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Radiation Oncology

Issue 1/2013

Content (297 Articles)

Open Access Research

Retrospective feasibility study of simultaneous integrated boost in cervical cancer using tomotherapy: the impact of organ motion and tumor regression

Fernanda G Herrera, Sharon Callaway, Ela Delikgoz-Soykut, Mehtap Coskun, Laetitia Porta, Jean-Yves Meuwly, Joao Soares-Rodrigues, Leonie Heym, Raphael Moeckli, Mahmut Ozsahin

Open Access Methodology

Integration method of 3D MR spectroscopy into treatment planning system for glioblastoma IMRT dose painting with integrated simultaneous boost

Soléakhéna Ken, Laure Vieillevigne, Xavier Franceries, Luc Simon, Caroline Supper, Jean-Albert Lotterie, Thomas Filleron, Vincent Lubrano, Isabelle Berry, Emmanuelle Cassol, Martine Delannes, Pierre Celsis, Elizabeth Moyal Cohen-Jonathan, Anne Laprie

Open Access Research

IMRT treatment plans and functional planning with functional lung imaging from 4D-CT for thoracic cancer patients

Tzung-Chi Huang, Chien-Yi Hsiao, Chun-Ru Chien, Ji-An Liang, Tzu-Ching Shih, Geoffrey G Zhang

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for the treatment of early-stage minimally invasive adenocarcinoma or adenocarcnioma in situ (formerly bronchioloalveolar carcinoma): a patterns of failure analysis

Shahed N Badiyan, Andrew J Bierhals, Jeffrey R Olsen, Kimberly M Creach, Adam A Garsa, Todd DeWees, Jeffrey D Bradley, Clifford G Robinson

Open Access Review

Stereotactic body radiation therapy in the re-irradiation situation – a review

Frederick Mantel, Michael Flentje, Matthias Guckenberger

Open Access Research

Phase II trial of first-line chemoradiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiation therapy followed by chemotherapy for synchronous unresectable distant metastases rectal adenocarcinoma

Ji Zhu, Peng Lian, Fangqi Liu, Ye Xu, Junyan Xu, Zuqing Guan, Liping Liang, Minghe Wang, Sanjun Cai, Zhen Zhang

Open Access Research

Dosimetric parameter predicting the deterioration of hepatic function after helical tomotherapy in patients with unresectable locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Seok Hyun Son, Chul Seung Kay, Jin Ho Song, Sea-Won Lee, Byung Ock Choi, Young Nam Kang, Jeong Won Jang, Seung Kew Yoon, Hong Seok Jang

Open Access Research

Radiation dose escalation for loco-regional recurrence of breast cancer after mastectomy

Heath D Skinner, Eric A Strom, Sabin B Motwani, Wendy A Woodward, Marjorie C Green, Gildy Babiera, Daniel J Booser, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Thomas A Buchholz

Open Access Methodology

Technique for sparing previously irradiated critical normal structures in salvage proton craniospinal irradiation

Mark W McDonald, Mark R Wolanski, Joseph W Simmons, Jeffrey C Buchsbaum

Open Access Research

Improve definition of titanium tandems in MR-guided high dose rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer using proton density weighted MRI

Yanle Hu, Jacqueline Esthappan, Sasa Mutic, Susan Richardson, Hiram A Gay, Julie K Schwarz, Perry W Grigsby

Open Access Research

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer

Joseph M Pepek, Junzo P Chino, Christopher G Willett, Manisha Palta, Dan G Blazer III, Douglas S Tyler, Hope E Uronis, Brian G Czito

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy in marginal zone lymphoma

Kristin Deinbeck, Hans Geinitz, Bernhard Haller, Khashayar Fakhrian

Open Access Research

Quality assurance of radiotherapy in the ongoing EORTC 22042–26042 trial for atypical and malignant meningioma: results from the dummy runs and prospective individual case Reviews

Mehtap Coskun, William Straube, Coen W Hurkmans, Christos Melidis, Patricia F de Haan, Salvador Villà, Sandra Collette, Damien C Weber

Open Access Research

Hypofractionated radiotheapy using helical tomotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis

Ji-Yoon Kim, Eun-Jung Yoo, Jeong-Won Jang, Jung-Hyun Kwon, Ki-Jun Kim, Chul-Seung Kay

Open Access Case report

Protective effect of transparent film dressing on proton therapy induced skin reactions

Jonathan T Whaley, Maura Kirk, Keith Cengel, James McDonough, Justin Bekelman, John P Christodouleas

Open Access Research

Periodical assessment of genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity in patients who underwent prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy

Nobumichi Tanaka, Isao Asakawa, Satoshi Anai, Akihide Hirayama, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Noboru Konishi, Kiyohide Fujimoto

Open Access Research

Hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy as monotherapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Andrew W Ju, Hongkun Wang, Eric K Oermann, Benjamin A Sherer, Sunghae Uhm, Viola J Chen, Arjun V Pendharkar, Heather N Hanscom, Joy S Kim, Siyuan Lei, Simeng Suy, John H Lynch, Anatoly Dritschilo, Sean P Collins

Open Access Research

XRCC1 codon 399Gln polymorphism is associated with radiotherapy-induced acute dermatitis and mucositis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

Haijun Li, Yanjie You, Canfeng Lin, Mingzhang Zheng, Chaoqun Hong, Jiongyu Chen, Derui Li, William W Au, Zhijian Chen

Open Access Research

Long term toxicity and prognostic factors of radiation therapy for secreting and non-secreting pituitary adenomas

Stefan Rieken, Daniel Habermehl, Thomas Welzel, Angela Mohr, Katja Lindel, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Chemoradiation in patients with isolated recurrent pancreatic cancer - therapeutical efficacy and probability of re-resection

Daniel Habermehl, Ingo C Brecht, Frank Bergmann, Thomas Welzel, Stefan Rieken, Jens Werner, Peter Schirmacher, Markus W Büchler, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Analysis of dosimetric factors associated with temporal lobe necrosis (TLN) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after intensity modulated radiotherapy

Sheng-Fa Su, Shao-Ming Huang, Fei Han, Ying Huang, Chun-Yan Chen, Wei-Wei Xiao, Xue-Ming Sun, Tai-Xiang Lu

Open Access Research

Outcomes and patterns of care of patients with locally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma treated in the early 21st century

Adam S Garden, Merrill S Kies, William H Morrison, Randal S Weber, Steven J Frank, Bonnie S Glisson, Gary B Gunn, Beth M Beadle, K Kian Ang, David I Rosenthal, Erich M Sturgis

Open Access Research

Regulation of protein translation initiation in response to ionizing radiation

Donatella Trivigno, Laura Bornes, Stephan M Huber, Justine Rudner

Open Access Research

Population-based outcomes after brain radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases from breast cancer in the Pre-Trastuzumab and Trastuzumab eras

Irene Karam, Sarah Hamilton, Alan Nichol, Ryan Woods, Caroline Speers, Hagen Kennecke, Scott Tyldesley

Open Access Research

Efficacy of low-dose radiotherapy in painful gonarthritis: experiences from a retrospective East German bicenter study

Stephanie Keller, Klaus Müller, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Ulrich Wolf, Guido Hildebrandt, André Liebmann, Oliver Micke, Gert Flemming, Dieter Baaske

Open Access Research

Mature results of a randomized trial comparing two fractionation schedules of high dose rate endoluminal brachytherapy for the treatment of endobronchial tumors

Olivier M Niemoeller, Barbara Pöllinger, Maximilian Niyazi, Stefanie Corradini, Farkhad Manapov, Claus Belka, Rudolf M Huber

Open Access Research

Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) combined with concurrent but not adjuvant chemotherapy in primary nasopharyngeal cancer – a retrospective single center analysis

Ladan Saleh-Ebrahimi, Felix Zwicker, Marc W Muenter, Marc Bischof, Katja Lindel, Juergen Debus, Peter E Huber, Falk Roeder

Open Access Research

Multi-institutional comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy vs. intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer: a planning study

Andrea Holt, Dirk Van Gestel, Mark P Arends, Erik W Korevaar, Danny Schuring, Martina C Kunze-Busch, Rob JW Louwe, Corine van Vliet-Vroegindeweij

Open Access Research

Adjuvant concurrent chemoradiation using intensity-modulated radiotherapy and simultaneous integrated boost for resected high-risk adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastro-esophageal junction

