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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2019

Inhalt (238 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Simulation of dosimetry impact of 4DCT uncertainty in 4D dose calculation for lung SBRT

Gang Liu, Fala Hu, Xuanfeng Ding, Xiaoqiang Li, Qihong Shao, Yuenan Wang, Jing Yang, Hong Quan

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant image-guided helical intensity modulated radiotherapy of extremity sarcomas – a single center experience

Jan C. Peeken, Christoph Knie, Kerstin A. Kessel, Daniel Habermehl, Severin Kampfer, Hendrik Dapper, Michal Devecka, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Katja Specht, Wilko Weichert, Klaus Wörtler, Carolin Knebel, Jan J. Wilkens, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Study protocol

Palliative radiotherapy to dominant symptomatic lesion in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer (PRADO)

Jesper Carl, Dirk Rades, Claudia Doemer, Cornelia Setter, Jürgen Dunst, Niels Henrik Holländer

Open Access Research

Long-term results of a phase II study of hypofractionated proton therapy for prostate cancer: moderate versus extreme hypofractionation

Boram Ha, Kwan Ho Cho, Kang Hyun Lee, Jae Young Joung, Yeon-Joo Kim, Sung Uk Lee, Hyunjung Kim, Yang-Gun Suh, Sung Ho Moon, Young Kyung Lim, Jong Hwi Jeong, Haksoo Kim, Weon Seo Park, Sun Ho Kim

Open Access Research

Direct radiation-induced effects on dental hard tissue

Hui Lu, Qi Zhao, Jiang Guo, Binghui Zeng, Xinlin Yu, Dongsheng Yu, Wei Zhao

Open Access Research

PENELOPE/PRIMO-calculated photon and electron spectra from clinical accelerators

Lorenzo Brualla, Miguel Rodriguez, Josep Sempau, Pedro Andreo

Open Access Research

Excluding PTV from lung volume may better predict radiation pneumonitis for intensity modulated radiation therapy in lung cancer patients

Yinnan Meng, Haihua Yang, Wei Wang, Xingni Tang, Caiping Jiang, Yichao Shen, Wei Luo

Open Access Research

Tumor location as an indication for adjuvant radiotherapy in pT3N0 rectal cancer after surgery

Hai-hua Peng, Xin-hui Zhou, Tong-chong Zhou, Xing-sheng Qiu, Kai-yun You

Open Access Research

The prolonged interval between induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy is associated with poor prognosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Liang Peng, Jin-Qi Liu, Cheng Xu, Xiao-Dan Huang, Ling-Long Tang, Yu-Pei Chen, Ying Sun, Jun Ma

Open Access Research

The influence of a magnetic field on photon beam radiotherapy in a normal human TK6 lymphoblastoid cell line

B. Yudhistiara, F. Zwicker, K. J. Weber, P. E. Huber, A. Ruehle, S. Brons, P. Haering, J. Debus, S. H. Hauswald

Open Access Research

Impact of beam configuration on VMAT plan quality for Pinnacle3Auto-Planning for head and neck cases

Anne Richter, Florian Exner, Klaus Bratengeier, Bülent Polat, Michael Flentje, Stefan Weick

Open Access Research

Predicting the survival of patients with bone metastases treated with radiation therapy: a validation study of the Katagiri scoring system

Hikaru Kubota, Toshinori Soejima, Nor Shazrina Sulaiman, Shuhei Sekii, Yoko Matsumoto, Yosuke Ota, Kayoko Tsujino, Ikuo Fujita, Takuya Fujimoto, Masayuki Morishita, Junichi Ikegaki, Koji Matsumoto, Ryohei Sasaki

Open Access Research

A scoring system predicting acute radiation dermatitis in patients with head and neck cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Mitsue Kawamura, Michio Yoshimura, Hiromi Asada, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yukinori Matsuo, Takashi Mizowaki

Open Access Research

Ionizing radiation and bone quality: time-dependent effects

Pedro Henrique Justino Oliveira Limirio, Priscilla Barbosa Ferreira Soares, Eduardo Tadashi Pinto Emi, Camila de Carvalho Almança Lopes, Flaviana Soares Rocha, Jonas Dantas Batista, Gustavo Davi Rabelo, Paula Dechichi

