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Radiation Oncology

Issue 1/2022

Content (219 Articles)

Open Access Radiotherapy Short report

A pilot study of machine-learning based automated planning for primary brain tumours

Derek S. Tsang, Grace Tsui, Chris McIntosh, Thomas Purdie, Glenn Bauman, Hitesh Dama, Normand Laperriere, Barbara-Ann Millar, David B. Shultz, Sameera Ahmed, Mohammad Khandwala, David C. Hodgson

Open Access Dyspnea Research

An algorithm for thoracic re-irradiation using biologically effective dose: a common language on how to treat in a “no-treat zone”

Eric D. Brooks, Xiaochun Wang, Brian De, Vivek Verma, Tyler D. Williamson, Rachel Hunter, Abdallah S. R. Mohamed, Matthew S. Ning, Xiaodong Zhang, Joe Y. Chang

Open Access Research

Lung stereotactic body radiation therapy: personalized PTV margins according to tumor location and number of four-dimensional CT scans

Pierre Trémolières, Ana Gonzalez-Moya, Amaury Paumier, Martine Mege, Julien Blanchecotte, Christelle Theotime, Damien Autret, Stéphane Dufreneix

Open Access Cervical Cancer Research

Prognostic value of tumor measurement parameters and SCC-Ag changes in patients with locally-advanced cervical cancer

Wenjuan Chen, Siyi Xiu, Xingyun Xie, Huiming Guo, Yuanji Xu, Penggang Bai, Xiaoyi Xia

Open Access NSCLC Research

Predicting factors of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis induced by durvalumab following concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Hiroshi Mayahara, Kazuyuki Uehara, Aya Harada, Keiji Kitatani, Tomonori Yabuuchi, Shuichirou Miyazaki, Takeaki Ishihara, Hiroki Kawaguchi, Hikaru Kubota, Hideaki Okada, Taira Ninomaru, Chihiro Shindo, Akito Hata

Open Access Brachytherapy Research

MR-guided SBRT boost for patients with locally advanced or recurrent gynecological cancers ineligible for brachytherapy: feasibility and early clinical experience

Indrawati Hadi, Chukwuka Eze, Stephan Schönecker, Rieke von Bestenbostel, Paul Rogowski, Lukas Nierer, Raphael Bodensohn, Michael Reiner, Guillaume Landry, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi, Stefanie Corradini

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Safety of accelerated hypofractionated whole pelvis radiation therapy prior to high dose rate brachytherapy or stereotactic body radiation therapy prostate boost

Christina Phuong, Jason W. Chan, Lisa Ni, Phillip Wall, Osama Mohamad, Anthony C. Wong, I.-Chow Hsu, Albert J. Chang

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Irradiation-induced nasopharyngeal necrosis (INN) in newly diagnosed nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy: clinical characteristics and the influence of treatment strategies

Yi Xu, Yang Liu, Zekun Wang, Jingbo Wang, Jianghu Zhang, Xuesong Chen, Runye Wu, Qingfeng Liu, Yuan Qu, Kai Wang, Xiaodong Huang, Jingwei Luo, Li Gao, Guozhen Xu, Ye Zhang, Junlin Yi

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Molecular features of glioblastomas in long-term survivors compared to short-term survivors—a matched-pair analysis

Vivien N. Sommerlath, Daniel Buergy, Nima Etminan, Stefanie Brehmer, David Reuss, Gustavo R. Sarria, Marie-Christin Guiot, Daniel Hänggi, Frederik Wenz, Kevin Petrecca, Frank A. Giordano

Open Access Brachytherapy Case report

Monte Carlo simulation of tilted contact plaque brachytherapy placement for juxtapapillary retinoblastoma

Satoshi Nakamura, Naoya Murakami, Shigenobu Suzuki, Kimiteru Ito, Mihiro Takemori, Hiroki Nakayama, Keita Kaga, Takahito Chiba, Kotaro Iijima, Kana Takahashi, Tomonori Goka, Jun Itami, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Hiroshi Igaki

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Differential effects of radiation fractionation regimens on glioblastoma

Kelly J. McKelvey, Amanda L. Hudson, Heather Donaghy, Shihani P. Stoner, Helen R. Wheeler, Connie I. Diakos, Viive M. Howell

Open Access Radiotherapy Study protocol

MR-guided adaptive stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) of primary tumor for pain control in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC): an open randomized, multicentric, parallel group clinical trial (MASPAC)

M. Pavic, M. Niyazi, L. Wilke, S. Corradini, M. Vornhülz, U. Mansmann, A. Al Tawil, R. Fritsch, J. Hörner-Rieber, J. Debus, M. Guckenberger, C. Belka, J. Mayerle, G. Beyer

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Radiotherapy treatment modification for prostate cancer patients based on PSMA-PET/CT

Vasileios Karagiannis, Viktor Wichmann, Juha Saarinen, Natalja Eigeliene, Heidi Andersen, Antti Jekunen

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Dosimetric evaluation of photons versus protons in postmastectomy planning for ultrahypofractionated breast radiotherapy

Puntiwa Oonsiri, Chonnipa Nantavithya, Chawalit Lertbutsayanukul, Thanaporn Sarsitthithum, Mananchaya Vimolnoch, Tanawat Tawonwong, Kitwadee Saksornchai

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Dosimetric impact of deep learning-based CT auto-segmentation on radiation therapy treatment planning for prostate cancer

Maria Kawula, Dinu Purice, Minglun Li, Gerome Vivar, Seyed-Ahmad Ahmadi, Katia Parodi, Claus Belka, Guillaume Landry, Christopher Kurz

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Assessment and validation of the internal gross tumour volume of gastroesophageal junction cancer during simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy

Jinming Shi, Yuan Tang, Ning Li, Yongwen Song, Shulian Wang, Yueping Liu, Hui Fang, Ningning Lu, Yu Tang, Shunan Qi, Bo Chen, Yexiong Li, Wenyang Liu, Jing Jin

Open Access Pediatrics Research

How can we consider variable RBE and LETd prediction during clinical practice? A pediatric case report at the Normandy Proton Therapy Centre using an independent dose engine

Stewart Mein, Benedikt Kopp, Anthony Vela, Pauline Dutheil, Paul Lesueur, Dinu Stefan, Jürgen Debus, Thomas Haberer, Amir Abdollahi, Andrea Mairani, Thomas Tessonnier

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Clinical evaluation of two AI models for automated breast cancer plan generation

Esther Kneepkens, Nienke Bakx, Maurice van der Sangen, Jacqueline Theuws, Peter-Paul van der Toorn, Dorien Rijkaart, Jorien van der Leer, Thérèse van Nunen, Els Hagelaar, Hanneke Bluemink, Coen Hurkmans

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Comparison of the distribution of lymph node metastases compared to healthy lymph nodes in breast cancer

Kai J. Borm, Lucia Ernst, Julia Voppichler, Markus Oechsner, Mathias Düsberg, Gabriel Buschner, Wolfgang Weber, Stephanie E. Combs, Marciana N. Duma

Open Access Research

Deep learning tools for the cancer clinic: an open-source framework with head and neck contour validation

John C. Asbach, Anurag K. Singh, L. Shawn Matott, Anh H. Le

Open Access Computed Tomography Short report

PET/CT-based adaptive radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer in multicenter yDEGRO ARO 2017-01 cohort study

Matthias Mäurer, Lukas Käsmann, Daniel F. Fleischmann, Michael Oertel, Danny Jazmati, Daniel Medenwald

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Patient-related risk factors for late rectal bleeding after hypofractionated radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Tae Gyu Kim, Byungdo Park, Yun Gyu Song, Hyoun Wook Lee, Tae Hee Oh, Dong-Soo Ryu, Seung Chan Jeong, Daehyeon Cho, Jieun Oh, Kwang Min Kim, Jung Won Lee, Hyoun Soo Lee, Sung Min Kong, Jun Young Kim, Haeyoung Kim