Brian P Yaremko, David A Palma, Abigail L Erickson, Gregory Pierce, Richard A Malthaner, Richard I Inculet, A Rashid Dar, George B Rodrigues, Edward Yu

Open Access Research

RapidArc, SmartArc and TomoHD compared with classical step and shoot and sliding window intensity modulated radiotherapy in an oropharyngeal cancer treatment plan comparison

Dirk Van Gestel, Corine van Vliet-Vroegindeweij, Frank Van den Heuvel, Wouter Crijns, Ann Coelmont, Bie De Ost, Andrea Holt, Emmy Lamers, Yasmyne Geussens, Sandra Nuyts, Danielle Van den Weyngaert, Tim Van den Wyngaert, Jan B Vermorken, Vincent Gregoire

Open Access Research

Phase I study of hypofractionated intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide in patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Noha Jastaniyah, Albert Murtha, Nadeem Pervez, Duc Le, Wilson Roa, Samir Patel, Marc Mackenzie, Dorcas Fulton, Colin Field, Sunita Ghosh, Gino Fallone, Bassam Abdulkarim

Open Access Research

Increased risk of ischemic stroke in cervical cancer patients: a nationwide population-based study

Shiang-Jiun Tsai, Yung-Sung Huang, Chien-Hsueh Tung, Ching-Chih Lee, Moon-Sing Lee, Wen-Yen Chiou, Hon-Yi Lin, Feng-Chun Hsu, Chih-Hsin Tsai, Yu-Chieh Su, Shih-Kai Hung

Open Access Research

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, CEA ratio, and treatment outcome of rectal cancer patients receiving pre-operative chemoradiation and surgery

Kai-Lin Yang, Shung-Haur Yang, Wen-Yih Liang, Ying-Ju Kuo, Jen-Kou Lin, Tzu-Chen Lin, Wei-Shone Chen, Jeng-Kae Jiang, Huann-Sheng Wang, Shih-Ching Chang, Lee-Shing Chu, Ling-Wei Wang

Open Access Research

Breast reconstruction and post-mastectomy radiation practice

Susie A Chen, Crispin Hiley, Dana Nickleach, Janjira Petsuksiri, Fundagul Andic, Oliver Riesterer, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Mylin A Torres

Open Access Research

Molecular basis of ‘hypoxic’ breast cancer cell radio-sensitization: phytochemicals converge on radiation induced Rel signaling

Sheeja Aravindan, Mohan Natarajan, Terence S Herman, Vibhudutta Awasthi, Natarajan Aravindan

Open Access Research

Risk of second cancer from scattered radiation of intensity-modulated radiotherapies with lung cancer

Dong Wook Kim, Weon Kuu Chung, Dongoh Shin, Seongeon Hong, Sung Ho Park, Sung-Yong Park, Kwangzoo Chung, Young Kyung Lim, Dongho Shin, Se Byeong Lee, Hyun-ho Lee, Myonggeun Yoon

Open Access Research

Prospective evaluation of quality of life 54 months after high-dose intensity-modulated radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer

Aurore Goineau, Virginie Marchand, Jérome Rigaud, Sylvain Bourdin, Emmanuel Rio, Loic Campion, Angélique Bonnaud-Antignac, Marc-André Mahé, Stéphane Supiot

Open Access Research

Relationship between radiation pneumonitis and organizing pneumonia after radiotherapy for breast cancer

Yumi Oie, Yasunori Saito, Masanao Kato, Fumitaka Ito, Hidekazu Hattori, Hiroshi Toyama, Hidetoshi Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Katada

Open Access Methodology

Standardized treatment planning methodology for passively scattered proton craniospinal irradiation

Annelise Giebeler, Wayne D Newhauser, Richard A Amos, Anita Mahajan, Kenneth Homann, Rebecca M Howell

Open Access Research

Phase I trial of oral etoposide in combination with radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - GORTEC 2004–02

Yungan Tao, Etienne Bardet, Dominique Rosine, Frédéric Rolland, Emmanuelle Bompas, Nicolas Daly-Schveitzer, Antoine Lusinchi, Jean Bourhis

Open Access Research

What is the appropriate size criterion for proton radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma? A dosimetric comparison of spot-scanning proton therapy versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Chie Toramatsu, Norio Katoh, Shinichi Shimizu, Hideaki Nihongi, Taeko Matsuura, Seishin Takao, Naoki Miyamoto, Ryusuke Suzuki, Kenneth Sutherland, Rumiko Kinoshita, Rikiya Onimaru, Masayori Ishikawa, Kikuo Umegaki, Hiroki Shirato

Open Access Research

DART-bid (Dose-differentiated accelerated radiation therapy, 1.8 Gy twice daily)–a novel approach for non-resected NSCLC: final results of a prospective study, correlating radiation dose to tumor volume

Karl Wurstbauer, Heinz Deutschmann, Karin Dagn, Peter Kopp, Franz Zehentmayr, Bernd Lamprecht, Peter Porsch, Birgit Wegleitner, Michael Studnicka, Felix Sedlmayer

Open Access Research

Employing the therapeutic operating characteristic (TOC) graph for individualised dose prescription

Aswin L Hoffmann, Henk Huizenga, Johannes HAM Kaanders

Open Access Study protocol

Preventing the acute skin side effects in patients treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer: the use of corneometry in order to evaluate the protective effect of moisturizing creams

Rossella Di Franco, Elena Sammarco, Maria Grazia Calvanese, Flora De Natale, Sara Falivene, Ada DiLecce, Francesca Maria Giugliano, Paola Murino, Roberto Manzo, Salvatore Cappabianca, Paolo Muto, Vincenzo Ravo

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy with concurrent full-dose gemcitabine for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a pilot trial demonstrating safety

Marie K Gurka, Sean P Collins, Rebecca Slack, Gary Tse, Aline Charabaty, Lisa Ley, Liam Berzcel, Siyuan Lei, Simeng Suy, Nadim Haddad, Reena Jha, Colin D Johnson, Patrick Jackson, John L Marshall, Michael J Pishvaian

Open Access Case report

Differentiation of local tumor recurrence from radiation-induced changes after stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of brain metastasis: case report and review of the literature

Philipp Kickingereder, Franziska Dorn, Tobias Blau, Matthias Schmidt, Martin Kocher, Norbert Galldiks, Maximilian I Ruge

Open Access Research

Radiation therapy for epithelial ovarian cancer brain metastases: clinical outcomes and predictors of survival

Sewit Teckie, Vicky Makker, Viviane Tabar, Kaled Alektiar, Carol Aghajanian, Martee Hensley, Kathryn Beal

Open Access Research

Hippocampal avoidance with volumetric modulated arc therapy in melanoma brain metastases – the first Australian experience

Raef Awad, Gerald Fogarty, Angela Hong, Patricia Kelly, Diana Ng, Daniel Santos, Lauren Haydu

Open Access Research

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for clinically localized prostate cancer: the Georgetown University experience

Leonard N Chen, Simeng Suy, Sunghae Uhm, Eric K Oermann, Andrew W Ju, Viola Chen, Heather N Hanscom, Sarah Laing, Joy S Kim, Siyuan Lei, Gerald P Batipps, Keith Kowalczyk, Gaurav Bandi, John Pahira, Kevin G McGeagh, Brian T Collins, Pranay Krishnan, Nancy A Dawson, Kathryn L Taylor, Anatoly Dritschilo, John H Lynch, Sean P Collins

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy using gated radiotherapy with real-time tumor-tracking for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Tetsuya Inoue, Norio Katoh, Rikiya Onimaru, Shinichi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, Ryusuke Suzuki, Jun Sakakibara-Konishi, Naofumi Shinagawa, Satoshi Oizumi, Hiroki Shirato

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Radiation Oncology reviewer acknowledgment 2012

Claus Belka

Open Access Research

Prognostic variables in patients with primary soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity and trunk treated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy or neoadjuvant sequential chemoradiotherapy

Meena Bedi, David M King, Mikesh Shivakoti, Tao Wang, Eduardo V Zambrano, John Charlson, Donald Hackbarth, John Neilson, Robert Whitfield, Dian Wang

Open Access Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery for single brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: progression of extracranial disease correlates with distant intracranial failure

Marie-Adele S Kress, Eric Oermann, Matthew G Ewend, Riane B Hoffman, Huma Chaudhry, Brian Collins