Open Access Research

Early stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with pencil beam scanning particle therapy: retrospective analysis of early results on safety and efficacy

Jian Chen, Jiade J. Lu, Ningyi Ma, Jingfang Zhao, Chang Chen, Min Fan, Guoliang Jiang, Jingfang Mao

Open Access Research

Overall survival according to immunotherapy and radiation treatment for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: a National Cancer Database analysis

Corey C. Foster, David J. Sher, Chad G. Rusthoven, Vivek Verma, Michael T. Spiotto, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Matthew Koshy

Open Access Research

Preliminary result of definitive radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have underlying idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison between X-ray and proton therapy

Hakyoung Kim, Hongryull Pyo, Jae Myoung Noh, Woojin Lee, Byoungsuk Park, Hye Yun Park, Hongseok Yoo

Open Access Research

Role of postoperative radiotherapy in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a propensity score-matched analysis

Kaixin Du, Jinluan Li, Lirui Tang, Xiaoyi Lin, Xiangquan Kong, Xuehong Liao, Qingqin Peng, Yaping Dong, Junyan He, Yunxia Huang, Xueqing Zhang, Feifei Lin, Qingyang Zhuang, Junxin Wu

Open Access Research

Analyses of the factors influencing the accuracy of three-dimensional ultrasound in comparison with cone-beam CT in image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer with or without pelvic lymph node irradiation

Sha Zhou, Liling Luo, Jibin Li, Maosheng Lin, Li Chen, Jianhui Shao, Shipei Lu, Yaru Ma, Yingting Zhang, Wenfen Chen, Mengzhong Liu, Shiliang Liu, Liru He

Open Access Research

Leukotoxicity after moderately Hypofractionated radiotherapy versus conventionally fractionated dose escalated radiotherapy for localized prostate Cancer: a secondary analysis from a randomized study

Giuseppe Sanguineti, Diana Giannarelli, Maria Grazia Petrongari, Stefano Arcangeli, Angelo Sangiovanni, Biancamaria Saracino, Alessia Farneti, Adriana Faiella, Mario Conte, Giorgio Arcangeli

Open Access Research

A step towards international prospective trials in carbon ion radiotherapy: investigation of factors influencing dose distribution in the facilities in operation based on a case of skull base chordoma

G. Vogin, A. Wambersie, M. Koto, T. Ohno, M. Uhl, P. Fossati, J. Balosso, Richard Pötter, Michael Beuve, Stephanie E. Combs, Giulio Magrin, Ramona Mayer, Ulrike Mock, David Sarrut, Thomas Schreiner

Open Access Research

The increased adhesion of tumor cells to endothelial cells after irradiation can be reduced by FAK-inhibition

Pascaline Nguemgo Kouam, Helmut Bühler, Thomas Hero, Irenäus A. Adamietz

Open Access Research

Driving developments in UK oesophageal radiotherapy through the SCOPE trials

S. Gwynne, E. Higgins, A. Poon King, G. Radhakrishna, L. Wills, S. Mukherjee, Maria Hawkins, G. Jones, J. Staffurth, T. Crosby

Open Access Research

Prognostic values of mid-radiotherapy 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with esophageal cancer

Nalee Kim, Hojin Cho, Mijin Yun, Kyung Ran Park, Chang Geol Lee

Open Access Review

Radiological diagnosis of brain radiation necrosis after cranial irradiation for brain tumor: a systematic review

Motomasa Furuse, Naosuke Nonoguchi, Kei Yamada, Tohru Shiga, Jean-Damien Combes, Naokado Ikeda, Shinji Kawabata, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Shin-Ichi Miyatake

Open Access Research

Is mean heart dose a relevant surrogate parameter of left ventricle and coronary arteries exposure during breast cancer radiotherapy: a dosimetric evaluation based on individually-determined radiation dose (BACCARAT study)

Sophie Jacob, Jérémy Camilleri, Sylvie Derreumaux, Valentin Walker, Olivier Lairez, Mathieu Lapeyre, Eric Bruguière, Atul Pathak, Marie-Odile Bernier, Dominique Laurier, Jean Ferrieres, Olivier Gallocher, Igor Latorzeff, Baptiste Pinel, Denis Franck, Christian Chevelle, Gaëlle Jimenez, David Broggio

