy Hintz, Ilinca Popp, Angelika Bilger, Anca L. Grosu

Open Access Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery combined with targeted/ immunotherapy in patients with melanoma brain metastasis

Indrawati Hadi, Olarn Roengvoraphoj, Raphael Bodensohn, Jan Hofmaier, Maximilian Niyazi, Claus Belka, Silke Birgit Nachbichler

Open Access Research

Acoustic diagnosis of elastic properties of human tooth by 320 MHz scanning acoustic microscopy after radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer

Irem Demirkan, Gokhan Yaprak, Cemile Ceylan, Emriye Algul, Ceyda Ozcakir Tomruk, Bukem Bilen, Mehmet Burcin Unlu

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy quality assurance for mesorectum treatment planning within the multi-center phase II STAR-TReC trial: Dutch results

Roy P. J. van den Ende, Femke P. Peters, Ernst Harderwijk, Heidi Rütten, Liza Bouwmans, Maaike Berbee, Richard A. M. Canters, Georgiana Stoian, Kim Compagner, Tom Rozema, Mariska de Smet, Martijn P. W. Intven, Rob H. N. Tijssen, Jacqueline Theuws, Paul van Haaren, Baukelien van Triest, Dave Eekhout, Corrie A. M. Marijnen, Uulke A. van der Heide, Ellen M. Kerkhof

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Dosimetric consequences of image guidance techniques on robust optimized intensity-modulated proton therapy for treatment of breast Cancer

Xiaoying Liang, Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Zuofeng Li, Dandan Zheng, Nancy Mendenhall, Julie A. Bradley

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy improves overall survival for T3/4N+M0 rectal cancer patients: a population-based study of 20300 patients

Feng Zhao, Jili Wang, Hao Yu, Xiaofei Cheng, Xinke Li, Xuan Zhu, Xiangming Xu, Jianjiang Lin, Xin Chen, Senxiang Yan

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Pericardial effusion after definitive concurrent chemotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy for esophageal cancer

Tzu-Hui Pao, Wei-Lun Chang, Nai-Jung Chiang, Chia-Ying Lin, Wu-Wei Lai, Yau-Lin Tseng, Forn-Chia Lin

Open Access Research

Outcomes of stereotactic body radiotherapy 60 Gy in 8 fractions when prioritizing organs at risk for central and ultracentral lung tumors

Yizhou Zhao, Eman Khawandanh, Steven Thomas, Susan Zhang, Emma M. Dunne, Mitchell Liu, Devin Schellenberg

Open Access Research

Three-dimensional surface imaging in breast cancer: a new tool for clinical studies?

Konstantin Christoph Koban, Lucas Etzel, Zhouxiao Li, Montserrat Pazos, Stephan Schönecker, Claus Belka, Riccardo Enzo Giunta, Thilo Ludwig Schenck, Stefanie Corradini

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MRI response rate after short-course radiotherapy on rectal cancer in the elderly comorbid patient: results from a retrospective cohort study

T. Koëter, S. G. C. van Elderen, G. F. A. J. B. van Tilborg, J. H. W. de Wilt, D. K. Wasowicz, T. Rozema, D. D. E. Zimmerman

Open Access Research

Anatomic change over the course of treatment for non–small cell lung cancer patients and its impact on intensity-modulated radiation therapy and passive-scattering proton therapy deliveries

Mei Chen, Jinzhong Yang, Zhongxing Liao, Jiayi Chen, Cheng Xu, Xiaodong He, Xiaodong Zhang, Ronald X. Zhu, Heng Li

Open Access Research

Targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 enhances radiosensitivity and reduces the metastatic potential of Lewis lung carcinoma cells

Yun Tien, Chiao-Ling Tsai, Wei-Hsien Hou, Yun Chiang, Feng-Ming Hsu, Yu-Chieh Tsai, Jason Chia-Hsien Cheng

Open Access Research

CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is an effective and stable solution for heart sparing radiotherapy of left sided breast cancer

Aaron M. Allen, Yasmin Korzets Ceder, Tzippy Shochat, Eyal Fenig, Aron Popovtzer, Dimitry Bragilofsky, Adi Alfassy, Helena Allon

Open Access Research

The dosimetric impact of replacing the TG-43 algorithm by model based dose calculation for liver brachytherapy

Anna Sophie Duque, Stefanie Corradini, Florian Kamp, Max Seidensticker, Florian Streitparth, Christopher Kurz, Franziska Walter, Katia Parodi, Frank Verhaegen, Jens Ricke, Claus Belka, Gabriel Paiva Fonseca, Guillaume Landry

Open Access Review

Fondazione Italiana Linfomi (FIL) expert consensus on the use of intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma involving the mediastinum

Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Sofia Meregalli, Anna DI Russo, Mario Levis, Patrizia Ciammella, Michela Buglione, Andrea Emanuele Guerini, Giuseppina De Marco, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Stefano Vagge, Umberto Ricardi, Gabriele Simontacchi

Open Access Research

Indications, feasibility, safety, and efficacy of CyberKnife radiotherapy for the treatment of olfactory groove meningiomas: a single institutional retrospective series

Jianmin Liu, Rafael Rojas, Fred C. Lam, Farhan A. Mirza, Anand Mahadevan, Ekkehard M. Kasper

Open Access Research

Clinical validation of a graphical method for radiation therapy plan quality assessment