Open Access Research

Evaluation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor ABT-888 combined with radiotherapy and temozolomide in glioblastoma

Lara Barazzuol, Raj Jena, Neil G Burnet, Lisiane B Meira, Jonathan C G Jeynes, Karen J Kirkby, Norman F Kirkby

Open Access Research

Template-based breast IMRT planning for increased workload efficiency

Sonia Kim Anh Nguyen, Fred Cao, Ramani Ramaseshan, Sarah Kristensen, Krista Kuncewicz, Vicky Huang, Craig Elith, Peter Steiner, Jennifer Hayes, Beverly Lester, Cheryl McGregor, Bilal Shahine, Winkle Kwan

Open Access Research

Paclitaxel and cisplatin combined with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for upper esophageal carcinoma

Lingli Tu, Lan Sun, Yong Xu, Yongsheng Wang, Lin Zhou, Yongmei Liu, Jiang Zhu, Feng Peng, Yuquan Wei, Youling Gong

Open Access Research

Patterns of radiotherapy practice for biliary tract cancer in Japan: results of the Japanese radiation oncology study group (JROSG) survey

Fumiaki Isohashi, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Hirobumi Oikawa, Hiroshi Onishi, Nobue Uchida, Toshiya Maebayashi, Naoto Kanesaka, Tetsuro Tamamoto, Hirofumi Asakura, Takashi Kosugi, Takashi Uno, Yoshinori Ito, Katsuyuki Karasawa, Makoto Takayama, Yoshihiko Manabe, Hideya Yamazaki, Mitsuhiro Takemoto, Yasuo Yoshioka, Kenji Nemoto, Yasumasa Nishimura

Open Access Research

Impact of treatment planning target volumen (PTV) size on radiation induced diarrhoea following selenium supplementation in gynecologic radiation oncology - a subgroup analysis of a multicenter, phase III trial

Ralph Muecke, Oliver Micke, Lutz Schomburg, Jens Buentzel, Michael Glatzel, Dieter Baaske, Regina Berndt-Skorka, Franz J Prott, Berthold Reichl, Klaus Kisters, Ulrich Schaefer, Jutta Huebner, Hans Th Eich, Guenther Kundt, Irenaeus A Adamietz

Open Access Research

Image-based response assessment of liver metastases following stereotactic body radiotherapy with respiratory tracking

Hajer Jarraya, Xavier Mirabel, Sophie Taieb, Sylvain Dewas, Emmanuelle Tresch, Francois Bonodeau, Antoine Adenis, Andrew Kramar, Eric Lartigau, Luc Ceugnart

Open Access Research

Cranial radiotherapy predisposes to abdominal adiposity in survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia

Adriana Aparecida Siviero-Miachon, Angela Maria Spinola-Castro, MariaLúcia deMartino Lee, Solange Andreoni, Bruno Geloneze, Henrique Lederman, Gil Guerra-Junior

Open Access Research

Proton radiotherapy for chest wall and regional lymphatic radiation; dose comparisons and treatment delivery

Shannon M MacDonald, Rachel Jimenez, Peter Paetzold, Judith Adams, Jonathan Beatty, Thomas F DeLaney, Hanne Kooy, Alphonse G Taghian, Hsiao-Ming Lu

Open Access Research

Reduced contribution of thermally labile sugar lesions to DNA double strand break formation after exposure to heavy ions

Satyendra K Singh, Alena Bencsik-Theilen, Emil Mladenov, Burkhard Jakob, Gisela Taucher-Scholz, George Iliakis

Open Access Research

Evaluation of inter-fraction and intra-fraction errors during volumetric modulated arc therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

Wen-Jing Yin, Ying Sun, Feng Chi, Jian-Lan Fang, Rui Guo, Xiao-Li Yu, Yan-Ping Mao, Zhen-Yu Qi, Ying Guo, Meng-Zhong Liu, Jun Ma

Open Access Short report

Feasibility and accuracy of relative electron density determined by virtual monochromatic CT value subtraction at two different energies using the gemstone spectral imaging

Toshiyuki Ogata, Takashi Ueguchi, Masashi Yagi, Sachiko Yamada, Chikako Tanaka, Ryota Ogihara, Fumiaki Isohashi, Yasuo Yoshioka, Noriyuki Tomiyama, Kazuhiko Ogawa, Masahiko Koizumi

Open Access Research

Hodgkin’s lymphoma emerging radiation treatment techniques: trade-offs between late radio-induced toxicities and secondary malignant neoplasms

Laura Cella, Manuel Conson, Maria Cristina Pressello, Silvia Molinelli, Uwe Schneider, Vittorio Donato, Roberto Orecchia, Marco Salvatore, Roberto Pacelli

Open Access Research

Tolerability and outcomes of radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer in elderly patients aged 70 years and older

Xin Cai, Hongbin Wu, Junjie Peng, Ji Zhu, Sanjun Cai, Gang Cai, Zhen Zhang

Open Access Research

Determination of the α/β ratio for the normal liver on the basis of radiation-induced hepatic toxicities in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Seok Hyun Son, Hong Seok Jang, Hyochun Lee, Byung Ock Choi, Young Nam Kang, Jeong Won Jang, Seung Kew Yoon, Chul Seung Kay

Open Access Research

Intraoperative Electron Beam Radiotherapy (IOERT) in the management of locally advanced or recurrent cervical cancer

Brandon M Barney, Ivy A Petersen, Sean C Dowdy, Jamie N Bakkum-Gamez, Kristi A Klein, Michael G Haddock

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy with a focal boost to the MRI-visible tumor as monotherapy for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: early results

Shafak Aluwini, Peter van Rooij, Mischa Hoogeman, Wim Kirkels, Inger-Karine Kolkman-Deurloo, Chris Bangma

Open Access Research

Acute toxicity profile in prostate cancer with conventional and hypofractionated treatment

Gustavo Arruda Viani, Lucas Bernardes Godoy da Silva, Bruna Bueno da Silva, Yuri Bonicelli Crempe, Vinicius Spazzapan Martins, Ricardo Jose Rambaiolo Ferrari, Mariana Colbachini Pólo, Bruno Thiago Rossi, Elton Suguikawa, Giseli Correa Zulliani, Eduardo Jose Stefano

Open Access Research

Initial and cumulative recurrence patterns of glioblastoma after temozolomide-based chemoradiotherapy and salvage treatment: a retrospective cohort study in a single institution

Kengo Ogura, Takashi Mizowaki, Yoshiki Arakawa, Masakazu Ogura, Katsuyuki Sakanaka, Susumu Miyamoto, Masahiro Hiraoka

Open Access Research

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy using static ports of tomotherapy (TomoDirect): comparison with the TomoHelical mode

Taro Murai, Yuta Shibamoto, Yoshihiko Manabe, Rumi Murata, Chikao Sugie, Akihiro Hayashi, Hiroya Ito, Yoshihito Miyoshi

Open Access Research

Feasibility and efficacy of chemoradiotherapy for elderly patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: results from a matched cohort analysis

Huai Liu, Qiu-Yan Chen, Ling Guo, Lin-Quan Tang, Hao-Yuan Mo, Zong-Liang Zhong, Pei-Yu Huang, Dong-Hua Luo, Rui Sun, Xiang Guo, Ka-Jia Cao, Ming-Huang Hong, Hai-Qiang Mai

Open Access Research

Post mastectomy linac IMRT irradiation of chest wall and regional nodes: dosimetry data and acute toxicities

Jinli Ma, Jiongyan Li, Jiang Xie, Jian Chen, Chuanying Zhu, Gang Cai, Zhen Zhang, Xiaomao Guo, Jiayi Chen

Open Access Research

Comparison of human chordoma cell-kill for 290 MeV/n carbon ions versus 70 MeV protons in vitro

Hiroshi Fujisawa, Paula C Genik, Hisashi Kitamura, Akira Fujimori, Mitsuru Uesaka, Takamitsu A Kato

Open Access Research

Clinical aspects of intraoperative radiotherapy in early breast cancer: short-term complications after IORT in women treated with low energy x-rays

Benjamin Tuschy, Sebastian Berlit, Simone Romero, Elena Sperk, Frederik Wenz, Sven Kehl, Marc Sütterlin

