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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (258 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Oncogene addiction and radiation oncology: effect of radiotherapy with photons and carbon ions in ALK-EML4 translocated NSCLC

Ying Dai, Quanxiang Wei, Christian Schwager, Janina Hanne, Cheng Zhou, Klaus Herfarth, Stefan Rieken, Kenneth E. Lipson, Jürgen Debus, Amir Abdollahi

Open Access Research

Proton and helium ion radiotherapy for meningioma tumors: a Monte Carlo-based treatment planning comparison

Thomas Tessonnier, Andrea Mairani, Wenjing Chen, Paola Sala, Francesco Cerutti, Alfredo Ferrari, Thomas Haberer, Jürgen Debus, Katia Parodi

Open Access Research

Are prognostic indices for brain metastases of melanoma still valid in the stereotactic era?

Harun Badakhshi, Fidelis Engeling, Volker Budach, Pirus Ghadjar, Sebastian Zschaeck, David Kaul

Open Access Research

Late normal tissue response in the rat spinal cord after carbon ion irradiation

Maria Saager, Peter Peschke, Thomas Welzel, Lifi Huang, Stephan Brons, Rebecca Grün, Michael Scholz, Jürgen Debus, Christian P. Karger

Open Access Review

New insights in the relative radiobiological effectiveness of proton irradiation

K. Ilicic, S. E. Combs, T. E. Schmid

Open Access Research

Long-term outcome of definitive radiotherapy for cervical esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Katsuyuki Sakanaka, Yuichi Ishida, Kota Fujii, Satoshi Itasaka, Shin’ichi Miyamoto, Takahiro Horimatsu, Manabu Muto, Takashi Mizowaki

Open Access Correction

Correction to 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

Children’s experiences and responses towards an intervention for psychological preparation for radiotherapy

Gunn Engvall, Viveca Lindh, Tara Mullaney, Tufve Nyholm, Jack Lindh, Charlotte Ångström-Brännström

Open Access Research

Modelling the immunosuppressive effect of liver SBRT by simulating the dose to circulating lymphocytes: an in-silico planning study

L. Basler, N. Andratschke, S. Ehrbar, M. Guckenberger, S. Tanadini-Lang

Open Access Research

Optimization of dose distributions of target volumes and organs at risk during stereotactic body radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer with dose-limiting auto-shells

Yangsen Cao, Xiaofei Zhu, Xiaoping Ju, Yongming Liu, Chunshan Yu, Yongjian Sun, Zhitao Dai, Xueling Guo, Huojun Zhang

Open Access Research

Comparison of the clinical efficacy between single-agent and dual-agent concurrent chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a multicenter retrospective analysis

Jie Li, Youling Gong, Peng Diao, Qingmei Huang, Yixue Wen, Binwei Lin, Hongwei Cai, Honggang Tian, Bing He, Lanlan Ji, Ping Guo, Jidong Miao, Xiaobo Du

Open Access Research

HyperArc VMAT planning for single and multiple brain metastases stereotactic radiosurgery: a new treatment planning approach

Shingo Ohira, Yoshihiro Ueda, Yuichi Akino, Misaki Hashimoto, Akira Masaoka, Takero Hirata, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Masahiko Koizumi, Teruki Teshima

Open Access Research

Additional radiotherapy following endoscopic submucosal dissection for T1a-MM/T1b-SM esophageal squamous cell carcinoma improves locoregional control

Osamu Hisano, Takeshi Nonoshita, Hidenari Hirata, Tomonari Sasaki, Hideyuki Watanabe, Hiroaki Wakiyama, Minoru Ono, Saiji Ohga, Hiroshi Honda

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the tumor movement and the reproducibility of two different immobilization setups for image-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy of liver tumors

Constantin Dreher, Markus Oechsner, Michael Mayinger, Stefanie Beierl, Marciana-Nona Duma, Stephanie E. Combs, Daniel Habermehl

Open Access Research

From IB2 to IIIB locally advanced cervical cancers: report of a ten-year experience

