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Radiation Oncology

Issue 1/2011

Content (182 Articles)

Open Access Research

Dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients following intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)

Evangelia Peponi, Christoph Glanzmann, Bettina Willi, Gerhard Huber, Gabriela Studer

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for low-risk prostate cancer: five-year outcomes

Debra E Freeman, Christopher R King

Open Access Research

The in vivo study on the radiobiologic effect of prolonged delivery time to tumor control in C57BL mice implanted with Lewis lung cancer

Xin Wang, Xiao-Peng Xiong, Jiade Lu, Guo-Pei Zhu, Shao-Qin He, Chao-Su Hu, Hong-Mei Ying

Open Access Methodology

The use of caspase inhibitors in pulsed-field gel electrophoresis may improve the estimation of radiation-induced DNA repair and apoptosis

Josep Balart, Gemma Pueyo, Lara I de Llobet, Marta Baro, Xavi Sole, Susanna Marin, Oriol Casanovas, Ricard Mesia, Gabriel Capella

Open Access Research

Enhancement of radiosensitivity in human glioblastoma cells by the DNA N-mustard alkylating agent BO-1051 through augmented and sustained DNA damage response

Pei-Ming Chu, Shih-Hwa Chiou, Tsann-Long Su, Yi-Jang Lee, Li-Hsin Chen, Yi-Wei Chen, Sang-Hue Yen, Ming-Teh Chen, Ming-Hsiung Chen, Yang-Hsin Shih, Pang-Hsien Tu, Hsin-I Ma

Open Access Research

Cationized gelatin-HVJ envelope with sodium borocaptate improved the BNCT efficacy for liver tumors in vivo

Hitoshi Fujii, Akifumi Matsuyama, Hiroshi Komoda, Masao Sasai, Minoru Suzuki, Tomoyuki Asano, Yuichiro Doki, Mitsunori Kirihata, Koji Ono, Yasuhiko Tabata, Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshiki Sawa, Chun Man Lee

Open Access Research

An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy

Sharon Wong, Amarjit Kaur, Michael Back, Khai Mun Lee, Shaun Baggarley, Jiade Jay Lu

Open Access Research

Quantitative assessment of inter-observer variability in target volume delineation on stereotactic radiotherapy treatment for pituitary adenoma and meningioma near optic tract

Hideya Yamazaki, Hiroya Shiomi, Takuji Tsubokura, Naohiro Kodani, Takuya Nishimura, Norihiro Aibe, Hiroki Udono, Manabu Nishikata, Yoshimi Baba, Mikio Ogita, Koichi Yamashita, Tadayuki Kotsuma

Open Access Short report

International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology (ICARO): Outcomes of an IAEA Meeting

Eeva K Salminen, Krystyna Kiel, Geoffrey S Ibbott, Michael C Joiner, Eduardo Rosenblatt, Eduardo Zubizarreta, Jan Wondergem, Ahmed Meghzifene

Open Access Case report

Carbon ion therapy for ameloblastic carcinoma

Alexandra D Jensen, Swantje Ecker, Malte Ellerbrock, Anna Nikoghosyan, Jürgen Debus, Marc W Münter

Open Access Research

Dosimetric accuracy of tomotherapy dose calculation in thorax lesions

Veronica Ardu, Sara Broggi, Giovanni Mauro Cattaneo, Paola Mangili, Riccardo Calandrino

Open Access Research

A specific inhibitor of protein kinase CK2 delays gamma-H2Ax foci removal and reduces clonogenic survival of irradiated mammalian cells

Felix Zwicker, Maren Ebert, Peter E Huber, Jürgen Debus, Klaus-Josef Weber

Open Access Research

Sensorineural hearing loss after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in nasopharyngeal cancer patients

Janjira Petsuksiri, Achariyaporn Sermsree, Kullathorn Thephamongkhol, Phawin Keskool, Kanthong Thongyai, Yaowalak Chansilpa, Pittayapoom Pattaranutaporn

Open Access Research

Intensity modulated or fractionated stereotactic reirradiation in patients with recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer

Falk Roeder, Felix Zwicker, Ladan Saleh-Ebrahimi, Carmen Timke, Christian Thieke, Marc Bischof, Juergen Debus, Peter E Huber

Open Access Research

Validation of the new graded prognostic assessment scale for brain metastases: a multicenter prospective study

Salvador Villà, Damien C Weber, Cristina Moretones, Anabel Mañes, Christophe Combescure, Josep Jové, Paloma Puyalto, Patricia Cuadras, Jordi Bruna, Eugènia Verger, Carme Balañà, Francesc Graus

Open Access Research

Radiation recall pneumonitis induced by chemotherapy after thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer

Xiao Ding, Wei Ji, Junling Li, Xiangru Zhang, Luhua Wang

Open Access Research

Tangential beam IMRT versus tangential beam 3D-CRT of the chest wall in postmastectomy breast cancer patients: A dosimetric comparison

Volker Rudat, Abdul Aziz Alaradi, Adel Mohamed, Khaled AI-Yahya, Saleh Altuwaijri

Open Access Research

Statistical analysis of IMRT dosimetry quality assurance measurements for local delivery guideline

Jin Beom Chung, Jae Sung Kim, Sung Whan Ha, Sung-Joon Ye

Open Access Research

Postmastectomy irradiation in breast in breast cancer patients with T1-2 and 1-3 positive axillary lymph nodes: Is there a role for radiation therapy?