Tiago Ventura, Joana Dias, Leila Khouri, Eduardo Netto, André Soares, Brigida da Costa Ferreira, Humberto Rocha, Maria do Carmo Lopes

Open Access Research

Radiation-induced lymphopenia correlates with survival in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: impact of treatment modality and the baseline lymphocyte count

Xiaoxue Xie, Shenglan Gong, Hekun Jin, Pei Yang, Ting Xu, Yilong Cai, Chengxian Guo, Rong Zhang, Fan Lou, Wenjuan Yang, Hui Wang

Open Access Research

Efficacy and safety of intensity-modulated radiotherapy alone versus intensity-modulated radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for treatment of intermediate-risk nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Omer Aftab, Shufang Liao, Rongjun Zhang, Nan Tang, Meiqing Luo, Bin Zhang, Sanjeev Shahi, Raju Rai, Jazib Ali, Wei Jiang

Open Access Research

Automated Hypofractionated IMRT treatment planning for early-stage breast Cancer

Ting-Chun Lin, Chih-Yuan Lin, Kai-Chiun Li, Jin-Huei Ji, Ji-An Liang, An-Cheng Shiau, Liang-Chih Liu, Ti-Hao Wang

Open Access Research

Thyroid V50 is a risk factor for hypothyroidism in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a retrospective study

Ling Zhou, Jia Chen, Wei Shen, Zheng-Lu Chen, Shuang Huang, Chang-Juan Tao, Ming Chen, Zhong-Hua Yu, Yuan-Yuan Chen

Open Access Research

1.5 T MR-guided and daily adapted SBRT for prostate cancer: feasibility, preliminary clinical tolerability, quality of life and patient-reported outcomes during treatment

Filippo Alongi, Michele Rigo, Vanessa Figlia, Francesco Cuccia, Niccolò Giaj-Levra, Luca Nicosia, Francesco Ricchetti, Gianluisa Sicignano, Antonio De Simone, Stefania Naccarato, Ruggero Ruggieri, Rosario Mazzola

Open Access Research

Whole brain radiation therapy plus focal boost may be a suitable strategy for brain metastases in SCLC patients: a multi-center study

Meng Ni, Aijun Jiang, Wenju Liu, Yanxing Sheng, Haiyan Zeng, Ning Liu, Qingxiao Gao, Yong Wang, Jinming Yu, Shuanghu Yuan

Open Access Review

Recent advances in radiotherapy of breast cancer

Jan Haussmann, Stefanie Corradini, Carolin Nestle-Kraemling, Edwin Bölke, Freddy Joel Djiepmo Njanang, Bálint Tamaskovics, Klaus Orth, Eugen Ruckhaeberle, Tanja Fehm, Svjetlana Mohrmann, Ioannis Simiantonakis, Wilfried Budach, Christiane Matuschek

Open Access Research

Impact of adjuvant radiotherapy on the survival of women with optimally resected stage III endometrial cancer in the era of modern radiotherapy: a retrospective study

Jenny Ling-Yu Chen, Yu-Sen Huang, Chao-Yuan Huang, Che-Yu Hsu, Keng-Hsueh Lan, Wen-Fang Cheng, Sung-Hsin Kuo

Open Access Research

Comparison of CTVHR and organs at risk contours between TRUS and MR images in IB cervical cancers: a proof of concept study

Lucas C. Mendez, Ananth Ravi, Kevin Martell, Hamid Raziee, Yasir Alayed, Matt Wronski, Moti Paudel, Elizabeth Barnes, Amandeep Taggar, C. S. Wong, Eric Leung

Open Access COVID-19 Review

First statement on preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic in large German Speaking University-based radiation oncology departments

Stephanie E. Combs, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi, Stefanie Corradini, Steffi Pigorsch, Jan Wilkens, Anca L. Grosu, Matthias Guckenberger, Ute Ganswindt, Denise Bernhardt

Open Access Review

The role of intraoperative radiation therapy in resectable pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Liang Jin, Ning Shi, Shiye Ruan, Baohua Hou, Yiping Zou, Xiongfeng Zou, Haosheng Jin, Zhixiang Jian

Open Access Research

MR-PROTECT: Clinical feasibility of a prostate MRI-only radiotherapy treatment workflow and investigation of acceptance criteria

Emilia Persson, Christian Jamtheim Gustafsson, Petra Ambolt, Silke Engelholm, Sofie Ceberg, Sven Bäck, Lars E. Olsson, Adalsteinn Gunnlaugsson

Open Access Research

Hippocampal changes in inflammasomes, apoptosis, and MEMRI after radiation-induced brain injury in juvenile rats

Jun Yang, Jingyan Gao, Dan Han, Qinqing Li, Chengde Liao, Jindan Li, Rui Wang, Yueyuan Luo

Open Access Research

DCE-MRI of locally-advanced carcinoma of the uterine cervix: Tofts analysis versus non-model-based analyses

Kjersti V. Lund, Trude G. Simonsen, Gunnar B. Kristensen, Einar K. Rofstad

Open Access Research

Radiotherapeutic management of cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown primary site – experiences from a large cohort treated with modern radiation techniques

Tanja Sprave, Alexander Rühle, Katharina Hees, Tobias Kalckreuth, Vivek Verma, Raluca Stoian, Constantinos Zamboglou, Jens Pfeiffer, Roland Laszig, Andreas Knopf, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Nils H. Nicolay

Open Access Research

The value of moderate dose escalation for re-irradiation of recurrent or second primary head-and-neck cancer