Sophie Espenel, Max-Adrien Garcia, Jane-Chloé Trone, Elodie Guillaume, Annabelle Harris, Amel Rehailia-Blanchard, Ming Yuan He, Sarra Ouni, Alexis Vallard, Chloé Rancoule, Majed Ben Mrad, Céline Chauleur, Guy De Laroche, Jean-Baptiste Guy, Pablo Moreno-Acosta, Nicolas Magné

Open Access Research

Fitting NTCP models to bladder doses and acute urinary symptoms during post-prostatectomy radiotherapy

Panayiotis Mavroidis, Kevin A. Pearlstein, John Dooley, Jasmine Sun, Srinivas Saripalli, Shiva K. Das, Andrew Z. Wang, Ronald C. Chen

Open Access Research

Side effects of CT-guided implantation of 125I seeds for recurrent malignant tumors of the head and neck assisted by 3D printing non co-planar template

Yuliang Jiang, Zhe Ji, Fuxin Guo, Ran Peng, Haitao Sun, Jinghong Fan, Shuhua Wei, Weiyan Li, Kai Liu, Jinghua Lei, Junjie Wang

Open Access Research

Clinical results of proton beam therapy for elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Takashi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Hisashi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Azami, Kanako Takayama, Motohisa Suzuki, Hitoshi Wada, Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Masao Murakami, Kenji Nemoto

Open Access Research

Cerebral cortex dose sparing for glioblastoma patients: IMRT versus robust treatment planning

Ann-Katrin Exeli, Daniel Kellner, Lukas Exeli, Phil Steininger, Frank Wolf, Felix Sedlmayer, Heinz Deutschmann

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1x8 Gy versus 5x4 Gy for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: a matched-pair study of three prognostic patient subgroups

Dirk Rades, Antonio J. Conde-Moreno, Jon Cacicedo, Theo Veninga, Barbara Segedin, Karmen Stanic, Volker Rudat, Steven E. Schild

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Early evaluation of radiation-induced parotid damage in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma by T2 mapping and mDIXON Quant imaging: initial findings

Nan Zhou, Chen Chu, Xin Dou, Weibo Chen, Jian He, Jing Yan, Zhengyang Zhou, Xiaofeng Yang

Open Access Research

Dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy and photon radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Yasuhiro Hirano, Masakatsu Onozawa, Hidehiro Hojo, Atsushi Motegi, Sadatomo Zenda, Kenji Hotta, Shunsuke Moriya, Hidenobu Tachibana, Naoki Nakamura, Takashi Kojima, Tetsuo Akimoto

Open Access Research

Role of postoperative radiotherapy in reducing ipsilateral recurrence in DCIS: an observational study of 1048 cases

Stefanie Corradini, Montserrat Pazos, Stephan Schönecker, Daniel Reitz, Maximilian Niyazi, Ute Ganswindt, Simone Schrodi, Michael Braun, Martin Pölcher, Sven Mahner, Nadia Harbeck, Jutta Engel, Claus Belka

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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for liver metastasis – clinical outcomes from the international multi-institutional RSSearch® Patient Registry

Anand Mahadevan, Oliver Blanck, Rachelle Lanciano, Anuj Peddada, Srinath Sundararaman, David D’Ambrosio, Sanjeev Sharma, David Perry, James Kolker, Joanne Davis

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Monitoring of mechanical errors and their dosimetric impact throughout the course of non-coplanar continuous volumetric-modulated arc therapy

Hideaki Hirashima, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yuki Miyabe, Megumi Uto, Kiyonao Nakamura, Takashi Mizowaki

Open Access Case report

Unresectable hepatic PEComa: a rare malignancy treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) followed by complete resection

Simon Kirste, Gian Kayser, Anne Zipfel, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Thomas Brunner

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Hippocampus-sparing radiotherapy using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) to the primary brain tumor: the result of dosimetric study and neurocognitive function assessment

Kyung Su Kim, Chan Woo Wee, Jin-Yong Seok, Joo Wan Hong, Jin-Beom Chung, Keun-Yong Eom, Jae-Sung Kim, Chae-Yong Kim, Young Ho Park, Yu Jung Kim, In Ah Kim

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Impact of time-related factors on biologically accurate radiotherapy treatment planning

