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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (243 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Risk factors for osteoradionecrosis of the jaw in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Hikaru Kubota, Daisuke Miyawaki, Naritoshi Mukumoto, Takeaki Ishihara, Megumi Matsumura, Takumi Hasegawa, Masaya Akashi, Naomi Kiyota, Hirotaka Shinomiya, Masanori Teshima, Ken-ichi Nibu, Ryohei Sasaki

Open Access Research

Invasion of the pterygoid plates: an indicator for regional lymph node failure in maxillary sinus cancer

Yasuo Kosugi, Terufumi Kawamoto, Masaki Oshima, Mitsuhisa Fujimaki, Shinichi Ohba, Fumihiko Matsumoto, Naoto Shikama, Keisuke Sasai

Open Access Research

Surgical spacer placement for proton radiotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic body and tail cancers: initial clinical results

Dongha Lee, Shohei Komatsu, Kazuki Terashima, Hirochika Toyama, Yoshiro Matsuo, Daiki Takahashi, Masaki Suga, Naoko Nishimura, Kentaro Tai, Masahiro Kido, Yusuke Demizu, Sunao Tokumaru, Tomoaki Okimoto, Ryohei Sasaki, Takumi Fukumoto

Open Access Research

Metastasis directed stereotactic radiotherapy in NSCLC patients progressing under targeted- or immunotherapy: efficacy and safety reporting from the ‘TOaSTT’ database

Stephanie G. C. Kroeze, Jana Schaule, Corinna Fritz, David Kaul, Oliver Blanck, Klaus H. Kahl, Falk Roeder, Shankar Siva, Joost J. C. Verhoeff, Sonja Adebahr, Markus M. Schymalla, Markus Glatzer, Marcella Szuecs, Michael Geier, Georgios Skazikis, Irina Sackerer, Fabian Lohaus, Franziska Eckert, Matthias Guckenberger

Open Access Research

Cytoreductive radiotherapy combined with abiraterone in metastatic castration-resistance prostate cancer: a single center experience

Yang Liu, Wen Long, Zitong Zhang, Lixin Mai, Sijuan Huang, Boji Liu, Wufei Cao, Jianhua Wu, Fangjian Zhou, Yonghong Li, Liru He

Open Access Research

Postoperative radiotherapy is associated with improved survival in pT1-2N1 oral and oropharyngeal cancer without adequate neck dissection

Ching-Chieh Yang, Bor-Hwang Kang, Wen-Shan Liu, Chun-Hao Yin, Ching-Chih Lee

Open Access Short report

Comparison of 5 × 5 Gy and 10 × 3 Gy for metastatic spinal cord compression using data from three prospective trials

Dirk Rades, Jon Cacicedo, Antonio J. Conde-Moreno, Barbara Segedin, Darejan Lomidze, Raquel Ciervide, Niels H. Hollaender, Steven E. Schild

Open Access Research

Imaging biomarkers of contrast-enhanced computed tomography predict survival in oesophageal cancer after definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Chengbing Zeng, Tiantian Zhai, Jianzhou Chen, Longjia Guo, Baotian Huang, Hong Guo, Guozhi Liu, Tingting Zhuang, Weitong Liu, Ting Luo, Yanxuan Wu, Guobo Peng, Derui Li, Chuangzhen Chen

Open Access Review

Radiotherapy and the gut microbiome: facts and fiction

Jing Liu, Chao Liu, Jinbo Yue

Open Access Research

Clinical predictors of pathological good response in locally advanced rectal cancer

Kongfeng Shao, Rong Zheng, Anchuan Li, Xiaobo Li, Benhua Xu

Open Access Research

Predicting pathological complete response (pCR) after stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) of lung cancer using quantitative dynamic [18F]FDG PET and CT perfusion: a prospective exploratory clinical study

Dae-Myoung Yang, David A. Palma, Keith Kwan, Alexander V. Louie, Richard Malthaner, Dalilah Fortin, George B. Rodrigues, Brian P. Yaremko, Joanna Laba, Stewart Gaede, Andrew Warner, Richard Inculet, Ting-Yim Lee

Open Access Research

Deep learning-based automatic delineation of the hippocampus by MRI: geometric and dosimetric evaluation