Open Access Research

4DMRI-based investigation on the interplay effect for pencil beam scanning proton therapy of pancreatic cancer patients

Kai Dolde, Ye Zhang, Naved Chaudhri, Christian Dávid, Marc Kachelrieß, Antony John Lomax, Patrick Naumann, Nami Saito, Damien Charles Weber, Asja Pfaffenberger

Open Access Research

Dosimetric predictors of temporal lobe injury after intensity-modulated radiotherapy for T4 nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a competing risk study

Juan Huang, Fang-fang Kong, Ronald Wihal Oei, Rui-ping Zhai, Chao-su Hu, Hong-mei Ying

Open Access Research

3-weekly or weekly cisplatin concurrently with radiotherapy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck – a multicentre, retrospective analysis

Seth Helfenstein, Oliver Riesterer, Urs R. Meier, Alexandros Papachristofilou, Benjamin Kasenda, Miklos Pless, Sacha I. Rothschild

Open Access Research

Management of patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer and adverse prognostic features: multi-national radiation treatment recommendations are heterogeneous

Carsten Nieder, Matthias Guckenberger, Laurie E. Gaspar, Chad G. Rusthoven, Dirk De Ruysscher, Arjun Sahgal, Timothy Nguyen, Anca L. Grosu, Minesh P. Mehta

Open Access Research

Salvage radiotherapy for recurrent hypopharyngeal and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) after first-line treatment with surgery alone: a 10-year single-centre experience

Sati Akbaba, Thomas Held, Kristin Lang, Juliane Hoerner-Rieber, Karim Zaoui, Tobias Forster, Stefan Rieken, Peter Plinkert, Juergen Debus, Sebastian Adeberg

Open Access Research

Metabolic parameters of sequential 18F-FDG PET/CT predict overall survival of esophageal cancer patients treated with (chemo-) radiation

Yimin Li, Sebastian Zschaeck, Qin Lin, Sijia Chen, Lili Chen, Hua Wu

Open Access Research

Comparison of gamma index based on dosimetric error and clinically relevant dose–volume index based on three-dimensional dose prediction in breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Akari Kaneko, Iori Sumida, Hirokazu Mizuno, Fumiaki Isohashi, Osamu Suzuki, Yuji Seo, Keisuke Otani, Keisuke Tamari, Kazuhiko Ogawa

Open Access Research

Frequency and risk factors for arm lymphedema after multimodal breast-conserving treatment of nodal positive breast Cancer – a long-term observation

Julia Rupp, Catarina Hadamitzky, Christoph Henkenberens, Hans Christiansen, Diana Steinmann, Frank Bruns

Open Access Research

The relationship between radiation doses to coronary arteries and location of coronary stenosis requiring intervention in breast cancer survivors

Anna-Karin Wennstig, Hans Garmo, Ulf Isacsson, Giovanna Gagliardi, Niina Rintelä, Bo Lagerqvist, Lars Holmberg, Carl Blomqvist, Malin Sund, Greger Nilsson

Open Access Research

Risk factors to identify patients who may not benefit from whole brain irradiation for brain metastases - a single institution analysis

Rebecca Buecker, Zhen-Yu Hong, Xiao-Mei Liu, Gert Jaenke, Ping Lu, Ulrich Schaefer

Open Access Research

Development and validation of a model for temporal lobe necrosis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with intensity modulated radiation therapy

Jiazhou Wang, Yibing Miao, Xiaomin Ou, Xiaoshen Wang, Xiayun He, Chunying Shen, Hongmei Ying, Weigang Hu, Chaosu Hu

Open Access Research

Delta-radiomics signature predicts treatment outcomes after preoperative chemoradiotherapy and surgery in rectal cancer

Seung Hyuck Jeon, Changhoon Song, Eui Kyu Chie, Bohyoung Kim, Young Hoon Kim, Won Chang, Yoon Jin Lee, Joo-Hyun Chung, Jin Beom Chung, Keun-Wook Lee, Sung-Bum Kang, Jae-Sung Kim