Yushi Wakisaka, Masashi Yagi, Iori Sumida, Masaaki Takashina, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Masahiko Koizumi

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Dosimetric impact of tumor treating field (TTField) transducer arrays onto treatment plans for glioblastomas – a planning study

Christoph Straube, Markus Oechsner, Severin Kampfer, Sophia Scharl, Friederike Schmidt-Graf, Jan J. Wilkens, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

A new tissue segmentation method to calculate 3D dose in small animal radiation therapy

C. Noblet, G. Delpon, S. Supiot, V. Potiron, F. Paris, S. Chiavassa

Open Access Study protocol

A randomized phase 3 trial comparing paclitaxel plus 5-fluorouracil versus cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil in Chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal carcinoma—the ESO-shanghai 1 trial protocol

Yun Chen, Zhengfei Zhu, Weixin Zhao, Ling Li, Jinjun Ye, Chaoyang Wu, Huarong Tang, Qin Lin, Jiancheng Li, Yi Xia, Yunhai Li, Jialiang Zhou, Kuaile Zhao

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Response criteria in solid tumors (PERCIST/RECIST) and SUVmax in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy

Cory Pierson, Taras Grinchak, Casey Sokolovic, Brandi Holland, Teresa Parent, Mark Bowling, Hyder Arastu, Paul Walker, Andrew Ju

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Improve dosimetric outcome in stage III non-small-cell lung cancer treatment using spot-scanning proton arc (SPArc) therapy

Xiaoqiang Li, Peyman Kabolizadeh, Di Yan, An Qin, Jun Zhou, Ye Hong, Thomas Guerrero, Inga Grills, Craig Stevens, Xuanfeng Ding

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Outcome after PSMA PET/CT based radiotherapy in patients with biochemical persistence or recurrence after radical prostatectomy

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

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Linac-based VMAT radiosurgery for multiple brain lesions: comparison between a conventional multi-isocenter approach and a new dedicated mono-isocenter technique

Ruggero Ruggieri, Stefania Naccarato, Rosario Mazzola, Francesco Ricchetti, Stefanie Corradini, Alba Fiorentino, Filippo Alongi

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Hypoxia imaging with 18F-FAZA PET/CT predicts radiotherapy response in esophageal adenocarcinoma xenografts

Elodie Melsens, Elly De Vlieghere, Benedicte Descamps, Christian Vanhove, Ken Kersemans, Filip De Vos, Ingeborg Goethals, Boudewijn Brans, Olivier De Wever, Wim Ceelen, Piet Pattyn

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Retrospective dosimetry study of intensity-modulated radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: measurement-guided dose reconstruction and analysis

Wen-zhao Sun, Dan-dan Zhang, Ying-lin Peng, li Chen, De-hua Kang, Bin Wang, Xiao-wu Deng

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Online advertising and marketing claims by providers of proton beam therapy: are they guideline-based?

Mark T. Corkum, Wei Liu, David A. Palma, Glenn S. Bauman, Robert E. Dinniwell, Andrew Warner, Mark V. Mishra, Alexander V. Louie

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Utilizing clinical pathways and web-based conferences to improve quality of care in a large integrated network using breast cancer radiation therapy as the model

Katherine S. Chen, Scott M. Glaser, Allison E. Garda, John A. Vargo, M. Saiful Huq, Dwight E. Heron, Sushil Beriwal

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Pretreatment prognostic factors of survival and late toxicities for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated by simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Yun-Hsuan Lin, Tai-Lin Huang, Chih-Yen Chien, Hui-Chun Chen, Hsuan-Chih Hsu, Eng-Yen Huang, Chong-Jong Wang, Yu-Jie Huang, Yu-Ming Wang, Chun-Chieh Huang, Shang-Yu Chou, Kuan-Cho Liao, Fu-Min Fang

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Evaluation of multiple institutions’ models for knowledge-based planning of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for prostate cancer

Yoshihiro Ueda, Jun-ichi Fukunaga, Tatsuya Kamima, Yumiko Adachi, Kiyoshi Nakamatsu, Hajime Monzen