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Factors associated with long-term survival in gemcitabine-concurrent proton radiotherapy for non-metastatic locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Yuta Ogura, Kazuki Terashima, Yoshihide Nanno, SungChul Park, Masaki Suga, Daiki Takahashi, Yoshiro Matsuo, Nor Shazrina Sulaiman, Sunao Tokumaru, Tomoaki Okimoto, Hirochika Toyama, Takumi Fukumoto

Mastectomy Research

Adjuvant postmastectomy radiotherapy might be associated with better survival in women with heart failure receiving total mastectomy

Jiaqiang Zhang, Shao-Yin Sum, Jeng-Guan Hsu, Ming-Feng Chiang, Tian-Shyug Lee, Szu-Yuan Wu

Open Access Cervical Cancer Research

Hypofractionated radiation leads to more rapid bleeding cessation in women with vaginal bleeding secondary to gynecologic malignancy

Luke A. Moradi, Craig S. Schneider, Alok S. Deshane, Richard A. Popple, Robert Y. Kim, Samuel R. Marcrom

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Preoperative spirometry and BMI in deep inspiration breath-hold radiotherapy: the early detection of cardiac and lung dose predictors without radiation exposure

Yutaro Koide, Hidetoshi Shimizu, Takahiro Aoyama, Tomoki Kitagawa, Risei Miyauchi, Yui Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Takeshi Kodaira

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Response assessment after stereotactic body radiation therapy for spine and non-spine bone metastases: results from a single institutional study

Dora Correia, Barbara Moullet, Jennifer Cullmann, Rafael Heiss, Ekin Ermiş, Daniel M. Aebersold, Hossein Hemmatazad

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) to dominant intra-prostatic lesions during extreme hypofractionation for prostate cancer: the impact of rectal spacers

Sarah O. S. Osman, Ciaran Fairmichael, Glenn Whitten, Gavin S. Lundy, Rachel Wesselman, Melissa LaBonte Wilson, Alan R. Hounsell, Kevin M. Prise, Denise Irvine, Conor K. McGarry, Suneil Jain

Open Access Research

Generation of ozone during irradiation using medical linear accelerators: an experimental study

N. Hara, J. Oobuchi, A. Isobe, S. Sugimoto, J. Takatsu, K. Sasai

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

A prospective comparison of adaptive and fixed boost plans in radiotherapy for glioblastoma

Tomohiko Matsuyama, Yoshiyuki Fukugawa, Junichiro Kuroda, Ryo Toya, Takahiro Watakabe, Tadashi Matsumoto, Natsuo Oya

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Development of AI-driven prediction models to realize real-time tumor tracking during radiotherapy

Dejun Zhou, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Nobutaka Mukumoto, Hiroaki Tanabe, Yusuke Iizuka, Michio Yoshimura, Masaki Kokubo, Yukinori Matsuo, Takashi Mizowaki

Open Access NSCLC Short report

MR-guided radiotherapy in node-positive non-small cell lung cancer and severely limited pulmonary reserve: a report proposing a new clinical pathway for the management of high-risk patients

Chukwuka Eze, Elia Lombardo, Lukas Nierer, Yuqing Xiong, Maximilian Niyazi, Claus Belka, Farkhad Manapov, Stefanie Corradini

Open Access Nutrition Research

Establishment of prognostic models for adenocarcinoma of oesophagogastric junction patients with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a real-world study

Rongxu Du, Jiao Ming, Jianhao Geng, Xianggao Zhu, Yangzi Zhang, Shuai Li, Zhiyan Liu, Hongzhi Wang, Zhilong Wang, Lei Tang, Xiaotian Zhang, Aiwen Wu, Zhaode Bu, Yan Yan, Zhongwu Li, Yongheng Li, Ziyu Li, Weihu Wang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Postoperative lymphatic recurrence distribution and delineation of the radiation field in lower thoracic squamous cell esophageal carcinomas: a real-world study

Rongxu Du, Songqing Fan, Xiaobin Wang, Xia Hou, Cheng Zeng, Dan Guo, Rongrong Tian, Dan Yang, Leilei Jiang, Xin Dong, Rong Yu, Huiming Yu, Dongming Li, Shuchai Zhu, Jie Li, Anhui Shi

Open Access Anal Cancer Case report

Photobiomodulation as a treatment for dermatitis caused by chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell anal carcinoma: case report and literature review

Fabiana Hottz, Daniel Herchenhorn, Juliana Lenzi, Juliana Andrade, Vinicius Freire, Pedro Pinho

Open Access Research

Quantification of biological range uncertainties in patients treated at the Krakow proton therapy centre

Magdalena Garbacz, Jan Gajewski, Marco Durante, Kamil Kisielewicz, Nils Krah, Renata Kopeć, Paweł Olko, Vincenzo Patera, Ilaria Rinaldi, Marzena Rydygier, Angelo Schiavi, Emanuele Scifoni, Tomasz Skóra, Agata Skrzypek, Francesco Tommasino, Antoni Rucinski

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Characteristics of locoregional extension of unilateral nasopharyngeal carcinoma and suggestions for clinical target volume delineation

Zheng Wu, Lin Zhang, Qian He, Feiping Li, Hongzhi Ma, Yujuan Zhou, Hui Wang, Yaqian Han

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Dosimetric benefit of MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy in different tumor entities: liver, lung, abdominal lymph nodes, pancreas and prostate

Lukas Nierer, Chukwuka Eze, Vanessa da Silva Mendes, Juliane Braun, Patrick Thum, Rieke von Bestenbostel, Christopher Kurz, Guillaume Landry, Michael Reiner, Maximilian Niyazi, Claus Belka, Stefanie Corradini

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Validation of an MRI-only planning workflow for definitive pelvic radiotherapy

Laura M. O’Connor, Jason A. Dowling, Jae Hyuk Choi, Jarad Martin, Helen Warren-Forward, Haylea Richardson, Leah Best, Kate Skehan, Mahesh Kumar, Geetha Govindarajulu, Swetha Sridharan, Peter B. Greer

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Outcomes of proton therapy for non-small cell lung cancer in patients with interstitial pneumonia

Shingo Hashimoto, Hiromitsu Iwata, Yukiko Hattori, Koichiro Nakajima, Kento Nomura, Kensuke Hayashi, Toshiyuki Toshito, Eiko Yamamori, Kenji Akita, Jun-etsu Mizoe, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yuta Shibamoto

Open Access Thyrotoxicosis Research

Predictors of radiation-induced hypothyroidism in nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors after intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Ruiping Zhai, Yingchen Lyu, Mengshan Ni, Fangfang Kong, Chengrun Du, Chaosu Hu, Hongmei Ying

Open Access Seminoma Research

Chemoradiotherapy is an alternative choice for patients with primary mediastinal seminoma

Yirui Zhai, Bo Chen, Xiaoli Feng, Kan Liu, Shulian Wang, Zhouguang Hui, Qinfu Feng, Junling Li, Zefen Xiao, Jima Lv, Yushun Gao, Yueping Liu, Hui Fang, Jianyang Wang, Lei Deng, Wenyang Liu, Wenqing Wang, Zongmei Zhou, Ye-Xiong Li

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study Protocol

MR-guided adaptive versus ITV-based stereotactic body radiotherapy for hepatic metastases (MAESTRO): a randomized controlled phase II trial

P. Hoegen, K. S. Zhang, E. Tonndorf-Martini, F. Weykamp, S. Regnery, P. Naumann, K. Lang, J. Ristau, S. A. Körber, C. Dreher, C. Buchele, C. Rippke, C. K. Renkamp, K. M. Paul, L. König, C. Büsch, J. Krisam, O. Sedlaczek, H.-P. Schlemmer, M. Niyazi, S. Corradini, J. Debus, S. Klüter, J. Hörner-Rieber