Open Access Research

Application of an interstitial and biodegradable balloon system for prostate-rectum separation during prostate cancer radiotherapy: a prospective multi-center study

Eliahu Gez, Shmuel Cytron, Rahamin Ben Yosef, Daniel London, Benjamin W Corn, Shlomi Alani, Giovanni Scarzello, Fabrizio Dal Moro, Guido Sotti, Filiberto Zattoni, Ike Koziol, Taryn Torre, Matthew Bassignani, Shalom Kalnicki, Reza Ghavamian, Dukagjin Blakaj, Mitchell Anscher, Martin Sommerauer, Dieter Jocham, Corinna Melchert, Stefan Huttenlocher, Gyoergy Kovacs, Madhur Garg

Open Access Research

Re-irradiation of recurrent head and neck carcinomas: comparison of robust intensity modulated proton therapy treatment plans with helical tomotherapy

Martin Stuschke, Andreas Kaiser, Jehad Abu-Jawad, Christoph Pöttgen, Sabine Levegrün, Jonathan Farr

Open Access Research

Concurrent bevacizumab and temozolomide alter the patterns of failure in radiation treatment of glioblastoma multiforme

Lisa BE Shields, Robert Kadner, Todd W Vitaz, Aaron C Spalding

Open Access Research

Toxicity and outcomes of thoracic re-irradiation using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)

Marsha Reyngold, Abraham J Wu, Amanda McLane, Zhigang Zhang, Meier Hsu, Nicholas F Stein, Ying Zhou, Alice Y Ho, Kenneth E Rosenzweig, Ellen D Yorke, Andreas Rimner

Open Access Research

Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by tomotherapy: five-year experience

Stephen Wan Leung, Tsair-Fwu Lee

Open Access Research

Correlation between target motion and the dosimetric variance of breast and organ at risk during whole breast radiotherapy using 4DCT

Wei Wang, Jian Bin Li, Hong Guang Hu, Feng Xiang Li, Min Xu, Tao Sun, Jie Lu

Open Access Research

Effects of external radiation in a co-culture model of endothelial cells and adipose-derived stem cells

Frank Haubner, Michaela Leyh, Elisabeth Ohmann, Fabian Pohl, Lukas Prantl, Holger G Gassner

Open Access Research

Total Body Irradiation (TBI) using Helical Tomotherapy in children and young adults undergoing stem cell transplantation

Arne Gruen, Wolfram Ebell, Waldemar Wlodarczyk, Oliver Neumann, Joern Sven Kuehl, Carmen Stromberger, Volker Budach, Simone Marnitz

Open Access Research

Radiosensitivity in breast cancer assessed by the histone γ-H2AX and 53BP1 foci

Cholpon S Djuzenova, Ines Elsner, Astrid Katzer, Eike Worschech, Luitpold V Distel, Michael Flentje, Bülent Polat

Open Access Research

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in locally advanced prostate cancer: secondary analysis of radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) 8610

Larry Pan, Seunghee Baek, Pamela R Edmonds, Mack Roach III, Harvey Wolkov, Satish Shah, Alan Pollack, M Elizabeth Hammond, Adam P Dicker

Open Access Research

Selective use of postoperative neck radiotherapy in oral cavity and oropharynx cancer: a prospective clinical study

Miguel Martínez Carrillo, Isabel Tovar Martín, Ildefonso Martínez Lara, José Mariano Ruiz de Almodóvar Rivera, Rosario Del Moral Ávila

Open Access Research

Elective lymph node irradiation late course accelerated hyper-fractionated radiotherapy plus concurrent cisplatin-based chemotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase II study

Dongqing Wang, Jiali Yang, Jingyu Zhu, Baosheng Li, Limin Zhai, Mingping Sun, Heyi Gong, Tao Zhou, Yumei Wei, Wei Huang, Zhongtang Wang, Hongsheng Li, Zicheng Zhang

Open Access Research

Multi-institutional comparison of treatment planning using stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma – benchmark for a prospective multi-institutional study

Takahisa Eriguchi, Atsuya Takeda, Yohei Oku, Satoshi Ishikura, Tomoki Kimura, Shuichi Ozawa, Takeo Nakashima, Yukinori Matsuo, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yasuo Matsumoto, Sadanori Yamazaki, Naoko Sanuki, Yoshinori Ito

Open Access Research

Patterns of failure in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer receiving pre-operative or post-operative chemoradiotherapy

Seung-Gu Yeo, Min-Jeong Kim, Dae Yong Kim, Hee Jin Chang, Min Ju Kim, Ji Yeon Baek, Sun Young Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Ji Won Park, Jae Hwan Oh

Open Access Research

The microtubule stabilizer patupilone counteracts ionizing radiation-induced matrix metalloproteinase activity and tumor cell invasion

Polina Furmanova-Hollenstein, Angela Broggini-Tenzer, Matthias Eggel, Anne-Laure Millard, Martin Pruschy

Open Access Research

Hypofractionated carbon ion therapy delivered with scanned ion beams for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma – feasibility and clinical response

Daniel Habermehl, Jürgen Debus, Tom Ganten, Maria-Katharina Ganten, Julia Bauer, Ingo C Brecht, Stephan Brons, Thomas Haberer, Martin Haertig, Oliver Jäkel, Katia Parodi, Thomas Welzel, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Optimizing image guidance frequency and implications on margins for gynecologic malignancies

Carmen Stromberger, Arne Gruen, Waldemar Wlodarczyk, Volker Budach, Christhardt Koehler, Simone Marnitz

Open Access Case report

Contribution of three-dimensional conformal intensity-modulated radiation therapy for women affected by bulky stage II supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin disease

Delphine Antoni, Shanti Natarajan-Ame, Philippe Meyer, Claudine Niederst, Khalil Bourahla, Georges Noel

Open Access Research

High dose rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for localised prostate cancer: a hypofractionated two-implant approach in 351 consecutive patients

Nikolaos Tselis, Ulf W Tunn, Georgios Chatzikonstantinou, Natasa Milickovic, Dimos Baltas, Markus Ratka, Nikolaos Zamboglou

Open Access Research

Prognostic impact of postoperative radiation in patients undergoing radical esophagectomy for pathologic lymph node positive esophageal cancer

Yaping Xu, Jinshi Liu, Xianghui Du, Xiaojiang Sun, Yuanda Zheng, Jianxiang Chen, Bo Li, Wei Liu, Hao Jiang, Weimin Mao

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: disease control and quality of life at 6 years

Alan J Katz, Michael Santoro, Fred Diblasio, Richard Ashley

Open Access Case report

Carbon-ion radiotherapy for marginal lymph node recurrences of cervical cancer after definitive radiotherapy: a case report

Tomoaki Tamaki, Tatsuya Ohno, Hiroki Kiyohara, Shin-ei Noda, Yu Ohkubo, Ken Ando, Masaru Wakatsuki, Shingo Kato, Tadashi Kamada, Takashi Nakano

Open Access Research

Feasibility and radiation induced toxicity regarding the first application of transperineal implementation of biocompatible balloon for high dose radiotherapy in patients with prostate carcinoma

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Phase II trial of preoperative radiochemotherapy with concurrent bevacizumab, capecitabine and oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

Kathrin Dellas, Thomas Höhler, Thomas Reese, Florian Würschmidt, Erik Engel, Claus Rödel, Wolfgang Wagner, Michael Richter, Dirk Arnold, Jürgen Dunst

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

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Application of failure mode and effects analysis to treatment planning in scanned proton beam radiotherapy

Marie Claire Cantone, Mario Ciocca, Francesco Dionisi, Piero Fossati, Stefano Lorentini, Marco Krengli, Silvia Molinelli, Roberto Orecchia, Marco Schwarz, Ivan Veronese, Viviana Vitolo

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Postoperative radiotherapy improves local control and survival in patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma

Philip Wong, Kathy Han, Jenna Sykes, Charles Catton, Stephane Laframboise, Anthony Fyles, Lee Manchul, Wilfred Levin, Michael Milosevic

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A phase II trial of neoadjuvant IMRT-based chemoradiotherapy followed by one cycle of capecitabine for stage II/III rectal adenocarcinoma

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

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Salivary gland-sparing other than parotid-sparing in definitive head-and-neck intensity-modulated radiotherapy does not seem to jeopardize local control