Kaicheng Pan, Lei Zhao, Song Gu, Yi Tang, Jiahao Wang, Wen Yu, Lucheng Zhu, Qi Feng, Ruipeng Su, Zhiyong Xu, Xiadong Li, Zhongxiang Ding, Xiaolong Fu, Shenglin Ma, Jun Yan, Shigong Kang, Tao Zhou, Bing Xia

Open Access Research

Real-time liver tracking algorithm based on LSTM and SVR networks for use in surface-guided radiation therapy

Guangyu Wang, Zhibin Li, Guangjun Li, Guyu Dai, Qing Xiao, Long Bai, Yisong He, Yaxin Liu, Sen Bai

Open Access Research

Impact of four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography on target localization for gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma radiotherapy: reducing planning target volume

Yoshinobu Shimohigashi, Ryo Toya, Tetsuo Saito, Yumiko Kono, Yasuhiro Doi, Yoshiyuki Fukugawa, Takahiro Watakabe, Tadashi Matsumoto, Yudai Kai, Masato Maruyama, Natsuo Oya

Open Access Research

Clinical outcome and pathologic correlation of stereotactic body radiation therapy as a bridge to transplantation for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a case series

Ying-Fu Wang, Yang-Hong Dai, Chun-Shu Lin, Hao-Chih Chang, Po-Chien Shen, Jen-Fu Yang, Chih-Weim Hsiang, Cheng-Hsiang Lo, Wen-Yen Huang

Open Access Research

The watch-and-wait strategy versus surgical resection for rectal cancer patients with a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Qiao-xuan Wang, Rong Zhang, Wei-wei Xiao, Shu Zhang, Ming-biao Wei, Yong-heng Li, Hui Chang, Wei-hao Xie, Li-ren Li, Pei-rong Ding, Gong Chen, Zhi-fan Zeng, Wei-hu Wang, Xiang-bo Wan, Yuan-hong Gao

Open Access Research

Axitinib in combination with radiotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase I clinical trial

Kai-Lin Yang, Mau-Shin Chi, Hui-Ling Ko, Yi-Ying Huang, Su-Chen Huang, Yu-Min Lin, Kwan-Hwa Chi

Open Access Research

Individualized quality of life benefit and cost-effectiveness estimates of proton therapy for patients with oropharyngeal cancer

N. Patrik Brodin, Rafi Kabarriti, Clyde B. Schechter, Mark Pankuch, Vinai Gondi, Shalom Kalnicki, Madhur K. Garg, Wolfgang A. Tomé

Open Access Research

Intra-fraction displacement of the prostate bed during post-prostatectomy radiotherapy

Linda J. Bell, Thomas Eade, George Hruby, Regina Bromley, Andrew Kneebone

Open Access Research

Delayed postoperative radiotherapy increases the incidence of radiographic local tumor progression before radiotherapy and leads to poor prognosis in spinal metastases

Yining Gong, Hongqing Zhuang, Shan Chong, Qianyu Shi, Feng Wei, Zhongjun Liu, Hanqiang Ouyang, Xiaoguang Liu, Liang Jiang

Open Access Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery for treating meningiomas eligible for complete resection

Maximilian I. Ruge, Juman Tutunji, Daniel Rueß, Eren Celik, Christian Baues, Harald Treuer, Martin Kocher, Stefan Grau

Open Access Research

Simultaneous integrated boost concepts in definitive radiation therapy for esophageal cancer: outcomes and toxicity

J. Ristau, M. Thiel, S. Katayama, I. Schlampp, K. Lang, M. F. Häfner, K. Herfarth, J. Debus, S. A. Koerber

Open Access Research

Dosimetric predictors of nephrotoxicity in patients receiving extended-field radiation therapy for gynecologic cancer

Hiroaki Kunogi, Nanae Yamaguchi, Yasuhisa Terao, Keisuke Sasai

Open Access Research

Cranial organs at risk delineation: heterogenous practices in radiotherapy planning

Guillaume Vogin, Liza Hettal, Clarisse Bartau, Juliette Thariat, Marie-Virginie Claeys, Guillaume Peyraga, Paul Retif, Ulrike Schick, Delphine Antoni, Zsuzsa Bodgal, Frederic Dhermain, Loic Feuvret

Open Access Review

X-change symposium: status and future of modern radiation oncology—from technology to biology

