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Radiation Oncology

Issue 1/2012

Content (226 Articles)

Open Access Research

Failure patterns and survival in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity modulated radiation in Northwest China: A pilot study

Jianhua Wang, Mei Shi, Yuesheng Hsia, Shanquan Luo, Lina Zhao, Man Xu, Feng Xiao, Xuehai Fu, Jianping Li, Bin Zhou, Xiaoli Long

Open Access Review

A review of clinical trials of cetuximab combined with radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Carsten Nieder, Adam Pawinski, Astrid Dalhaug, Nicolaus Andratschke

Open Access Methodology

Determination of cell survival after irradiation via clonogenic assay versus multiple MTT Assay - A comparative study

Karl Buch, Tanja Peters, Thomas Nawroth, Markus Sänger, Heinz Schmidberger, Peter Langguth

Open Access Research

Administration of ON 01210.Na after exposure to ionizing radiation protects bone marrow cells by attenuating DNA damage response

Shubhankar Suman, Manoj Maniar, Albert J Fornace Jr, Kamal Datta

Open Access Research

The impact of direct aperture optimization on plan quality and efficiency in complex head and neck IMRT

Marcello Sabatino, Matthias Kretschmer, Klemens Zink, Florian Würschmidt

Open Access Case report

Repeated Radionuclide therapy in metastatic paraganglioma leading to the highest reported cumulative activity of 131I-MIBG

Samer Ezziddin, Amir Sabet, Yon-Dschun Ko, Sunny Xun, Alexander Matthies, Hans-Jürgen Biersack

Open Access Research

Amelioration of radiation-induced skin injury by adenovirus-mediated heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) overexpression in rats

Shuyu Zhang, Chuanjun Song, Jundong Zhou, Ling Xie, Xingjun Meng, Pengfei Liu, Jianping Cao, Xueguang Zhang, Wei-Qun Ding, Jinchang Wu

Open Access Research

Influence of secondary neutrons induced by proton radiotherapy for cancer patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Takayuki Hashimoto, Tomonori Isobe, Haruko Hashii, Hiroaki Kumada, Hiroshi Tada, Toshiyuki Okumura, Koji Tsuboi, Takeji Sakae, Kazutaka Aonuma, Hideyuki Sakurai

Open Access Methodology

Skin toxicity from external beam radiation therapy in breast cancer patients: protective effects of Resveratrol, Lycopene, Vitamin C and anthocianin (Ixor®)

Rossella Di Franco, MariaGrazia Calvanese, Paola Murino, Roberto Manzo, Cesare Guida, Davide Di Gennaro, Caterina Anania, Vincenzo Ravo

Open Access Research

Interim-treatment quantitative PET parameters predict progression and death among patients with hodgkin's disease

Diane Tseng, Leelanand P Rachakonda, Zheng Su, Ranjana Advani, Sandra Horning, Richard T Hoppe, Andrew Quon, Edward E Graves, Billy W Loo Jr, Phuoc T Tran

Open Access Research

Accelerated partial breast irradiation using once-daily fractionation: analysis of 312 cases with four years median follow-up

Arif Y Shaikh, Michael A LaCombe, Hongyan Du, Vathsala T Raghavan, Ranjeev K Nanda, William D Bloomer

Open Access Research

Narrow safety range of intraoperative rectal irradiation exposure volume for avoiding bleeding after seed implant brachytherapy

Ryuji Nakamura, Koyo Kikuchi, Susumu Tanji, Tomonori Yabuuchi, Ikuko Uwano, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Hisanori Ariga, Tomoaki Fujioka

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver tumours using flattening filter free beam: dosimetric and technical considerations

Pietro Mancosu, Simona Castiglioni, Giacomo Reggiori, Maddalena Catalano, Filippo Alongi, Chiara Pellegrini, Stefano Arcangeli, Angelo Tozzi, Francesca Lobefalo, Antonella Fogliata, Piera Navarria, Luca Cozzi, Marta Scorsetti

Open Access Research

Acute and late toxicities of radiotherapy for patients with discoid lupus erythematosus: a retrospective case-control study

