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Radiation Oncology

Ausgabe 1/2023

Inhalt (203 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Hyaluronic acid spacer in prostate cancer radiotherapy: dosimetric effects, spacer stability and long-term toxicity and PRO in a phase II study

Ulrika Björeland, Kristina Notstam, Per Fransson, Karin Söderkvist, Lars Beckman, Joakim Jonsson, Tufve Nyholm, Anders Widmark, Camilla Thellenberg Karlsson

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Mesorectal motion evaluation in rectal cancer MR-guided radiotherapy: an exploratory study to quantify treatment margins

Luca Boldrini, Giuditta Chiloiro, Davide Cusumano, Angela Romano, Lorenzo Placidi, Gabriele Turco, Marco Valerio Antonelli, Matteo Nardini, Matteo Galetto, Luca Indovina, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

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Health-related quality of life and patient-reported symptoms after postoperative proton beam radiotherapy of cervical and endometrial cancer: 2-year results of the prospective phase II APROVE-trial

Eva Meixner, Antje Wark, Tobias Forster, Fabian Weykamp, Kristin Lang, Laila König, Katja Lindel, Jan Tobias Oelmann-Avendano, Johannes Krisam, Andreas Schneeweiss, Malte Ellerbrock, Thomas Mielke, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Klaus Herfarth, Jürgen Debus, Nathalie Arians

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CT ventilation image-guided helical Tomotherapy at sparing functional lungs for locally advanced lung cancer: analysis of dose-function metrics and the impact on pulmonary toxicity

Shuangshuang Li, Juan Liu, Shanbao Gao, Yicai Yin, Ling Zhang, Yongchao Han, Xishun Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Jing Yan, Zhen Hou

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Acute toxicities and cumulative dose to the brain of repeated sessions of stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for brain metastases: a retrospective study of 184 patients

L. Kuntz, C. Le Fèvre, D. Jarnet, A. Keller, P. Meyer, A. Thiery, H. Cebula, G. Noel, D. Antoni

Open Access Research

Dosimetric quality of HyperArc in boost radiotherapy for single glioblastoma: comparison with CyberKnife and manual VMAT

Mingyuan Pan, Wenqian Xu, Lei Sun, Chaozhuang Wang, Shengnan Dong, Yun Guan, Jun Yang, Enmin Wang

Open Access Research

Geometric and dosimetric consequences of intra-fractional movement in single isocenter non-coplanar stereotactic radiosurgery

Nelson Tsz Cheong Fung, Wai Lung Wong, Michael Chi Hang Lee, Elki Sze Nga Cheung, Philip Yuguang Wu

Open Access Review

Radiation-induced senescence: therapeutic opportunities

Jae Ho Kim, Stephen L. Brown, Marcia N. Gordon

Open Access Research

IMPT of head and neck cancer: unsupervised machine learning treatment planning strategy for reducing radiation dermatitis

Noufal Manthala Padannayil, Dayananda Shamurailatpam Sharma, Sapna Nangia, Kartikeshwar C. Patro, Utpal Gaikwad, Nagarjuna Burela

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The relationship between the radiation dose of pelvic-bone marrow and lymphocytic toxicity in concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer

Bao-Zhong Zhang, Yang Li, Li-Ming Xu, Yan-Lan Chai, Chao Qu, Yuan-Jie Cao, Jing Wang, Hai-Ling Hou, Jiaqi Zhang

Open Access Research

Monte Carlo dosimetry of the 60Co sources of a new GZP3 HDR afterloading system

Junxiang Wu, Shengwei Kang, Pei Wang, Jie Li, Xianliang Wang

Open Access Review

Quality evaluation of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of radiation enteritis

Xiao-Feng Yang, Meng-Yao Zheng, Li-Ya An, Jin-Min Sun, Qian-Wen Hei, Yan-Hong Ji, Da-Li Sun, Hai-Yu He

Open Access Research

Proposed prognostic subgroups and facilitated clinical decision-making for additional locoregional radiotherapy in de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study based on recursive partitioning analysis

Yuyi Yao, Xuesong Sun, Huageng Huang, Zhao Wang, Xiaojie Fang, Meiting Chen, Zegeng Chen, Huawei Weng, Chengcheng Guo, Huangming Hong, He Huang, Tongyu Lin