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Evaluating the impact of possible interobserver variability in CBCT-based soft-tissue matching using TCP/NTCP models for prostate cancer radiotherapy

Xiangbin Zhang, Xin Wang, Xiaoyu Li, Li Zhou, Shihong Nie, Changhu Li, Xuetao Wang, Guyu Dai, Zhonghua Deng, Renming Zhong

Open Access Radiotherapy Review

The roles of CC chemokines in response to radiation

Lei Wang, Jizong Jiang, Yuan Chen, Qingzhu Jia, Qian Chu

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Dosimetric feasibility of moderately hypofractionated/dose escalated radiation therapy for localised prostate cancer with intensity-modulated proton beam therapy using simultaneous integrated boost (SIB-IMPT) and impact of hydrogel prostate-rectum spacer

Dalia Ahmad Khalil, Danny Jazmati, Dirk Geismar, Jörg Wulff, Christian Bäumer, Paul Heinz Kramer, Theresa Steinmeier, Stefanie Schulze Schleitthoff, Sandija Plaude, Martin Bischoff, Stephan Tschirdewahn, Boris Hadaschik, Beate Timmermann

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Explainable AI for CNN-based prostate tumor segmentation in multi-parametric MRI correlated to whole mount histopathology

Deepa Darshini Gunashekar, Lars Bielak, Leonard Hägele, Benedict Oerther, Matthias Benndorf, Anca-L. Grosu, Thomas Brox, Constantinos Zamboglou, Michael Bock

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer without treatment planning MRI

Katherine Amarell, Anna Jaysing, Christopher Mendez, Jonathan A. Haas, Seth R. Blacksburg, Aaron E. Katz, Astrid Sanchez, Angela Tong, Todd Carpenter, Matthew Witten, Sean P. Collins, Jonathan W. Lischalk

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

A phase II trial of stereotactic body radiotherapy in 4 fractions for patients with localized prostate cancer

S. Kawakami, H. Tsumura, T. Satoh, K. Tabata, A. Sekiguchi, T. Kainuma, M. Nakano, M. Iwamura, H. Ishiyama

Open Access osteosarcoma Case Report

Long-term survival of two patients with inoperable post-irradiation osteosarcoma treated with carbon-ion radiotherapy: a case report

Shintaro Shiba, Masahiko Okamoto, Takashi Yanagawa, Isaku Kohama, Kei Shibuya, Shohei Okazaki, Yuhei Miyasaka, Hirotaka Chikuda, Tatsuya Ohno

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

A cycle generative adversarial network for improving the quality of four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography images

Keisuke Usui, Koichi Ogawa, Masami Goto, Yasuaki Sakano, Shinsuke Kyougoku, Hiroyuki Daida

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Direct comparison of low-dose-rate brachytherapy versus radical prostatectomy using the surgical definition of biochemical recurrence for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Hideyasu Tsumura, Nobumichi Tanaka, Tomohiko Oguchi, Takuya Owari, Yasushi Nakai, Isao Asakawa, Kazuyoshi Iijima, Haruaki Kato, Iwao Hashida, Ken-ichi Tabata, Takefumi Satoh, Hiromichi Ishiyama

Ganetespib selectively sensitizes cancer cells for proximal and distal spread-out Bragg peak proton irradiation

Simon Deycmar, Elisabeth Mara, Sylvia Kerschbaum-Gruber, Verena Waller, Dietmar Georg, Martin Pruschy

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Transparency in quality of radiotherapy for breast cancer in the Netherlands: a national registration of radiotherapy-parameters

Nansi Maliko, Marcel R. Stam, Liesbeth J. Boersma, Marie-Jeanne T. F. D. Vrancken Peeters, Michel W. J. M. Wouters, Eline KleinJan, Maurice Mulder, Marion Essers, Coen W. Hurkmans, Nina Bijker

Open Access NSCLC Research

Predicting 2-year survival in stage I-III non-small cell lung cancer: the development and validation of a scoring system from an Australian cohort

Natalie Si-Yi Lee, Jesmin Shafiq, Matthew Field, Caroline Fiddler, Suganthy Varadarajan, Senthilkumar Gandhidasan, Eric Hau, Shalini Kavita Vinod

Open Access Prostate Cancer Study Protocol

Stereotactic MRI-guided radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer (SMILE): a prospective, multicentric phase-II-trial

J. Ristau, J. Hörner-Rieber, C. Buchele, S. Klüter, C. Jäkel, L. Baumann, N. Andratschke, H. Garcia Schüler, M. Guckenberger, M. Li, M. Niyazi, C. Belka, K. Herfarth, J. Debus, S. A. Koerber

Open Access Laser Research

Development of a portable hypoxia chamber for ultra-high dose rate laser-driven proton radiobiology applications

Pankaj Chaudhary, Deborah C. Gwynne, Boris Odlozilik, Aaron McMurray, Giuliana Milluzzo, Carla Maiorino, Domenico Doria, Hamad Ahmed, Lorenzo Romagnani, Aaron Alejo, Hersimerjit Padda, James Green, David Carroll, Nicola Booth, Paul McKenna, Satyabrata Kar, Giada Petringa, Roberto Catalano, Francesco P. Cammarata, Giuseppe A. P. Cirrone, Stephen J. McMahon, Kevin M. Prise, Marco Borghesi

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Applicability of a pathological complete response magnetic resonance-based radiomics model for locally advanced rectal cancer in intercontinental cohort

Luca Boldrini, Jacopo Lenkowicz, Lucia Clara Orlandini, Gang Yin, Davide Cusumano, Giuditta Chiloiro, Nicola Dinapoli, Qian Peng, Calogero Casà, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Vincenzo Valentini, Jinyi Lang

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Integrative analysis of therapy resistance and transcriptomic profiling data in glioblastoma cells identifies sensitization vulnerabilities for combined modality radiochemotherapy

Leon Emanuel Schnöller, Valerie Albrecht, Nikko Brix, Alexander Edward Nieto, Daniel Felix Fleischmann, Maximilian Niyazi, Julia Hess, Claus Belka, Kristian Unger, Kirsten Lauber, Michael Orth

Open Access Hyperpigmentation Research

Favorable safety profile of moderate hypofractionated over normofractionated radiotherapy in breast cancer patients: a multicentric prospective real-life data farming analysis

Irfane Issoufaly, Claire Petit, Sébastien Guihard, Rémi Eugène, Loic Jung, Jean Baptiste Clavier, Stéphanie Servagi Vernat, Sara Bellefqih, Benjamin Verret, Naïma Bonnet, Éric Deutsch, Sofia Rivera

Open Access Anal Cancer Research

Treatment results for patients with squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus, a single institution retrospective analysis

Karen J. Neelis, Django M. Kip, Frank M. Speetjens, Yvette M. van der Linden

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Applying pytorch toolkit to plan optimization for circular cone based robotic radiotherapy

Bin Liang, Ran Wei, Jianghu Zhang, Yongbao Li, Tao Yang, Shouping Xu, Ke Zhang, Wenlong Xia, Bin Guo, Bo Liu, Fugen Zhou, Qiuwen Wu, Jianrong Dai

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Synthetic contrast-enhanced computed tomography generation using a deep convolutional neural network for cardiac substructure delineation in breast cancer radiation therapy: a feasibility study

Jaehee Chun, Jee Suk Chang, Caleb Oh, InKyung Park, Min Seo Choi, Chae-Seon Hong, Hojin Kim, Gowoon Yang, Jin Young Moon, Seung Yeun Chung, Young Joo Suh, Jin Sung Kim

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Simulation CT-based radiomics for prediction of response after neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