Ajaykumar B Patel, Christopher L Hallemeier, Ivy A Petersen, Ashley W Jensen, Thomas G Osborn, Robert C Miller

Open Access Research

In vitro evaluation of photon and carbon ion radiotherapy in combination with chemotherapy in glioblastoma cells

Stephanie E Combs, Lisa Zipp, Stefan Rieken, Daniel Habermehl, Stefan Brons, Marcus Winter, Thomas Haberer, Jürgen Debus, Klaus-Josef Weber

Open Access Research

Pretreatment carcinoembryonic antigen level is a risk factor for para-aortic lymph node recurrence in addition to squamous cell carcinoma antigen following definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Eng-Yen Huang, Yu-Jie Huang, Chan-Chao Chanchien, Hao Lin, Chong-Jong Wang, Li-Min Sun, Chin-Wen Tseng, Ching-Chou Tsai, Yu-Che Ou, Hung-Chun Fu, Hui-Chun Chen, Hsuan-Chih Hsu, Chang-Yu Wang

Open Access Methodology

AP-PA field orientation followed by IMRT reduces lung exposure in comparison to conventional 3D conformal and sole IMRT in centrally located lung tumors

Viacheslav Soyfer, Yaron Meir, Benjamin W Corn, Dan Schifter, Eliahu Gez, Haim Tempelhoff, Natan Shtraus

Open Access Research

Dose-escalation using intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer - evaluation of quality of life with and without 18F-choline PET-CT detected simultaneous integrated boost

Michael Pinkawa, Marc D Piroth, Richard Holy, Jens Klotz, Victoria Djukic, Nuria Escobar Corral, Mariana Caffaro, Oliver H Winz, Thomas Krohn, Felix M Mottaghy, Michael J Eble

Open Access Methodology

A new method of lower extremity immobilization in radiotherapy

Xuhai Zheng, Tangzhi Dai, Xiaochuan Shu, Yuanxue Pu, Gang Feng, Xuesong Li, Dongbiao Liao, Xiaobo Du

Open Access Research

Evaluation of heterogeneity dose distributions for Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT): comparison of commercially available Monte Carlo dose calculation with other algorithms

Wataru Takahashi, Hideomi Yamashita, Naoya Saotome, Yoshio Iwai, Akira Sakumi, Akihiro Haga, Keiichi Nakagawa

Open Access Case report

Head and neck region consolidation radiotherapy and prophylactic cranial irradiation with hippocampal avoidance delivered with helical tomotherapy after induction chemotherapy for non-sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma of the upper airways

Pierfrancesco Franco, Gianmauro Numico, Fernanda Migliaccio, Paola Catuzzo, Domenico Cante, Paola Ceroni, Piera Sciacero, Pierpaolo Carassai, Paolo Canzi, Maria Rosa La Porta, Giuseppe Girelli, Valeria Casanova Borca, Massimo Pasquino, Santi Tofani, Franca Ozzello, Umberto Ricardi

Open Access Research

Gold marker displacement due to needle insertion during HDR-brachytherapy for treatment of prostate cancer: A prospective cone beam computed tomography and kilovoltage on-board imaging (kV-OBI) study

Markus KA Herrmann, Tereza Kertesz, Tammo Gsänger, Eugen Bloch, Gerhard Pollul, Mohamed Bouabdallaoui, Arne Strauss, Mareike Herrmann, Hans Christiansen, Hendrik A Wolff, Clemens F Hess, Andrea Hille

Open Access Research

Post-radiation increase in VEGF enhances glioma cell motility in vitro

Whoon Jong Kil, Philip J Tofilon, Kevin Camphausen

Open Access Research

Preoperative rectal cancer staging with phased-array MR

Sabina Giusti, Piero Buccianti, Maura Castagna, Elena Fruzzetti, Silvia Fattori, Elisa Castelluccio, Davide Caramella, Carlo Bartolozzi

Open Access Research

Long-term biochemical results after high-dose-rate intensity modulated brachytherapy with external beam radiotherapy for high risk prostate cancer

Pedro J Prada, Lucia Mendez, José Fernández, Herminio González, Isabel Jiménez, Elisabeth Arrojo