Stefanie Corradini, Maximilian Niyazi, Dirk Verellen, Vincenzo Valentini, Seán Walsh, Anca-L. Grosu, Kirsten Lauber, Amato Giaccia, Kristian Unger, Jürgen Debus, Bradley R. Pieters, Matthias Guckenberger, Suresh Senan, Wilfried Budach, Roland Rad, Julia Mayerle, Claus Belka

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Implementation, adherence, and results of systematic SARS-CoV-2 testing for asymptomatic patients treated at a tertiary care regional radiation oncology network

Roshan S. Prabhu, Reshika Dhakal, Amy S. Hicks, James McBride, Alicia L. Patrick, Christopher D. Corso, Tomain Murphy, Melissa Thonen, Edward H. Lipford, Derek Raghavan, Stuart H. Burri

Open Access Research

Utility of adjuvant whole abdominal radiation therapy in ovarian clear cell cancer (OCCC): a pragmatic cohort study of women with classic immuno-phenotypic signature

Mark J. Stevens, Simon West, Gregory Gard, Christopher Renaud, David Nevell, Stephanie Roderick, Andrew Le

Open Access Methodology

Feasibility of a mini-pig model of radiation-induced brain injury to one cerebral hemisphere

Ilektra Athanasiadi, Whitney D. Perez, Jeannie M. Plantenga, Yava Jones-Hall, Carlos J. Perez-Torres

Open Access Research

Single institutional outcomes of whole brain radiotherapy for metastatic melanoma brain metastases

Cecilia Jiang, Troy J. Kleber, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Mohammad K. Khan

Open Access Research

Pattern of failure in prostate cancer previously treated with radical prostatectomy and post-operative radiotherapy: a secondary analysis of two prospective studies using novel molecular imaging techniques

Lindsay S. Rowe, Stephanie Harmon, Adam Horn, Uma Shankavaram, Soumyajit Roy, Holly Ning, Liza Lindenberg, Esther Mena, Deborah E. Citrin, Peter Choyke, Baris Turkbey

Open Access Research

Radiosensitization of breast cancer cells using AS1411 aptamer-conjugated gold nanoparticles

Somayeh Sadat Mehrnia, Bijan Hashemi, Seyed Javad Mowla, Maryam Nikkhah, Azim Arbabi

Open Access Review

Adjuvant radiotherapy versus observation following gross total resection for atypical meningioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Se-Woong Chun, Kyung Min Kim, Min-Sung Kim, Ho Kang, Yun-Sik Dho, Youngbeom Seo, Jin Wook Kim, Yong Hwy Kim, Chul-Kee Park

Open Access Research

Treatment planning comparison of volumetric modulated arc therapy with the trilogy and the Halcyon for bilateral breast cancer

Tao Sun, Xiutong Lin, Guifang Zhang, Qingtao Qiu, Chengqiang Li, Yong Yin

Open Access Review

Current status and recent advances in reirradiation of glioblastoma

Giuseppe Minniti, Maximilian Niyazi, Filippo Alongi, Piera Navarria, Claus Belka

Open Access Research

Accuracy of an MR-only workflow for prostate radiotherapy using semi-automatically burned-in fiducial markers

Karin Goudschaal, F. Beeksma, M. Boon, M. Bijveld, J. Visser, K. Hinnen, Z. van Kesteren

Open Access Research

Radiation necrosis after a combination of external beam radiotherapy and iodine-125 brachytherapy in gliomas

Indrawati Hadi, Daniel Reitz, Raphael Bodensohn, Olarn Roengvoraphoj, Stefanie Lietke, Maximilian Niyazi, Jörg-Christian Tonn, Claus Belka, Niklas Thon, Silke Birgit Nachbichler

Open Access Research

Overlap time is an independent risk factor of radiation pneumonitis for patients treated with simultaneous EGFR-TKI and thoracic radiotherapy

Wenxiao Jia, Qianqian Gao, Min Wang, Ji Li, Wang Jing, Jinming Yu, Hui Zhu

Open Access Research

Lung stereotactic body radiation therapy for elderly patients aged ≥ 80 years with pathologically proven early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Kenta Watanabe, Kuniaki Katsui, Soichiro Sugiyama, Kotaro Yoshio, Masahiro Kuroda, Takao Hiraki, Katsuyuki Kiura, Yoshinobu Maeda, Shinichi Toyooka, Susumu Kanazawa

Open Access Review

Can internal mammary lymph nodes irradiation bring survival benefits for breast cancer patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 12,705 patients in 12 studies