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A prospective phase I dose-escalation trial of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) as an alternative to cytoreductive nephrectomy for inoperable patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Rohann J. M. Correa, Belal Ahmad, Andrew Warner, Craig Johnson, Mary J. MacKenzie, Stephen E. Pautler, Glenn S. Bauman, George B. Rodrigues, Alexander V. Louie

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Comparison of carina-based versus bony anatomy-based registration for setup verification in esophageal cancer radiotherapy

Mélanie Machiels, Peng Jin, Christianne H. van Gurp, Jeanin E. van Hooft, Tanja Alderliesten, Maarten C. C. M. Hulshof

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Partial breast irradiation with CyberKnife after breast conserving surgery: a pilot study in early breast cancer

Laura Lozza, Laura Fariselli, Marco Sandri, Mario Rampa, Valentina Pinzi, Maria Carmen De Santis, Marzia Franceschini, Giovanna Trecate, Ilaria Maugeri, Luisa Fumagalli, Francesca Bonfantini, Giulia Bianchi, Emanuele Pignoli, Elena De Martin, Roberto Agresti

Open Access Correction

Correction to: From IB2 to IIIB locally advanced cervical cancers: report of a ten-year experience

Sophie Espenel, Max-Adrien Garcia, Jane-Chloé Trone, Elodie Guillaume, Annabelle Harris, Amel Rehailia-Blanchard, Ming Yuan He, Sarra Ouni, Alexis Vallard, Chloé Rancoule, Majed Ben Mrad, Céline Chauleur, Guy De Laroche, Jean-Baptiste Guy, Pablo Moreno-Acosta, Nicolas Magné

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Optimization of treatment planning workflow and tumor coverage during daily adaptive magnetic resonance image guided radiation therapy (MR-IGRT) of pancreatic cancer

Sven Olberg, Olga Green, Bin Cai, Deshan Yang, Vivian Rodriguez, Hao Zhang, Jin Sung Kim, Parag J. Parikh, Sasa Mutic, Justin C. Park

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Knowledge-based IMRT planning for individual liver cancer patients using a novel specific model

Gang Yu, Yang Li, Ziwei Feng, Cheng Tao, Zuyi Yu, Baosheng Li, Dengwang Li

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Comparison of efficacy and safety of preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced upper and middle/lower rectal cancer

Ming-Yii Huang, Hsin-Hua Lee, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Ching-Wen Huang, Yung-Sung Yeh, Cheng-Jen Ma, Chun-Ming Huang, Chiao-Yun Chen, Joh-Jong Huang, Jaw-Yuan Wang

Open Access Research

Clinical outcome after particle therapy for meningiomas of the skull base: toxicity and local control in patients treated with active rasterscanning

Rami A. El Shafie, Maja Czech, Kerstin A. Kessel, Daniel Habermehl, Dorothea Weber, Stefan Rieken, Nina Bougatf, Oliver Jäkel, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Methodology

Group consensus peer review in radiation oncology: commitment to quality

W Neil Duggar, Rahul Bhandari, Chunli Claus Yang, Srinivasan Vijayakumar

Open Access Study protocol

TEDDI: radiotherapy delivery in deep inspiration for pediatric patients − a NOPHO feasibility study

Anni Young Lundgaard, Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim, Laura Ann Rechner, Mirjana Josipovic, Morten Joergensen, Marianne Camille Aznar, Anne Kill Berthelsen, Lise Borgwardt, Christoffer Johansen, Annika Loft, Akmal Safwat, Leila Vaalavirta, Lena Specht, Maja Vestmoe Maraldo

Open Access Research

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for ultra-central lung tumors: prioritize target coverage or organs at risk?

Donna H. Murrell, Joanna M. Laba, Abigail Erickson, Barbara Millman, David A. Palma, Alexander V. Louie

Open Access Research

Influence of 68Ga-DOTATOC on sparing of normal tissue for radiation therapy of skull base meningioma: differential impact of photon and proton radiotherapy

Falk Stade, Jan-Oliver Dittmar, Oliver Jäkel, Clemens Kratochwil, Uwe Haberkorn, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Quantitative analysis of respiration-induced motion of each liver segment with helical computed tomography and 4-dimensional computed tomography

Yu-Lun Tsai, Ching-Jung Wu, Suzun Shaw, Pei-Chieh Yu, Hsin-Hua Nien, Louis Tak Lui

Open Access Methodology

Dosimetrical and radiobiological approach to manage the dosimetric shift in the transition of dose calculation algorithm in radiation oncology: how to improve high quality treatment and avoid unexpected outcomes?