Open Access Research

Optimal timing and clinical value of radiotherapy in advanced ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer with or without baseline brain metastases: implications from pattern of failure analyses

Jianjiao Ni, Guodong Li, Xi Yang, Li Chu, Jialei Wang, Yida Li, Liqing Zou, Yuan Li, Congying Xie, Zhengfei Zhu

Open Access Research

Impact of regular magnetic resonance imaging follow-up after stereotactic radiotherapy to the surgical cavity in patients with one to three brain metastases

N. Bachmann, D. Leiser, E. Ermis, S. Vulcu, P. Schucht, A. Raabe, D. M. Aebersold, E. Herrmann

Open Access Research

Dosimetric evaluation of four whole brain radiation therapy approaches with hippocampus and inner ear avoidance and simultaneous integrated boost for limited brain metastases

Aijun Jiang, Weipeng Sun, Fen Zhao, Zhenxuan Wu, Dongping Shang, Qingxi Yu, Suzhen Wang, Jian Zhu, Fengchang Yang, Shuanghu Yuan

Open Access Research

Rectum-spacer related acute toxicity – endoscopy results of 403 prostate cancer patients after implantation of gel or balloon spacers

Andreas Schörghofer, Martin Drerup, Thomas Kunit, Lukas Lusuardi, Josef Holzinger, Josef Karner, Michael Groher, Christoph Zoubek, Rosemarie Forstner, Felix Sedlmayer, Frank Wolf

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A phase I/II radiation dose escalation trial using simultaneous integrated boost technique with elective nodal irradiation and concurrent chemotherapy for unresectable esophageal Cancer

Chen Li, Wenjie Ni, Xin Wang, Zongmei Zhou, Wei Deng, Xiao Chang, Dongfu Chen, Qinfu Feng, Jun Liang, Xiaozhen Wang, Lei Deng, Wenqing Wang, Nan Bi, Tao Zhang, Zefen Xiao

Open Access Research

Dose-volume relationship for laryngeal substructures and aspiration in patients with locally advanced head-and-neck cancer

Katarina G. Petras, Alfred W. Rademaker, Tamer Refaat, Mehee Choi, Tarita O. Thomas, Barbara R. Pauloski, Bharat B. Mittal

Open Access Research

Albumin - bilirubin (ALBI) versus Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) in prognosis of HCC after stereotactic body radiation therapy

Ting-Shi Su, Hai-Ming Yang, Ying Zhou, Yong Huang, Ping Liang, Tao Cheng, Long Chen, Le-Qun Li, Shi-Xiong Liang

Open Access Research

Clinical predictors of radiation-induced lymphopenia in patients receiving chemoradiation for glioblastoma: clinical usefulness of intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the immuno-oncology era

Hwa Kyung Byun, Nalee Kim, Hong In Yoon, Seok-Gu Kang, Se Hoon Kim, Jaeho Cho, Jong Geol Baek, Jong Hee Chang, Chang-Ok Suh

Open Access Research

Strategy to avoid local recurrence in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

Takatoshi Nakamura, Takeo Sato, Kazushige Hayakawa, Wasaburou Koizumi, Yuji Kumagai, Masahiko Watanabe

Open Access Research

Proposed revision of the 8th edition AJCC clinical staging system for esophageal squamous cell cancer treated with definitive chemo-IMRT based on CT imaging

Mingqiu Chen, Xiqing Li, Yuangui Chen, Pingping Liu, Zhiwei Chen, Minmin Shen, Xiaohong Liu, Yu Lin, Rongqiang Yang, Wei Ni, Xin Zhou, Lurong Zhang, Ye Tian, Junqiang Chen, Lengxi Fu

Open Access Research

Evaluation of optimal treatment planning for radiotherapy of synchronous bilateral breast cancer including regional lymph node irradiation

Yeona Cho, Yoon Jin Cho, Won Suk Chang, Jun Won Kim, Won Hoon Choi, Ik Jae Lee

Open Access Review

A systematic review of dose-volume predictors and constraints for late bowel toxicity following pelvic radiotherapy

Rashmi Jadon, Emma Higgins, Louise Hanna, Mererid Evans, Bernadette Coles, John Staffurth