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Efficacy and toxicity of Iodine-125 seed implantation for lymph node recurrence secondary to esophageal cancer after radiotherapy: a multicenter retrospective study

Lirong Wu, Xinxin Zhao, Suqing Tian, Kaixian Zhang, Chuang He, Yong Feng, Jiawei Zhou, Wenjie Guo, Zhe Ji, Xia He, Guanglie Chen, Junjie Wang

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G2 checkpoint targeting via Wee1 inhibition radiosensitizes EGFRvIII-positive glioblastoma cells

Meryem H. Cetin, Thorsten Rieckmann, Konstantin Hoffer, Britta Riepen, Sabrina Christiansen, Fruzsina Gatzemeier, Simon Feyerabend, Melanie Schoof, Ulrich Schüller, Cordula Petersen, Martin Mynarek, Kai Rothkamm, Malte Kriegs, Nina Struve

Open Access Review

A review of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in head and neck cancer patients for treatment evaluation and prediction of radiation-induced xerostomia

Tai Ermongkonchai, Richard Khor, Morikatsu Wada, Eddie Lau, Daniel Tao Xing, Sweet Ping Ng

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Changes in the characteristics of patients treated for brain metastases with repeat stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT): a retrospective study of 184 patients

L. Kuntz, C. Le Fèvre, D. Jarnet, A. Keller, P. Meyer, A. Thiery, H. Cebula, G. Noel, D. Antoni

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Effects of whole-brain radiation therapy on the blood–brain barrier in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models

K. E. Blethen, S. A. Sprowls, T. A. Arsiwala, C. P. Wolford, D. M. Panchal, R. A. Fladeland, M. J. Glass, L. P. Dykstra, B. N. Kielkowski, J. R. Blackburn, C. J. Andrick, P. R. Lockman

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Dosimetric comparison of two dose expansion methods in intensity modulated radiotherapy for breast cancer

Ran Tang, Aimin Li, Yingjing Li, Guanhua Deng, Yufeng Wang, Qing Xiao, Luosheng Zhang, Yue Luo

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Brain metastases in Japanese NSCLC patients: prognostic assessment and the use of osimertinib and immune checkpoint inhibitors—retrospective study

Hajime Higaki, Kentaro Nishioka, Manami Otsuka, Noboru Nishikawa, Motoyasu Shido, Hideki Minatogawa, Yukiko Nishikawa, Rikiya Takashina, Takayuki Hashimoto, Norio Katoh, Hiroshi Taguchi, Rumiko Kinoshita, Koichi Yasuda, Takashi Mori, Yusuke Uchinami, Fuki Koizumi, Yoshihiro Fujita, Shuhei Takahashi, Takahiro Hattori, Noriaki Nishiyama, Hidefumi Aoyama

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Extensive clinical target volume in postoperative chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase II clinical trial (ESO-Shanghai 9)

Dashan Ai, Yun Chen, Qi Liu, Jiaying Deng, Xiaofei Zhang, Junhua Zhang, Li Chu, Jingyi Shen, Longfei Ma, Yawei Zhang, Haiquan Chen, Longsheng Miao, Kuaile Zhao, Jiaqing Xiang

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Clinical implementation of magnetic resonance imaging simulation for radiation oncology planning: 5 year experience

Daniel Moore-Palhares, Ling Ho, Lin Lu, Brige Chugh, Danny Vesprini, Irene Karam, Hany Soliman, Sean Symons, Eric Leung, Andrew Loblaw, Sten Myrehaug, Greg Stanisz, Arjun Sahgal, Gregory J. Czarnota

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Radiosurgery of limited brain metastases from primary solid tumor: results of the randomized phase III trial (NCT02355613) comparing treatments executed with a specialized or a C-arm linac-based platform

Marta Scorsetti, Pierina Navarria, Luca Cozzi, Elena Clerici, Luisa Bellu, Davide Franceschini, Antonio Marco Marzo, Ciro Franzese, Valter Torri, Giacomo Reggiori, Francesca Lobefalo, Luca Raspagliesi, Luca Attuati, Federico Pessina, Andrea Franzini, Piero Picozzi, Stefano Tomatis

Open Access Review

Charged particle therapy for high-grade gliomas in adults: a systematic review

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

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Dosimetric and clinical analysis of pseudo-progression versus recurrence after hypo-fractionated radiotherapy for brain metastases

Siran Yang, Yuchao Ma, Yingjie Xu, Qingfeng Liu, Ye Zhang, Xiaodong Huang, Xuesong Chen, Kai Wang, Ruizhi Zhao, Jianping Xiao, Hongmei Zhang

Open Access Review

Efficacy and safety of proton beam therapy for rhabdomyosarcoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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

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Biological target volume based on fluorine-18-fluorode-oxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging: a spurious proposition?