Enrique Chajon, Caroline Lafond, Guillaume Louvel, Joël Castelli, Danièle Williaume, Olivier Henry, Franck Jégoux, Elodie Vauléon, Jean-Pierre Manens, Elisabeth Le Prisé, Renaud de Crevoisier

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Variability in prostate and seminal vesicle delineations defined on magnetic resonance images, a multi-observer, -center and -sequence study

Tufve Nyholm, Joakim Jonsson, Karin Söderström, Per Bergström, Andreas Carlberg, Gunilla Frykholm, Claus F Behrens, Poul Flemming Geertsen, Redas Trepiakas, Scott Hanvey, Azmat Sadozye, Jawaher Ansari, Hazel McCallum, John Frew, Rhona McMenemin, Björn Zackrisson

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The influence of MRI scan position on patients with oropharyngeal cancer undergoing radical radiotherapy

Scott Hanvey, Mark McJury, Lye Mun Tho, Martin Glegg, Maureen Thomson, Derek Grose, Allan James, Mohammed Rizwanullah, Claire Paterson, John Foster

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Kerstin A Kessel, Daniel Habermehl, Andreas Jäger, Ralf O Floca, Lanlan Zhang, Rolf Bendl, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

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Distribution patterns of metastatic pelvic lymph nodes assessed by CT/MRI in patients with uterine cervical cancer

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Andrey Zhivov, Karsten Winter, Sabine Peschel, Oliver Stachs, Andreas Wree, Guido Hildebrandt, Rudolf Guthoff

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Accuracy of methionine-PET in predicting the efficacy of heavy-particle therapy on primary adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck

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Bree R Eaton, Brian Gebhardt, Roshan Prabhu, Hui-Kuo Shu, Walter J Curran Jr, Ian Crocker

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Clinical results of proton beam therapy for advanced neuroblastoma

Yoshiko Oshiro, Masashi Mizumoto, Toshiyuki Okumura, Shinji Sugahara, Takashi Fukushima, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Tomohei Nakao, Takayuki Hashimoto, Koji Tsuboi, Haruo Ohkawa, Michio Kaneko, Hideyuki Sakurai

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Olaf Nairz, Marcus Winter, Peter Heeg, Oliver Jäkel

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Matthias Kretschmer, Marcello Sabatino, Arne Blechschmidt, Sebastian Heyden, Bernd Grünberg, Florian Würschmidt

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Abigail T Berman, Boon-Keng Kevin Teo, Derek Dolney, Samuel Swisher-McClure, Kambiz Shahnazi, Stefan Both, Ramesh Rengan

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Christopher M Rank, Christoph Tremmel, Nora Hünemohr, Armin M Nagel, Oliver Jäkel, Steffen Greilich

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The application of PET-CT to post-mastectomy regional radiation therapy using a deformable image registration

Yu Sun Lee, Kyoung Ju Kim, Seung Do Ahn, Eun Kyung Choi, Jong Hoon Kim, Sang-wook Lee, Si Yeol Song, Sang Min Yoon, Young Seok Kim, Jin-hong Park, Byung Chul Cho, Su Ssan Kim

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Martin Niklas, Steffen Greilich, Claudius Melzig, Mark S Akselrod, Jürgen Debus, Oliver Jäkel, Amir Abdollahi

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Evangelia Katsoulakis, Stephen B Solomon, Majid Maybody, Douglas Housman, Greg Niyazov, Nadeem Riaz, Michael Lovelock, Daniel E Spratt, Joseph P Erinjeri, Raymond H Thornton, Yoshiya Yamada

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Thomas Mulliez, Bruno Speleers, Indira Madani, Werner De Gersem, Liv Veldeman, Wilfried De Neve

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Jillian Maclean, Naomi Fersht, Mausam Singhera, Paul Mulholland, Orla McKee, Neil Kitchen, Susan C Short

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Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for 136 patients with locally residual nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Correlation of dynamic changes in γ-H2AX expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes from head and neck cancer patients with radiation-induced oral mucositis

Ping Li, Cheng-run Du, Wen-cai Xu, Ze-liang Shi, Qing Zhang, Zhao-bin Li, Shen Fu

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Felix Scholtyssek, Isabella Zwiener, Annika Schlamann, Clemens Seidel, Jürgen Meixensberger, Manfred Bauer, Karl-Titus Hoffmann, Stephanie E Combs, André O von Bueren, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Klaus Müller

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The prognostic value of tumor necrosis in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases

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Michael C Stauder, Jessica W Rooney, Michelle A Neben-Wittich, Yolanda I Garces, Kenneth R Olivier

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Palliative radiotherapy in patients with a poor performance status: the palliative effect is correlated with prolongation of the survival time

Shinsaku Yamaguchi, Takayuki Ohguri, Yuichi Matsuki, Katsuya Yahara, Hiroyuki Narisada, Hajime Imada, Yukunori Korogi

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The role of IL-6 in the radiation response of prostate cancer

Chun-Te Wu, Miao-Fen Chen, Wen-Cheng Chen, Ching-Chuan Hsieh

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A prostate-specific antigen doubling time of <6 months is prognostic for metastasis and prostate cancer-specific death for patients receiving salvage radiation therapy post radical prostatectomy

William C Jackson, Skyler B Johnson, Darren Li, Corey Foster, Benjamin Foster, Yeohan Song, Matthew Schipper, Mark Shilkrut, Howard M Sandler, Todd M Morgan, Ganesh S Palapattu, Daniel A Hamstra, Felix Y Feng

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Linac based SBRT for prostate cancer in 5 fractions with VMAT and flattening filter free beams: preliminary report of a phase II study

Filippo Alongi, Luca Cozzi, Stefano Arcangeli, Cristina Iftode, Tiziana Comito, Elisa Villa, Francesca Lobefalo, Pierina Navarria, Giacomo Reggiori, Pietro Mancosu, Elena Clerici, Antonella Fogliata, Stefano Tomatis, Gianluigi Taverna, Pierpaolo Graziotti, Marta Scorsetti

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Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma with known human papillomavirus status treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy: patterns of failure and toxicity outcomes

Trevor J Bledsoe, Anisha R Noble, Grant K Hunter, Lisa A Rybicki, Aaron Hoschar, Deborah J Chute, Jerrold P Saxton, John F Greskovich, David J Adelstein, Shlomo A Koyfman

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Expression of pAkt affects p53 codon 72 polymorphism-based prediction of response to radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy with volumetric modulated arcs and the potential role of flattening filter-free beams

Mingzan Zhuang, Tuodan Zhang, Zhijian Chen, Zhixiong Lin, Derui Li, Xun Peng, Qingchun Qiu, Renhua Wu

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Can initial diagnostic PET-CT aid to localize tumor bed in breast cancer radiotherapy: feasibility study using deformable image registration

Oyeon Cho, Mison Chun, Young Taek Oh, Mi Hwa Kim, Hae Jin Park, Jae Sung Heo, O Kyu Noh

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3D-image-guided high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for salvage treatment of locally persistent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Yu Feng Ren, Xin Ping Cao, Jia Xu, Wei Jun Ye, Yuan Hong Gao, Bin S Teh, Bi Xiu Wen

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Dosimetric impact of inter-observer variability for 3D conformal radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy: the rectal tumor target definition case

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Ciprian Chira, Guila Delouya, Sandra Larrivée, Jean-Francois Carrier, Daniel Taussky

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Sana D Karam, Zachary D Horne, Robert L Hong, Don McRae, David Duhamel, Nadim M Nasr

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Automated biological target volume delineation for radiotherapy treatment planning using FDG-PET/CT

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A comparison of dosimetric parameters between tomotherapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in rectal cancer

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Improved longitudinal length accuracy of gross tumor volume delineation with diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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Secondary neutron dose measurement for proton eye treatment using an eye snout with a borated neutron absorber

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The benefit of whole brain reirradiation in patients with multiple brain metastases

Zerrin Ozgen, Beste M Atasoy, Aysegul Ucuncu Kefeli, Askin Seker, Faysal Dane, Ufuk Abacioglu

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Creation of RTOG compliant patient CT-atlases for automated atlas based contouring of local regional breast and high-risk prostate cancers

Vikram M Velker, George B Rodrigues, Robert Dinniwell, Jeremiah Hwee, Alexander V Louie

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Dosimetry in brain tumor phantom at 15 MV 3D conformal radiation therapy