Abdulhamid Chaikh, Jarkko Ojala, Catherine Khamphan, Robin Garcia, Jean Yves Giraud, Juliette Thariat, Jacques Balosso

Open Access Research

Does setup on rectal wall improve rectal cancer boost radiotherapy?

Jean-Paul J. E. Kleijnen, Bram van Asselen, Martijn Intven, Johannes P. M. Burbach, Marielle E. P. Philippens, Jan J. W. Lagendijk, Bas W. Raaymakers

Open Access Research

Efficacy of virtual block objects in reducing the lung dose in helical tomotherapy planning for cervical oesophageal cancer: a planning study

Makoto Ito, Hidetoshi Shimizu, Takahiro Aoyama, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Natsuo Tomita, Chiyoko Makita, Yutaro Koide, Daiki Kato, Tsuneo Ishiguchi, Takeshi Kodaira

Open Access Research

Image-guided radiotherapy reduces the risk of under-dosing high-risk prostate cancer extra-capsular disease and improves biochemical control

Per Munck af Rosenschold, Michael J. Zelefsky, Aditya P. Apte, Andrew Jackson, Jung Hun Oh, Elliot Shulman, Neil Desai, Margie Hunt, Pirus Ghadjar, Ellen Yorke, Joseph O. Deasy

Open Access Research

The dose distribution in dominant intraprostatic tumour lesions defined by multiparametric MRI and PSMA PET/CT correlates with the outcome in patients treated with primary radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Constantinos Zamboglou, Christina Marie Klein, Benedikt Thomann, Thomas Franz Fassbender, Hans C. Rischke, Simon Kirste, Karl Henne, Natalja Volegova-Neher, Michael Bock, Mathias Langer, Philipp T. Meyer, Dimos Baltas, Anca L. Grosu

Open Access Case report

Bone marrow suppression as a complication of total skin helical tomotherapy in the treatment of mycosis fungoides

Eric M. Schaff, Stephen A. Rosenberg, Stephanie J. Olson, Steven P. Howard, Kristin A. Bradley

Open Access Research

Cosmetic outcome as rated by patients, doctors, nurses and BCCT.core software assessed over 5 years in a subset of patients in the TARGIT-A Trial

Tammy Corica, Anna K. Nowak, Christobel M. Saunders, Max K. Bulsara, Mandy Taylor, Norman R. Williams, Mohammed Keshtgar, David J. Joseph, Jayant S. Vaidya

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The risk and predictors for severe radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients treated with thoracic reirradiation

Chengbo Ren, Tianlong Ji, Tingting Liu, Jun Dang, Guang Li

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Volumetric and dosimetric comparison of organs at risk between the prone and supine positions in postoperative radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Subaru Sawayanagi, Hideomi Yamashita, Mami Ogita, Tomoki Kiritoshi, Takahiro Nakamoto, Osamu Abe, Keiichi Nakagawa

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy for calcaneodynia, achillodynia, painful gonarthrosis, bursitis trochanterica, and painful shoulder syndrome - Early and late results of a prospective clinical quality assessment

Oliver Micke, Eyup Ugrak, Stefan Bartmann, Irenaeus A. Adamietz, Ulrich Schaefer, Rebecca Bueker, Klaus Kisters, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Khashayar Fakhrian, Ralph Muecke

Open Access Research

Prognostic factors of radiation dermatitis following passive-scattering proton therapy for breast cancer

Xiaoying Liang, Julie A. Bradley, Dandan Zheng, Michael Rutenberg, Daniel Yeung, Nancy Mendenhall, Zuofeng Li

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Optimization of training periods for the estimation model of three-dimensional target positions using an external respiratory surrogate

Hiraku Iramina, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yusuke Iizuka, Takamasa Mitsuyoshi, Yukinori Matsuo, Takashi Mizowaki, Ikuo Kanno