Pierluigi Bonomo, Jairo Socarras Fernandez, Daniela Thorwarth, Marta Casati, Lorenzo Livi, Daniel Zips, Cihan Gani

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Assessment of therapeutic outcome and role of reirradiation in patients with radiation-induced glioma

Makoto Ohno, Yasuji Miyakita, Masamichi Takahashi, Shunsuke Yanagisawa, Yukie Tamura, Daisuke Kawauchi, Miyu Kikuchi, Hiroshi Igaki, Akihiko Yoshida, Kaishi Satomi, Yuko Matsushita, Koichi Ichimura, Yoshitaka Narita

Open Access Methodology

Developing an accurate model of spot-scanning treatment delivery time and sequence for a compact superconducting synchrocyclotron proton therapy system

Lewei Zhao, Gang Liu, Shupeng Chen, Jiajian Shen, Weili Zheng, An Qin, Di Yan, Xiaoqiang Li, Xuanfeng Ding

Open Access Silicone Research

Scanning methodology for contact lens-type ocular in vivo dosimeter (CLOD) dosimetry applying a silicone material

Jaeman Son, Jin Dong Cho, Seongmoon Jung, Chang Heon Choi, Jong Min Park, Jung-in Kim

Open Access Schwannoma Research

Early-onset adverse events after stereotactic radiosurgery for jugular foramen schwannoma: a mid-term follow-up single-center review of 46 cases

Young Goo Kim, Chang Kyu Park, Na Young Jung, Hyun Ho Jung, Jong Hee Chang, Jin Woo Chang, Won Seok Chang

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Quality of life after definitive linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a longitudinal study

Hideomi Yamashita, Mami Ogita, Subaru Sawayanagi, Yuki Nozawa, Osamu Abe

Open Access NSCLC Research

30-day mortality in patients treated for brain metastases: extracranial causes dominate

Carsten Nieder, Luka Stanisavljevic, Siv Gyda Aanes, Bård Mannsåker, Ellinor Christin Haukland

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Protective ileostomy increased the incidence of rectal stenosis after anterior resection for rectal cancer

Hui Zhang, Shanshan Li, Xin Jin, Xian Wu, Zhiyuan Zhang, Lijun Shen, Juefeng Wan, Yan Wang, Yaqi Wang, Wang Yang, Menglong Zhou, Jing Zhang, Tao Lv, Yun Deng, Fan Xia, Zhen Zhang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Feasibility of postoperative spine stereotactic body radiation therapy in proximity of carbon and titanium hybrid implants using a robotic radiotherapy device

Dominik Henzen, Daniel Schmidhalter, Gian Guyer, Anna Stenger-Weisser, Ekin Ermiş, Robert Poel, Moritz Caspar Deml, Michael Karl Fix, Peter Manser, Daniel Matthias Aebersold, Hossein Hemmatazad

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note to: IL-6 signaling promotes DNA repair and prevents apoptosis in CD133+ stem-like cells of lung cancer after radiation

Yuhchyau Chen, Fuquan Zhang, Ying Tsai, Xiadong Yang, Li Yang, Shanzhou Duan, Xin Wang, Peter Keng, Soo Ok Lee

Open Access Prostate Cancer Case Report

Ocular complications with the use of radium-223: a case series

Julie R. Bloom, Alexandra G. Castillejos, Brianna Jones, Nimesh Patel, Barry S. Rosenstein, Richard G. Stock

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

High dose chemoradiotherapy increases chance of organ preservation with satisfactory functional outcome for rectal cancer

Qiao-Xuan Wang, Shu Zhang, Wei-Wei Xiao, Cheng-Jing Zhou, Hui Chang, Zhi-Fan Zeng, Pei-Qiang Cai, Zhen-Hai Lu, Gong Chen, Pei-Rong Ding, Zhi-Zhong Pan, Xiao-Jun Wu, Yuan-Hong Gao

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Quantifying the reduction of respiratory motion by mechanical ventilation with MRI for radiotherapy

Z. van Kesteren, J. K. Veldman, M. J. Parkes, M. F. Stevens, P. Balasupramaniam, J. G. van den Aardweg, G. van Tienhoven, A. Bel, I. W. E. M. van Dijk

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Association of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, radiotherapy fractionation/technique, and risk of development of distant metastasis among patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

Gowoon Yang, Jee Suk Chang, Jeong Eun Choi, Eun Sil Baek, Seung-Seob Kim, Hwa Kyung Byun, Yeona Cho, Woong Sub Koom, Seung Yoon Yang, Byung Soh Min, Sang Joon Shin

Open Access Transurethral Prostate Resection Correction

Correction to: Preliminary result of carbon-ion radiotherapy using the spot scanning method for prostate cancer

Yosuke Takakusagi, Hiroyuki Katoh, Kio Kano, Wataru Anno, Keisuke Tsuchida, Nobutaka Mizoguchi, Itsuko Serizawa, Daisaku Yoshida, Tadashi Kamada

Open Access Radiotherapy Study Protocol

Magnetic resonance guided adaptive stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung tumors in ultracentral location: the MAGELLAN trial (ARO 2021-3)

Sebastian Regnery, Jonas Ristau, Fabian Weykamp, Philipp Hoegen, Simon David Sprengel, Katharina Maria Paul, Carolin Buchele, Sebastian Klüter, Carolin Rippke, Claudia Katharina Renkamp, Moritz Pohl, Jan Meis, Thomas Welzel, Sebastian Adeberg, Stefan Alexander Koerber, Jürgen Debus, Juliane Hörner-Rieber

Open Access Radiotherapy Case report

High-dose stereotactic radiotherapy boost in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region

Paweł Polanowski, Agnieszka Pietruszka, Dorota Księżniak-Baran, Aleksandra Grządziel, Ewa Chmielik, Marek Kentnowski, Natalia Amrogowicz, Krzysztof Składowski, Katarzyna Polanowska

Efficacy and safety of radiotherapy plus anti-PD1 versus transcatheter arterial chemoembolization plus sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a real-world study

Jian-Xu Li, Wen-Xiang Deng, Shi-Ting Huang, Xiao-Feng Lin, Mei-Ying Long, Jie Zhang, Ting-Shi Su, Li-Qing Li, Ya-Dan Pang, Chun-Feng Liang, Hong-Mei Zhou, Hai-Yan Lu, Shi-Xiong Liang, Bang-De Xiang

Open Access Research

Primary tumor volume and prognosis for patients with p16-positive and p16-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with radiation therapy

Gabriel Adrian, Henrik Carlsson, Elisabeth Kjellén, Johanna Sjövall, Björn Zackrisson, Per Nilsson, Maria Gebre-Medhin

Open Access Nutrition Review

Role of stereotactic body radiation in the enhancement of the quality of life in locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a systematic review

Marlies Vornhülz, Sofia Anton, Balint Eross, Zsolt Szakács, Peter Hegyi, Ivonne Regel, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi, Julia Mayerle, Georg Beyer

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Current status of neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer in Wuhan Union Hospital Cancer Center

Meng-Lan Zhai, Fang-Yuan Zhang, Jin-Ru Yang, Sheng Zhang, Lei Zhao, Zhen-Yu Lin, Jing Wang, Dan-Dan Yu, Tao Zhang

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Effect of intrafraction adaptation on PTV margins for MRI guided online adaptive radiotherapy for rectal cancer

Chavelli M. Kensen, Tomas M. Janssen, Anja Betgen, Lisa Wiersema, Femke P. Peters, Peter Remeijer, Corrie A. M. Marijnen, Uulke A. van der Heide

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Prognostic significance of MRI-based late-course tumor volume in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Ge Yan, Yan Feng, Mingyao Wu, Chao Li, Yiran Wei, Li Hua, Guoqi Zhao, Zhekai Hu, Shengyu Yao, Lingtong Hou, Xuming Chen, Qianqian Liu, Qian Huang