Ting Xu, Ye Feng, Huiling Hong, Yiying Xu, Jiawei Chen, Xiufang Qiu, Jianming Ding, Chaoxiong Huang, Li Li, Chuanben Chen, Zhaodong Fei

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PET/CT standardized uptake value and EGFR expression predicts treatment failure in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Zhaodong Fei, Ting Xu, Huiling Hong, Yiying Xu, Jiawei Chen, Xiufang Qiu, Jianming Ding, Chaoxiong Huang, Li Li, Jing Liu, Chuanben Chen

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Dosimetric benefits of adaptive radiation therapy for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Lea Hoppen, Gustavo R. Sarria, Chung S. Kwok, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Daniel Buergy, Michael Ehmann, Frank A. Giordano, Jens Fleckenstein

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Postoperative radiotherapy for supraglottic cancer on real-world data: can we reduce dose to lymph node levels?

Yi Xu, Yumei Wei, Jingbo Wang, Jianghu Zhang, Xuesong Chen, Runye Wu, Qingfeng Liu, Yuan Qu, Kai Wang, Xiaodong Huang, Jingwei Luo, Wei Xu, Ye Zhang, Junlin Yi

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Clinical outcomes and lung toxicities after lung SABR using dynamic conformal arc therapy: a single-institution cohort study

Emmanuel Mesny, Myriam Ayadi, Pauline Dupuis, Guillaume Beldjoudi, Ronan Tanguy, Isabelle Martel-Lafay

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Delineation of recurrent glioblastoma by whole brain spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging

Jonathan B. Bell, William Jin, Mohammed Z. Goryawala, Gregory A. Azzam, Matthew C. Abramowitz, Tejan Diwanji, Michael E. Ivan, Maria del Pilar Guillermo Prieto Eibl, Macarena I. de la Fuente, Eric A. Mellon

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High-dose proton beam therapy versus conventional fractionated radiation therapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a propensity score matching analysis

Masahide Matsuda, Masashi Mizumoto, Hidehiro Kohzuki, Narushi Sugii, Hideyuki Sakurai, Eiichi Ishikawa

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Stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a study comparing 3-year genitourinary toxicity between CyberKnife and volumetric-modulated arc therapy by propensity score analysis

Makoto Ito, Yasuo Yoshioka, Yuuki Takase, Junji Suzuki, Hironori Takahashi, Yoshitaka Minami, Ami Sakuragi, Yukihiko Oshima, Takahito Okuda, Kojiro Suzuki

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Dynamics in the expression of programmed death ligand 1 and cluster of differentiation 163 in the tumor microenvironment of uterine cervical cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Yusaku Miyata, Etsuyo Ogo, Toshi Abe, Hideki Hirata, Naotake Tsuda, Kimio Ushijima, Akihiko Kawahara, Jun Akiba, Hitoshi Obara, Tatsuyuki Kakuma

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Prognostic value of baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with definitive (chemo)radiotherapy

Lianshuang Xia, Xiaoxu Li, Jie Zhu, Zhaisong Gao, Ju Zhang, Guangjie Yang, Zhenguang Wang

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Stereotactic body radiotherapy for metastatic sarcoma to the lung: adding to the arsenal of local therapy

Paulina M. Gutkin, Elizabeth Gore, John Charlson, John C. Neilson, Candice Johnstone, David M. King, Donald A. Hackbarth, Adam Wooldridge, Rajeev Mannem, Meena Bedi

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A radiomics model for predicting the response to methylprednisolone in brain necrosis after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xiaohuang Zhuo, Huiying Zhao, Meiwei Chen, Youqing Mu, Yi Li, Jinhua Cai, Honghong Li, Yongteng Xu, Yamei Tang

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Outcome of patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities and trunk treated by (neo)adjuvant intensity modulated radiation therapy with curative intent