Open Access Research

Automated VMAT planning for postoperative adjuvant treatment of advanced gastric cancer

Abdul Wahab M. Sharfo, Florian Stieler, Oskar Kupfer, Ben J. M. Heijmen, Maarten L. P. Dirkx, Sebastiaan Breedveld, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Daniel Buergy

Open Access Research

Additional chemotherapy improved local control and overall survival after stereotactic body radiation therapy for patients with oligo-recurrence

Masaki Nakamura, Naoki Hashimoto, Hiroshi Mayahara, Haruka Uezono, Aya Harada, Ryo Nishikawa, Yoshiro Matsuo, Hiroki Kawaguchi, Hideki Nishimura

Open Access Short Report

ATR kinase inhibitors NVP-BEZ235 and AZD6738 effectively penetrate the brain after systemic administration

Guido Fròsina, Aldo Profumo, Daniela Marubbi, Diana Marcello, Jean Louis Ravetti, Antonio Daga

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for central lung tumors, yes we can!

Yasmin Korzets ceder, Eyal Fenig, Aron Popvtzer, Nir Peled, Mordechai R. Kramer, Milton Saute, Dima Bragilovsky, Tzippy Schochat, Aaron M. Allen

Open Access Research

Dosimetric feasibility of 4DCT-ventilation imaging guided proton therapy for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Qijie Huang, Salma K. Jabbour, Zhiyan Xiao, Ning Yue, Xiao Wang, Hongbin Cao, Yu Kuang, Yin Zhang, Ke Nie

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: SNPs in genes implicated in radiation response are associated with radiotoxicity and evoke roles as predictive and prognostic biomarkers

Ghazi Alsbeih, Medhat El-Sebaie, Najla Al-Harbi, Khaled Al-Hadyan, Mohamed Shoukri, Nasser Al-Rajhi

Open Access Research

Effects of megavoltage computed tomographic scan methodology on setup verification and adaptive dose calculation in helical TomoTherapy

Jian Zhu, Tong Bai, Jiabing Gu, Ziwen Sun, Yumei Wei, Baosheng Li, Yong Yin

Open Access Research

Focal dose escalation for prostate cancer using 68Ga-HBED-CC PSMA PET/CT and MRI: a planning study based on histology reference

Constantinos Zamboglou, Benedikt Thomann, Khodor Koubar, Peter Bronsert, Tobias Krauss, Hans C. Rischke, Ilias Sachpazidis, Vanessa Drendel, Nasr Salman, Kathrin Reichel, Cordula A. Jilg, Martin Werner, Philipp T. Meyer, Michael Bock, Dimos Baltas, Anca L. Grosu

Open Access Research

The prognostic role of hemoglobin levels in patients undergoing concurrent chemo-radiation for anal cancer

Pierfrancesco Franco, Francesco Montagnani, Francesca Arcadipane, Chiara Casadei, Kalliopi Andrikou, Stefania Martini, Giuseppe Carlo Iorio, Mario Scartozzi, Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Lorenzo Fornaro, Paola Cassoni, Stefano Cascinu, Umberto Ricardi, Andrea Casadei Gardini

Open Access Research

Identifying risk factors for L’Hermitte’s sign after IMRT for head and neck cancer

Hannah M. Laidley, David J. Noble, Gill C. Barnett, Julia R. Forman, Amy M. Bates, Richard J. Benson, Sarah J. Jefferies, Rajesh Jena, Neil G. Burnet

Open Access Research

Patterns of failure after resection of extrahepatic bile duct cancer: implications for adjuvant radiotherapy indication and treatment volumes

Hoon Sik Choi, Ki Mun Kang, Bae Kwon Jeong, Hojin Jeong, Yun Hee Lee, In Bong Ha, Tae Gyu Kim, Jin Ho Song

Open Access Research

Evaluation of particle radiotherapy for the re-irradiation of recurrent intracranial meningioma

Rami A. El Shafie, Maja Czech, Kerstin A. Kessel, Daniel Habermehl, Dorothea Weber, Stefan Rieken, Nina Bougatf, Oliver Jäkel, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Re-irradiation in lung disease by SBRT: a retrospective, single institutional study