Open Access Short report

Radiosensitization of orthotopic GIC-driven glioblastoma by doxycycline causes skin damage

Guido Frosina, Daniela Marubbi, Diana Marcello, Antonio Daga

Open Access Research

Retrospective study on the benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy in men with intraductal carcinoma of prostate

Vincent Q. Trinh, Nazim Benzerdjeb, Ségolène Chagnon-Monarque, Nicolas Dionne, Guila Delouya, André Kougioumoutzakis, Jennifer Sirois, Roula Albadine, Mathieu Latour, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Hélène Hovington, Alain Bergeron, Kevin C. Zorn, Yves Fradet, Fred Saad, Daniel Taussky, Dominique Trudel

Open Access Research

Post-radiation sinusitis is associated with recurrence in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Chih-Jen Huang, Ming-Yii Huang, Ming-Chen Paul Shih, Kai-yuan Cheng, Ka-Wo Lee, Tzu-Ying Lu, Shyng-Shiou Yuan, Pen-Tzu Fang

Open Access Research

Quality assurance of non-coplanar, volumetric-modulated arc therapy employing a C-arm linear accelerator, featuring continuous patient couch rotation

Hideaki Hirashima, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yuki Miyabe, Nobutaka Mukumoto, Tomohiro Ono, Hiraku Iramina, Takashi Mizowaki

Open Access Research

Impact of radiation dose on local control and survival in extramedullary head and neck plasmacytoma

Michael Oertel, Khaled Elsayad, Kai Jannes Kroeger, Uwe Haverkamp, Claudia Rudack, Georg Lenz, Hans Theodor Eich

Open Access Research

Development and characterisation of acquired radioresistant breast cancer cell lines

Mark Gray, Arran K. Turnbull, Carol Ward, James Meehan, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Maria Bonello, Lisa Y. Pang, Simon P. Langdon, Ian H. Kunkler, Alan Murray, David Argyle

Open Access Research

DCE and DSC perfusion MRI diagnostic accuracy in the follow-up of primary and metastatic intra-axial brain tumors treated by radiosurgery with cyberknife

Rosa Morabito, Concetta Alafaci, Stefano Pergolizzi, Antonio Pontoriero, Giuseppe Iati’, Lilla Bonanno, Michele Gaeta, Francesco Maria Salpietro, Enricomaria Mormina, Marcello Longo, Francesca Granata

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant versus definitive chemoradiation in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Stefan Münch, Steffi U. Pigorsch, Michal Devečka, Hendrik Dapper, Marcus Feith, Helmut Friess, Wilko Weichert, Moritz Jesinghaus, Rickmer Braren, Stephanie E. Combs, Daniel Habermehl

Open Access Research

Treatment verification using Varian’s dynalog files in the Monte Carlo system PRIMO

Miguel Rodriguez, Lorenzo Brualla

Open Access Research

Salivary gland carcinoma (SGC) with perineural spread and/or positive resection margin – high locoregional control rates after photon (chemo) radiotherapy - experience from a monocentric analysis

Marlen Haderlein, Claudia Scherl, Sabine Semrau, Sebastian Lettmaier, Markus Hecht, Florian Putz, Heinrich Iro, Abbas Agaimy, Rainer Fietkau

Open Access Research

National survey of patient specific IMRT quality assurance in China

Yuxi Pan, Ruijie Yang, Shuming Zhang, Jiaqi Li, Jianrong Dai, Junjie Wang, Jing Cai

Open Access Research

Assessment of portal image resolution improvement using an external aluminum target and polystyrene electron filter

Jonggeun Baek, Hyungdong Kim, Byungyong Kim, Youngkee Oh, Hyunsoo Jang

Open Access Review

Online adaptive magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer: state of the art, pearls and pitfalls

Luca Boldrini, Davide Cusumano, Francesco Cellini, Luigi Azario, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Vincenzo Valentini

Open Access Research

Changes of lung parenchyma density following high dose radiation therapy for thoracic carcinomas – an automated analysis of follow up CT scans

Christina Schröder, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Sven Kirschner, Eyck Blank, André Buchali

Open Access Research

Impact of time to initiation of radiotherapy on survival after resection of newly diagnosed glioblastoma