Alexander Rühle, Tanja Sprave, Tobias Kalckreuth, Raluca Stoian, Erik Haehl, Constantinos Zamboglou, Roland Laszig, Andreas Knopf, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Nils H. Nicolay

Open Access Research

Brain metastases treated with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy: 8 years experience after Cyberknife installation

Laurence Mengue, Aurélie Bertaut, Louise Ngo Mbus, Mélanie Doré, Myriam Ayadi, Karen Clément-Colmou, Line Claude, Christian Carrie, Cécile Laude, Ronan Tanguy, Julie Blanc, Marie-Pierre Sunyach

Open Access Research

Combined radiotherapy and concurrent tumor treating fields (TTFields) for glioblastoma: Dosimetric consequences on non-coplanar IMRT as initial results from a phase I trial

N. Guberina, C. Pöttgen, S. Kebir, L. Lazaridis, C. Scharmberg, W. Lübcke, M. Niessen, M. Guberina, B. Scheffler, V. Jendrossek, R. Jabbarli, D. Pierscianek, U. Sure, T. Schmidt, C. Oster, P. Hau, A. L. Grosu, M. Stuschke, M. Glas, Y. Nour, L. Lüdemann

Open Access Research

Quality of life and survival outcome for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated by volumetric-modulated arc therapy versus intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Tai-Lin Huang, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Hui-Ching Chuang, Chih-Yen Chien, Yu-Tsai Lin, Wen-Ling Tsai, Fu-Min Fang

Open Access Short report

CBCT evaluation of inter- and intra-fraction motions during prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy: a technical note

Omar Jmour, Marouan Benna, Pierre Champagnol, Majed Ben Mrad, Anis Hamrouni, Layal Obeid, Chaimaa Lahmamssi, Amal Bousarsar, Nicolas Vial, Amel Rehailia-Blanchard, Sandrine Sotton, Meiling Lan, Julien Langrand-Escure, Alexis Vallard, Nicolas Magné

Open Access Research

Magnetic resonance imaging features of tumor and lymph node to predict clinical outcome in node-positive cervical cancer: a retrospective analysis

Shin-Hyung Park, Myong Hun Hahm, Bong Kyung Bae, Gun Oh Chong, Shin Young Jeong, Sungdae Na, Sungmoon Jeong, Jae-Chul Kim

Open Access Research

Deep convolutional neural networks for automated segmentation of brain metastases trained on clinical data

Khaled Bousabarah, Maximilian Ruge, Julia-Sarita Brand, Mauritius Hoevels, Daniel Rueß, Jan Borggrefe, Nils Große Hokamp, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, David Maintz, Harald Treuer, Martin Kocher

Open Access Review

Recent advances of PET imaging in clinical radiation oncology

M. Unterrainer, C. Eze, H. Ilhan, S. Marschner, O. Roengvoraphoj, N. S. Schmidt-Hegemann, F. Walter, W. G. Kunz, P. Munck af Rosenschöld, R. Jeraj, N. L. Albert, A. L. Grosu, M. Niyazi, P. Bartenstein, C. Belka

Open Access Research

Development and external validation of a nomogram to predict overall survival following stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage lung cancer

Sarah Baker, Katerina Bakunina, Marloes Duijm, Mischa S. Hoogeman, Robin Cornelissen, Imogeen Antonisse, John Praag, Wilma D. Heemsbergen, Joost Jan Nuyttens

Open Access Research

Risk factors for esophagitis after hypofractionated palliative (chemo) radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Carsten Nieder, Kristian S. Imingen, Bård Mannsåker, Rosalba Yobuta, Ellinor Haukland

Open Access Review

Oligometastasis and local ablation in the era of systemic targeted and immunotherapy

Rosario Mazzola, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, Davide Franceschini, Slavisa Tubin, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, Maria Tolia, Andrea Lancia, Giuseppe Minniti, Stefanie Corradini, Stefano Arcangeli, Marta Scorsetti, Filippo Alongi

Open Access Review

Medical physics challenges in clinical MR-guided radiotherapy

Christopher Kurz, Giulia Buizza, Guillaume Landry, Florian Kamp, Moritz Rabe, Chiara Paganelli, Guido Baroni, Michael Reiner, Paul J. Keall, Cornelis A. T. van den Berg, Marco Riboldi

Open Access Research

Transcatheter rectal arterial chemoembolization with oxaliplatin plus S-1 concurrent chemoradiotherapy can improve the pathological remission rate in locally advanced rectal cancer: a comparative study

Bo Yang, Jinlu Shan, Yan Feng, Nan Dai, Mengxia Li, Chuan Chen, Shengyong He, Ge Wang, Hualiang Xiao, Chunxue Li, Dong Wang

Open Access Research

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on bone macroscopy, composition and biomechanical properties after ionizing radiation injury

Luiz Henrique Ferreira Júnior, Pedro Henrique Justino Oliveira Limirio, Priscilla Barbosa Ferreira Soares, Paula Dechichi, Letícia de Souza Castro Filice, Paulo Sérgio Quagliatto, Flaviana Soares Rocha

Open Access Research

Prognostic impact of the “Sekhar grading system for cranial Chordomas” in patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy: an institutional analysis

Anna-Lena Hottinger, Beat Bojaxhiu, Frank Ahlhelm, Marc Walser, Barbara Bachtiary, Stefan Zepter, Tony Lomax, Alessia Pica, Damien C. Weber