Donatella Caivano, Maurizio Valeriani, Sara De Matteis, Paolo Bonome, Ivana Russo, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Giuseppe Minniti, Mattia Falchetto Osti

Open Access Research

Optimal collimator rotation based on the outline of multiple brain targets in VMAT

Jung-in Kim, Beom Seok Ahn, Chang Heon Choi, Jong Min Park, So-Yeon Park

Open Access Research

Survival of rats bearing advanced intracerebral F 98 tumors after glutathione depletion and microbeam radiation therapy: conclusions from a pilot project

E. Schültke, E. Bräuer-Krisch, H. Blattmann, H. Requardt, J. A. Laissue, G. Hildebrandt

Open Access Review

PSMA-PET based radiotherapy: a review of initial experiences, survey on current practice and future perspectives

Sebastian Zschaeck, Fabian Lohaus, Marcus Beck, Gregor Habl, Stephanie Kroeze, Constantinos Zamboglou, Stefan Alexander Koerber, Jürgen Debus, Tobias Hölscher, Peter Wust, Ute Ganswindt, Alexander D. J. Baur, Klaus Zöphel, Nikola Cihoric, Matthias Guckenberger, Stephanie E. Combs, Anca Ligia Grosu, Pirus Ghadjar, Claus Belka

Open Access Research

Primo software as a tool for Monte Carlo simulations of intensity modulated radiotherapy: a feasibility study

Alessandro Esposito, Sofia Silva, Jorge Oliveira, Joana Lencart, João Santos

Open Access Research

Evaluation of target dose inhomogeneity in breast cancer treatment due to tissue elemental differences

A. Fogliata, F. De Rose, A. Stravato, G. Reggiori, S. Tomatis, M. Scorsetti, L. Cozzi

Open Access Research

Clinical outcome of elderly patients (≥ 70 years) with esophageal cancer undergoing definitive or neoadjuvant radio(chemo)therapy: a retrospective single center analysis

Franziska Walter, David Böckle, Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Rebecca Köpple, Sabine Gerum, Stefan Boeck, Martin Angele, Claus Belka, Falk Roeder

Open Access Research

A new strategy for volumetric-modulated arc therapy planning using AutoPlanning based multicriteria optimization for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Juanqi Wang, Zhi Chen, Weiwei Li, Wei Qian, Xiaosheng Wang, Weigang Hu

Open Access Research

The clinical features of radiation cataract in patients with ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

Kanae Fukutsu, Satoru Kase, Kan Ishijima, Rumiko Kinoshita, Susumu Ishida

Open Access Review

The alfa and beta of tumours: a review of parameters of the linear-quadratic model, derived from clinical radiotherapy studies

C. M. van Leeuwen, A. L. Oei, J. Crezee, A. Bel, N. A. P. Franken, L. J. A. Stalpers, H. P. Kok

Open Access Research

The impact of contour variation on tumour control probability in anal cancer

Michael P. Jones, Jarad Martin, Kerwyn Foo, Patrick Estoesta, Lois Holloway, Michael Jameson

Open Access Review

Radioligand therapy of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: current approaches

Zool Hilmi Awang, Markus Essler, Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar

Open Access Research

Monte Carlo verification of radiotherapy treatments with CloudMC

Hector Miras, Rubén Jiménez, Álvaro Perales, José Antonio Terrón, Alejandro Bertolet, Antonio Ortiz, José Macías

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and oligometastatic liver disease

Sabine Gerum, Christian Heinz, Claus Belka, Franziska Walter, Philipp Paprottka, Enrico N. De Toni, Falk Roeder

Open Access Research

A fast optimization approach for treatment planning of volumetric modulated arc therapy

Hui Yan, Jian-Rong Dai, Ye-Xiong Li

Open Access Case report

Report of an abscopal effect induced by stereotactic body radiotherapy and nivolumab in a patient with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Christian Britschgi, Oliver Riesterer, Irene A. Burger, Matthias Guckenberger, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro

Open Access Research

Half brain irradiation in a murine model of breast cancer brain metastasis: magnetic resonance imaging and histological assessments of dose-response