Sotirios Katsigiannis, Boris Krischek, Stefanie Barleanu, Stefan Grau, Norbert Galldiks, Marco Timmer, Christoph Kabbasch, Roland Goldbrunner, Pantelis Stavrinou

Open Access Research

Impact of sex on the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer underwent definitive radiotherapy: a propensity score-matched analysis

He-San Luo, Hong-Yao Xu, Ze-Sen Du, Xu-Yuan Li, Sheng-Xi Wu, He-Cheng Huang, Lian-Xing Lin

Open Access Research

A comparative study of identical VMAT about two adjacent targets with and without fixed-jaw technique

Kai Xie, Hongfei Sun, Liugang Gao, Tao Lin, Jianfeng Sui, Xinye Ni

Open Access Research

Setup uncertainties and the optimal imaging schedule in the prone position whole breast radiotherapy

Shengyu Yao, Yin Zhang, Ke Nie, Bo Liu, Bruce G. Haffty, Nisha Ohri, Ning J. Yue

Open Access Methodology

Methodology paper: a novel phantom setup for commissioning of scanned ion beam delivery and TPS

O. Jäkel, B. Ackermann, S. Ecker, M. Ellerbrock, P. Heeg, K. Henkner, M. Winter

Open Access Research

Increased heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) serum levels and low NK cell counts after radiotherapy – potential markers for predicting breast cancer recurrence?

Anna Rothammer, Eva K. Sage, Caroline Werner, Stephanie E. Combs, Gabriele Multhoff

Open Access Research

Development of a semi-customized tongue displacement device using a 3D printer for head and neck IMRT

Chae-Seon Hong, Dongryul Oh, Sang Gyu Ju, Yong Chan Ahn, Cho Hee Na, Dong Yeol Kwon, Cheol Chong Kim

Open Access Research

A novel amplitude binning strategy to handle irregular breathing during 4DMRI acquisition: improved imaging for radiotherapy purposes

Z. van Kesteren, A. van der Horst, O. J. Gurney-Champion, I. Bones, D. Tekelenburg, T. Alderliesten, G. van Tienhoven, R. Klaassen, H. W. M. van Laarhoven, A. Bel

Open Access Research

Low-level laser therapy in treatment of chemoradiotherapy-induced mucositis in head and neck cancer: results of a randomised, triple blind, multicentre phase III trial

Florence Legouté, René-Jean Bensadoun, Valérie Seegers, Yoann Pointreau, Delphine Caron, Philippe Lang, Alain Prévost, Laurent Martin, Ulrike Schick, Benjamin Morvant, Olivier Capitain, Gilles Calais, Eric Jadaud

Open Access Research

Prognostic significance of lung radiation dose in patients with esophageal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Jhen-Bin Lin, Li-Chung Hung, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Yu-An Chien, Chou-Hsien Lee, Chia-Chun Huang, Tsai-Wei Chou, Ming-Huei Ko, Yuan-Chun Lai, Mu-Tai Liu, Tung-Hao Chang, Jie Lee, Yu-Jen Chen

Open Access Research

Treatment-duration is related to changes in peripheral lymphocyte counts during definitive radiotherapy for unresectable stage III NSCLC

Qianqian Zhao, Gang Chen, Luxi Ye, Shiming Shi, Shisuo Du, Zhaochong Zeng, Jian He

Open Access Research

Effect of changes in monitor unit rate and energy on dose rate of total marrow irradiation based on Linac volumetric arc therapy

Jaeman Son, Noorie Choi, Jung-in Kim, Jong Min Park, Hong-Gyun Wu, Hyun-Cheol Kang, Chang Heon Choi

Open Access Research

Technical feasibility of [18F]FET and [18F]FAZA PET guided radiotherapy in a F98 glioblastoma rat model

Jeroen Verhoeven, Julie Bolcaen, Valerie De Meulenaere, Ken Kersemans, Benedicte Descamps, Sam Donche, Caroline Van den Broecke, Tom Boterberg, Jean-Pierre Kalala, Karel Deblaere, Christian Vanhove, Filip De Vos, Ingeborg Goethals