Rusen Cosar, Cem Uzal, Fusun Tokatli, Bengu Denizli, Mert Saynak, Nesrin Turan, Sernaz Uzunoglu, Alaattin Ozen, Atakan Sezer, Kamuran Ibis, Burcu Uregen, Vuslat Yurut-Caloglu, Zafer Kocak

Open Access Research

MicroRNA expression profiles in human cancer cells after ionizing radiation

Olivier M Niemoeller, Maximilian Niyazi, Stefanie Corradini, Franz Zehentmayr, Minglun Li, Kirsten Lauber, Claus Belka

Open Access Research

Carbon ion therapy for advanced sinonasal malignancies: feasibility and acute toxicity

Alexandra D Jensen, Anna V Nikoghosyan, Swantje Ecker, Malte Ellerbrock, Jürgen Debus, Marc W Münter

Open Access Research

Chromosomal radiosensitivity and acute radiation side effects after radiotherapy in tumour patients - a follow-up study

Reinhard Huber, Herbert Braselmann, Hans Geinitz, Irene Jaehnert, Adolf Baumgartner, Reinhard Thamm, Markus Figel, Michael Molls, Horst Zitzelsberger

Open Access Research

Investigation of tumor hypoxia using a two-enzyme system for in vitro generation of oxygen deficiency

Vasileios Askoxylakis, Gunda Millonig, Ute Wirkner, Christian Schwager, Shoaib Rana, Annette Altmann, Uwe Haberkorn, Jürgen Debus, Sebastian Mueller, Peter E Huber

Open Access Short report

Gastrointestinal toxicity of vorinostat: reanalysis of phase 1 study results with emphasis on dose-volume effects of pelvic radiotherapy

Åse Bratland, Svein Dueland, Donal Hollywood, Kjersti Flatmark, Anne H Ree

Open Access Research

Validation of an elastic registration technique to estimate anatomical lung modification in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Tomotherapy

Elena Faggiano, Giovanni M Cattaneo, Cristina Ciavarro, Italo Dell'Oca, Diego Persano, Riccardo Calandrino, Giovanna Rizzo

Open Access Research

Fractionated stereotactic conformal radiotherapy for large benign skull base meningiomas

Giuseppe Minniti, Enrico Clarke, Luigi Cavallo, Mattia Falchetto Osti, Vincenzo Esposito, Gianpaolo Cantore, Paolo Cappabianca, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici

Open Access Research

Quantitative in vivo assessment of radiation injury of the liver using Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MRI: tolerance dose of small liver volumes

Max Seidensticker, Ricarda Seidensticker, Konrad Mohnike, Christian Wybranski, Thomas Kalinski, Sebastian Luess, Maciej Pech, Peter Wust, Jens Ricke

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for melanoma and renal cell carcinoma: impact of single fraction equivalent dose on local control

Michelle A Stinauer, Brian D Kavanagh, Tracey E Schefter, Rene Gonzalez, Thomas Flaig, Karl Lewis, William Robinson, Mark Chidel, Michael Glode, David Raben

Open Access Methodology

Survival Analysis of F98 Glioma Rat Cells Following Minibeam or Broad-Beam Synchrotron Radiation Therapy

Silvia Gil, Sukhéna Sarun, Albert Biete, Yolanda Prezado, Manel Sabés

Open Access Research

Intra-fraction setup variability: IR optical localization vs. X-ray imaging in a hypofractionated patient population

Maria Francesca Spadea, Barbara Tagaste, Marco Riboldi, Eleonora Preve, Daniela Alterio, Gaia Piperno, Cristina Garibaldi, Roberto Orecchia, Antonio Pedotti, Guido Baroni

Open Access Research

The alkylphospholipid, perifosine, radiosensitizes prostate cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo

Yuanhong Gao, Hiromichi Ishiyama, Mianen Sun, Kathryn L Brinkman, Xiaozhen Wang, Julie Zhu, Weiyuan Mai, Ying Huang, Daniel Floryk, Michael Ittmann, Timothy C Thompson, E Brian Butler, Bo Xu, Bin S Teh

Open Access Research

Improved survival following surgery and radiation therapy for olfactory neuroblastoma: analysis of the SEER database

Mary E Platek, Mihai Merzianu, Terry L Mashtare, Saurin R Popat, Nestor R Rigual, Graham W Warren, Anurag K Singh

Open Access Short report

Gene expression profiling of human dermal fibroblasts exposed to bleomycin sulphate does not differentiate between radiation sensitive and control patients

Charlotte B Westbury, Kristine Kleivi Sahlberg, Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale, Clare M Isacke, John R Yarnold

Open Access Short report

Outcome of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy treated by radiation therapy

Mirna Abboud, Asma Arabi, Ibrahim Salti, Fady Geara

Open Access Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: analysis of outcome and risk of brain radionecrosis

Giuseppe Minniti, Enrico Clarke, Gaetano Lanzetta, Mattia Falchetto Osti, Guido Trasimeni, Alessandro Bozzao, Andrea Romano, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici

Open Access Research

Value of diffusion weighted MR imaging as an early surrogate parameter for evaluation of tumor response to high-dose-rate brachytherapy of colorectal liver metastases

Christian Wybranski, Martin Zeile, David Löwenthal, Frank Fischbach, Maciej Pech, Friedrich-Wilhelm Röhl, Günther Gademann, Jens Ricke, Oliver Dudeck

Open Access Research

The effect of bioequivalent radiation dose on survival of patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer

Bing Xia, Gui-Yuan Chen, Xu-Wei Cai, Jian-Dong Zhao, Huan-Jun Yang, Min Fan, Kuai-Le Zhao, Xiao-Long Fu

Open Access Research

Combined low initial DNA damage and high radiation-induced apoptosis confers clinical resistance to long-term toxicity in breast cancer patients treated with high-dose radiotherapy

Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández, Ruth Carmona-Vigo, Beatriz Pinar, Elisa Bordón, Marta Lloret, María Isabel Núñez, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallego, Pedro C Lara