Hendrik Dapper, Christian Diehl, Carolin Knebel, Carolin Mogler, Kai Borm, Sophie Dobiasch, Stephanie E. Combs, Jan C. Peeken

Open Access Correction

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

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

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Evaluation of quality of life in lung cancer patients receiving radiation and Viscum album L.: a real-world data study

Friedemann Schad, Diana Steinmann, Shiao Li Oei, Anja Thronicke, Christian Grah

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Non-classic radiation-induced liver disease after intensity-modulated radiotherapy for Child–Pugh grade B patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Jian-Xu Li, Rui-Jun Zhang, Mo-Qin Qiu, Liu-Ying Yan, Mei-Ling He, Mei-Ying Long, Jian-Hong Zhong, Hai-Yan Lu, Hong-Mei Zhou, Bang-De Xiang, Shi-Xiong Liang

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Comparison of long-term outcomes of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) via Helical tomotherapy for early-stage lung cancer with or without pathological proof

Shaonan Fan, Qi Zhang, Jingyao Chen, Gang Chen, Jiangyi Zhu, Tingting Li, Han Xiao, Shisuo Du, Zhaochong Zeng, Jian He

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Prognostic value of cell-free DNA in cerebrospinal fluid from lung cancer patients with brain metastases during radiotherapy

Simiao Qiao, Yuying Hao, Linbo Cai, Xiaotong Duan, Lijuan Wang, Aidong Zhou, Xiaoxia Zhu

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Systematic in vitro analysis of therapy resistance in glioblastoma cell lines by integration of clonogenic survival data with multi-level molecular data

Leon Emanuel Schnöller, Daniel Piehlmaier, Peter Weber, Nikko Brix, Daniel Felix Fleischmann, Alexander Edward Nieto, Martin Selmansberger, Theresa Heider, Julia Hess, Maximilian Niyazi, Claus Belka, Kirsten Lauber, Kristian Unger, Michael Orth

Open Access Review

Clinical application of MR-Linac in tumor radiotherapy: a systematic review

Xin Liu, Zhenjiang Li, Yong Yin

Open Access Correction

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

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

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Unraveling the patterns and pathways of local recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: evidence for individualized clinical target volume delineation

Xiaomin Ou, Wenbin Yan, Yangle Huang, Xiayun He, Hongmei Ying, Xueguan Lu, Hui Zhu, Bin Wu, Jiazhou Wang, Chaosu Hu

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A retrospective study of adjuvant proton radiotherapy for breast cancer after lumpectomy: a comparison of conventional-dose and hypofractionated dose

ZhengShan Hong, ZhaoZhi Yang, Xin Mei, Ping Li, Cihang Bao, Zheng Wang, Xin Cai, Xue Ming, WeiWei Wang, XiaoMao Guo, XiaoLi Yu, Qing Zhang

Open Access Review

A focused review of statistical practices for relating radiation dose-volume exposure and toxicity

Andrew M. McDonald, Craig S. Schneider, John M. Stahl, Robert A. Oster, Richard A. Popple, Charles S. Mayo

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Ventilation and perfusion MRI at a 0.35 T MR-Linac: feasibility and reproducibility study

Rabea Klaar, Moritz Rabe, Thomas Gaass, Moritz J. Schneider, Ilyes Benlala, Chukwuka Eze, Stefanie Corradini, Claus Belka, Guillaume Landry, Christopher Kurz, Julien Dinkel

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Early death after palliative radiation treatment: 30-, 35- and 40-day mortality data and statistically robust predictors

Carsten Nieder, Luka Stanisavljevic, Bård Mannsåker, Ellinor C. Haukland

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Evaluation of initial patient setup methods for breast cancer between surface-guided radiation therapy and laser alignment based on skin marking in the Halcyon system

Seonghee Kang, Hyeongmin Jin, Ji Hyun Chang, Bum‑Sup Jang, Kyung Hwan Shin, Chang Heon Choi, Jung-in Kim

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Stratified assessment of an FDA-cleared deep learning algorithm for automated detection and contouring of metastatic brain tumors in stereotactic radiosurgery

Jen-Yeu Wang, Vera Qu, Caressa Hui, Navjot Sandhu, Maria G. Mendoza, Neil Panjwani, Yu-Cheng Chang, Chih-Hung Liang, Jen-Tang Lu, Lei Wang, Nataliya Kovalchuk, Michael F. Gensheimer, Scott G. Soltys, Erqi L. Pollom