Sicong Jia, Zhikun Liu, Jun Zhang, Chenguang Zhao, Longyu Zhu, Jie Kong, Huina Han, Yuguang Shang, Dongxing Shen, Xuejuan Duan

Open Access Review

Radiation-induced kidney toxicity: molecular and cellular pathogenesis

Richard Klaus, Maximilian Niyazi, Bärbel Lange-Sperandio

Open Access Research

Clinical feasibility of deep learning-based auto-segmentation of target volumes and organs-at-risk in breast cancer patients after breast-conserving surgery

Seung Yeun Chung, Jee Suk Chang, Min Seo Choi, Yongjin Chang, Byong Su Choi, Jaehee Chun, Ki Chang Keum, Jin Sung Kim, Yong Bae Kim

Open Access Research

Dosimetric study between a single isocenter dynamic conformal arc therapy technique and Gamma Knife radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases treatment: impact of target volume geometrical characteristics

Michel Chea, Karen Fezzani, Julian Jacob, Marguerite Cuttat, Mathilde Croisé, Jean-Marc Simon, Loïc Feuvret, Charles-Ambroise Valery, Philippe Maingon, Mohamed-Amine Benadjaoud, Catherine Jenny

Open Access Research

FET-PET radiomics in recurrent glioblastoma: prognostic value for outcome after re-irradiation?

Montserrat Carles, Ilinca Popp, Michael Maximilian Starke, Michael Mix, Horst Urbach, Tanja Schimek-Jasch, Franziska Eckert, Maximilian Niyazi, Dimos Baltas, Anca L. Grosu

Open Access Research

Combining losartan with radiotherapy increases tumor control and inhibits lung metastases from a HER2/neu-positive orthotopic breast cancer model

Wende Li, Sen Li, Ivy X. Chen, Yujiao Liu, Rakesh R. Ramjiawan, Chi-Ho Leung, Leo E. Gerweck, Dai Fukumura, Jay S. Loeffler, Rakesh K. Jain, Dan G. Duda, Peigen Huang

Open Access Research

Appropriate margin for planning target volume for breast radiotherapy during deep inspiration breath-hold by variance component analysis

Yuka Ono, Michio Yoshimura, Tomohiro Ono, Takahiro Fujimoto, Yuki Miyabe, Yukinori Matsuo, Takashi Mizowaki

Open Access Review

Radiotherapy of oligometastatic prostate cancer: a systematic review

Paul Rogowski, Mack Roach III, Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Christian Trapp, Rieke von Bestenbostel, Run Shi, Alexander Buchner, Christian Stief, Claus Belka, Minglun Li

Open Access Research

Radiotherapeutic treatment options for oligotopic malignant liver lesions

Peter Wust, Marcus Beck, Robert Dabrowski, Oliver Neumann, Sebastian Zschaeck, David Kaul, Dominik P. Modest, Carmen Stromberger, Bernhard Gebauer, Pirus Ghadjar

Open Access Research

Chemoradiotherapy for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer and interstitial lung abnormalities

Haruki Kobayashi, Kazushige Wakuda, Tateaki Naito, Nobuaki Mamesaya, Shota Omori, Akira Ono, Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, Haruyasu Murakami, Masahiro Endo, Hideyuki Harada, Yasuhiro Gon, Toshiaki Takahashi

Open Access Research

Fiducial-based image-guided SBRT for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Does inter-and intra-fraction treatment variation warrant adaptive therapy?

Colin S. Hill, Sarah Han-Oh, Zhi Cheng, Ken Kang-Hsin Wang, Jeffrey J. Meyer, Joseph M. Herman, Amol K. Narang

Open Access Research

Topographic distribution of lymph node metastasis in patients with stage IB1 cervical cancer: an analysis of 8314 lymph nodes

Jing Cai, Xiaoqi He, Hongbo Wang, Weihong Dong, Yuan Zhang, Jing Zhao, Kay C. Willborn, Bangxing Huang, Zehua Wang, Ping Jiang

Open Access Research

Current status and developments of German curriculum-based residency training programmes in radiation oncology

Marcel Büttner, Nils Cordes, Tobias Gauer, Daniel Habermehl, Gunther Klautke, Oliver Micke, Matthias Mäurer, Jan Sokoll, Esther Gera Cornelia Troost, Hans Christiansen, Maximilian Niyazi

Open Access Research

NTCP modeling and dose–volume correlations for acute xerostomia and dry eye after whole brain radiation