Open Access Digital Volume Tomography Research

Assessing organ at risk position variation and its impact on delivered dose in kidney SABR

Mathieu Gaudreault, Shankar Siva, Tomas Kron, Nicholas Hardcastle

Open Access Correction

Correction: Quantifying the reduction of respiratory motion by mechanical ventilation with MRI for radiotherapy

Z. van Kesteren, J. K. Veldman, M. J. Parkes, M. F. Stevens, P. Balasupramaniam, J. G. van den Aardweg, G. van Tienhoven, A. Bel, I. W. E. M. van Dijk

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Pelvic U-Net: multi-label semantic segmentation of pelvic organs at risk for radiation therapy anal cancer patients using a deeply supervised shuffle attention convolutional neural network

Michael Lempart, Martin P. Nilsson, Jonas Scherman, Christian Jamtheim Gustafsson, Mikael Nilsson, Sara Alkner, Jens Engleson, Gabriel Adrian, Per Munck af Rosenschöld, Lars E. Olsson

Open Access Ependymoma Research

Encouraging early outcomes with image guided pencil beam proton therapy for cranio-spinal irradiation: first report from India

Utpal Gaikwad, M. P. Noufal, Jacinthlyn Sylvia, Ashok K. Reddy, Pankaj Kumar Panda, Srinivas Chilukuri, Dayananda Sharma, Rakesh Jalali

Open Access Metastasis Research

Single-isocenter multiple-target stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: dosimetric evaluation of two automated treatment planning systems

Giorgio Hamid Raza, Luca Capone, Paolo Tini, Martina Giraffa, Piercarlo Gentile, Giuseppe Minniti

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy extends the clinical benefit of PD-1 inhibitors in refractory recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Jing Lin, Qiaojuan Guo, Zengqing Guo, Tianzhu Lu, Gang Chen, Shaojun Lin, Mei Chen, Chuanben Chen, Jianping Lu, Jingfeng Zong, Lina Tang, Yu Chen, Jianji Pan

Open Access Metastasis Research

Postoperative recurrent patterns of gallbladder cancer: possible implications for adjuvant therapy

Zhijun Yuan, Yongjie Shui, Lihong Liu, Yinglu Guo, Qichun Wei

Open Access NSCLC Research

Locally advanced NSCLC: a plea for sparing the ipsilateral normal lung—prospective, clinical trial with DART-bid (dose-differentiated accelerated radiation therapy, 1.8 Gy twice daily) by VMAT

Karl Wurstbauer, Margit Kazil, Marco Meinschad, Raoul Pinter, Catharina De Vries, Patrick Clemens, Christof Kreuter, Tamara Hernler, Wolfgang Hitzl, Peter Cerkl, Thomas Künzler, Alexander De Vries

Open Access Care Research

Ways to unravel the clinical potential of carbon ions for head and neck cancer reirradiation: dosimetric comparison and local failure pattern analysis as part of the prospective randomized CARE trial

Thomas Held, Thomas Tessonnier, Henrik Franke, Sebastian Regnery, Lukas Bauer, Katharina Weusthof, Semi Harrabi, Klaus Herfarth, Andrea Mairani, Jürgen Debus, Sebastian Adeberg

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Organ-at-risk sparing with dynamic trajectory radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: comparison with volumetric arc therapy on a publicly available library of cases

Jenny Bertholet, Paul-Henry Mackeprang, Silvan Mueller, Gian Guyer, Hannes A. Loebner, Yanick Wyss, Daniel Frei, Werner Volken, Olgun Elicin, Daniel M. Aebersold, Michael K. Fix, Peter Manser

Open Access NSCLC Research

Chemo-radiotherapy plus durvalumab for loco-regional relapse of resected NSCLC

Paolo Borghetti, Jessica Imbrescia, Giulia Volpi, Vieri Scotti, Michele Aquilano, Alessio Bruni, Davide Franceschini, Stefano Ursino, Patrizia Ciammella, Gaia Piperno, Maria Taraborrelli, Stefano Maria Magrini

Open Access Hepatocellular Carcinoma Research

Assessment of dose perturbations for metal stent in photon and proton radiotherapy plans for hepatocellular carcinoma

Boram Lee, Sungkoo Cho, Hee Chul Park, Sang-Won Kang, Jae-Sung Kim, Jin-Beom Chung

Open Access NSCLC Research

Long-term survival of patients with central or > 7 cm T4 N0/1 M0 non-small-cell lung cancer treated with definitive concurrent radiochemotherapy in comparison to trimodality treatment

Nika Guberina, Christoph Pöttgen, Martin Schuler, Maja Guberina, Georgios Stamatis, Till Plönes, Martin Metzenmacher, Dirk Theegarten, Thomas Gauler, Kaid Darwiche, Clemens Aigner, Wilfried E. E. Eberhardt, Martin Stuschke

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Clinical significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes investigated using routine H&E slides in small cell lung cancer

Guangrun Zhou, Jifang Zheng, Zhiwei Chen, Dan Hu, Suyu Li, Wu Zhuang, Zhiyong He, Gen Lin, Biao Wu, Wei Zhang, Weimin Fang, Fei Zheng, Jiezhong Wang, Gang Chen, Mingqiu Chen

Open Access NSCLC Research

High-dose stereotactic body radiotherapy using CyberKnife® for stage I peripheral lung cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Yasuhiro Ryuno, Takanori Abe, Misaki Iino, Satoshi Saito, Tomomi Aoshika, Tomohiro Oota, Mitsunobu Igari, Ryuta Hirai, Yu Kumazaki, Kyoichi Kaira, Hiroshi Kagamu, Hironori Ishida, Shin-ei Noda, Shingo Kato

Open Access Radiation Treatment Planning Research

A deep image-to-image network organ segmentation algorithm for radiation treatment planning: principles and evaluation

Sebastian Marschner, Manasi Datar, Aurélie Gaasch, Zhoubing Xu, Sasa Grbic, Guillaume Chabin, Bernhard Geiger, Julian Rosenman, Stefanie Corradini, Maximilian Niyazi, Tobias Heimann, Christian Möhler, Fernando Vega, Claus Belka, Christian Thieke

Open Access Ultrasound Research

Assessing radiation-induced carotid vasculopathy using ultrasound after unilateral irradiation: a cross-sectional study

Judith T. Pruijssen, Joyce Wilbers, Frederick J. A. Meijer, Sjoert A. H. Pegge, Jacqueline J. Loonen, Chris L. de Korte, Johannes H. A. M. Kaanders, Hendrik H. G. Hansen

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Dose-escalated radiotherapy to 82 Gy for prostate cancer following insertion of a peri-rectal hydrogel spacer: 3-year outcomes from a phase II trial

Andrew W. See, Patrick Bowden, Geoffrey Wells, Sree Appu, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Peter Liodakis, Chloe Pandeli, Yolanda Aarons, Lloyd M. L. Smyth, Dean P. McKenzie

Open Access Dysphagia Research

Organs-at-risk dose constraints in head and neck intensity-modulated radiation therapy using a dataset from a multi-institutional clinical trial (JCOG1015A1)

Masahiro Inada, Yasumasa Nishimura, Satoshi Ishikura, Kazuki Ishikawa, Naoya Murakami, Takeshi Kodaira, Yoshinori Ito, Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, Yuji Murakami, Junichi Saito, Tetsuo Akimoto, Kensei Nakata, Michio Yoshimura, Teruki Teshima, Takashi Toshiyasu, Yosuke Ota, Toshiyuki Minemura, Hidetoshi Shimizu, Masahiro Hiraoka

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Study Protocol

Dose escalation based on 18F-FDG PET/CT response in definitive chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase III, open-label, randomized, controlled trial (ESO-Shanghai 12)