Open Access Research

A balanced score to predict survival of elderly patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma

Christoph Straube, Kerstin A. Kessel, Stefanie Antoni, Jens Gempt, Bernhard Meyer, Juergen Schlegel, Friederike Schmidt-Graf, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Feasibility of hippocampus-sparing VMAT for newly diagnosed glioblastoma treated by chemoradiation: pattern of failure analysis

Chan Woo Wee, Kyung Su Kim, Chae-Yong Kim, Jung Ho Han, Yu Jung Kim, In Ah Kim

Open Access Research

Clinical parameters predictive for sphincter-preserving surgery and prognostic outcome in patients with locally advanced low rectal cancer

Richard Partl, Marton Magyar, Eva Hassler, Tanja Langsenlehner, Karin Sigrid Kapp

Open Access Research

Fully automated brain resection cavity delineation for radiation target volume definition in glioblastoma patients using deep learning

Ekin Ermiş, Alain Jungo, Robert Poel, Marcela Blatti-Moreno, Raphael Meier, Urspeter Knecht, Daniel M. Aebersold, Michael K. Fix, Peter Manser, Mauricio Reyes, Evelyn Herrmann

Open Access Methodology

Evaluating dosimetric constraints for carbon ion radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Lien-Chun Lin, Guo-Liang Jiang, Nitin Ohri, Zheng Wang, Jiade J. Lu, Madhur Garg, Chandan Guha, Xiaodong Wu

Open Access Research

Longitudinal atherosclerotic changes after radio(chemo)therapy of hypopharyngeal carcinoma

Cristoforo Simonetto, Michael Mayinger, Thamer Ahmed, Kai Borm, Pavel Kundrát, Steffi Pigorsch, Jan Christian Kaiser, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Impact of positioning errors in the dosimetry of VMAT left-sided post mastectomy irradiation

Xiongfei Liao, Fan Wu, Junxiang Wu, Qian Peng, Xinghong Yao, Shengwei Kang, Yanqun Zhao, Lucia Clara Orlandini

Open Access Research

Clinical implementation of MRI-based organs-at-risk auto-segmentation with convolutional networks for prostate radiotherapy

Mark H. F. Savenije, Matteo Maspero, Gonda G. Sikkes, Jochem R. N. van der Voort van Zyp, Alexis N. T. J. Kotte, Gijsbert H. Bol, Cornelis A. T. van den Berg

Open Access Research

Design and fabrication of a Nano-based neutron shield for fast neutrons from medical linear accelerators in radiation therapy

Younes Afkham, Asghar Mesbahi, Abdolali Alemi, Farhad Zolfagharpour, Nasrollah Jabbari

Open Access Research

Atlas-based auto-segmentation for postoperative radiotherapy planning in endometrial and cervical cancers

Nalee Kim, Jee Suk Chang, Yong Bae Kim, Jin Sung Kim

Open Access Research

Effect of neoadjuvant radiotherapy on survival of non-metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a SEER database analysis

Dan Wang, Chongshun Liu, Yuan Zhou, Tingyu Yan, Chenglong Li, Qionghui Yang, Yang Xu, Lilan Zhao, Qian Pei, Fengbo Tan, Cenap Güngör, Yuqiang Li

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of ovarian cancer

Roman O. Kowalchuk, Michael R. Waters, K. Martin Richardson, Kelly Spencer, James M. Larner, William P. Irvin, Charles R. Kersh

Open Access Research

Single-center versus multi-center data sets for molecular prognostic modeling: a simulation study

Daniel Samaga, Roman Hornung, Herbert Braselmann, Julia Hess, Horst Zitzelsberger, Claus Belka, Anne-Laure Boulesteix, Kristian Unger

Open Access Research

Intraoperative radiotherapy with low energy x-rays for primary and recurrent soft-tissue sarcomas

Gustavo R. Sarria, Vera Petrova, Frederik Wenz, Yasser Abo-Madyan, Elena Sperk, Frank A. Giordano

Open Access Research

Altered fractionation short-course radiotherapy for stage II-III rectal cancer: a retrospective study

Hans Geinitz, Carsten Nieder, Lukas Kocik, Christine Track, Johann Feichtinger, Theresa Weingartner, Kurt Spiegl, Barbara Füreder-Kitzmüller, Johanna Kaufmann, Dietmar H. Seewald, Reinhold Függer, Andreas Shamiyeh, Andreas L. Petzer, David Kiesl, Josef Hammer

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy for nonagenarians: the value of biological versus chronological age

Tanja Sprave, Alexander Rühle, Raluca Stoian, Alina Weber, Constantinos Zamboglou, Carsten Nieder, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Nils H. Nicolay

Open Access Research

Predicting per-lesion local recurrence in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer following definitive radiation therapy using pre- and mid-treatment metabolic tumor volume

Michael S. Binkley, Julie L. Koenig, Mehr Kashyap, Michael Xiang, Yufei Liu, Quaovi Sodji, Peter G. Maxim, Maximilian Diehn, Billy W. Loo Jr, Michael F. Gensheimer

Open Access Research

Factors affecting outcome in frameless non-isocentric stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: a multicentric cohort study

Alfredo Conti, Gueliz Acker, Antonio Pontoriero, Juliane Hardt, Anne Kluge, Alberto Cacciola, Giuseppe Iatì, Markus Kufeld, Volker Budach, Peter Vajkoczy, Giancarlo Beltramo, Stefano Pergolizzi, Achille Bergantin, Franziska Loebel, Silvana Parisi, Carolin Senger, Pantaleo Romanelli