Panayiotis Mavroidis, Kevin A. Pearlstein, Dominic H. Moon, Victoria Xu, Trevor J. Royce, Ashley A. Weiner, Colette J. Shen, Lawrence B. Marks, Bhishamjit S. Chera, Shiva K. Das, Kyle Wang

Open Access Research

Correlation of [18F] FDG-PET/CT with dosimetry data: recurrence pattern after radiotherapy for head and neck carcinoma

C. Pisani, L. Vigna, F. Mastroleo, G. Loi, V. Amisano, L. Masini, L. Deantonio, P. Aluffi Valletti, G. Sacchetti, M. Krengli

Open Access Research

Evaluation of a highly refined prediction model in knowledge-based volumetric modulated arc therapy planning for cervical cancer

Mingli Wang, Huikuan Gu, Jiang Hu, Jian Liang, Sisi Xu, Zhenyu Qi

Open Access Research

Dose-escalated radiotherapy with PET/CT based treatment planning in combination with induction and concurrent chemotherapy in locally advanced (uT3/T4) squamous cell cancer of the esophagus: mature results of a phase I/II trial

C. Pöttgen, E. Gkika, M. Stahl, J. Abu Jawad, T. Gauler, S. Kasper, T. Trarbach, K. Herrmann, N. Lehmann, K.-H. Jöckel, H. Lax, M. Stuschke

Open Access Case report

MR-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary cardiac sarcomas

Stefanie Corradini, Rieke von Bestenbostel, Angela Romano, Adrian Curta, Dorit Di Gioia, Lorenzo Placidi, Maximilian Niyazi, Luca Boldrini

Open Access Research

Vestibular dose correlates with dizziness after radiosurgery for the treatment of vestibular schwannoma

Ekin Ermiş, Lukas Anschuetz, Dominic Leiser, Robert Poel, Andreas Raabe, Peter Manser, Daniel M. Aebersold, Marco Caversaccio, Georgios Mantokoudis, Janine Abu-Isa, Franca Wagner, Evelyn Herrmann

Open Access Research

Oligometastatic head and neck cancer: Which patients benefit from radical local treatment of all tumour sites?

Thomas Weissmann, Daniel Höfler, Markus Hecht, Sabine Semrau, Marlen Haderlein, Irina Filimonova, Benjamin Frey, Christoph Bert, Sebastian Lettmaier, Konstantinos Mantsopoulos, Heinrich Iro, Rainer Fietkau, Florian Putz

Open Access Research

Longitudinal MRI study after carbon ion and photon irradiation: shorter latency time for myelopathy is not associated with differential morphological changes

Thomas Welzel, Alina L. Bendinger, Christin Glowa, Inna Babushkina, Manfred Jugold, Peter Peschke, Jürgen Debus, Christian P. Karger, Maria Saager

Open Access Research

Cochlea sparing optimized radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Enkelejda Lamaj, Erwin Vu, Janita E. van Timmeren, Chiara Leonardi, Louise Marc, Izabela Pytko, Matthias Guckenberger, Panagiotis Balermpas

Open Access Methodology

Biologically consistent dose accumulation using daily patient imaging

Nina I. Niebuhr, Mona Splinter, Tilman Bostel, Joao Seco, Clemens M. Hentschke, Ralf O. Floca, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Markus Alber, Peter Huber, Nils H. Nicolay, Asja Pfaffenberger

Open Access Research

Clinical validation of a commercially available deep learning software for synthetic CT generation for brain

Minna Lerner, Joakim Medin, Christian Jamtheim Gustafsson, Sara Alkner, Carl Siversson, Lars E. Olsson

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Correlation of dosimetric factors with the development of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis in stereotactic body radiotherapy

Jeffrey M. Ryckman, Michael Baine, Joseph Carmicheal, Ferdinand Osayande, Richard Sleightholm, Kaeli Samson, Dandan Zheng, Weining Zhen, Chi Lin, Chi Zhang

Open Access Study protocol

A prospective study investigating the efficacy and toxicity of definitive ChemoRadiation and ImmunOtherapy (CRIO) in locally and/or regionally advanced unresectable cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Charles Lin, Trishna Ballah, Michelle Nottage, Karen Hay, Benjamin Chua, Lizbeth Kenny, Paul Thomas, Michele Teng, Jacqui Keller, Trang Le, Jennifer Edmunds, Brett Hughes