Open Access Research

Assessment of shoulder position variation and its impact on IMRT and VMAT doses for head and neck cancer

Emily Neubauer, Lei Dong, David S Followill, Adam S Garden, Laurence E Court, R Allen White, Stephen F Kry

Open Access Research

Investigation of the interaction between the MIR-503 and CD40 genes in irradiated U937 cells

Guanghui Cheng, Shilong Sun, Zhanfeng Wang, Shunzi Jin

Open Access Research

Radiosensitization by the novel DNA intercalating agent vosaroxin

Ira K Gordon, Christian Graves, Whoon J Kil, Tamalee Kramp, Philip Tofilon, Kevin Camphausen

Open Access Research

3D Variation in delineation of head and neck organs at risk

Charlotte L Brouwer, Roel JHM Steenbakkers, Edwin van den Heuvel, Joop C Duppen, Arash Navran, Henk P Bijl, Olga Chouvalova, Fred R Burlage, Harm Meertens, Johannes A Langendijk, Aart A van 't Veld

Open Access Research

Robotic-based carbon ion therapy and patient positioning in 6 degrees of freedom: setup accuracy of two standard immobilization devices used in carbon ion therapy and IMRT

Alexandra D Jensen, Marcus Winter, Sabine P Kuhn, Jürgen Debus, Olaf Nairz, Marc W Münter

Open Access Research

A national survey of the availability of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery in Canada

Eman Z AlDuhaiby, Stephen Breen, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Michael Sharpe, Linda Mayhew, Scott Tyldesley, Derek R Wilke, David C Hodgson

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation with Gemcitabine for locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Daniel Habermehl, Kerstin Kessel, Thomas Welzel, Holger Hof, Amir Abdollahi, Frank Bergmann, Stefan Rieken, Jürgen Weitz, Jens Werner, Peter Schirmacher, Markus W Büchler, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases larger than three centimeters

Xue-song Jiang, Jian-ping Xiao, Ye Zhang, Ying-jie Xu, Xiang-pan Li, Xiu-jun Chen, Xiao-dong Huang, Jun-lin Yi, Li Gao, Ye-xiong Li

Open Access Research

Comparison of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with intensity modulated particle therapy (IMPT) using fixed beams or an ion gantry for the treatment of patients with skull base meningiomas

Katsura Kosaki, Swantje Ecker, Daniel Habermehl, Stefan Rieken, Oliver Jäkel, Klaus Herfarth, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Study protocol

A phase II multi-institutional study assessing simultaneous in-field boost helical tomotherapy for 1-3 brain metastases

George Rodrigues, Slav Yartsev, Keng Yeow Tay, Gregory R Pond, Frank Lagerwaard, Glenn Bauman

Open Access Research

IMRT for locally advanced anal cancer: clinical experience of the Montpellier Cancer Center

Sabine Vieillot, Pascal Fenoglietto, Claire Lemanski, Carmen Llacer Moscardo, Sophie Gourgou, Jean-Bernard Dubois, Norbert Aillères, David Azria

Open Access Research

Permanent 125I-seed prostate brachytherapy: early prostate specific antigen value as a predictor of PSA bounce occurrence

Renaud Mazeron, Agathe Bajard, Xavier Montbarbon, Frédéric Gassa, Claude Malet, François Rocher, Sébastien Clippe, Gabriel Bringeon, Olivier Desmettre, Pascal Pommier

Open Access Research

In vivo efficacy of the histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid in combination with radiotherapy in a malignant rhabdoid tumor mouse model

Markus Thiemann, Susanne Oertel, Volker Ehemann, Wilko Weichert, Albrecht Stenzinger, Marc Bischof, Klaus-J Weber, Ramon Lopez Perez, Uwe Haberkorn, Andreas E Kulozik, Jürgen Debus, Peter E Huber, Claudia Battmann

Open Access Research

Scanned carbon beam irradiation of moving films: comparison of measured and calculated response

Christoph Bert, Daniel Richter, Marco Durante, Eike Rietzel

Open Access Research

Radiochemoimmunotherapy with intensity-modulated concomitant boost: interim analysis of the REACH trial