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes of chemoradiotherapy for locally recurrent rectal cancer

Joo Ho Lee, Dae Yong Kim, Sun Young Kim, Ji Won Park, Hyo Seong Choi, Jae Hwan Oh, Hee Jin Chang, Tae Hyun Kim, Suk Won Park

Open Access Research

Biological in-vivo measurement of dose distribution in patients' lymphocytes by gamma-H2AX immunofluorescence staining: 3D conformal- vs. step-and-shoot IMRT of the prostate gland

Felix Zwicker, Benedict Swartman, Florian Sterzing, Gerald Major, Klaus-Josef Weber, Peter E Huber, Christian Thieke, Jürgen Debus, Klaus Herfarth

Open Access Research

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): differences in target volumes and improvement in clinically relevant doses to small bowel in rectal carcinoma

Henry Mok, Christopher H Crane, Matthew B Palmer, Tina M Briere, Sam Beddar, Marc E Delclos, Sunil Krishnan, Prajnan Das

Open Access Research

Impact and relationship of anterior commissure and time-dose factor on the local control of T1N0 glottic cancer treated by 6 MV photons

Chi-Chung Tong, Kwok-Hung Au, Roger KC Ngan, Sin-Ming Chow, Foon-Yiu Cheung, Yiu-Tung Fu, Joseph SK Au, Stephen CK Law

Open Access Research

Costunolide causes mitotic arrest and enhances radiosensitivity in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Chia-Yuan Liu, Hsun-Shuo Chang, Ih-Sheng Chen, Chih-Jen Chen, Ming-Ling Hsu, Shu-Ling Fu, Yu-Jen Chen

Open Access Research

Low early ototoxicity rates for pediatric medulloblastoma patients treated with proton radiotherapy

Benjamin J Moeller, Murali Chintagumpala, Jimmy J Philip, David R Grosshans, Mary F McAleer, Shiao Y Woo, Paul W Gidley, Tribhawan S Vats, Anita Mahajan

Open Access Short report

Ionizing radiation and inhibition of angiogenesis in a spontaneous mammary carcinoma and in a syngenic heterotopic allograft tumor model: a comparative study

Oliver Riesterer, Christoph Oehler-Jänne, Wolfram Jochum, Angela Broggini-Tenzer, Van Vuong, Martin Pruschy

Open Access Research

Intensity modulated radiotherapy for elderly bladder cancer patients

Chen-Hsi Hsieh, Shiu-Dong Chung, Pei-Hui Chan, Siu-Kai Lai, Hsiao-Chun Chang, Chi-Huang Hsiao, Le-Jung Wu, Ngot-Swan Chong, Yu-Jen Chen, Li-Ying Wang, Yen-Ping Hsieh, Pei-Wei Shueng

Open Access Research

Sparing the contralateral submandibular gland without compromising PTV coverage by using volumetric modulated arc therapy

Patricia Doornaert, Wilko FAR Verbakel, Derek HF Rietveld, Ben J Slotman, Suresh Senan

Open Access Research

Recurrence patterns of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after 3D conformal (chemo)-radiotherapy

Didem C Oksuz, Robin J Prestwich, Brendan Carey, Stuart Wilson, Mustafa S Senocak, Ananya Choudhury, Karen Dyker, Catherine Coyle, Mehmet Sen

Open Access Short report

Curative treatment of oesophageal carcinoma: current options and future developments

Maria C Wolf, Michael Stahl, Bernd J Krause, Luigi Bonavina, Christiane Bruns, Claus Belka, Franz Zehentmayr

Open Access Research

Comparison of RBE values of high- LET α-particles for the induction of DNA-DSBs, chromosome aberrations and cell reproductive death

Nicolaas AP Franken, Rosemarie ten Cate, Przemek M Krawczyk, Jan Stap, Jaap Haveman, Jacob Aten, Gerrit W Barendsen

Open Access Research

Dose distribution in the thyroid gland following radiation therapy of breast cancer-a retrospective study

S Johansen, KV Reinertsen, K Knutstad, DR Olsen, SD Fosså

Open Access Research

Long-term outcome and patterns of failure in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

Henrik Hauswald, Christian Simon, Simone Hecht, Juergen Debus, Katja Lindel

Open Access Research

Palliative radiotherapy in patients with a symptomatic pelvic mass of metastatic colorectal cancer

Sun Hyun Bae, Won Park, Doo Ho Choi, Heerim Nam, Won Ki Kang, Young Suk Park, Joon Oh Park, Ho Kyung Chun, Woo Yong Lee, Seong Hyeon Yun, Hee Cheol Kim

Open Access Research

Delayed cell death associated with mitotic catastrophe in γ-irradiated stem-like glioma cells

Elke Firat, Simone Gaedicke, Chizuko Tsurumi, Norbert Esser, Astrid Weyerbrock, Gabriele Niedermann

Open Access Research

Registration accuracy for MR images of the prostate using a subvolume based registration protocol

Joakim H Jonsson, Patrik Brynolfsson, Anders Garpebring, Mikael Karlsson, Karin Söderström, Tufve Nyholm

Open Access Research

Volumetric intensity-modulated Arc (RapidArc) therapy for primary hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison with intensity-modulated radiotherapy and 3-D conformal radiotherapy

Yu-Cheng Kuo, Ying-Ming Chiu, Wen-Pin Shih, Hsiao-Wei Yu, Chia-Wen Chen, Pei-Fong Wong, Wei-Chan Lin, Jeng-Jong Hwang

Open Access Review

Transport processes of radiopharmaceuticals and -modulators

Thomas Efferth, Peter Langguth

Open Access Research

Intraoperative radiation therapy for advanced cervical metastasis: a single institution experience