Open Access Methodology

Method of computing direction-dependent margins for the development of consensus contouring guidelines

Liam S. P. Lawrence, Lee C. L. Chin, Rachel W. Chan, Timothy K. Nguyen, Arjun Sahgal, Chia-Lin Tseng, Angus Z. Lau

Open Access Research

Conversion and validation of rectal constraints for prostate carcinoma receiving hypofractionated carbon-ion radiotherapy with a local effect model

Weiwei Wang, Ping Li, Yinxiangzi Sheng, Zhijie Huang, Jingfang Zhao, Zhengshan Hong, Kambiz Shahnazi, Guo-Liang Jiang, Qing Zhang

Open Access Review

Current status and recent advances in resection cavity irradiation of brain metastases

Giuseppe Minniti, Maximilian Niyazi, Nicolaus Andratschke, Matthias Guckenberger, Joshua D. Palmer, Helen A. Shih, Simon S. Lo, Scott Soltys, Ivana Russo, Paul D. Brown, Claus Belka

Open Access Research

Radiomics for prediction of radiation-induced lung injury and oncologic outcome after robotic stereotactic body radiotherapy of lung cancer: results from two independent institutions

Khaled Bousabarah, Oliver Blanck, Susanne Temming, Maria-Lisa Wilhelm, Mauritius Hoevels, Wolfgang W. Baus, Daniel Ruess, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Maximilian I. Ruge, Harald Treuer, Martin Kocher

Open Access Study protocol

3D-printed individualized tooth-borne tissue retraction devices compared to conventional dental splints for head and neck cancer radiotherapy: a randomized controlled trial

Thomas Held, Christopher Herpel, Franz Sebastian Schwindling, Leo Christ, Kristin Lang, Sebastian Regnery, Tanja Eichkorn, Adriane Hommertgen, Cornelia Jaekel, Johannes Krisam, Julius Moratin, Jan Mrosek, Karl Metzger, Karim Zaoui, Tracy Moutsis, Semi Harrabi, Klaus Herfarth, Christian Freudlsperger, Peter Rammelsberg, Jürgen Debus, Sebastian Adeberg

Open Access Research

External application of liver compresses to reduce fatigue in patients with metastatic cancer undergoing radiation therapy, a randomized clinical trial

Pirus Ghadjar, Wiebke Stritter, Irina von Mackensen, Felix Mehrhof, Clara Foucré, Vincent H. Ehrhardt, Marcus Beck, Pimrapat Gebert, Goda Kalinauskaite, Jacqueline S. Luchte, Carmen Stromberger, Volker Budach, Angelika Eggert, Georg Seifert

Open Access Research

Split-VMAT technique to control the deep inspiration breath hold time for breast cancer radiotherapy

Sara Poeta, Younes Jourani, Alex De Caluwé, Robbe Van den Begin, Dirk Van Gestel, Nick Reynaert

Open Access Research

Variation of heart and lung radiation doses according to setup uncertainty in left breast cancer

Sunmin Park, Chai Hong Rim, Won Sup Yoon

Open Access Research

Optimal stereotactic body radiotherapy dosage for hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicenter study

Ting-Shi Su, Qiu-Hua Liu, Xiao-Fei Zhu, Ping Liang, Shi-Xiong Liang, Lin Lai, Ying Zhou, Yong Huang, Tao Cheng, Le-Qun Li

Open Access Research

Impact of feature selection methods and subgroup factors on prognostic analysis with CT-based radiomics in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Yuto Sugai, Noriyuki Kadoya, Shohei Tanaka, Shunpei Tanabe, Mariko Umeda, Takaya Yamamoto, Kazuya Takeda, Suguru Dobashi, Haruna Ohashi, Ken Takeda, Keiichi Jingu

Open Access Research

Quality assurance of radiotherapy in the ongoing EORTC 1420 “Best of” trial for early stage oropharyngeal, supraglottic and hypopharyngeal carcinoma: results of the benchmark case procedure

J-J Stelmes, E. Vu, V. Grégoire, C. Simon, E. Clementel, J. Kazmierska, W. Grant, M. Ozsahin, M. Tomsej, L. Vieillevigne, C. Fortpied, E. C. Hurkmans, A. Branquinho, N. Andratschke, F. Zimmermann, D.-C. Weber