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Robert W Mutter, Benjamin H Lok, Pinaki R Dutta, Nadeem Riaz, Jeremy Setton, Sean L Berry, Anuj Goenka, Zhigang Zhang, Shyam S Rao, Suzanne L Wolden, Nancy Y Lee

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Evaluation of inter-observer variability of bladder boundary delineation on cone-beam CT

Kentaro Nishioka, Shinichi Shimizu, Rumiko Kinoshita, Tetsuya Inoue, Shunsuke Onodera, Koichi Yasuda, Keiichi Harada, Yukiko Nishikawa, Rikiya Onimaru, Hiroki Shirato

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Neural stem cell sparing by linac based intensity modulated stereotactic radiotherapy in intracranial tumors

Julia Oehler, Tim Brachwitz, Thomas G Wendt, Nico Banz, Mario Walther, Tilo Wiezorek

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A retrospective analysis of the prognosis of prostate cancer patients with lymph node involvement on MR lymphography: who might be cured

Hanneke JM Meijer, Oscar A Debats, Emile NJTh van Lin, Johannes Alfred Witjes, Johannes HAM Kaanders, Jelle O Barentsz

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Clinical implications in the use of the PBC algorithm versus the AAA by comparison of different NTCP models/parameters

Antonella Bufacchi, Barbara Nardiello, Roberto Capparella, Luisa Begnozzi

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Predicted risks of radiogenic cardiac toxicity in two pediatric patients undergoing photon or proton radiotherapy

Rui Zhang, Rebecca M Howell, Kenneth Homann, Annelise Giebeler, Phillip J Taddei, Anita Mahajan, Wayne D Newhauser

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A novel implementation of mARC treatment for non-dedicated planning systems using converted IMRT plans

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Hao Wang, Jinna Li, Ang Qu, Jingjia Liu, Yong Zhao, Junjie Wang

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Sumit Sood, Andrew W Ju, Honkung Wang, Siyuan Lei, Sunghae Uhm, Guowei Zhang, Simeng Suy, John Carroll, John Lynch, Anatoly Dritschilo, Sean P Collins

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Postoperative radiotherapy for completely resected Masaoka stage III thymoma: a retrospective study of 65 cases from a single institution

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Concurrent whole brain radiotherapy and bortezomib for brain metastasis

Christopher D Lao, Judah Friedman, Christina I Tsien, Daniel P Normolle, Christopher Chapman, Yue Cao, Oliver Lee, Matt Schipper, Catherine Van Poznak, Daniel Hamstra, Theodore Lawrence, James Hayman, Bruce G Redman

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Short–term effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy on anorectal function in rectal cancer patients: a pilot study

Bong-Hyeon Kye, Hyung-Jin Kim, Jun-Gi Kim, Sung-Hwan Kim, Byoung-Yong Shim, Nan-Sook Lee, Hyeon-Min Cho

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Electrons for intraoperative radiotherapy in selected breast-cancer patients: late results of the Montpellier phase II trial

Claire Lemanski, David Azria, Sophie Gourgou-Bourgade, Norbert Ailleres, Aurelie Pastant, Philippe Rouanet, Pascal Fenoglietto, Jean-Bernard Dubois, Marian Gutowski

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Tumor volume is an independent prognostic indicator of local control in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Mei Feng, Weidong Wang, Zixuan Fan, Binyu Fu, Jie Li, Shichuan Zhang, Jinyi Lang

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Intensity modulated radiotherapy of upper abdominal malignancies: dosimetric comparison with 3D conformal radiotherapy and acute toxicity

Alaa Ahmad Nour, Aziz Alaradi, Adel Mohamed, Saleh Altuwaijri, Volker Rudat

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What does absence of lymph node in resected specimen mean after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer

Won-Suk Lee, Seok Ho Lee, Jeong-Heum Baek, Woon Kee Lee, Jung Nam Lee, Na Rae Kim, Yeon Ho Park

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Phase II randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of whole-brain irradiation with concomitant chloroquine for brain metastases

Luis L Rojas-Puentes, Marcelino Gonzalez-Pinedo, Alejando Crismatt, Alette Ortega-Gomez, Carlos Gamboa-Vignolle, Rodrigo Nuñez-Gomez, Yusmiren Dorantes-Gallareta, Claudia Arce-Salinas, Oscar Arrieta

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A randomized hypofractionation dose escalation trial for high risk prostate cancer patients: interim analysis of acute toxicity and quality of life in 124 patients

Darius Norkus, Agata Karklelyte, Benedikt Engels, Harijati Versmessen, Romas Griskevicius, Mark De Ridder, Guy Storme, Eduardas Aleknavicius, Ernestas Janulionis, Konstantinas Povilas Valuckas

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Cervical necrosis after chemoradiation for cervical cancer: case series and literature review

Ziad Simon Fawaz, Maroie Barkati, Marie-Claude Beauchemin, Philippe Sauthier, Philippe Gauthier, Thu Van Nguyen

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Paul Martin Putora, Ludwig Plasswilm, Wolf Seelentag, Johann Schiefer, Patrick Markart, Hans-Peter Schmid, Daniel Engeler

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Estimation of adequate setup margins and threshold for position errors requiring immediate attention in head and neck cancer radiotherapy based on 2D image guidance

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Jingjia Liu, Hao Wang, Ang Qu, Jinna Li, Yong Zhao, Junjie Wang

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Radiation-related quality of life parameters after targeted intraoperative radiotherapy versus whole breast radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer: results from the randomized phase III trial TARGIT-A

Grit Welzel, Angela Boch, Elena Sperk, Frank Hofmann, Uta Kraus-Tiefenbacher, Axel Gerhardt, Marc Suetterlin, Frederik Wenz

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Michael W Lee, William B Parker, Bo Xu

Open Access Short report

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Vittorio Donato, Michele Cianciulli, Sofia Fouraki, Leonardo Vigna, Alberto Rocco, Nicola Raffetto, Gianluca Bellocchi

Open Access Methodology

Multivariate normal tissue complication probability modeling of gastrointestinal toxicity after external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer

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A systematic approach to statistical analysis in dosimetry and patient-specific IMRT plan verification measurements

Songbing Qin, Miao Zhang, Sung Kim, Ting Chen, Leonard H Kim, Bruce G Haffty, Ning J Yue

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Prone versus supine position for adjuvant breast radiotherapy: a prospective study in patients with pendulous breasts

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Radiotherapy in langerhans cell histiocytosis - a rare indication in a rare disease

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Open Access Short report

Radiation testing of the AeroForm co2-based breast tissue expander implant

James L Rembert, Roxana Heitz, Adam Hoffman

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Alison Tree, Caroline Jones, Aslam Sohaib, Vincent Khoo, Nicholas van As

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Phase II clinical trial of whole-brain irradiation plus three-dimensional conformal boost with concurrent topotecan for brain metastases from lung cancer

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Hypofractionated stereotactic radiation therapy for recurrent glioblastoma: single institutional experience

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Weixu Hu, Guopei Zhu, Xiyin Guan, Xiaoshen Wang, Chaosu Hu

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Masato Abei, Toshiyuki Okumura, Kuniaki Fukuda, Takayuki Hashimoto, Masahiro Araki, Kazunori Ishige, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Ayae Kanemoto, Haruko Numajiri, Masashi Mizumoto, Takeji Sakae, Hideyuki Sakurai, Junko Zenkoh, Gerelchuluun Ariungerel, Yu Sogo, Atsuo Ito, Tadao Ohno, Koji Tsuboi

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Stereotactic body radiotherapy in the treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma in elderly patients

Carolyn H Kim, Diane C Ling, Rodney E Wegner, John C Flickinger, Dwight E Heron, Herbert Zeh, Arthur J Moser, Steven A Burton

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Urszula Jelen, Marta E Bubula, Filippo Ammazzalorso, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Uli Weber, Andrea Wittig

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Open Access Study protocol

Whole brain helical Tomotherapy with integrated boost for brain metastases in patients with malignant melanoma–a randomized trial

Henrik Hauswald, Gregor Habl, David Krug, Denise Kehle, Stephanie E Combs, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Jürgen Debus, Florian Sterzing

Open Access Methodology

Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy for postoperative recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: clinical efficacy and failure pattern

Yong Bao, ShiLiang Liu, QiChao Zhou, PeiQiang Cai, Simone Anfossi, QiaoQiao Li, YongHong Hu, MengZhong Liu, JianHua Fu, TieHua Rong, Qun Li, Hui Liu