Alexandra D Jensen, Jürgen Krauss, Karin Potthoff, Christian Simon, Anna V Nikoghosyan, Karen Lossner, Jürgen Debus, Marc W Münter

Open Access Research

NVP-BEZ235 and NVP-BGT226, dual phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors, enhance tumor and endothelial cell radiosensitivity

Emmanouil Fokas, Michio Yoshimura, Remko Prevo, Geoff Higgins, Wolfgang Hackl, Sauveur-Michel Maira, Eric J Bernhard, WGillies McKenna, Ruth J Muschel

Open Access Methodology

A technique for pediatric total skin electron irradiation

Qinan Bao, Brian A Hrycushko, Joseph P Dugas, Frederick H Hager, Timothy D Solberg

Open Access Review

Iodine-125 brachytherapy for brain tumours - a review

Silke B Schwarz, Niklas Thon, Katharina Nikolajek, Maximilian Niyazi, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Claus Belka, Friedrich-Wilhelm Kreth

Open Access Research

Phase II study of helical tomotherapy in the multidisciplinary treatment of oligometastatic colorectal cancer

Benedikt Engels, Thierry Gevaert, Hendrik Everaert, Peter De Coninck, Alexandra Sermeus, Nicolas Christian, Guy Storme, Dirk Verellen, Mark De Ridder

Open Access Research

The pattern of relapse and survival of elective irradiation of the upper neck for stage N0 nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xiayun He, Ziqiang Pan, Xiaomao Guo, Ming Ye, Zhen Zhang, Shaoqin He, Taifu Liu

Open Access Research

Comparison of accelerated partial breast irradiation via multicatheter interstitial brachytherapy versus whole breast radiation

Daniel J Ferraro, Adam A Garsa, Todd A DeWees, Julie A Margenthaler, Michael Naughton, Rebecca Aft, William E Gillanders, Timothy Eberlein, Melissa A Matesa, Imran Zoberi

Open Access Research

Analysis of inter-fraction setup errors and organ motion by daily kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography in intensity modulated radiotherapy of prostate cancer

Marcella Palombarini, Stefano Mengoli, Paola Fantazzini, Cecilia Cadioli, Claudio Degli Esposti, Giovanni Piero Frezza

Open Access Research

Cancer-associated fibroblasts from human NSCLC survive ablative doses of radiation but their invasive capacity is reduced

Turid Hellevik, Ingvild Pettersen, Vivian Berg, Jan Olof Winberg, Bjørn T Moe, Kristian Bartnes, Ruth H Paulssen, Lill-Tove Busund, Roy Bremnes, Anthony Chalmers, Iñigo Martinez-Zubiaurre

Open Access Research

Cone-beam computed tomography in hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases

Gianluca Ingrosso, Roberto Miceli, Dahlia Fedele, Elisabetta Ponti, Michaela Benassi, Rosaria Barbarino, Luana Di Murro, Emilia Giudice, Federico Santarelli, Riccardo Santoni

Open Access Short report

Treatment strategies for oesophageal cancer - time-trends and long term outcome data from a large tertiary referral centre

Maria C Wolf, Franz Zehentmayr, Michael Schmidt, Dieter Hölzel, Claus Belka

Open Access Research

DNMT (DNA methyltransferase) inhibitors radiosensitize human cancer cells by suppressing DNA repair activity

HakJae Kim, JinHo Kim, EuiKyu Chie, Park DaYoung, InAh Kim, IlHan Kim

Open Access Case report

Pathological vertebral fracture after stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung metastases. Case report and literature review.

María Esperanza Rodríguez-Ruiz, Iñigo San Miguel, Ignacio Gil-Bazo, Jose Luis Perez-Gracia, Leire Arbea, Marta Moreno-Jimenez, Javier Aristu

Open Access Review

Neurocognitive function impairment after whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastases: actual assessment

Agnes V Tallet, David Azria, Fabrice Barlesi, Jean-Philippe Spano, Antoine F Carpentier, Antony Gonçalves, Philippe Metellus