Hongcheng Zhu, Qiufang Liu, Hao Xu, Miao Mo, Zezhou Wang, Kui Lu, Jialiang Zhou, Junqiang Chen, Xiangpeng Zheng, Jinjun Ye, Xiaolin Ge, Honglei Luo, Qi Liu, Jiaying Deng, Dashan Ai, Shengnan Hao, Junhua Zhang, I Hsuan Tseng, Shaoli Song, Yun Chen, Kuaile Zhao

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Effect of stomach size on organs at risk in pancreatic stereotactic body radiotherapy

Osamu Tanaka, Takuya Taniguchi, Kousei Adachi, Shuto Nakaya, Takuji Kiryu, Akira Ukai, Chiyoko Makita, Masayuki Matsuo

Open Access Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Case Report

Aggressive unifocal bone Langerhans cell histiocytosis with soft tissue extension both responsive to radiotherapy: a case report

Wilmar Ghuijs, Paul G. Kemps, Marta E. Capala, Robert M. Verdijk, Astrid G. S. van Halteren, Robert J. P. van der Wal, Jan A. M. van Laar

Open Access Epstein-Barr Virus Research

Selection and validation of chemotherapy beneficiaries among elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): a large real-world study

Yan-Ling Wu, Kai-Bin Yang, Ying Huang, Jing-Rong Shi, Qing-Shui He, Lei Chen, Wen-Fei Li, Xiao-Dan Huang, Li Lin, Yu-Pei Chen, Yan-Ping Mao, Ling-Long Tang, Jun Ma

Open Access Soft Tissue Sarcoma Research

The role of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in the management of localized high-grade soft tissue sarcoma

Marta Kobus, Siyer Roohani, Felix Ehret, Anne Flörcken, Jana Käthe Striefler, Franziska Brandes, Sven Märdian, Daniel Rau, Silvan Wittenberg, Robert Öllinger, David Kaul

Open Access Metastasis Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of brainstem metastases: a multicenter retrospective study

Luca Nicosia, Piera Navarria, Valentina Pinzi, Martina Giraffa, Ivana Russo, Paolo Tini, Niccolò Giaj-Levra, Filippo Alongi, Giuseppe Minniti

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Correlation between hematological parameters and PET/CT metabolic parameters in patients with head and neck cancer

Beat Bojaxhiu, Dubravko Sinovcic, Olgun Elicin, Arnoud J. Templeton, Mohamed Shelan, Jan Wartenberg, Ian Alberts, Axel Rominger, Daniel M. Aebersold, Kathrin Zaugg

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Identifying patients with malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) near end of life who can benefit from palliative radiotherapy

Dirk Rades, Barbara Segedin, Steven E. Schild, Darejan Lomidze, Theo Veninga, Jon Cacicedo

Open Access Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Research

Ku70 affects the frequency of chromosome translocation in human lymphocytes after radiation and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Zhenbo Cheng, Yupeng Wang, Lihuang Guo, Jiancheng Li, Wei Zhang, Conghui Zhang, Yangxu Liu, Yue Huang, Keqian Xu

Open Access Research

Preclinical validation and treatment of volumetric modulated arc therapy based total bone marrow irradiation in Halcyon™ ring gantry linear accelerator

Tanweer Shahid, Sourav Mandal, Subhra Snigdha Biswal, Arundhati De, Mukti Mukherjee, Sandipan Roy Chowdhury, Anupam Chakrapani, Kirubha George, Jibak Bhattacharya, Prosenjit Soren, Tanmoy Ghosh, Biplab Sarkar, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Clinical adoption patterns of 0.35 Tesla MR-guided radiation therapy in Europe and Asia

Berend J. Slotman, Mary Ann Clark, Enis Özyar, Myungsoo Kim, Jun Itami, Agnès Tallet, Jürgen Debus, Raphael Pfeffer, PierCarlo Gentile, Yukihiro Hama, Nicolaus Andratschke, Olivier Riou, Philip Camilleri, Claus Belka, Magali Quivrin, BoKyong Kim, Anders Pedersen, Mette van Overeem Felter, Young Il Kim, Jin Ho Kim, Martin Fuss, Vincenzo Valentini

Open Access Meningioma Research

An interpretable radiomics model to select patients for radiotherapy after surgery for WHO grade 2 meningiomas

Chae Jung Park, Seo Hee Choi, Jihwan Eom, Hwa Kyung Byun, Sung Soo Ahn, Jong Hee Chang, Se Hoon Kim, Seung-Koo Lee, Yae Won Park, Hong In Yoon

Open Access Radiation Treatment Planning Correction

Correction: A deep image-to-image network organ segmentation algorithm for radiation treatment planning: principles and evaluation

Sebastian Marschner, Manasi Datar, Aurélie Gaasch, Zhoubing Xu, Sasa Grbic, Guillaume Chabin, Bernhard Geiger, Julian Rosenman, Stefanie Corradini, Maximilian Niyazi, Tobias Heimann, Christian Möhler, Fernando Vega, Claus Belka, Christian Thieke

Open Access Pleural Mesothelioma Research

Training and validation of a knowledge-based dose-volume histogram predictive model in the optimisation of intensity-modulated proton and volumetric modulated arc photon plans for pleural mesothelioma patients

Davide Franceschini, Luca Cozzi, Antonella Fogliata, Beatrice Marini, Luciana Di Cristina, Luca Dominici, Ruggero Spoto, Ciro Franzese, Pierina Navarria, Tiziana Comito, Giacomo Reggiori, Stefano Tomatis, Marta Scorsetti

Open Access Brachytherapy Research

A deep learning-based self-adapting ensemble method for segmentation in gynecological brachytherapy

Zhen Li, Qingyuan Zhu, Lihua Zhang, Xiaojing Yang, Zhaobin Li, Jie Fu

Open Access Metastasis Research

Palliative radiotherapy of bone metastases in octogenarians: How do the oldest olds respond? Results from a tertiary cancer center with 288 treated patients

Alexander Rühle, Verlaine Ange Nya Yompang, Simon K. B. Spohn, Raluca Stoian, Constantinos Zamboglou, Eleni Gkika, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Nils H. Nicolay, Tanja Sprave

Open Access Research

CyberKnife Xsight versus fiducial-based target-tracking: a novel 3D dosimetric comparison in a dynamic phantom

Thomas J. Klein, Suki Gill, Martin A. Ebert, Garry Grogan, Warwick Smith, Zaid Alkhatib, John Geraghty, Alison J. D. Scott, Alan Brown, Pejman Rowshanfarzad

Open Access Research

Dosimetric comparison between VMAT plans using the fast-rotating O-ring linac with dual-layer stacked MLC and helical tomotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Sang Gyu Ju, Yong Chan Ahn, Yeong-bi Kim, Jin Man Kim, Dong Yeol Kwon, Byoung Suk Park, Kyungmi Yang

Open Access Computed Tomography Case Report

The first reported case of a patient with pancreatic cancer treated with cone beam computed tomography-guided stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy (CT-STAR)

Minsol Kim, Joshua P. Schiff, Alex Price, Eric Laugeman, Pamela P. Samson, Hyun Kim, Shahed N. Badiyan, Lauren E. Henke

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Research

Phase I trial of hypofractionated chemoradiotherapy in the palliative management of esophageal and gastro-esophageal cancer

Swetha Sridharan, Fiona Day, Jasmin Loh, James Lynam, Joanne Smart, Brandan Holt, Hiren Mandaliya, Anthony Bonaventura, Mahesh Kumar, Jarad Martin

Open Access Soft Tissue Sarcoma Review

Preoperative hypofractionated radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review

Siyer Roohani, Felix Ehret, Marta Kobus, Anne Flörcken, Sven Märdian, Jana Käthe Striefler, Daniel Rau, Robert Öllinger, Armin Jarosch, Volker Budach, David Kaul