Open Access Research

Accuracy of deformable image registration for contour propagation in adaptive lung radiotherapy

Nicholas Hardcastle, Wouter van Elmpt, Dirk De Ruysscher, Karl Bzdusek, Wolfgang A Tomé

Open Access Research

In vitro study of combined cilengitide and radiation treatment in breast cancer cell lines

Tim Lautenschlaeger, James Perry, David Peereboom, Bin Li, Ahmed Ibrahim, Alexander Huebner, Wei Meng, Julia White, Arnab Chakravarti

Open Access Research

Dose to organs at risk in the upper abdomen in patients treated with extended fields by helical tomotherapy: a dosimetric and clinical preliminary study

Sara Bresciani, Elisabetta Garibaldi, Gabriella Cattari, Angelo Maggio, Amalia Di Dia, Elena Delmastro, Domenico Gabriele, Michele Stasi, Pietro Gabriele

Open Access Research

Radiation-induced liver disease after stereotactic body radiotherapy for small hepatocellular carcinoma: clinical and dose-volumetric parameters

Jinhong Jung, Sang Min Yoon, So Yeon Kim, Byungchul Cho, Jin-hong Park, Su Ssan Kim, Si Yeol Song, Sang-wook Lee, Seung Do Ahn, Eun Kyung Choi, Jong Hoon Kim

Open Access Research

Pathologic response with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for borderline resectable and locally-advanced pancreatic cancer

Malolan S Rajagopalan, Dwight E Heron, Rodney E Wegner, Herbert J Zeh, Nathan Bahary, Alyssa M Krasinskas, Barry Lembersky, Randall Brand, A James Moser, Annette E Quinn, Steven A Burton

Open Access Research

Late term tolerance in head neck cancer patients irradiated in the IMRT era

Gabriela Studer, Claudia Linsenmeier, Oliver Riesterer, Yousef Najafi, Michelle Brown, Bita Yousefi, Marius Bredell, Gerhard Huber, Stephan Schmid, Stephan Studer, Roger Zwahlen, Tamara Rordorf, Christoph Glanzmann

Open Access Research

Boron neutron capture therapy induces cell cycle arrest and cell apoptosis of glioma stem/progenitor cells in vitro

Ting Sun, Zizhu Zhang, Bin Li, Guilin Chen, Xueshun Xie, Yongxin Wei, Jie Wu, Youxin Zhou, Ziwei Du

Open Access Research

The stability of osseous metastases of the spine in lung cancer – a retrospective analysis of 338 cases

Harald Rief, Marc Bischof, Thomas Bruckner, Thomas Welzel, Vasileios Askoxylakis, Stefan Rieken, Katja Lindel, Stephanie Combs, Jürgen Debus

Open Access Research

Comparison of two preoperative chemoradiotherapy regimens for locally advanced rectal cancer: capecitabine alone versus capecitabine plus irinotecan

Sung Uk Lee, Dae Yong Kim, Sun Young Kim, Ji Yeon Baek, Hee Jin Chang, Min Ju Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Ji Won Park, Jae Hwan Oh

Open Access Research

Comparison of the effects of photon versus carbon ion irradiation when combined with chemotherapy in vitro

Fabian Schlaich, Stephan Brons, Thomas Haberer, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs, Klaus Josef Weber

Open Access Research

Long-term effects on carotid intima-media thickness after radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Tai Lin Huang, Hsuan Chih Hsu, Hui Chun Chen, Hsin Ching Lin, Chih Yen Chien, Fu Min Fang, Chih Cheng Huang, Hsueh Wen Chang, Wen Neng Chang, Chi Ren Huang, Nai Wen Tsai, Chia Te Kung, Hung Chen Wang, Wei Che Lin, Ben Chung Cheng, Yu Jih Su, Ya Ting Chang, Chuang Rung Chang, Teng Yeow Tan, Cheng Hsien Lu

Open Access Research

Dose escalation to high-risk sub-volumes based on non-invasive imaging of hypoxia and glycolytic activity in canine solid tumors: a feasibility study

Malene M Clausen, Anders E Hansen, Per Munck af Rosenschold, Andreas Kjær, Annemarie T Kristensen, Fintan J McEvoy, Svend A Engelholm

Open Access Research

Comparing treatment outcomes of different chemotherapy sequences during intensity modulated radiotherapy for advanced N-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

Xueming Sun, Lei Zeng, Chunyan Chen, Ying Huang, Fei Han, Weiwei Xiao, Shuai Liu, Taixiang Lu

Open Access Research

Adjuvant radiotherapy of regional lymph nodes in breast cancer - a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Wilfried Budach, Kai Kammers, Edwin Boelke, Christiane Matuschek

Open Access Research

Re-irradiation of spinal column metastases by IMRT: impact of setup errors on the dose distribution

Christian Gröger, Matthias G Hautmann, Rainer Loeschel, Natalia Repp, Oliver Kölbl, Barbara Dobler

Open Access Research

Measurement of skin and target dose in post-mastectomy radiotherapy using 4 and 6 MV photon beams

Melanie Fischbach, Roger A Hälg, Matthias Hartmann, Jürgen Besserer, Günther Gruber, Uwe Schneider

Open Access Research

Low rate of lymphedema after extended pelvic lymphadenectomy followed by pelvic irradiation of node-positive prostate cancer

Elisabeth Rasmusson, Adalsteinn Gunnlaugsson, René Blom, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Per Nilsson, Göran Ahlgen, Charlotta Jönsson, Karin Johansson, Elisabeth Kjellén

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung malignancies: preliminary toxicity results using a flattening filter-free linear accelerator operating at 2400 monitor units per minute

Brendan M Prendergast, Michael C Dobelbower, James A Bonner, Richard A Popple, Craig J Baden, Douglas J Minnich, Robert J Cerfolio, Sharon A Spencer, John B Fiveash

Open Access Research

Hepatic arterial phase and portal venous phase computed tomography for dose calculation of stereotactic body radiation therapy plans in liver cancer: a dosimetric comparison study

Jianghong Xiao, Yan Li, Qingfeng Jiang, Lan Sun, Fraser Henderson Jr, Yongsheng Wang, Xiaoqin Jiang, Guangjun Li, Nianyong Chen

Open Access Research

External beam radiation therapy for locally advanced and metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors

John J Cuaron, Karyn A Goodman, Nancy Lee, Abraham J Wu

Open Access Research

Prognostic factors in nasopharyngeal carcinoma with synchronous liver metastasis: a retrospective study for the management of treatment

Yun-Ming Tian, Lei Zeng, Feng-Hua Wang, Shuai Liu, Ying Guan, Tai-Xiang Lu, Fei Han

Open Access Research

Dose-escalated salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy in high risk prostate cancer patients without hormone therapy: outcome, prognostic factors and late toxicity

Mohamed Shelan, Yasser Abo-Madyan, Grit Welzel, Christian Bolenz, Julia Kosakowski, Nadim Behnam, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr

Open Access Research

A modified VMAT adaptive radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer patients based on CT-CT image fusion

Xiance Jin, Ce Han, Yongqiang Zhou, Jinling Yi, Huawei Yan, Congying Xie

Open Access Research

Restaging locally advanced rectal cancer by different imaging modalities after preoperative chemoradiation: a comparative study

Ram Dickman, Yulia Kundel, Rachel Levy-Drummer, Ofer Purim, Nir Wasserberg, Eyal Fenig, Aaron Sulkes, Baruch Brenner

Open Access Research

Improvement of therapeutic index for brain tumors with daily image guidance

Lisa BE Shields, James M Coons, Catherine Dedich, Maria Ragains, Kristi Scalf, Todd W Vitaz, Aaron C Spalding

Open Access Research

CBCT-based volumetric and dosimetric variation evaluation of volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy in the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer patients

Xiance Jin, Weigang Hu, Haijiao Shang, Ce Han, Jinling Yi, Yongqiang Zhou, Congying Xie

Open Access Research

Analysis of equivalent uniform dose (EUD) and conventional radiation treatment parameters after primary and re-irradiation of malignant glioma

Maximilian Niyazi, Ivan Karin, Matthias Söhn, Silke B Nachbichler, Peter Lang, Claus Belka, Ute Ganswindt