Open Access Research

Treatment and prognosis of patients with late rectal bleeding after intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Shinya Takemoto, Yuta Shibamoto, Shiho Ayakawa, Aiko Nagai, Akihiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Ogino, Fumiya Baba, Takeshi Yanagi, Chikao Sugie, Hiromi Kataoka, Mikio Mimura

Open Access Research

64Cu-ATSM and 18FDG PET uptake and 64Cu-ATSM autoradiography in spontaneous canine tumors: comparison with pimonidazole hypoxia immunohistochemistry

Anders E Hansen, Annemarie T Kristensen, Jesper T Jørgensen, Fintan J McEvoy, Morten Busk, Albert J van der Kogel, Johan Bussink, Svend A Engelholm, Andreas Kjær

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy dose–response analysis for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a complete response to chemotherapy

Jennifer A Dorth, Leonard R Prosnitz, Gloria Broadwater, Anne W Beaven, Chris R Kelsey

Open Access Research

A multi-institution evaluation of deformable image registration algorithms for automatic organ delineation in adaptive head and neck radiotherapy

Nicholas Hardcastle, Wolfgang A Tomé, Donald M Cannon, Charlotte L Brouwer, Paul WH Wittendorp, Nesrin Dogan, Matthias Guckenberger, Stéphane Allaire, Yogish Mallya, Prashant Kumar, Markus Oechsner, Anne Richter, Shiyu Song, Michael Myers, Bülent Polat, Karl Bzdusek

Open Access Commentary

Stereotactic iodine-125 brachytherapy for brain tumors: temporary versus permanent implantation

Maximilian I Ruge, Philipp Kickingereder, Stefan Grau, Harald Treuer, Volker Sturm, Juergen Voges

Open Access Research

An athymic rat model of cutaneous radiation injury designed to study human tissue-based wound therapy

Lucas H Rifkin, Strahinja Stojadinovic, Collin H Stewart, Kwang H Song, Michael C Maxted, Marcus H Bell, Natalie S Kashefi, Michael P Speiser, Michel Saint-Cyr, Michael D Story, Rod J Rohrich, Spencer A Brown, Timothy D Solberg

Open Access Research

A dosimetric phantom study of dose accuracy and build-up effects using IMRT and RapidArc in stereotactic irradiation of lung tumours

Jan Seppala, Sami Suilamo, Jarmo Kulmala, Pekka Mali, Heikki Minn

Open Access Research

Randomized phase II trial of urethral sparing intensity modulated radiation therapy in low-risk prostate cancer: implications for focal therapy

Jeffrey Vainshtein, Eyad Abu-Isa, Karin B Olson, Michael E Ray, Howard M Sandler, Dan Normolle, Dale W Litzenberg, Kathryn Masi, Charlie Pan, Daniel A Hamstra

Open Access Research

18 F-FDG PET-CT during chemo-radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: the early metabolic response correlates with the delivered radiation dose

Mariangela Massaccesi, Maria Lucia Calcagni, Maria Grazia Spitilli, Fabrizio Cocciolillo, Francesca Pelligrò, Lorenzo Bonomo, Vincenzo Valentini, Alessandro Giordano

Open Access Research

Phase I study of photodynamic therapy using talaporfin sodium and diode laser for local failure after chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer

Tomonori Yano, Manabu Muto, Kenichi Yoshimura, Miyuki Niimi, Yasumasa Ezoe, Yusuke Yoda, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hogara Nishisaki, Koji Higashino, Hiroyasu Iishi

Open Access Research

Connection of European particle therapy centers and generation of a common particle database system within the European ULICE-framework

Kerstin A Kessel, Nina Bougatf, Christian Bohn, Daniel Habermehl, Dieter Oetzel, Rolf Bendl, Uwe Engelmann, Roberto Orecchia, Piero Fossati, Richard Pötter, Manjit Dosanjh, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Long-term results of curative intraluminal high dose rate brachytherapy for endobronchial carcinoma

Hidemasa Kawamura, Takeshi Ebara, Hiroyuki Katoh, Tomoaki Tamaki, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Hideyuki Sakurai, Takashi Nakano

Open Access Research

Long-term outcome and toxicity of hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy as a boost treatment for head and neck cancer: the importance of boost volume assessment