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Current status and perspectives of interventional clinical trials for brain metastases: analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov

Paolo Tini, Francesco Marampon, Martina Giraffa, Samira Bucelli, Maximilian Niyazi, Claus Belka, Giuseppe Minniti

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Efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone for loco-regionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: long-term follow-up analysis

An-An Xu, Jing-Jing Miao, Lin Wang, An-Chuan Li, Fei Han, Xun-Fan Shao, Zhi-Wen Mo, Shao-Min Huang, Ya-Wei Yuan, Xiao-Wu Deng, Chong Zhao

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Measuring out-of-field dose to the hippocampus in common radiotherapy indications

Hendrik Auerbach, Yvonne Dzierma, Michaela Schürmann, Christian Rübe, Claudia E. Rübe

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Dose escalation in oropharyngeal cancer: a comparison of simultaneous integrated boost and brachytherapy boost

Anna Embring, Eva Onjukka, Claes Mercke, Ingmar Lax, Anders Berglund, Signe Friesland

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The impact of bone marrow irradiation dose on acute haematologic toxicity in cervical cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Min Chen, Dajiang Wang, Zhirong Bao, Zongbi Yi, Zijie Mei, Shaoxing Sun, Qingming Xiang, Chunxu Yang, Hui Yang, Hui Qiu, Conghua Xie

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Treatment outcomes of stereotactic body radiation therapy for pulmonary metastasis from sarcoma: a multicenter, retrospective study

Tae Hoon Lee, Hak Jae Kim, Jin Ho Kim, Mi-Sook Kim, Won Il Jang, Eunji Kim, Kyung Su Kim

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Application of four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography in lung cancer radiotherapy

Muyasha Abulimiti, Xu Yang, Minghui Li, Fukui Huan, Yanxin Zhang, Liang Jun

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Prognostic factors in radiotherapy of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a single center study over 31 years

Julia Jacob, Dirk Vordermark, Kerstin Lorenz, Daniel Medenwald

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Dose coverage and breath-hold analysis of breast cancer patients treated with surface-guided radiotherapy

Janita Dekker, Marion Essers, Marcel Verheij, Martijn Kusters, Willy de Kruijf

Open Access Study Protocol

Pulmonary magnetic resonance-guided online adaptive radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the PUMA trial

Sebastian Regnery, Chiara de Colle, Chukwuka Eze, Stefanie Corradini, Christian Thieke, Oliver Sedlaczek, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, Julien Dinkel, Ferdinand Seith, Annette Kopp-Schneider, Clarissa Gillmann, C. Katharina Renkamp, Guillaume Landry, Daniela Thorwarth, Daniel Zips, Claus Belka, Oliver Jäkel, Jürgen Debus, Juliane Hörner-Rieber

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Automatic segmentation of vestibular schwannomas from T1-weighted MRI with a deep neural network

Hesheng Wang, Tanxia Qu, Kenneth Bernstein, David Barbee, Douglas Kondziolka

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Development and validation of a radiomics model of magnetic resonance for predicting liver metastasis in resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients

Yuzhou Huang, Shurui Zhou, Yanji Luo, Jinmao Zou, Yaqing Li, Shaojie Chen, Ming Gao, Kaihong Huang, Guoda Lian

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Linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases, including multiple and large lesions, carries a low incidence of acute toxicities: a retrospective analysis

Toshiki Ikawa, Naoyuki Kanayama, Hideyuki Arita, Shingo Ohira, Koji Takano, Takero Hirata, Masahiro Morimoto, Teruki Teshima, Koji Konishi

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Radio-resistance of hypoxic tumors: exploring the effects of oxygen and X-ray radiation on non-small lung cancer cell lines

Rachel Hanley, Francesca Pagliari, Daniel Garcia-Calderón, Joana Fernandes Guerreiro, Géraldine Genard, Jeannette Jansen, Clelia Nisticò, Maria Grazia Marafioti, Luca Tirinato, Joao Seco

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Effectiveness of oral famotidine in reducing the hematologic complications of radiotherapy in patients with esophageal and cardia cancers: a randomized controlled trial

Mina Rostami, Omid Yelghi, Zhaleh Karimi Moghaddam, Alireza Zeraatchi, Hamed Rezaeejam, Alireza Sadeghi