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of sarcopenia in patients treated by Radiochemotherapy for locally advanced oesophageal cancer

Romain Mallet, Romain Modzelewski, Justine Lequesne, Sorina Mihailescu, Pierre Decazes, Hugues Auvray, Ahmed Benyoucef, Fréderic Di Fiore, Pierre Vera, Bernard Dubray, Sébastien Thureau

Open Access Research

Heart sparing radiotherapy in breast cancer: the importance of baseline cardiac risks

Aurélie Gaasch, Stephan Schönecker, Cristoforo Simonetto, Markus Eidemüller, Montserrat Pazos, Daniel Reitz, Maya Rottler, Philipp Freislederer, Michael Braun, Rachel Würstlein, Nadia Harbeck, Maximilian Niyazi, Claus Belka, Stefanie Corradini

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Radiation-induced lung toxicity – cellular and molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, management, and literature review

Lukas Käsmann, Alexander Dietrich, Claudia A. Staab-Weijnitz, Farkhad Manapov, Jürgen Behr, Andreas Rimner, Branislav Jeremic, Suresh Senan, Dirk De Ruysscher, Kirsten Lauber, Claus Belka

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Radiotherapy in oncological emergencies: fast-track treatment planning

Lukas Nierer, Franziska Walter, Maximilian Niyazi, Roel Shpani, Guillaume Landry, Sebastian Marschner, Rieke von Bestenbostel, Dominika Dinkel, Gabriela Essenbach, Michael Reiner, Claus Belka, Stefanie Corradini

Open Access Short report

Stereotactic body radiotherapy versus conventional/moderate fractionated radiation therapy with androgen deprivation therapy for unfavorable risk prostate cancer

Sagar A. Patel, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Ben Fischer-Valuck, Chao Zhang, Brent S. Rose, Ronald C. Chen, Ashesh B. Jani, Trevor J. Royce

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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: long-term and mature outcomes of a prospective randomized trial

Tejpal Gupta, Shwetabh Sinha, Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar, Ashwini Budrukkar, Naveen Mummudi, Monali Swain, Reena Phurailatpam, Kumar Prabhash, Jai Prakash Agarwal

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Long-term analysis of multimodality treatment outcomes and prognosis of esthesioneuroblastomas: a single center results of 138 patients

Meng Sun, Kai Wang, Yuan Qu, Jianghu Zhang, Shiping Zhang, Xuesong Chen, Jingbo Wang, Runye Wu, Ye Zhang, Junlin Yi, Jianping Xiao, Guozhen Xu, Xiaodong Huang, Jingwei Luo

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Cardiac radiation dose predicts survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated by definitive concurrent chemotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy

Tzu-Hui Pao, Wei-Lun Chang, Nai-Jung Chiang, Jeffrey Shu-Ming Chang, Chia-Ying Lin, Wu-Wei Lai, Yau-Lin Tseng, Yi-Ting Yen, Ta-Jung Chung, Forn-Chia Lin

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p63+Krt5+ basal cells are increased in the squamous metaplastic epithelium of patients with radiation-induced chronic Rhinosinusitis

Hongming Huang, Kai Sen Tan, Suizi Zhou, Tian Yuan, Jing Liu, Hsiao Hui Ong, Qianmin Chen, Junxiao Gao, Minghong Xu, Zhenchao Zhu, Qianhui Qiu, De Yun Wang

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A unique radioprotective effect of resolvin E1 reduces irradiation-induced damage to the inner ear by inhibiting the inflammatory response

Jie Zhang, Anting Xu, Tingting Niu, Chengcheng Liu, Yongju Zhang, Tao Li, Jihua Wang, Yongjing Wang, Dianshui Sun

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Image quality of 4D in-treatment CBCT acquired during lung SBRT using FFF beam: a phantom study

Jihun Kim, Ki Chang Keum, Ho Lee, Chae-Seon Hong, Kwangwoo Park, Jin Sung Kim

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Efficacy and safety of CyberKnife radiosurgery in elderly patients with brain metastases: a retrospective clinical evaluation

Gueliz Acker, Seyed-Morteza Hashemi, Josch Fuellhase, Anne Kluge, Alfredo Conti, Markus Kufeld, Anita Kreimeier, Franziska Loebel, Melina Kord, Diana Sladek, Carmen Stromberger, Volker Budach, Peter Vajkoczy, Carolin Senger

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COVID-19 and radiation oncology: the experience of a two-phase plan within a single institution in central Italy

Luciana Caravatta, Consuelo Rosa, Maria Bernadette Di Sciascio, Andrea Tavella Scaringi, Angelo Di Pilla, Lucia Anna Ursini, Maria Taraborrelli, Annamaria Vinciguerra, Antonietta Augurio, Monica Di Tommaso, Marianna Trignani, Marianna Nuzzo, Maria Daniela Falco, Andrea De Nicola, Nico Adorante, Fabiola Patani, Giuseppe Centofanti, Lucrezia Gasparini, David Fasciolo, Fiorella Cristina Di Guglielmo, Cecilia Bonfiglio, Marzia Borgia, Gabriella Caravaggio, Stefano Marcucci, Consalvo Turchi, Domenico Mancinelli, Stephanie Sartori, Thomas Schael, Angelo Muraglia, Sergio Caputi, Claudio D’Amario, Nicoletta Verì, Domenico Genovesi