Open Access Metastasis Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery for post operative brain metastasic surgical cavities: a single institution experience

Marie Cantaloube, Mohamed Boucekine, Anne Balossier, Xavier Muracciole, Mickael Meyer, Christine Delsanti, Romain Carron, Yassine Mohamed Beltaifa, Domnique Figarella-Branger, Jean Regis, Laetitia Padovani

Open Access Arteriovenous Malformation Research

Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery for brain arteriovenous malformations

Ahmed Gawish, Burkard Röllich, Hans-Joachim Ochel, Thomas B. Brunner

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Assessment of IMPT versus VMAT plans using different uncertainty scenarios for prostate cancer

Michael P. Butkus, Nellie Brovold, Tejan Diwanji, Yihang Xu, Mariluz De Ornelas, Alan Dal Pra, Matt Abramowitz, Alan Pollack, Nesrin Dogan

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Ex vivo γH2AX assay for tumor radiosensitivity in primary prostate cancer patients and correlation with clinical parameters

Ioana M. Marinescu, Manuel Rogg, Simon Spohn, Moritz von Büren, Marius Kamps, Cordula A. Jilg, Elena Fountzila, Kyriaki Papadopoulou, Lara Ceci, Alisa Bettermann, Juri Ruf, Matthias Benndorf, Sonja Adebahr, Daniel Zips, Anca L. Grosu, Christoph Schell, Constantinos Zamboglou

Open Access Pituitary Adenoma Research

Management after initial surgery of nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma: surveillance, radiotherapy or surgery?

Thomas Charleux, Véronique Vendrely, Aymeri Huchet, Renaud Trouette, Amandine Ferrière, Antoine Tabarin, Vincent Jecko, Hugues Loiseau, Charles Dupin

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

Evaluation of a hybrid automatic planning solution for rectal cancer

Jiyou Peng, Lei Yu, Fan Xia, Kang Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Jiazhou Wang, Weigang Hu

Open Access Mastectomy Research

Dosimetric evaluation of VMAT and helical tomotherapy techniques comparing conventional volumes with clinical target volumes based on new ESTRO ACROP post-mastectomy with immediate implant reconstruction contouring guidelines

Evren Ozan Göksel, Evrim Tezcanli, Alptekin Arifoğlu, Halil Küçücük, Öznur Şenkesen, Ufuk Abacıoğlu, Işık Aslay, Meriç Şengöz

Open Access Research

Comparing biological effectiveness guided plan optimization strategies for cranial proton therapy: potential and challenges

Christian Hahn, Lena Heuchel, Jakob Ödén, Erik Traneus, Jörg Wulff, Sandija Plaude, Beate Timmermann, Christian Bäumer, Armin Lühr

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Impact of random outliers in auto-segmented targets on radiotherapy treatment plans for glioblastoma

Robert Poel, Elias Rüfenacht, Ekin Ermis, Michael Müller, Michael K. Fix, Daniel M. Aebersold, Peter Manser, Mauricio Reyes

Open Access Lymphoma Research

The role of whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in primary central nervous system lymphoma: is it an alternative to ASCT for consolidation following HD-methotrexate based induction in low-income settings?

Luís Alberto de Pádua Covas Lage, Vinícius Araújo Soares, Thales Dalessandro Meneguin, Hebert Fabrício Culler, Cadiele Oliana Reichert, Mayara D’Auria Jacomassi, Diego Gomes Cândido Reis, Maria Cláudia Nogueira Zerbini, Renata de Oliveira Costa, Vanderson Rocha, Juliana Pereira

Open Access osteosarcoma Review

Efficacy and safety of carbon ion radiotherapy for bone sarcomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meng Dong, Ruifeng Liu, Qiuning Zhang, Hongtao Luo, Dandan Wang, Yuhang Wang, Junru Chen, Yuhong Ou, Xiaohu Wang

Open Access Research

Comprehensive clinical evaluation of TomoEQA for patient-specific pre-treatment quality assurance in helical tomotherapy

Changhwan Kim, Min Cheol Han, Young Kyu Lee, Han-Back Shin, Hojin Kim, Jin Sung Kim

Open Access Glioblastoma Review

Functional brain imaging interventions for radiation therapy planning in patients with glioblastoma: a systematic review

John T Ryan, Masao Nakayama, Ian Gleeson, Liam Mannion, Moshi Geso, Jennifer Kelly, Sweet Ping Ng, Nicholas Hardcastle

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Role of postoperative chemoradiotherapy in head and neck cancer without positive margins or extracapsular extension: a propensity score-matching analysis

Zhi-Qiao Liu, Pu-Yun OuYang, Bao-Yu Zhang, En-Ni Chen, Su-Ming Xiao, Shan-Shan Yang, Zhong-Yuan Yang, Fang-Yun Xie

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and immune checkpoints in elderly head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma patients undergoing definitive (chemo)radiotherapy

Alexander Rühle, Jovan Todorovic, Simon S. K. Spohn, Eleni Gkika, Christoph Becker, Andreas Knopf, Constantinos Zamboglou, Tanja Sprave, Martin Werner, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Gian Kayser, Nils H. Nicolay

Open Access Artificial Intelligence Research

A dual deep neural network for auto-delineation in cervical cancer radiotherapy with clinical validation

Shihong Nie, Yuanfeng Wei, Fen Zhao, Ya Dong, Yan Chen, Qiaoqi Li, Wei Du, Xin Li, Xi Yang, Zhiping Li

Open Access Research

ΔNp63α transcriptionally represses p53 target genes involved in the radiation-induced DNA damage response

Ken-ichi Kudo, Naohiro Tsuyama, Kento Nagata, Tatsuhiko Imaoka, Daisuke Iizuka, Misaki Sugai-Takahashi, Moe Muramatsu, Akira Sakai

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

CT radiomics-based long-term survival prediction for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy using features from tumor and tumor organismal environment

Nai-Bin Chen, Mai Xiong, Rui Zhou, Yin Zhou, Bo Qiu, Yi-Feng Luo, Su Zhou, Chu Chu, Qi-Wen Li, Bin Wang, Hai-Hang Jiang, Jin-Yu Guo, Kang-Qiang Peng, Chuan-Miao Xie, Hui Liu

Open Access Research

Monte Carlo simulation of linac using PRIMO

Yang Li, Xingru Sun, Ying Liang, Yuchao Hu, Chenbin Liu

Open Access Breast Cancer Research

Dummy run quality assurance study in the Korean Radiation Oncology Group 19 − 09 multi-institutional prospective cohort study of breast cancer

Myeongsoo Kim, Boram Park, Haksoo Kim, Yeon-Joo Kim, Dong Ju Choi, Weonkuu Chung, Yeon Joo Kim, Hyun Soo Shin, Jung Ho Im, Chang-Ok Suh, Jin Hee Kim, Boram Ha, Mi Young Kim, Jongmoo Park, Jeongshim Lee, Sung-Ja Ahn, Sun Young Lee, Grace Kusumawidjaja, Faye Lim, Won Kyung Cho, Haeyoung Kim, Doo Ho Choi, Won Park

Open Access Esophageal Cancer Research

Chemoradiation for elderly patients (≥ 65 years) with esophageal cancer: a retrospective single-center analysis

Philipp Linde, Markus Mallmann, Anne Adams, Simone Wegen, Johannes Rosenbrock, Maike Trommer, Simone Marnitz, Christian Baues, Eren Celik

Open Access Research

Radiation pneumonitis prediction after stereotactic body radiation therapy based on 3D dose distribution: dosiomics and/or deep learning-based radiomics features

Ying Huang, Aihui Feng, Yang Lin, Hengle Gu, Hua Chen, Hao Wang, Yan Shao, Yanhua Duan, Weihai Zhuo, Zhiyong Xu

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

The long-term survival of the doublet regimen of concurrent chemoradiation therapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study