Open Access Research

Prophylactic NS-21 maintains the skin moisture but does not reduce the severity of radiation dermatitis in patients with head and neck cancer: a randomized control trial

Hsiu-Ling Chou, Pei-Wei Shueng, Li-Jen Liao, Chen-Xiong Hsu, Deng-Yu Kuo, Wu-Chia Lo, Pei-Yu Hou, Li-Ying Wang, San-Fang Chou, Chen-Hsi Hsieh

Open Access Review

MR-guidance in clinical reality: current treatment challenges and future perspectives

S. Corradini, F. Alongi, N. Andratschke, C. Belka, L. Boldrini, F. Cellini, J. Debus, M. Guckenberger, J. Hörner-Rieber, F. J. Lagerwaard, R. Mazzola, M. A. Palacios, M. E. P. Philippens, C. P. J. Raaijmakers, C. H. J. Terhaard, V. Valentini, M. Niyazi

Open Access Research

Clinical impact of removing respiratory motion during liver SABR

M. Gargett, C. Haddad, A. Kneebone, J. T. Booth, N. Hardcastle

Open Access Research

Preliminary exploration of clinical factors affecting acute toxicity and quality of life after carbon ion therapy for prostate cancer

Yafang Zhang, Ping Li, Qi Yu, Shuang Wu, Xue Chen, Qing Zhang, Shen Fu

Open Access Review

Ablative radiation therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: techniques and results

Marsha Reyngold, Parag Parikh, Christopher H. Crane

Open Access Research

Postoperative elective pelvic nodal irradiation compared to prostate bed irradiation in locally advanced prostate cancer – a retrospective analysis of dose-escalated patients

Carola Link, Patrick Honeck, Akiko Makabe, Frank Anton Giordano, Christian Bolenz, Joerg Schaefer, Markus Bohrer, Frank Lohr, Frederik Wenz, Daniel Buergy

Open Access Research

Positive correlation between blood glucose and radiotherapy doses to the central gustatory system in Glioblastoma Multiforme patients

Marciana N. Duma, Nadja I. Oszfolk, Tobias Boeckh-Behrens, Markus Oechsner, Claus Zimmer, Bernhard Meyer, Paul T. Pfluger, Stephanie E. Combs

Open Access Research

Effect of the types of pretreatment imaging modalities on the treatment response to palliative radiation for painful bone metastases from solid cancer: a single-center retrospective analysis

Yuki Wada, Akira Anbai, Satoshi Kumagai, Eriko Okuyama, Kento Hatakeyama, Noriko Takagi, Manabu Hashimoto

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy with or without androgen deprivation therapy in intermediate risk prostate cancer?

Uri Amit, Yaacov R. Lawrence, Ilana Weiss, Zvi Symon

Open Access Research

Long-term functional outcome after laryngeal cancer treatment

Lukas Anschuetz, Mohamed Shelan, Marco Dematté, Adrian D. Schubert, Roland Giger, Olgun Elicin

Open Access Research

Which target volume should be considered when irradiating the regional nodes in breast cancer? Results of a network-meta-analysis

Jan Haussmann, Wilfried Budach, Balint Tamaskovics, Edwin Bölke, Stefanie Corradini, Freddy-Joel Djiepmo-Njanang, Kai Kammers, Christiane Matuschek

Open Access Research

Single isocenter stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with multiple brain metastases: dosimetric comparison of VMAT and a dedicated DCAT planning tool

Jan Hofmaier, Raphael Bodensohn, Sylvia Garny, Indrawati Hadi, Daniel F. Fleischmann, Michael Eder, Yavuz Dinc, Michael Reiner, Stefanie Corradini, Katia Parodi, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi

Open Access Research

Comparison of treatment plans between IMRT with MR-linac and VMAT for lung SABR

Jong Min Park, Hong-Gyun Wu, Hak Jae Kim, Chang Heon Choi, Jung-in Kim

Open Access Research

Comparison of efficacy and safety between simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy and conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Daquan Wang, Nan Bi, Tao Zhang, Zongmei Zhou, Zefen Xiao, Jun Liang, Dongfu Chen, Zhouguang Hui, Jima Lv, Xiaozhen Wang, Xin Wang, Lei Deng, Wenqing Wang, Jingbo Wang, Chunyu Wang, Xiaotong Lu, Kunpeng Xu, Linfang Wu, Wenji Xue, Qinfu Feng, Luhua Wang