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Proton pencil beam scanning reduces secondary cancer risk in breast cancer patients with internal mammary chain involvement compared to photon radiotherapy

Giorgio Cartechini, Francesco Fracchiolla, Loris Menegotti, Emanuele Scifoni, Chiara La Tessa, Marco Schwarz, Paolo Farace, Francesco Tommasino

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OPTimizing Irradiation through Molecular Assessment of Lymph node (OPTIMAL): a randomized open label trial

Manuel Algara López, Elvira Rodríguez García, Inmaculada Beato Tortajada, Francisco José Martínez Arcelus, Juan Salinas Ramos, José Reyes Rodríguez garrido, Xavier Sanz Latiesas, Ana Soler Rodríguez, Germán Juan Rijo, Amanda Flaquer García

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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis of nimotuzumab for the radiotherapy of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Zhaodong Fei, Ting Xu, Mengying Li, Taojun Chen, Li Li, Xiufang Qiu, Chuanben Chen

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Long-term outcomes of moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (67.5 Gy in 25 fractions) for prostate cancer confined to the pelvis: a single center retrospective analysis

Lihong Yao, Jianzhong Shou, Shulian Wang, Yongwen Song, Hui Fang, Ningning Lu, Yuan Tang, Bo Chen, Shunan Qi, Yong Yang, Hao Jing, Jing Jin, Zihao Yu, Yexiong Li, Yueping Liu

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Feasibility study: spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) for left-sided whole breast radiotherapy

Sheng Chang, Gang Liu, Lewei Zhao, Joshua T. Dilworth, Weili Zheng, Saada Jawad, Di Yan, Peter Chen, Craig Stevens, Peyman Kabolizadeh, Xiaoqiang Li, Xuanfeng Ding

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Efficacy and safety-in analysis of short-course radiation followed by mFOLFOX-6 plus avelumab for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma

Ali Shamseddine, Youssef H. Zeidan, Ziad El Husseini, Malek Kreidieh, Monita Al Darazi, Rim Turfa, Joseph Kattan, Ibrahim Khalifeh, Deborah Mukherji, Sally Temraz, Kholoud Alqasem, Rula Amarin, Tala Al Awabdeh, Samer Deeba, Faek Jamali, Issa Mohamad, Mousa Elkhaldi, Faiez Daoud, Mahmoud Al Masri, Ali Dabous, Ahmad Hushki, Omar Jaber, Maya Charafeddine, Fady Geara

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Acute toxicity of normofractionated intensity modulated radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost compared to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with sequential boost in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer

David Krug, Christine Köder, Matthias F. Häfner, Nathalie Arians, Semi B. Harrabi, Stefan A. Koerber, Tobias Forster, Ingmar Schlampp, Christof Sohn, Joerg Heil, Holger Hof, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Jürgen Debus

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Leaf open time sinogram (LOTS): a novel approach for patient specific quality assurance of total marrow irradiation

Rajesh Thiyagarajan, Dayananda Shamurailatpam Sharma, Suryakant Kaushik, Mayur Sawant, K. Ganapathy, N. Arunai Nambi Raj, Srinivas Chilukuri, Sham C. Sundar, Kartikeswar Ch. Patro, Arjunan Manikandan, M. P. Noufal, Rangasamy Sivaraman, Jose Easow, Rakesh Jalali

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Strict bladder filling and rectal emptying during prostate SBRT: Does it make a dosimetric or clinical difference?

David J. Byun, Daniel J. Gorovets, Lauren M. Jacobs, Laura Happersett, Pengpeng Zhang, Xin Pei, Sarah Burleson, Zhigang Zhang, Margie Hunt, Sean McBride, Marisa A. Kollmeier, Michael J. Zelefsky

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A non-invasive ultrasound imaging method to measure acute radiation-induced bladder wall thickening in rats

Antonello E. Spinelli, Andrea Bresolin, Stefania Zuppone, Laura Perani, Giuseppe Fallara, Nadia Di Muzio, Riccardo Vago, Claudio Fiorino, Cesare Cozzarini

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Evaluation of OAR dose sparing and plan robustness of beam-specific PTV in lung cancer IMRT treatment

Yu Chang, Feng Xiao, Hong Quan, Zhiyong Yang

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Prostate cancer tumour control probability modelling for external beam radiotherapy based on multi-parametric MRI-GTV definition

Ilias Sachpazidis, Panayiotis Mavroidis, Constantinos Zamboglou, Christina Marie Klein, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Dimos Baltas

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Efficacy and toxicity of re-irradiation for esophageal cancer patients with locoregional recurrence: a retrospective analysis

Kaikai Zhao, Youjiao Si, Liangchao Sun, Xiangjiao Meng, Jinming Yu

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Correction to: Recent advances in Surface Guided Radiation Therapy

P. Freislederer, M. Kügele, M. Öllers, A. Swinnen, T.-O. Sauer, C. Bert, D. Giantsoudi, S. Corradini, V. Batista

Open Access Short report

Immune checkpoint inhibition in patients treated with stereotactic radiation for brain metastases

Emily S. Kowalski, Jill S. Remick, Kai Sun, Gregory S. Alexander, Rahul Khairnar, Emily Morse, Hua-Ren Cherng, Lars J. Berg, Yannick Poirier, Narottam Lamichhane, Stewart Becker, Shifeng Chen, Jason K. Molitoris, Young Kwok, William F. Regine, Mark V. Mishra