Youssef H Zeidan, Alex Yeh, Daniel Weed, Colin Terry, Stephen Freeman, Edward Krowiak, Robert Borrowdale, Tod Huntley

Open Access Research

Robotic image-guided reirradiation of lateral pelvic recurrences: preliminary results

Sylvain Dewas, Jean Emmanuel Bibault, Xavier Mirabel, Philippe Nickers, Bernard Castelain, Thomas Lacornerie, Hajer Jarraya, Eric Lartigau

Open Access Research

Comparison of outcomes in patients with stage III versus limited stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

Praveena Cheruvu, Su K Metcalfe, Justin Metcalfe, Yuhchyau Chen, Paul Okunieff, Michael T Milano

Open Access Research

Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation and postoperative radiotherapy on expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in head and neck vessels

Frank Tavassol, Horst Kokemüller, Rüdiger Zimmerer, Nils-Claudius Gellrich, André Eckardt

Open Access Methodology

Breathing adapted radiotherapy: a 4D gating software for lung cancer

Nicolas Peguret, Jacqueline Vock, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Pascal Fenoglietto, David Azria, Habib Zaidi, Michael Wissmeyer, Osman Ratib, Raymond Miralbell

Open Access Research

The interaction between different types of activated RAW 264.7 cells and macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha

Zhongshi He, Hui Zhang, Chunxu Yang, Yajuan Zhou, Yong Zhou, Guang Han, Ling Xia, Wen Ouyang, Fuxiang Zhou, Yunfeng Zhou, Conghua Xie

Open Access Methodology

Eight years of IMRT quality assurance with ionization chambers and film dosimetry: experience of the montpellier comprehensive cancer center

Pascal Fenoglietto, Benoit Laliberté, Norbert Aillères, Olivier Riou, Jean-Bernard Dubois, David Azria

Open Access Research

The evolution of rectal and urinary toxicity and immune response in prostate cancer patients treated with two three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy techniques

Jana Vranova, Stepan Vinakurau, Jan Richter, Miroslav Starec, Anna Fiserova, Jozef Rosina

Open Access Review

Pure seminoma: A review and update

Noureddine Boujelbene, Adrien Cosinschi, Nadia Boujelbene, Kaouthar Khanfir, Shushila Bhagwati, Eveleyn Herrmann, Rene-Olivier Mirimanoff, Mahmut Ozsahin, Abderrahim Zouhair

Open Access Research

Concurrent image-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy and chemotherapy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Pei-Wei Shueng, Bing-Jie Shen, Le-Jung Wu, Li-Jen Liao, Chi-Huang Hsiao, Yu-Chin Lin, Po-Wen Cheng, Wu-Chia Lo, Yee-Min Jen, Chen-Hsi Hsieh

Open Access Research

Dosimetric evaluation of Acuros XB Advanced Dose Calculation algorithm in heterogeneous media

Antonella Fogliata, Giorgia Nicolini, Alessandro Clivio, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation compared to neoadjuvant radiation alone and surgery alone for Stage II and III soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities

Kelly K Curtis, Jonathan B Ashman, Christopher P Beauchamp, Adam J Schwartz, Matthew D Callister, Amylou C Dueck, Leonard L Gunderson, Tom R Fitch

Open Access Research

Survival rate in nasopharyngeal carcinoma improved by high caseload volume: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan

Ching-Chih Lee, Tze-Ta Huang, Moon-Sing Lee, Yu-Chieh Su, Pesus Chou, Shih-Hsuan Hsiao, Wen-Yen Chiou, Hon-Yi Lin, Sou-Hsin Chien, Shih-Kai Hung

Open Access Case report

Successful radiopeptide targeting of metastatic anaplastic meningioma: Case report

Amir Sabet, Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar, Ulrich Herrlinger, Winfried Wilinek, Hans-Jürgen Biersack, Samer Ezziddin

Open Access Research

Mechanisms of increased risk of tumorigenesis in Atm and Brca1 double heterozygosity

Jufang Wang, Fengtao Su, Lubomir B Smilenov, Libin Zhou, Wentao Hu, Nan Ding, Guangming Zhou

Open Access Short report

Upfront systemic chemotherapy and preoperative short-course radiotherapy with delayed surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer with distant metastases

Sang Joon Shin, Hong In Yoon, Nam Kyu Kim, Kang Young Lee, Byung Soh Min, Joong Bae Ahn, Ki Chang Keum, Woong Sub Koom

Open Access Research

Impact of the frequency of online verifications on the patient set-up accuracy and set-up margins

Volker Rudat, Mohamed Hammoud, Yogin Pillay, Abdul Aziz Alaradi, Adel Mohamed, Saleh Altuwaijri

Open Access Research

Helical tomotherapy in the treatment of pediatric malignancies: a preliminary report of feasibility and acute toxicity

Latifa Mesbah, Raúl Matute, Sergey Usychkin, Immacolata Marrone, Fernando Puebla, Cristina Mínguez, Rafael García, Graciela García, César Beltrán, Hugo Marsiglia

Open Access Research

On the dosimetric impact of inhomogeneity management in the Acuros XB algorithm for breast treatment

Antonella Fogliata, Giorgia Nicolini, Alessandro Clivio, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Research

Effects of radiation therapy on tissue and serum concentrations of tumour associated trypsin inhibitor and their prognostic significance in rectal cancer patients

Alexander Gaber, Christina Stene, Kristina Hotakainen, Björn Nodin, Ingrid Palmquist, Anders Bjartell, Ulf-Håkan Stenman, Bengt Jeppsson, Louis B Johnson, Karin Jirström