Zhi-Qiang Wang, Xu-Dong Feng, Chun-Lei Ge, Yi Yang, Na Liang, Qing Ye, Yang Fu, Jian Wei, Yong Zhang, Rong-Qing Li

Open Access Esophagus Resection Research

Chemoradiation versus surgery for superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after noncurative endoscopic submucosal dissection: comparison of long-term oncologic outcomes

Gen Suzuki, Hideya Yamazaki, Norihiro Aibe, Koji Masui, Takuya Kimoto, Shinsuke Nagasawa, Shou Watanabe, Shou Seri, Akito Asato, Atsushi Shiozaki, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Hirotaka Konishi, Osamu Dohi, Takeshi Ishikawa, Hany Elsaleh, Kei Yamada

Open Access Metastasis Research

Treatment plan comparison for irradiation of multiple brain metastases with hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiotherapy and simultaneous integrated boost using the Varian Halcyon and the Elekta Synergy platforms

Johannes Kraft, Stefan Weick, Kathrin Breuer, Paul Lutyj, Klaus Bratengeier, Florian Exner, Anne Richter, Jörg Tamihardja, Dominik Lisowski, Bülent Polat, Michael Flentje

Open Access Prostate Cancer Research

Introducing new plan evaluation indices for prostate dose painting IMRT plans based on apparent diffusion coefficient images

Saman Moradi, Bijan Hashemi, Mohsen Bakhshandeh, Amin Banaei, Bahram Mofid

Open Access Melanoma Research

Characterization and dynamics of the soluble immunological microenvironment in melanoma patients undergoing radiotherapy

Michael Oertel, Katrin Borrmann, Andrea Baehr, Hans Theodor Eich, Burkhard Greve

Open Access Radiotherapy Review

Radiotherapy modulates tumor cell fate decisions: a review

Haoran Chen, Zhongyu Han, Qian Luo, Yi Wang, Qiju Li, Lisui Zhou, Houdong Zuo

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Role of postoperative radiotherapy in resected adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck

Seo Hee Choi, Andrew Jihoon Yang, Sun Och Yoon, Hye Ryun Kim, Min Hee Hong, Se-Heon Kim, Eun Chang Choi, Ki Chang Keum, Chang Geol Lee

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

18F-FET PET radiomics-based survival prediction in glioblastoma patients receiving radio(chemo)therapy

Tun Wiltgen, Daniel F. Fleischmann, Lena Kaiser, Adrien Holzgreve, Stefanie Corradini, Guillaume Landry, Michael Ingrisch, Ilinca Popp, Anca L. Grosu, Marcus Unterrainer, Peter Bartenstein, Katia Parodi, Claus Belka, Nathalie Albert, Maximilian Niyazi, Marco Riboldi

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Intensity modulated proton therapy for early-stage glottic cancer: high-precision approach to laryngeal function preservation with exceptional treatment tolerability

Thomas Held, Henrik Franke, Kristin Lang, Tanja Eichkorn, Sebastian Regnery, Katharina Weusthof, Lukas Bauer, Karim Plath, Gerhard Dyckhoff, Peter K. Plinkert, Semi B. Harrabi, Klaus Herfarth, Jürgen Debus, Sebastian Adeberg

Open Access Research

Knowledge-based DVH estimation and optimization for breast VMAT plans with and without avoidance sectors

Antonella Fogliata, Sara Parabicoli, Lucia Paganini, Giacomo Reggiori, Francesca Lobefalo, Luca Cozzi, Ciro Franzese, Davide Franceschini, Ruggero Spoto, Marta Scorsetti

Open Access Hepatocellular Carcinoma Research

Machine learning-based normal tissue complication probability model for predicting albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade increase in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Anussara Prayongrat, Natchalee Srimaneekarn, Kanokporn Thonglert, Chonlakiet Khorprasert, Napapat Amornwichet, Petch Alisanant, Hiroki Shirato, Keiji Kobashi, Sira Sriswasdi

Open Access Prostate Cancer Study Protocol

Focal HDR brachytherapy boost to stereotactic radiotherapy (fBTsRT) for prostate cancer: a phase II randomized controlled trial

C. Belliveau, M. Barkati, G. Delouya, D. Taussky, M. C. Beauchemin, C. Lambert, L. Beaulieu, D. Beliveau-Nadeau, B. Nicolas, J. F. Carrier, E. Vigneault, C. Ménard

Open Access Radiotherapy Comment

Rectal retractor in prostate radiotherapy: pros and cons

Hamed Ghaffari, Arezoo Mehrabian

Open Access Digital Volume Tomography Research

Daily dose evaluation based on corrected CBCTs for breast cancer patients: accuracy of dose and complication risk assessment

Vincent C. Hamming, Sebastian Andersson, John H. Maduro, Johannes A. Langendijk, Stefan Both, Nanna M. Sijtsema

Open Access Brachytherapy Research

Radiobiological and dosimetric comparison of 60Co versus 192Ir high-dose-rate intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer

Aiping Wen, Xianliang Wang, Bingjie Wang, Chuanjun Yan, Jingyue Luo, Pei Wang, Jie Li

Open Access Lymphoma Research

Ultra-low-dose radiotherapy in the treatment of ocular adnexal lymphoma: a prospective study

Xiaolu Yang, Ruonan Wang, Xiaochun Yuan, Shengyu Yao, Chungang Wang, Jinwei Cheng

Open Access Human Papillomavirus Research

Treatment outcomes and radiotherapy deintensification strategies in human papillomavirus-associated tonsil cancer

Joongyo Lee, Kangpyo Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim, Ki Chang Keum, Hye Ryun Kim, Min Hee Hong, Eun Chang Choi, Se-Heon Kim, Yoon Woo Koh, Chang Geol Lee

Open Access Wound Infection Research

Postoperative complications and oncologic outcomes after multimodal therapy of localized high risk soft tissue sarcoma

Vlatko Potkrajcic, Jonas Kolbenschlag, Saskia Sachsenmaier, Adrien Daigeler, Ruth Ladurner, Alexander Golf, Cihan Gani, Daniel Zips, Frank Paulsen, Franziska Eckert

Open Access NSCLC Research

Dose–effect relationship of stereotactic body radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Fei Li, Hairong Jiang, Mingwei Bu, Xin Mu, Hongfu Zhao

Open Access Metastasis Research

Feasibility of linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with up to ten brain metastases

Masanori Hirata, Kazuaki Yasui, Naofumi Oota, Hirofumi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Onoe, Sayo Maki, Yusuke Ito, Kenji Hayashi, Hirofumi Asakura, Shigeyuki Murayama, Koichi Mitsuya, Shoichi Deguchi, Katsumasa Nakamura, Nakamasa Hayashi, Tetsuo Nishimura, Hideyuki Harada

Open Access Rectal Cancer Research

The safety of an MRI simulation-guided boost after short-course preoperative radiotherapy for unresectable rectal cancer (SUNRISE): interim analysis of a randomized phase II trial

Wen-Yang Liu, Jin-Ming Shi, Ning Li, Xin Wang, Yuan-Hong Gao, Yihebali Chi, Yong-Kun Sun, Qing Zhao, Yong-Jian Zhu, Hong-Da Chen, Hui Fang, Ning-Ning Lu, Shu-Nan Qi, Bo Chen, Shu-Lian Wang, Yong-Wen Song, Yue-Ping Liu, Ye-Xiong Li, Zheng Liu, Hai-Tao Zhou, Jian-Wei Liang, Xi-Shan Wang, Hai-Zeng Zhang, Yuan Tang, Jing Jin

Open Access Liposarcoma Research

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy for resectable retroperitoneal sarcoma: a meta-analysis

Xiangji Li, Ruihan Dong, Mengmeng Xiao, Li Min, Chenghua Luo