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Severity of radiation pneumonitis, from clinical, dosimetric and biological features: a pilot study

Samantha Aso, Arturo Navarro-Martin, Richard Castillo, Susana Padrones, Edward Castillo, Ana Montes, José Ignacio Martínez, Noelia Cubero, Rosa López, Laura Rodríguez, Ramon Palmero, Federico Manresa, Thomas Guerrero, María Molina

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The clonogenic assay: robustness of plating efficiency-based analysis is strongly compromised by cellular cooperation

Nikko Brix, Daniel Samaga, Roman Hennel, Katharina Gehr, Horst Zitzelsberger, Kirsten Lauber

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Protocol of a study investigating breath-hold techniques for upper-abdominal radiation therapy (BURDIE): addressing the challenge of a moving target

Briana Farrugia, Richard Khor, Farshad Foroudi, Michael Chao, Kellie Knight, Caroline Wright

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Automated contouring and planning pipeline for hippocampal-avoidant whole-brain radiotherapy

Christine H. Feng, Mariel Cornell, Kevin L. Moore, Roshan Karunamuni, Tyler M. Seibert

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Report on planning comparison of VMAT, IMRT and helical tomotherapy for the ESCALOX-trial pre-study

Steffi U. Pigorsch, Severin Kampfer, Markus Oechsner, Michael C. Mayinger, Petra Mozes, Michal Devecka, Kerstin K. Kessel, Stephanie E. Combs, Jan J. Wilkens

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Reprogramming the tumour microenvironment by radiotherapy: implications for radiotherapy and immunotherapy combinations

Madyson Colton, Eleanor J. Cheadle, Jamie Honeychurch, Tim M. Illidge

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Hypofractionated proton beam radiotherapy in patients with unresectable liver tumors: multi-institutional prospective results from the Proton Collaborative Group

Jacob S. Parzen, William Hartsell, John Chang, Smith Apisarnthanarax, Jason Molitoris, Michael Durci, Henry Tsai, James Urbanic, Jonathan Ashman, Carlos Vargas, Craig Stevens, Peyman Kabolizadeh

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Pediatric craniospinal irradiation with a short partial-arc VMAT technique for medulloblastoma tumors in dosimetric comparison

Gerhard Pollul, Tilman Bostel, Sascha Grossmann, Sati Akbaba, Heiko Karle, Marcus Stockinger, Heinz Schmidberger

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Technical note: factors affecting dose distribution in the overlap region of two-segment total body irradiation by helical tomotherapy

HaiYang Wang, JunQi Liu, YiFei Pi, Qi Liu, Yang Mi, XiangXiang Yang, YueXin Guo, RuiTai Fan

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Per-fraction positional and dosimetric performance of prone breast tangential radiotherapy on Halcyon™ linear accelerator assessed with daily rapid kilo-voltage cone beam computed tomography: a single-institution pilot study

Suk W. Yoon, Neil K. Taunk, Gary M. Freedman, Emily Hubley, Shannon O’Reilly, Boon- Keng K. Teo, Shibu Anamalayil, Lei Dong, Christopher Kennedy, Wei Zou, James M. Metz, Taoran Li

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The decreased mean platelet volume is associated with poor prognosis in patients with oropharyngeal cancer treated with radiotherapy

Daniela Delago, Olivia Knittelfelder, Gabriele Jakse, Katarzyna Lukasiak, Sabine Reinisch, Wilfried Renner, Heidi Stranzl-Lawatsch, Richard Partl, Tanja Langsenlehner

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Developing and validating an integrated gross tumor volume (GTV)-TNM stratification system for supplementing unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Nai-Bin Chen, Qi-Wen Li, Zheng-Fei Zhu, Yi-Ming Wang, Zhangkai J. Cheng, Zhou-Guang Hui, Su-Ping Guo, Hao-Qiang He, Bin Wang, Xiao-Yan Huang, Ji-Bin Li, Jin-Yu Guo, Nan Hu, Xin-Lei Ai, Yin Zhou, Da-Quan Wang, Fang-Jie Liu, Chuan-Miao Xie, Bo Qiu, Hui Liu

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Modern treatment outcomes for early T-stage oropharyngeal cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy at a tertiary care institution

Eric J. Di Gravio, Pencilla Lang, Hugh Andrew Jinwook Kim, Tricia Chinnery, Neil Mundi, S. Danielle MacNeil, Adrian Mendez, John Yoo, Kevin Fung, Joe S. Mymryk, John W. Barrett, Nancy Read, Varagur Venkatesan, Sara Kuruvilla, Lucas C. Mendez, Eric Winquist, Sylvia Mitchell, Sarah A. Mattonen, Anthony C. Nichols, David A. Palma

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Recent advances in (chemo-)radiation therapy for rectal cancer: a comprehensive review

F. Roeder, E. Meldolesi, S. Gerum, V. Valentini, C. Rödel

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Long-term outcome after combined kyphoplasty and intraoperative radiotherapy (Kypho-IORT) for vertebral tumors

Frederic Bludau, Laura Winter, Grit Welzel, Udo Obertacke, Frank Schneider, Frederik Wenz, Arne Mathias Ruder, Frank A. Giordano

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Hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy for elderly patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma

Takahiro Iwai, Michio Yoshimura, Ryo Ashida, Yoko Goto, Takahiro Kishi, Satoshi Itasaka, Keiko Shibuya, Masashi Kanai, Toshihiko Masui, Akihisa Fukuda, Hiroyoshi Isoda, Masahiro Hiraoka, Takashi Mizowaki