Open Access Research

Early results of quality of life for curatively treated rectal cancers in Chinese patients with EORTC QLQ-CR29

Junjie Peng, Debing Shi, Karyn A Goodman, David Goldstein, Changchun Xiao, Zuqing Guan, Sanjun Cai

Open Access Review

Reirradiation of head and neck cancer focusing on hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy

Hideya Yamazaki, Naohiro Kodani, Mikio Ogita, Kengo Sato, Kengo Himei

Open Access Research

Prognosticators and Risk Grouping in Patients with Lung Metastasis from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A more accurate and appropriate assessment of prognosis

Xun Cao, Rong-Zhen Luo, Li-Ru He, Yong Li, Wen-Qian Lin, You-Fang Chen, Zhe-Sheng Wen

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant capecitabine, radiotherapy, and bevacizumab (CRAB) in locally advanced rectal cancer: results of an open-label phase II study

Vaneja Velenik, Janja Ocvirk, Maja Music, Matej Bracko, Franc Anderluh, Irena Oblak, Ibrahim Edhemovic, Erik Brecelj, Mateja Kropivnik, Mirko Omejc

Open Access Research

DNA double-strand break induction in Ku80-deficient CHO cells following Boron Neutron Capture Reaction

Yuko Kinashi, Sentaro Takahashi, Genro Kashino, Ryuichi Okayasu, Shinichiro Masunaga, Minoru Suzuki, Koji Ono

Open Access Research

In vivo assessment of catheter positioning accuracy and prolonged irradiation time on liver tolerance dose after single-fraction 192Ir high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Lutz Lüdemann, Christian Wybranski, Max Seidensticker, Konrad Mohnike, Siegfried Kropf, Peter Wust, Jens Ricke

Open Access Study protocol

Feasibility and early clinical assessment of flattening filter free (FFF) based stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatments

Marta Scorsetti, Filippo Alongi, Simona Castiglioni, Alessandro Clivio, Antonella Fogliata, Francesca Lobefalo, Pietro Mancosu, Pierina Navarria, Valentina Palumbo, Chiara Pellegrini, Sara Pentimalli, Giacomo Reggiori, Anna M Ascolese, Antonella Roggio, Stefano Arcangeli, Angelo Tozzi, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Research

Technology assessment of automated atlas based segmentation in prostate bed contouring

Jeremiah Hwee, Alexander V Louie, Stewart Gaede, Glenn Bauman, David D'Souza, Tracy Sexton, Michael Lock, Belal Ahmad, George Rodrigues

Open Access Research

Phospho-ERK and AKT status, but not KRAS mutation status, are associated with outcomes in rectal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy

Janine M Davies, Dimitri Trembath, Allison M Deal, William K Funkhouser, Benjamin F Calvo, Timothy Finnegan, Karen E Weck, Joel E Tepper, Bert H O'Neil

Open Access Research

Increased betulinic acid induced cytotoxicity and radiosensitivity in glioma cells under hypoxic conditions

Matthias Bache, Martin P Zschornak, Sarina Passin, Jacqueline Keßler, Henri Wichmann, Matthias Kappler, Reinhard Paschke, Goran N Kaluđerović, Harish Kommera, Helge Taubert, Dirk Vordermark

Open Access Research

In vitro characterization of cells derived from chordoma cell line U-CH1 following treatment with X-rays, heavy ions and chemotherapeutic drugs

Takamitsu A Kato, Akihisa Tsuda, Mitsuru Uesaka, Akira Fujimori, Tadashi Kamada, Hirohiko Tsujii, Ryuichi Okayasu

Open Access Research

Toxicity report of once weekly radiation therapy for low-risk prostate adenocarcinoma: preliminary results of a phase I/II trial

Cathy Menkarios, Éric Vigneault, Nicolas Brochet, David HA Nguyen, Jean-Paul Bahary, Marjory Jolicoeur, Marie-Claude Beauchemin, Hugo Villeneuve, Thu Van Nguyen, Bernard Fortin, Carole Lambert

Open Access Research

Evaluation of early imaging response criteria in glioblastoma multiforme

Adam Gladwish, Eng-Siew Koh, Jeremy Hoisak, Gina Lockwood, Barbara-Ann Millar, Warren Mason, Eugene Yu, Normand J Laperriere, Cynthia Ménard

Open Access Research

Inter-observer variability in contouring the penile bulb on CT images for prostate cancer treatment planning

Lucia Perna, Cesare Cozzarini, Eleonora Maggiulli, Gianni Fellin, Tiziana Rancati, Riccardo Valdagni, Vittorio Vavassori, Sergio Villa, Claudio Fiorino

Open Access Research

Docetaxel- and 5-FU-concurrent radiotherapy in patients presenting unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a FNCLCC-ACCORD/0201 randomized phase II trial's pre-planned analysis and case report of a 5.5-year disease-free survival

Lucie Oberic, Frédéric Viret, Charlotte Baey, Marc Ychou, Jaafar Bennouna, Antoine Adenis, Didier Peiffert, Françoise Mornex, Jean-Pierre Pignon, Patrice Celier, Jocelyne Berille, Michel Ducreux

Open Access Research

Prior surgical intervention and tumor size impact clinical outcome after precision radiotherapy for the treatment of optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSM)

Sebastian Adeberg, Thomas Welzel, Stefan Rieken, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Delineation in thoracic oncology: a prospective study of the effect of training on contour variability and dosimetric consequences

Sylvain Dewas, Jean-Emmanuel Bibault, Pierre Blanchard, Claire Vautravers-Dewas, Yoann Pointreau, Fabrice Denis, Michel Brauner, Philippe Giraud

Open Access Research

Disease control and functional outcome in three modern combined organ preserving regimens for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN)