Open Access Research

Outcomes of concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced-stage unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Young-Il Kim, Joong-Won Park, Bo Hyun Kim, Sang Myung Woo, Tae Hyun Kim, Young Hwan Koh, Woo Jin Lee, Chang-Min Kim

Open Access Methodology

Multiple comparisons permutation test for image based data mining in radiotherapy

Chun Chen, Marnix Witte, Wilma Heemsbergen, Marcel van Herk

Open Access Methodology

Comparison of proton therapy techniques for treatment of the whole brain as a component of craniospinal radiation

Jeffrey Dinh, Joshua Stoker, Rola H Georges, Narayan Sahoo, X Ronald Zhu, Smruti Rath, Anita Mahajan, David R Grosshans

Open Access Research

Changes in circulating microRNAs after radiochemotherapy in head and neck cancer patients

Isolde Summerer, Maximilian Niyazi, Kristian Unger, Adriana Pitea, Verena Zangen, Julia Hess, Michael J Atkinson, Claus Belka, Simone Moertl, Horst Zitzelsberger

Open Access Research

Reduced lung dose during radiotherapy for thoracic esophageal carcinoma: VMAT combined with active breathing control for moderate DIBH

Guanzhong Gong, Ruozheng Wang, Yujie Guo, Deyin Zhai, Tonghai Liu, Jie Lu, Jinhu Chen, Chengxin Liu, Yong Yin

Open Access Research

Evaluation and comparison of New 4DCT based strategies for proton treatment planning for lung tumors

Ning Wang, Baldev Patyal, Abiel Ghebremedhin, David Bush

Open Access Research

Neurological outcome after emergency radiotherapy in MSCC of patients with non-small cell lung cancer - a prospective trial

Harald Rief, Rita C Heinhold, Lina C Petersen, Stefan Rieken, Thomas Bruckner, Arash Moghaddam-Alvandi, Jürgen Debus, Florian Sterzing

Open Access Research

Is adjuvant radiotherapy warranted in resected pT1-2 node-positive rectal cancer?

Junjie Peng, Xinxiang Li, Ying Ding, Debing Shi, Hongbin Wu, Sanjun Cai

Open Access Research

Outcomes of high-dose intensity-modulated radiotherapy alone with 1 cm planning target volume posterior margin for localized prostate cancer

Rafael Gadia, Élton T Leite, Flavia G Gabrielli, Gustavo N Marta, Fernando F Arruda, Carlos V Abreu, Samir A Hanna, Cecilia K Haddad, João F Silva, Heloisa A Carvalho, Bernardo Garicochea

Open Access Research

Intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT) in patients with locally recurrent renal cell carcinoma

Gregor Habl, Matthias Uhl, Frank Hensley, Sascha Pahernik, Juergen Debus, Falk Röder

Open Access Research

Livin expression is an independent factor in rectal cancer patients with or without preoperative radiotherapy

Zhen-Yu Ding, Hong Zhang, Gunnar Adell, Birgit Olsson, Xiao-Feng Sun

Open Access Research

Sonoporation as an enhancing method for boron neutron capture therapy for squamous cell carcinomas

Naofumi Yamatomo, Takaki Iwagami, Itsuro Kato, Shin-Ichiro Masunaga, Yoshinori Sakurai, Soichi Iwai, Mitsuhiro Nakazawa, Koji Ono, Yoshiaki Yura

Open Access Research

Towards automated on-line adaptation of 2-Step IMRT plans: QUASIMODO phantom and prostate cancer cases

Kostyantyn Holubyev, Klaus Bratengeier, Mark Gainey, Bülent Polat, Michael Flentje

Open Access Research

In vitro irradiation system for radiobiological experiments

Anna Tesei, Anna Sarnelli, Chiara Arienti, Enrico Menghi, Laura Medri, Elisa Gabucci, Sara Pignatta, Mirella Falconi, Rosella Silvestrini, Wainer Zoli, Vincenzo D’Errico, Antonino Romeo, Elisabetta Parisi, Rolando Polico

Open Access Research

Potency preservation following stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Olusola Obayomi-Davies, Leonard N Chen, Aditi Bhagat, Henry C Wright, Sunghae Uhm, Joy S Kim, Thomas M Yung, Siyuan Lei, Gerald P Batipps, John Pahira, Kevin G McGeagh, Brian T Collins, Keith Kowalczyk, Gaurav Bandi, Deepak Kumar, Simeng Suy, Anatoly Dritschilo, John H Lynch, Sean P Collins

Open Access Research

Assessment of organ dose reduction and secondary cancer risk associated with the use of proton beam therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy in treatment of neuroblastomas

Hiroshi Fuji, Uwe Schneider, Yuji Ishida, Masahiro Konno, Haruo Yamashita, Yuki Kase, Shigeyuki Murayama, Tsuyoshi Onoe, Hirofumi Ogawa, Hideyuki Harada, Hirofumi Asakura, Tetsuo Nishimura

Open Access Research

HIV-TAT mediated protein transduction of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) protects skin cells from ionizing radiation

Qing Gu, Tienan Feng, Han Cao, Yiting Tang, Xin Ge, Judong Luo, Jiao Xue, Jinyong Wu, Hongying Yang, Shuyu Zhang, Jianping Cao

Open Access Short report

Expression of the senescence marker p16INK4a in skin biopsies of acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors: a pilot study

Sophie Marcoux, Oanh NL Le, Chloé Langlois-Pelletier, Caroline Laverdière, Afshin Hatami, Philippe Robaey, Christian M Beauséjour

Open Access Case report

Long term control of a maxillary sinus mucoepidermoid carcinoma with low dose radiation therapy: a case report

Horia Vulpe, Meredith Giuliani, David Goldstein, Bayardo Perez-Ordonez, Laura A Dawson, Andrew Hope

Open Access Research

High-dose stereotactic body radiotherapy correlates increased local control and overall survival in patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma

Won Il Jang, Mi-Sook Kim, Sun Hyun Bae, Chul Koo Cho, Hyung Jun Yoo, Young Seok Seo, Jin-Kyu Kang, So Young Kim, Dong Han Lee, Chul Ju Han, Jin Kim, Su Cheol Park, Sang Bum Kim, Eung-Ho Cho, Young Han Kim

Open Access Research

An analysis of respiratory induced kidney motion on four-dimensional computed tomography and its implications for stereotactic kidney radiotherapy

Shankar Siva, Daniel Pham, Suki Gill, Mathias Bressel, Kim Dang, Thomas Devereux, Tomas Kron, Farshad Foroudi

Open Access Research

Clinicopathologic features and responses to radiotherapy of myeloid sarcoma

Wan-Yu Chen, Chun-Wei Wang, Chin-Hao Chang, Heng-Hsiu Liu, Keng-Hsueh Lan, Jih-Luh Tang, Hwei-Fang Tien, Sung-Hsin Kuo, Ann-Lii Cheng

Open Access Research

Dosimetric effect of CT contrast agent in CyberKnife treatment plans

Hee Jung Kim, Ah Ram Chang, Yang-Kyun Park, Sung-Joon Ye

Open Access Research

MiR-34a is up-regulated in response to low dose, low energy X-ray induced DNA damage in breast cells

Luiza Stankevicins, Ana Paula Almeida da Silva, Flavia Ventura dos Passos, Evelin dos Santos Ferreira, Maria Cecilia Menks Ribeiro, Mariano G David, Evandro J Pires, Samara Cristina Ferreira-Machado, Yegor Vassetzky, Carlos Eduardo de Almeida, Claudia Vitoria de Moura Gallo

Open Access Research

Clinical evaluation of multi-atlas based segmentation of lymph node regions in head and neck and prostate cancer patients

Carl Sjöberg, Martin Lundmark, Christoffer Granberg, Silvia Johansson, Anders Ahnesjö, Anders Montelius

Open Access Research

Detection of interfraction displacement and volume variance during radiotherapy of primary thoracic esophageal cancer based on repeated four-dimensional CT scans

Jin Zhi Wang, Jian Bin Li, Wei Wang, Huan Peng Qi, Zhi Fang Ma, Ying Jie Zhang, Ting Yong Fan, Qian Shao, Min Xu

Open Access Methodology

The RSSearch™ Registry: patterns of care and outcomes research on patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy

Joanne N Davis, Clinton Medbery III, Sanjeev Sharma, Adnan Danish, Anand Mahadevan