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A clinical study of curative partial breast irradiation for stage I breast cancer using carbon ion radiotherapy

Kumiko Karasawa, Tokuhiko Omatsu, Shintaro Shiba, Daisuke Irie, Masaru Wakatsuki, Shigekazu Fukuda

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Dosimetric analysis of local failures in skull-base chordoma and chondrosarcoma following pencil beam scanning proton therapy

Lucas Basler, Robert Poel, Christina Schröder, Alessandra Bolsi, Antony Lomax, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, Matthias Guckenberger, Damien C. Weber

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A pilot study of stereotactic boost for malignant epidural spinal cord compression: clinical significance and initial dosimetric evaluation

Elysia K. Donovan, Jeffrey Greenspoon, Kara L. Schnarr, Timothy J. Whelan, James R. Wright, Crystal Hann, Anthony Whitton, Tom Chow, Sameer Parpia, Anand Swaminath

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Correction to: Retrospective analysis of fractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the interdisciplinary management of primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas

Franziska Eckert, Kerstin Clasen, Carina Kelbsch, Felix Tonagel, Benjamin Bender, Ghazaleh Tabatabai, Daniel Zips, Daniela Thorwarth, Bettina Frey, Gerd Becker, Helmut Wilhelm, Frank Paulsen

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Whole-brain irradiation differentially modifies neurotransmitters levels and receptors in the hypothalamus and the prefrontal cortex

Javier Franco-Pérez, Sergio Montes, Josué Sánchez-Hernández, Paola Ballesteros-Zebadúa

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Patients with pretreatment leukoencephalopathy and older patients have more cognitive decline after whole brain radiotherapy

Matthew Chan, David Ferguson, Elaine Ni Mhurchu, Ren Yuan, Lovedeep Gondara, Michael McKenzie, Robert Olson, Brian Thiessen, Nafisha Lalani, Roy Ma, Alan Nichol

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Strategies to improve deep learning-based salivary gland segmentation

Ward van Rooij, Max Dahele, Hanne Nijhuis, Berend J. Slotman, Wilko F. Verbakel

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Simplified sigmoidal curve fitting for a 6 MV FFF photon beam of the Halcyon to determine the field size for beam commissioning and quality assurance

Min-Geon Choi, Martin Law, Do-Kun Yoon, Mikoto Tamura, Kenji Matsumoto, Masakazu Otsuka, Moo-Sub Kim, Shih-Kien Djeng, Hajime Monzen, Tae Suk Suh

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Stereotactic radiosurgery of benign brain tumors in elderly patients: evaluation of outcome and toxicity

Daniel Rueß, Vera Weyer, Juman Tutunji, Stefan Grau, Martin Kocher, Mauritius Hoevels, Harald Treuer, Christian Baues, Maximilian I. Ruge

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Long-term outcome of stereotactic brachytherapy with temporary Iodine-125 seeds in patients with WHO grade II gliomas

Juliana Watson, Alexander Romagna, Hendrik Ballhausen, Maximilian Niyazi, Stefanie Lietke, Sebastian Siller, Claus Belka, Niklas Thon, Silke Birgit Nachbichler

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Is local radiotherapy a viable option for patients with an opening of the ventricles during surgical resection of brain metastases?

Sophia Scharl, Kerstin A. Kessel, Christian Diehl, Jens Gempt, Bernhard Meyer, Claus Zimmer, Christoph Straube, Stephanie E. Combs

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Phase I trial of dose-escalated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) boost for unfavorable locally advanced oropharyngeal cancer

Prashant Vempati, Aditya N. Halthore, Sewit Teckie, Zaker Rana, Emile Gogineni, Jeffrey Antone, Honglai Zhang, Mihaela Marrero, Kristin Beadle, Douglas K. Frank, Mohamed Aziz, Doru Paul, Maged Ghaly

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Normofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy versus CyberKnife-based hypofractionation in skull base meningioma: a German and Italian pooled cohort analysis

Alfredo Conti, Carolin Senger, Güliz Acker, Anne Kluge, Antonio Pontoriero, Alberto Cacciola, Stefano Pergolizzi, Antonino Germanò, Harun Badakhshi, Markus Kufeld, Franziska Meinert, Phuong Nguyen, Franziska Loebel, Peter Vajkoczy, Volker Budach, David Kaul

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Correction to: Predicting survival in melanoma patients treated with concurrent targeted- or immunotherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy

Jana Schaule, Stephanie G. C. Kroeze, Oliver Blanck, Susanne Stera, Klaus H. Kahl, Falk Roeder, Stephanie E. Combs, David Kaul, An Claes, Markus M. Schymalla, Sonja Adebahr, Franziska Eckert, Fabian Lohaus, Nasrin Abbasi-Senger, Guido Henke, Marcella Szuecs, Michael Geier, Nora Sundahl, Daniel Buergy, Reinhard Dummer, Matthias Guckenberger

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Unplanned hospitalizations in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer treated with (chemo)radiotherapy with and without prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Beat Bojaxhiu, Binaya K. Shrestha, Pascal Luterbacher, Olgun Elicin, Mohamed Shelan, Andrew J. S. Macpherson, Benjamin Heimgartner, Roland Giger, Daniel M. Aebersold, Kathrin Zaugg

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Predicting survival in anaplastic astrocytoma patients in a single-center cohort of 108 patients

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