Alexandra D Jensen, Jürgen Krauss, Wilko Weichert, Zazie P Bergmann, Kolja Freier, Jürgen Debus, Marc W Münter

Open Access Research

Liposomal doxorubicin improves radiotherapy response in hypoxic prostate cancer xenografts

Eirik Hagtvet, Kathrine Røe, Dag R Olsen

Open Access Review

Radiation induced temporal lobe necrosis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a review of new avenues in its management

Jing Chen, Meera Dassarath, Zhongyuan Yin, Hongli Liu, Kunyu Yang, Gang Wu

Open Access Research

Targeting ανβ3 and ανβ5 inhibits photon-induced hypermigration of malignant glioma cells

Stefan Rieken, Daniel Habermehl, Angela Mohr, Lena Wuerth, Katja Lindel, Klaus Weber, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Commissioning and early experience with a new-generation low-energy linear accelerator with advanced delivery and imaging functionalities

Alessandro Clivio, Giorgia Nicolini, Eugenio Vanetti, Antonella Fogliata, Luca Cozzi

Open Access Research

The prognostic value of the nodal ratio in N1 breast cancer

Tae Jin Han, Eun Young Kang, Wan Jeon, Sung-Won Kim, Jee Hyun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, So Yeon Park, Jae Sung Kim, In Ah Kim

Open Access Research

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal: Efficacy of a low daily dose to clinically negative regions

Jason A Call, Michael G Haddock, J Fernando Quevedo, David W Larson, Robert C Miller

Open Access Short report

Prognostic significance of IDH-1 and MGMT in patients with glioblastoma: One step forward, and one step back?

Stephanie E Combs, Stefan Rieken, Wolfgang Wick, Amir Abdollahi, Andreas von Deimling, Jürgen Debus, Christian Hartmann

Open Access Research

Parotid gland-recovery after radiotherapy in the head and neck region - 36 months follow-up of a prospective clinical study

Jeremias Hey, Juergen Setz, Reinhard Gerlach, Martin Janich, Guido Hildebrandt, Dirk Vordermark, Christian R Gernhardt, Thomas Kuhnt

Open Access Research

Evaluation of adjuvant chemoradiation therapy for ampullary adenocarcinoma: the Johns Hopkins Hospital - Mayo Clinic collaborative study

Amol K Narang, Robert C Miller, Charles C Hsu, Sumita Bhatia, Timothy M Pawlik, Dan Laheru, Ralph H Hruban, Jessica Zhou, Jordan M Winter, Michael G Haddock, John H Donohue, Richard D Schulick, Christopher L Wolfgang, John L Cameron, Joseph M Herman

Open Access Short report

Incidence of seed migration to the chest, abdomen, and pelvis after transperineal interstitial prostate brachytherapy with loose 125I seeds

Akitomo Sugawara, Jun Nakashima, Etsuo Kunieda, Hirohiko Nagata, Ryuichi Mizuno, Satoshi Seki, Yutaka Shiraishi, Ryuichi Kouta, Mototsugu Oya, Naoyuki Shigematsu

Open Access Research

Toxicity after radiochemotherapy for glioblastoma using temozolomide - a retrospective evaluation

Marcus Niewald, Christian Berdel, Jochen Fleckenstein, Norbert Licht, Ralf Ketter, Christian Rübe

Open Access Research

Combination of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid with heavy ion therapy shows promising effects in infantile sarcoma cell lines

Susanne Oertel, Markus Thiemann, Karsten Richter, Klaus-J Weber, Peter E Huber, Ramon Lopez Perez, Stephan Brons, Marc Bischof, Andreas E Kulozik, Volker Ehemann, Jürgen Debus, Claudia Blattmann

Open Access Research

Rib fracture after stereotactic radiotherapy on follow-up thin-section computed tomography in 177 primary lung cancer patients

Atsushi Nambu, Hiroshi Onishi, Shinichi Aoki, Tsuyota Koshiishi, Kengo Kuriyama, Takafumi Komiyama, Kan Marino, Masayuki Araya, Ryo Saito, Lichto Tominaga, Yoshiyasu Maehata, Eiichi Sawada, Tsutomu Araki

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Bilateral kidney preservation by volumetric-modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) compared to conventional radiation therapy (3D-CRT) in pancreatic and bile duct malignancies

Sabine Vieillot, David Azria, Olivier Riou, Carmen Llacer Moscardo, Jean-Bernard Dubois, Norbert Aillères, Pascal Fenoglietto

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GP96 is over-expressed in oral cavity cancer and is a poor prognostic indicator for patients receiving radiotherapy

Chien-Yu Lin, Ting-Yang Lin, Hung-Ming Wang, Shiang-Fu Huang, Kang-Hsing Fan, Chun-Ta Liao, I-How Chen, Li-Yu Lee, Yen-Liang Li, Yin-Ju Chen, Ann-Joy Cheng, Joseph T Chang

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Clinical application of CT-guided 125I seed interstitial implantation for local recurrent rectal carcinoma

Zhongmin Wang, Jian Lu, Lin Liu, Tao Liu, Kemin Chen, Fenju Liu, Gang Huang

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Survival of tumor cells after proton irradiation with ultra-high dose rates

Susanne Auer, Volker Hable, Christoph Greubel, Guido A Drexler, Thomas E Schmid, Claus Belka, Günther Dollinger, Anna A Friedl

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Acute toxicity in prostate cancer patients treated with and without image-guided radiotherapy

Suki Gill, Jessica Thomas, Chris Fox, Tomas Kron, Aldo Rolfo, Mary Leahy, Sarat Chander, Scott Williams, Keen Hun Tai, Gillian M Duchesne, Farshad Foroudi