Open Access Research

Management of orbital invasion in esthesioneuroblastoma: 14 years’ experience

Ruichen Li, Shu Tian, Yi Zhu, Li Yan, Wenjia Zhu, Huatao Quan, Shengzi Wang

Open Access Methodology

Impact of planned dose reporting methods on Gamma pass rates for IROC lung and liver motion phantoms treated with pencil beam scanning protons

Yixiu Kang, Jiajian Shen, Wei Liu, Paige A. Taylor, Hunter S. Mehrens, Xiaoning Ding, Yanle Hu, Erik Tryggestad, Sameer R. Keole, Steven E. Schild, William W. Wong, Mirek Fatyga, Martin Bues

Open Access Research

Deep inspiration breath-hold for left-sided breast irradiation: Analysis of dose-mass histograms and the impact of lung expansion

Markus Oechsner, Mathias Düsberg, Kai Joachim Borm, Stephanie Elisabeth Combs, Jan Jakob Wilkens, Marciana Nona Duma

Open Access Research

Symptom palliation of hypofractionated radiotherapy for patients with incurable inflammatory breast cancer

Hoon Sik Choi, Hong Seok Jang, Ki Mun Kang, Byung-ock Choi

Open Access Research

Accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for inoperable locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: final results of a prospective phase-II trial with a long-term follow-up

Elisabetta Parisi, Giovenzio Genestreti, Anna Sarnelli, Giulia Ghigi, Donatella Arpa, Marco Angelo Burgio, Giampaolo Gavelli, Alice Rossi, Emanuela Scarpi, Manuela Monti, Anna Tesei, Rolando Polico, Antonino Romeo

Open Access Research

The pretreatment erythrocyte sedimentation rate predicts survival outcomes after surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy for extremity soft tissue sarcoma

Geumju Park, Si Yeol Song, Jin-Hee Ahn, Wan-lim Kim, Jong-seok Lee, Seong-Yun Jeong, Jae Won Park, Eun Kyung Choi, Wonsik Choi, In-Hye Jung

Open Access Research

Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea: clinical outcome of 38 patients after interdisciplinary treatment in a single institution

Benjamin A. Högerle, Felix Lasitschka, Thomas Muley, Nina Bougatf, Klaus Herfarth, Sebastian Adeberg, Martin Eichhorn, Jürgen Debus, Hauke Winter, Stefan Rieken, Matthias Uhl

Open Access Research

Optimal dose limitation strategy for bone marrow sparing in intensity-modulated radiotherapy of cervical cancer

Zhirong Bao, Dajiang Wang, Shupeng Chen, Min Chen, Dazhen Jiang, Chunxu Yang, Hui Liu, Jing Dai, Conghua Xie

Open Access Research

Differential response of esophageal cancer cells to particle irradiation

Sarah Hartfiel, Matthias Häfner, Ramon Lopez Perez, Alexander Rühle, Thuy Trinh, Jürgen Debus, Peter E. Huber, Nils H. Nicolay

Open Access Research

The impact of age on the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast-conserving therapy in breast cancer patients with a > 5 mm margin treated without boost irradiation

Yuka Ono, Michio Yoshimura, Kimiko Hirata, Chikako Yamauchi, Masakazu Toi, Eiji Suzuki, Masahiro Takada, Masahiro Hiraoka, Takashi Mizowaki

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Comparison of salvage therapies for isolated para-aortic lymph node recurrence in patients with uterine cervical cancer after definitive treatment

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Fiducial markers visibility and artefacts in prostate cancer radiotherapy multi-modality imaging

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Evaluation and improvement the safety of total marrow irradiation with helical tomotherapy using repeat failure mode and effects analysis

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Oncologic and visual outcomes after postoperative proton therapy of localized conjunctival melanomas

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

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Comparative photon and proton dosimetry for patients with mediastinal lymphoma in the era of Monte Carlo treatment planning and variable relative biological effectiveness

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Novel rotatable tabletop for total-body irradiation using a linac-based VMAT technique

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