Open Access Research

A survey among German-speaking radiation oncologists on PET-based radiotherapy of prostate cancer

Marco M. E. Vogel, Sabrina Dewes, Eva K. Sage, Michal Devecka, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Matthias Eiber, Stephanie E. Combs, Kilian Schiller

Open Access Research

An ionising radiation-induced specific transcriptional signature of inflammation-associated genes in whole blood from radiotherapy patients: a pilot study

Lourdes Cruz-Garcia, Christophe Badie, Selvakumar Anbalagan, Jayne Moquet, Lone Gothard, Grainne O’Brien, Navita Somaiah, Elizabeth A. Ainsbury

Open Access Research

Benefit of replanning in MR-guided online adaptive radiation therapy in the treatment of liver metastasis

Michael Mayinger, Roman Ludwig, Sebastian M. Christ, Riccardo Dal Bello, Alex Ryu, Nienke Weitkamp, Matea Pavic, Helena Garcia Schüler, Lotte Wilke, Matthias Guckenberger, Jan Unkelbach, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, Nicolaus Andratschke

Open Access Research

An external validation of the Candiolo nomogram in a cohort of prostate cancer patients treated by external‐beam radiotherapy

Domenico Gabriele, Alessia Guarneri, Sara Bartoncini, Fernando Munoz, Matteo Tamponi, Filippo Russo, Georgios Stamatakos, Caterina Guiot, Daniele Regge, Umberto Ricardi

Open Access Research

Comparison of liver exposure in CT-guided high-dose rate (HDR) interstitial brachytherapy versus SBRT in hepatocellular carcinoma

Franziska Walter, Lukas Nierer, Maya Rottler, Anna Sophie Duque, Helmut Weingandt, Justus Well, Roel Shpani, Guillaume Landry, Max Seidensticker, Florian Streitparth, Jens Ricke, Claus Belka, Stefanie Corradini

Open Access Short report

Technical assessment of the NDI Polaris Vega optical tracking system

Giovanni Fattori, Antony John Lomax, Damien Charles Weber, Sairos Safai

Open Access Research

Comparison of hypofractionation and standard fractionation for post-prostatectomy salvage radiotherapy in patients with persistent PSA: single institution experience

Jure Murgic, Blanka Jaksic, Marin Prpic, Davor Kust, Amit Bahl, Mirjana Budanec, Angela Prgomet Secan, Pierfrancesco Franco, Ivan Kruljac, Borislav Spajic, Nenad Babic, Bozo Kruslin, Mario Zovak, Eduardo Zubizarreta, Eduardo Rosenblatt, Ana Fröbe

Open Access Research

Deep-inspirational breath-hold (DIBH) technique in left-sided breast cancer: various aspects of clinical utility

Szilvia Gaál, Zsuzsanna Kahán, Viktor Paczona, Renáta Kószó, Rita Drencsényi, Judit Szabó, Ramóna Rónai, Tímea Antal, Bence Deák, Zoltán Varga

Open Access Research

Outcome of early stage Merkel carcinoma treated by exclusive radiation: a study of 53 patients

Manon Dubois, Henry Abi Rached, Alexandre Escande, Frédéric Dezoteux, Franck Darloy, Anaïs Jouin, Maeva Kyheng, Julien Labreuche, Véronique Dziwniel, Xavier Mirabel, Laurent Mortier

Open Access Research

DE-MR simulation imaging for prone radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: assessing its application in lumpectomy cavity delineation based on deformable image registration

Changhui Zhao, Jianbin Li, Wei Wang, Guanzhong Gong, Liang Xu, Yingjie Zhang, Fengxiang Li, Qian Shao, Jinzhi Wang, Xijun Liu, Min Xu

Open Access Research

High dose simultaneous integrated boost for node positive cervical cancer

Iresha Jayatilakebanda, Yat Man Tsang, Peter Hoskin

Open Access Research

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with unresectable locally advanced sigmoid colon cancer: clinical feasibility and outcome

Shao-Qing Niu, Rong-Zhen Li, Yan Yuan, Wei-Hao Xie, Qiao-Xuan Wang, Hui Chang, Zhen-Hai Lu, Pei-Rong Ding, Li-Ren Li, Xiao-Jun Wu, Zhi-Fan Zeng, Wei-Wei Xiao, Yuan-Hong Gao