Open Access Review

MVP and vaults: a role in the radiation response

Pedro C Lara, Martin Pruschy, Martina Zimmermann, Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández

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Resveratrol enhances prostate cancer cell response to ionizing radiation. Modulation of the AMPK, Akt and mTOR pathways

Ayesha Rashid, Caiqiong Liu, Toran Sanli, Evangelia Tsiani, Gurmit Singh, Robert G Bristow, Ian Dayes, Himu Lukka, James Wright, Theodoros Tsakiridis

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Postoperative chemoradiation for resected gastric cancer - is the Macdonald Regimen Tolerable? a retrospective multi-institutional study

Yulia Kundel, Ofer Purim, Efraim Idelevich, Konstantin Lavrenkov, Sofia Man, Svetlana Kovel, Natalia Karminsky, Raphael M Pfeffer, Bella Nisenbaum, Eyal Fenig, Aaron Sulkes, Baruch Brenner

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Total error shift patterns for daily CT on rails image-guided radiotherapy to the prostate bed

Ronaldo Cavalieri, Hiram A Gay, Jingxia Liu, Maria C Ferreira, Helvecio C Mota, Claudio H Sibata, Ron R Allison

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Impact of pathological tumor stage for salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate-specific antigen < 1.0 ng/ml

Rei Umezawa, Hisanori Ariga, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keiichi Jingu, Haruo Matsushita, Ken Takeda, Keisuke Fujimoto, Toru Sakayauchi, Toshiyuki Sugawara, Masaki Kubozono, Kakutaro Narazaki, Eiji Shimizu, Yoshihiro Takai, Shogo Yamada

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Raster-scanned carbon ion therapy for malignant salivary gland tumors: acute toxicity and initial treatment response

Alexandra D Jensen, Anna V Nikoghosyan, Swantje Ecker, Malte Ellerbrock, Jürgen Debus, Klaus K Herfarth, Marc W Münter

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Myocardial perfusion imaging with 99 mTc - tetrofosmin SPECT in breast cancer patients that received postoperative radiotherapy: a case-control study

Chrissa Sioka, Thomas Exarchopoulos, Ifigenia Tasiou, Eftychia Tzima, Nikolaos Fotou, Antonio Capizzello, Vasilios Ragos, Periklis Tsekeris, Andreas Fotopoulos

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Radioresistance of human glioma spheroids and expression of HSP70, p53 and EGFr

Carlos A Fedrigo, Ivana Grivicich, Daniel P Schunemann, Ivan M Chemale, Daiane dos Santos, Thais Jacovas, Patryck S Boschetti, Geraldo P Jotz, Aroldo Braga Filho, Adriana B da Rocha

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Peripheral doses in patients undergoing Cyberknife treatment for intracranial lesions. A single centre experience

Vassiliki Vlachopoulou, Christos Antypas, Harry Delis, Argyrios Tzouras, Nikolaos Salvaras, Dimitrios Kardamakis, George Panayiotakis

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Toxicity and cosmesis outcomes after single fraction partial breast irradiation in early stage breast cancer

Paola Pinnarò, Stefano Arcangeli, Carolina Giordano, Giorgio Arcangeli, Fabrizio Ambesi Impiombato, Valentina Pinzi, Giuseppe Iaccarino, Antonella Soriani, Valeria Landoni, Lidia Strigari

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Albendazole sensitizes cancer cells to ionizing radiation

Kirtesh Patel, Nicole A Doudican, Peter B Schiff, Seth J Orlow

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Spinal cord stimulators and radiotherapy: First case report and practice guidelines

Lorraine Walsh, Daipayan Guha, Thomas G Purdie, Philippe Bedard, Alexandra Easson, Fei-Fei Liu, Mojgan Hodaie

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Induction chemotherapy with paclitaxel and cisplatin to concurrent radiotherapy and weekly paclitaxel in the treatment of loco-regionally advanced, stage IV (M0), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Mature results of a prospective study

Stefano Pergolizzi, Anna Santacaterina, Barbara Adamo, Tindara Franchina, Nerina Denaro, Pina Ferraro, Giusy RR Ricciardi, Nicola Settineri, Vincenzo Adamo

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Long-term survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and synchronous brain metastasis treated with whole-brain radiotherapy and thoracic chemoradiation

Oscar Arrieta, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, Jesús Zamora, Mónika Blake-Cerda, María D de la Mata, Diego G Zavala, Saé Muñiz-Hernández, Jaime de la Garza

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MiRNA expression patterns predict survival in glioblastoma

Maximilian Niyazi, Franz Zehentmayr, Olivier M Niemöller, Sabina Eigenbrod, Hans Kretzschmar, Klaus Schulze-Osthoff, Jörg-Christian Tonn, Mike Atkinson, Simone Mörtl, Claus Belka

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Genomic alterations in rectal tumors and response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: an exploratory study

Chiara Molinari, Michela Ballardini, Nazario Teodorani, Massimo Giannini, Wainer Zoli, Ermanno Emiliani, Enrico Lucci, Alessandro Passardi, Paola Rosetti, Luca Saragoni, Massimo Guidoboni, Dino Amadori, Daniele Calistri

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Endometrial cancer - reduce to the minimum. A new paradigm for adjuvant treatments?