Niloufar Zarghami, Donna H. Murrell, Michael D. Jensen, Frederick A. Dick, Ann F. Chambers, Paula J. Foster, Eugene Wong

Open Access Research

Evaluation of gold fiducial marker manual localisation for magnetic resonance-only prostate radiotherapy

Matteo Maspero, Peter R. Seevinck, Nicole J. W. Willems, Gonda G. Sikkes, Geja J. de Kogel, Hans C. J. de Boer, Jochem R. N. van der Voort van Zyp, Cornelis A. T. van den Berg

Open Access Research

The potential failure risk of the cone-beam computed tomography-based planning target volume margin definition for prostate image-guided radiotherapy based on a prospective single-institutional hybrid analysis

Katsumi Hirose, Mariko Sato, Yoshiomi Hatayama, Hideo Kawaguchi, Fumio Komai, Makoto Sohma, Hideki Obara, Masashi Suzuki, Mitsuki Tanaka, Ichitaro Fujioka, Koji Ichise, Yoshihiro Takai, Masahiko Aoki

Open Access Research

Fluorescent nuclear track detectors for alpha radiation microdosimetry

J. J. M. Kouwenberg, H. T. Wolterbeek, A. G. Denkova, A. J. J. Bos

Open Access Research

Quality of radiotherapy reporting in randomized controlled trials of prostate cancer

Yu Yang Soon, Desiree Chen, Teng Hwee Tan, Jeremy Tey

Open Access Research

Helium ion beam imaging for image guided ion radiotherapy

M. Martišíková, T. Gehrke, S. Berke, G. Aricò, O. Jäkel

Open Access Research

Recurrence pattern analysis after [68Ga]-DOTATATE-PET/CT -planned radiotherapy of high-grade meningiomas

Barbara Zollner, Ute Ganswindt, Cornelius Maihöfer, Stefanie Corradini, Nathalie Lisa Albert, Christian Schichor, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi

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Relation of baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio to survival and toxicity in head and neck cancer patients treated with (chemo-) radiation

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The effects of postoperative radiotherapy on survival outcomes in patients under 65 with estrogen receptor positive tubular breast carcinoma

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Treatment outcomes of proton or carbon ion therapy for skull base chordoma: a retrospective study

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Outcomes of concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for stage IV esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective controlled study

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Phase II trial on SBRT for unresectable liver metastases: long-term outcome and prognostic factors of survival after 5 years of follow-up

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A comparison of treatment outcome between fiducial-based and bone-based image guided radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients

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Tangent-based volumetric modulated arc therapy for advanced left breast cancer

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Impact of VMAT-IMRT compared to 3D conformal radiotherapy on anal sphincter dose distribution in neoadjuvant chemoradiation of rectal cancer

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Analysis of a real time group consensus peer review process in radiation oncology: an evaluation of effectiveness and feasibility

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The evaluation of a hybrid biomechanical deformable registration method on a multistage physical phantom with reproducible deformation

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Voxel-based automatic multi-criteria optimization for intensity modulated radiation therapy

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Marc Ziegler, Tobias Brandt, Sebastian Lettmaier, Rainer Fietkau, Christoph Bert

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Surface scanning for 3D dose calculation in intraoperative electron radiation therapy

Verónica García-Vázquez, Begoña Sesé-Lucio, Felipe A. Calvo, Juan J. Vaquero, Manuel Desco, Javier Pascau

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Assessment of the modulation degrees of intensity-modulated radiation therapy plans

So-Yeon Park, Jung-in Kim, Minsoo Chun, Hyunjun Ahn, Jong Min Park

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Clinical outcomes of radiation therapy for clinical T4b oesophageal cancer with airway invasion

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Adoption of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) for extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC): a population based outcome study

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Feasibility of a novel dose fractionation strategy in TMI/TMLI

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Efficacy of pre-operative stereotactic radiosurgery followed by surgical resection and correlative radiobiological analysis for patients with 1–4 brain metastases: study protocol for a phase II trial

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Image-guided study of inter-fraction and intra-fraction set-up variability and margins in reverse semi-decubitus breast radiotherapy

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