Dong Soo Lee, Yeon Sil Kim, Jae Seok Cheon, Jin Ho Song, Seok Hyun Son, Ji Sun Jang, Young Nam Kang, Jing Hyoung Kang, So Lyoung Jung, Ie Ryung Yoo, Hong Seok Jang

Open Access Research

Identification of stable endogenous control genes for transcriptional profiling of photon, proton and carbon-ion irradiated cells

Geeta D Sharungbam, Christian Schwager, Sara Chiblak, Stephan Brons, Lynn Hlatky, Thomas Haberer, Jürgen Debus, Amir Abdollahi

Open Access Research

Factors influencing heterogeneity of radiation-induced DNA-damage measured by the alkaline comet assay

Clemens Seidel, Christine Lautenschläger, Jürgen Dunst, Arndt-Christian Müller

Open Access Case report

Splenic re-irradiation for waldenstrőm’s macroglobulinemia

Zhou Wei, Yu Yanxia, Xu Ying, Wang Han, Jiang Yuhua

Open Access Research

The combination of olaparib and camptothecin for effective radiosensitization

Katsutoshi Miura, Koh-ichi Sakata, Masanori Someya, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Hideki Matsumoto, Akihisa Takahashi, Masato Hareyama

Open Access Research

High survivin expression as a risk factor in patients with anal carcinoma treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Ingeborg Fraunholz, Claus Rödel, Luitpold Distel, Marget Rave-Fränk, Daniela Kohler, Stefan Falk, Franz Rödel

Open Access Research

Comparison of therapeutic dosimetric data from passively scattered proton and photon craniospinal irradiations for medulloblastoma

Rebecca M Howell, Annelise Giebeler, Wendi Koontz-Raisig, Anita Mahajan, Carol J Etzel, Anthony M D’Amelio Jr, Kenneth L Homann, Wayne D Newhauser

Open Access Research

Risk factors of brain metastases in completely resected pathological stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer

Xiao Ding, Honghai Dai, Zhouguang Hui, Wei Ji, Jun Liang, Jima Lv, Zongmei Zhou, Weibo Yin, Jie He, Luhua Wang

Open Access Research

Salvage concurrent radio-chemotherapy for post-operative local recurrence of squamous-cell esophageal cancer

Jian Zhang, Feng Peng, Na Li, Yongmei Liu, Yong Xu, Lin Zhou, Jin Wang, Jiang Zhu, Meijuan Huang, Youling Gong

Open Access Research

The prognostic value of expression of HIF1α, EGFR and VEGF-A, in localized prostate cancer for intermediate- and high-risk patients treated with radiation therapy with or without androgen deprivation therapy

Damien C Weber, Jean-Christophe Tille, Christophe Combescure, Jean-François Egger, Mahomet Laouiti, Karim Hammad, Perrine Granger, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Raymond Miralbell

Open Access Research

Short course radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost for stage I-II breast cancer, early toxicities of a randomized clinical trial

Hilde Van Parijs, Geertje Miedema, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Sylvia Verbanck, Nele Adriaenssens, Dirk Kerkhove, Truus Reynders, Daniel Schuermans, Katrien Leysen, Shane Hanon, Guy Van Camp, Walter Vincken, Guy Storme, Dirk Verellen, Mark De Ridder

Open Access Research

A comparison of radiographic techniques and electromagnetic transponders for localization of the prostate

Ryan D Foster, David A Pistenmaa, Timothy D Solberg

Open Access Research

Image-Guided Robotic Stereotactic Radiation Therapy with Fiducial-Free Tumor Tracking for Lung Cancer

Jean-Emmanuel Bibault, Bernard Prevost, Eric Dansin, Xavier Mirabel, Thomas Lacornerie, Eric Lartigau

Open Access Research

Patterns of failure after multimodal treatments for high-grade glioma: effectiveness of MIB-1 labeling index

Kazuyuki Uehara, Takashi Sasayama, Daisuke Miyawaki, Hideki Nishimura, Kenji Yoshida, Yoshiaki Okamoto, Naritoshi Mukumoto, Hiroaki Akasaka, Masamitsu Nishihara, Osamu Fujii, Toshinori Soejima, Kazuro Sugimura, Eiji Kohmura, Ryohei Sasaki