Heike R Scheithauer, Diana S Schulz, Claus Belka

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Virtual 3D tumor marking-exact intraoperative coordinate mapping improve post-operative radiotherapy

Harald Essig, Majeed Rana, Andreas Meyer, André M Eckardt, Horst Kokemueller, Constantin von See, Daniel Lindhorst, Frank Tavassol, Martin Ruecker, Nils-Claudius Gellrich

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Dosimetric and motion analysis of margin-intensive therapy by stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for resectable pancreatic cancer

John H Heinzerling, Ross Bland, John C Mansour, Roderich E Schwarz, Ezequiel Ramirez, Chuxiong Ding, Ramzi Abdulrahman, Thomas P Boike, Timothy Solberg, Robert D Timmerman, Jeffrey J Meyer

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Volumetric modulated arc planning for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy using conventional and unflattened photon beams: a dosimetric comparison with 3D technique

Geoffrey G Zhang, Lichung Ku, Thomas J Dilling, Craig W Stevens, Ray R Zhang, Weiqi Li, Vladimir Feygelman

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Adjuvant or radical fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with pituitary functional and nonfunctional macroadenoma

Damien C Weber, Shahan Momjian, François P Pralong, Patrick Meyer, Jean Guy Villemure, Alessia Pica

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Frameless linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases: analysis of patient repositioning using a mask fixation system and clinical outcomes

Giuseppe Minniti, Claudia Scaringi, Enrico Clarke, Maurizio Valeriani, Mattia Osti, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici

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Can the risk of secondary cancer induction after breast conserving therapy be reduced using intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) with low-energy x-rays?

Muhammad Hammad Aziz, Frank Schneider, Sven Clausen, Elena Blank, Carsten Herskind, Muhammad Afzal, Frederik Wenz

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Mixed modality treatment planning of accelerated partial breast irradiation: to improve complex dosimetry cases

Mohamed El Nemr, Steve Heymann, Rodolfe Verstraet, Bruno Biron, Fares Azoury, Hugo Marsiglia, Céline Bourgier

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First steps towards a fast-neutron therapy planning program

Sylvia Garny, Werner Rühm, Maria Zankl, Franz M Wagner, Herwig G Paretzke

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Spinal radiosurgery - efficacy and safety after prior conventional radiotherapy

Katharina Nikolajek, Markus Kufeld, Alexander Muacevic, Berndt Wowra, Maximilian Niyazi, Ute Ganswindt

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Apoptosis induction and tumor cell repopulation: The yin and yang of radiotherapy

Kirsten Lauber, Luis E Munoz, Christian Berens, Verena Jendrossek, Claus Belka, Martin Herrmann

Open Access Review

Radiotherapy and "new" drugs-new side effects?

Maximilian Niyazi, Cornelius Maihoefer, Mechthild Krause, Claus Rödel, Wilfried Budach, Claus Belka

Open Access Review

Radiation techniques for acromegaly

Giuseppe Minniti, Claudia Scaringi, Riccardo Maurizi Enrici

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Risk factors of distant brain failure for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiotherapy alone

Xiu-jun Chen, Jian-ping Xiao, Xiang-pan Li, Xue-song Jiang, Ye Zhang, Ying-jie Xu, Jian-rong Dai, Ye-xiong Li

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Significance of genomic instability in breast cancer in atomic bomb survivors: analysis of microarray-comparative genomic hybridization

Masahiro Oikawa, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura, Hisayoshi Kondo, Shiro Miura, Takeshi Nagayasu, Masahiro Nakashima

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Significant impact of different oxygen breathing conditions on noninvasive in vivo tumor-hypoxia imaging using [18F]-fluoro-azomycinarabino-furanoside ([18F]FAZA)

Florian C Maier, Manfred Kneilling, Gerald Reischl, Funda Cay, Daniel Bukala, Andreas Schmid, Martin S Judenhofer, Martin Röcken, Hans-Jürgen Machulla, Bernd J Pichler

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Clinical practice of image-guided spine radiosurgery - results from an international research consortium

Matthias Guckenberger, Reinhart A Sweeney, John C Flickinger, Peter C Gerszten, Ronald Kersh, Jason Sheehan, Arjun Sahgal

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Fast IMRT by increasing the beam number and reducing the number of segments

Klaus Bratengeier, Mark B Gainey, Michael Flentje

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Adjuvant radiation therapy in metastatic lymph nodes from melanoma

Jean-Emmanuel Bibault, Sylvain Dewas, Xavier Mirabel, Laurent Mortier, Nicolas Penel, Luc Vanseymortier, Eric Lartigau

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Image guidance using 3D-ultrasound (3D-US) for daily positioning of lumpectomy cavity for boost irradiation

Manjeet Chadha, Amy Young, Charles Geraghty, Robert Masino, Louis Harrison

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Dose-response relationship for breast cancer induction at radiotherapy dose

Uwe Schneider, Marcin Sumila, Judith Robotka, Günther Gruber, Andreas Mack, Jürgen Besserer

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Initial investigation using statistical process control for quality control of accelerator beam steering

Charles M Able, Carnell J Hampton, Alan H Baydush, Michael T Munley

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Phase i study of 'dose-dense' pemetrexed plus carboplatin/radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma

Xinglei Shen, Albert DeNittis, Maria Werner-Wasik, Rita Axelrod, Paul Gilman, Thomas Meyer, Joseph Treat, Walter J Curran, Mitchell Machtay

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Erratum To: An ultrasonographic evaluation of skin thickness in breast cancer patients after postmastectomy radiation therapy

Sharon Wong, Amarjit Kaur, Michael Back, Khai Mun Lee, Shaun Baggarley, Jiade Jay Lu

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Rotational IMRT techniques compared to fixed gantry IMRT and Tomotherapy: multi-institutional planning study for head-and-neck cases

Tilo Wiezorek, Tim Brachwitz, Dietmar Georg, Eyck Blank, Irina Fotina, Gregor Habl, Matthias Kretschmer, Gerd Lutters, Henning Salz, Kai Schubert, Daniela Wagner, Thomas G Wendt