Open Access Research

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with S-1 compared with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with docetaxel and cisplatin for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Xi-Lei Zhou, Chang-Hua Yu, Wan-Wei Wang, Fu-Zhi Ji, Yao-Zu Xiong, Wei-Guo Zhu, Yu-Suo Tong

Open Access Research

Cardiac-sparing radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Louise Turtle, Neeraj Bhalla, Andrew Willett, Robert Biggar, Jonathan Leadbetter, Georgios Georgiou, James M. Wilson, Sindu Vivekanandan, Maria A. Hawkins, Michael Brada, John D. Fenwick

Open Access Research

Geometric and dosimetric impact of 3D generative adversarial network-based metal artifact reduction algorithm on VMAT and IMPT for the head and neck region

Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Megumi Nakao, Keiho Imanishi, Hideaki Hirashima, Yusuke Tsuruta

Open Access Research

Determining optimal clinical target volume margins in high-grade glioma based on microscopic tumor extension and magnetic resonance imaging

Shulun Nie, Yufang Zhu, Jia Yang, Tao Xin, Song Xue, Xianbin Zhang, Jujie Sun, Dianbin Mu, Yongsheng Gao, Zhaoqiu Chen, Xingchen Ding, Jinming Yu, Man Hu

Open Access Research

Estimating the tolerance of brachial plexus to hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy: a modelling-based approach from clinical experience

Irina Kapitanova, Sharmi Biswas, Sabrina Divekar, Eric J. Kemmerer, Robert A. Rostock, Kenneth M. Forster, Rachel J. Grimm, Carla J. Scofield, Jimm Grimm, Bahman Emami, Anand Mahadevan

Open Access Research

Outcomes with multi-disciplinary management of central lung tumors with CT-guided percutaneous high dose rate brachyablation

Stephanie M. Yoon, Robert Suh, Fereidoun Abtin, Drew Moghanaki, Scott Genshaft, Mitchell Kamrava, Alexandra Drakaki, Sandy Liu, Puja Venkat, Alan Lee, Albert J. Chang

Open Access Research

Implementation of deep learning-based auto-segmentation for radiotherapy planning structures: a workflow study at two cancer centers

Jordan Wong, Vicky Huang, Derek Wells, Joshua Giambattista, Jonathan Giambattista, Carter Kolbeck, Karl Otto, Elantholi P. Saibishkumar, Abraham Alexander

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Interobserver variability in target volume delineation in definitive radiotherapy for thoracic esophageal cancer: a multi-center study from China

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Prospective superficial EPR in-vivo dosimetry study during hypofractionated radiotherapy of breast cancer patients treated with helical tomotherapy

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Gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicity profiles of metformin versus placebo in men with prostate cancer receiving prostate radiotherapy: interim toxicity results of a double-blinded, multicenter, phase II randomized controlled trial

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Simultaneous radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: technical overview of the UCLA experience

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Explore association of genes in PDL1/PD1 pathway to radiotherapy survival benefit based on interaction model strategy

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Local control of bone metastases treated with external beam radiotherapy in recent years: a multicenter retrospective study

Kenji Makita, Yasushi Hamamoto, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Masaaki Kataoka, Shuhei Yamamoto, Kei Nagasaki, Hirofumi Ishikawa, Noriko Takata, Shintaro Tsuruoka, Kotaro Uwatsu, Teruhito Kido

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Analysis of clinical patient-specific pre-treatment quality assurance with the new helical tomotherapy platform, following the AAPM TG-218 report

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Continuity and coordination of care in highly selected chronic cancer patients treated with multiple repeat radiation therapy

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Risk of developing second malignant neoplasms in patients with neuroblastoma: a population study of the US SEER database

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Selectively recommend 18F-FDG PET/CT for patients with de novo nasopharyngeal carcinoma in endemic areas

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Radiation pneumonitis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy and an immune checkpoint inhibitor: a retrospective study

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Prostate deformation during hypofractionated radiotherapy: an analysis of implanted fiducial marker displacement

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Feasibility study of volumetric modulated arc therapy with Halcyon™ linac for total body irradiation

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Delta radiomics analysis of Magnetic Resonance guided radiotherapy imaging data can enable treatment response prediction in pancreatic cancer

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Heart atlas for retrospective cardiac dosimetry: a multi-institutional study on interobserver contouring variations and their dosimetric impact

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Evaluation of a treatment planning system developed for clinical boron neutron capture therapy and validation against an independent Monte Carlo dose calculation system

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