Open Access Research

Intraoperative radiation therapy with the photon radiosurgery system in locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer: retrospective review of the Cleveland clinic experience

Susan Guo, Chandana A Reddy, Matthew Kolar, Neil Woody, Arul Mahadevan, F Christopher Deibel, David W Dietz, Feza H Remzi, John H Suh

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes and toxicity using Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for advanced cholangiocarcinoma

Brandon M Barney, Kenneth R Olivier, Robert C Miller, Michael G Haddock

Open Access Research

Functional dosimetric metrics for predicting radiation-induced lung injury in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy

Dongqing Wang, Jinbo Sun, Jingyu Zhu, Xiaohong Li, Yanbo Zhen, Songtao Sui

Open Access Short report

MUC5B levels in submandibular gland saliva of patients treated with radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer: A pilot study

Tim Dijkema, Chris H J Terhaard, Judith M Roesink, Cornelis P J Raaijmakers, Petra A M van den Keijbus, Henk S Brand, Enno C I Veerman

Open Access Research

Searching standard parameters for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) of prostate cancer

Marius Treutwein, Matthias Hipp, Oliver Koelbl, Barbara Dobler

Open Access Research

Determination of cytokine protein levels in oral secretions in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies

Deborah E Citrin, Ying J Hitchcock, Eun Joo Chung, Jonathan Frandsen, Mary Ellen Urick, William Shield, David Gaffney

Open Access Research

Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes ATM, GSTP1, SOD2, TGFB1, XPD and XRCC1 with risk of severe erythema after breast conserving radiotherapy

Annette Raabe, Katharina Derda, Sebastian Reuther, Silke Szymczak, Kerstin Borgmann, Ulrike Hoeller, Andreas Ziegler, Cordula Petersen, Ekkehard Dikomey

Open Access Research

Hypofractionated image-guided breath-hold SABR (Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy) of liver metastases – clinical results

Judit Boda-Heggemann, Dietmar Dinter, Christel Weiss, Anian Frauenfeld, Kerstin Siebenlist, Ulrike Attenberger, Martine Ottstadt, Frank Schneider, Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr

Open Access Research

Incorporating breath holding and image guidance in the adjuvant gastric cancer radiotherapy: a dosimetric study

Weigang Hu, Jinsong Ye, Jiazhou Wang, Qing Xu, Zhen Zhang

Open Access Research

Combination of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with fractionated external beam radiotherapy for treatment of advanced symptomatic meningioma

Michael C Kreissl, Heribert Hänscheid, Mario Löhr, Frederik A Verburg, Markus Schiller, Michael Lassmann, Christoph Reiners, Samuel S Samnick, Andreas K Buck, Michael Flentje, Reinhart A Sweeney

Open Access Research

Dosimetric consequences of translational and rotational errors in frame-less image-guided radiosurgery

Matthias Guckenberger, Johannes Roesch, Kurt Baier, Reinhart A Sweeney, Michael Flentje

Open Access Research

Chronic modulation of AMP-Kinase, Akt and mTOR pathways by ionizing radiation in human lung cancer xenografts

Yaryna Storozhuk, Toran Sanli, Sarah N Hopmans, Carrie Schultz, Tom Farrell, Jean-Claude Cutz, Gregory R Steinberg, James Wright, Gurmit Singh, Theodoros Tsakiridis

Open Access Research

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for reirradiation of localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

Chris E Lominska, Keith Unger, Nadim M Nasr, Nadim Haddad, Greg Gagnon

Open Access Research

Vascular responses to radiotherapy and androgen-deprivation therapy in experimental prostate cancer

Kathrine Røe, Lars TG Mikalsen, Albert J van der Kogel, Johan Bussink, Heidi Lyng, Anne H Ree, Laure Marignol, Dag R Olsen

Open Access Research

Clinically significant bleeding in incurable cancer patients: effectiveness of hemostatic radiotherapy

Nikola Cihoric, Susanne Crowe, Steffen Eychmüller, Daniel M Aebersold, Pirus Ghadjar

Open Access Review

Current status of boron neutron capture therapy of high grade gliomas and recurrent head and neck cancer

Rolf F Barth, MGraca H Vicente, Otto K Harling, WS Kiger III, Kent J Riley, Peter J Binns, Franz M Wagner, Minoru Suzuki, Teruhito Aihara, Itsuro Kato, Shinji Kawabata

Open Access Research

Acute gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicity of image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer using a daily water-filled endorectal balloon

Curtiland Deville, Stefan Both, Viet Bui, Wei-Ting Hwang, Kay-See Tan, Mattia Schaer, Zelig Tochner, Neha Vapiwala

Open Access Research

A dosimetric comparison of 3D conformal vs intensity modulated vs volumetric arc radiation therapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer

Farshad Foroudi, Lesley Wilson, Mathias Bressel, Annette Haworth, Colin Hornby, Daniel Pham, Jim Cramb, Suki Gill, Keen Hun Tai, Tomas Kron

Open Access Research

Total skin electron beam therapy as palliative treatment for cutaneous manifestations of advanced, therapy-refractory cutaneous lymphoma and leukemia

Henrik Hauswald, Felix Zwicker, Nathalie Rochet, Matthias Uhl, Frank Hensley, Jürgen Debus, Klaus Herfarth, Marc Bischof

Open Access Research

Axillary lymph node dose with tangential whole breast radiation in the prone versus supine position: a dosimetric study

Kara Lynne Leonard, David Solomon, Jaroslaw T Hepel, Jessica R Hiatt, David E Wazer, Thomas A DiPetrillo

Open Access Research

Can exhaled NO fraction predict radiotherapy-induced lung toxicity in lung cancer patients?

Irina Enache, Georges Noel, M-Young Jeung, Nicolas Meyer, Monique Oswald-Mammosser, Emile Urban-Kraemer, Catherine Schumacher, Bernard Geny, Elisabeth Quoix, Anne Charloux

Open Access Research

Clinical outcome and predictors of survival and pneumonitis after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Joe Y Chang, Hui Liu, Peter Balter, Ritsuko Komaki, Zhongxing Liao, James Welsh, Reza J Mehran, Jack A Roth, Stephen G Swisher

Open Access Research

Appropriate patient instructions can reduce prostate motion

Reinhold Graf, Dirk Boehmer, Jacek Nadobny, Volker Budach, Peter Wust

Open Access Research

Efficacy and toxicity of whole brain radiotherapy in patients with multiple cerebral metastases from malignant melanoma

Henrik Hauswald, Jan-Oliver Dittmar, Daniel Habermehl, Stefan Rieken, Florian Sterzing, Jürgen Debus, Stephanie E Combs

Open Access Research

Early prediction of histopathological response of rectal tumors after one week of preoperative radiochemotherapy using 18 F-FDG PET-CT imaging. A prospective clinical study

Natalia Goldberg, Yulia Kundel, Ofer Purim, Hanna Bernstine, Noa Gordon, Sara Morgenstern, Efraim Idelevich, Nir Wasserberg, Aaron Sulkes, David Groshar, Baruch Brenner

Open Access Review

Accuracy and inter-observer variability of 3D versus 4D cone-beam CT based image-guidance in SBRT for lung tumors

Reinhart A Sweeney, Benedikt Seubert, Silke Stark, Vanessa Homann, Gerd Müller, Michael Flentje, Matthias Guckenberger

Open Access Research

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Jure Murgic, Matthew H Stenmark, Schuyler Halverson, Kevin Blas, Felix Y Feng, Daniel A Hamstra

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Jose Expósito, Javier Jaén, Enrique Alonso, Isabel Tovar

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Open Access Case report

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Michael K Farris, Varun K Chowdhry, Sheila Lemke, Mary Kilpatrick, Michael Lacombe

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Open Access Methodology

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Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández, Mercedes Moreno, Agustín Rey, Marta Lloret, Pedro C Lara

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Marie-Adele S Kress, Brian T Collins, Sean P Collins, Anatoly Dritschilo, Gregory Gagnon, Keith Unger

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Open Access Case report

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The utility of FDG-PET for assessing outcomes in oligometastatic cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy: a cohort study

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Open Access Short report

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