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Magnetic resonance guided SBRT reirradiation in locally recurrent prostate cancer: a multicentric retrospective analysis

Luca Boldrini, Angela Romano, Giuditta Chiloiro, Stefanie Corradini, Viola De Luca, Valeria Verusio, Andrea D’Aviero, Alessandra Castelluccia, Anna Rita Alitto, Francesco Catucci, Gianmarco Grimaldi, Christian Trapp, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Domenico Marchesano, Vincenzo Frascino, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Vincenzo Valentini, Piercarlo Gentile, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

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Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases: results of a retrospective study

Isabella Gruber, Philipp Stark, Karin Weidner, Marius Treutwein, Oliver Koelbl

Open Access Review

Efficacy and safety of particle therapy for inoperable stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yanliang Chen, Hongtao Luo, Ruifeng Liu, Mingyu Tan, Qian Wang, Xun Wu, Tianqi Du, Zhiqiang Liu, Shilong Sun, Qiuning Zhang, Xiaohu Wang

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Clinical features and risk factors for interstitial lung disease spreading in low-dose irradiated areas after definitive radiotherapy with or without durvalumab consolidation therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Mai Sakagami, Haruo Inokuchi, Nobutaka Mukumoto, Hiroshige Itoyama, Nobunari Hamaura, Mutsumi Yamagishi, Naoki Mukumoto, Shogo Matsuda, Daijiro Kabata, Keiko Shibuya

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Feasibility of a simultaneously integrated boost concept for hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of unresected brain metastases

Christine Kornhuber, Stephan Ensminger, Patrick Hübsch, Martin Janich, Chris Andre Leucht, Dirk Vordermark, Christian T. Dietzel

Open Access Case Report

Efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with retrograde super selective intra-arterial infusion combined with cetuximab for synchronous multifocal oral squamous cell carcinomas

Xuefei Chen, Mitomu Kioi, Yuichiro Hayashi, Toshiyuki Koizumi, Izumi Koike, Shoji Yamanaka, Masaharu Hata, Kenji Mitsudo

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Deep learning for segmentation of the cervical cancer gross tumor volume on magnetic resonance imaging for brachytherapy

Roque Rodríguez Outeiral, Patrick J. González, Eva E. Schaake, Uulke A. van der Heide, Rita Simões

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Comparison of different dose accumulation strategies to estimate organ doses after stereotactic magnetic resonance-guided adaptive radiotherapy

Sebastian Regnery, Lukas Leiner, Carolin Buchele, Philipp Hoegen, Elisabetta Sandrini, Thomas Held, Maximilian Deng, Tanja Eichkorn, Carolin Rippke, C. Katharina Renkamp, Laila König, Kristin Lang, Sebastian Adeberg, Jürgen Debus, Sebastian Klüter, Juliane Hörner-Rieber

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Chemoradiation for oesophageal cancer: the choice of treatment modality

Pauliina M. Kitti, Maria Faltinova, Juha Kauppi, Jari Räsänen, Tiina Saarto, Tiina Seppälä, Anu M. Anttonen

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Outcomes of surgical resection and intraoperative electron radiotherapy for patients with para-aortic recurrences of gastrointestinal and gynecologic malignancies

Jacob Hall, Jessica Wilson, John Shumway, Ted K. Yanagihara, Joel Tepper, Benjamin Calvo, Andrew Z. Wang, Kevin Pearlstein, Kyle Wang, Hong Jin Kim

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The relevance of ototoxicity induced by radiotherapy

Yan Huang, Hong Zhou, Fenglan An, Aimei Zhao, Jian Wu, Meihua Wang, Judong Luo

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Establishment and validation of a prognostic pomogram in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with intensity modulated radiotherapy: a real world study

Meiying Long, Jianxu Li, Meiling He, Jialin Qiu, Ruijun Zhang, Yingchun Liu, Chunfeng Liang, Haiyan Lu, Yadan Pang, Hongmei Zhou, Hongping Yu, Moqin Qiu

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Comparison of outcome after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy of patients with metachronous lung versus primary lung cancer

Jonathan Benzaquen, Pierre-Yves Bondiau, Josiane Otto, Charles-Hugo Marquette, Jean-Philippe Berthet, Arash O. Naghavi, Renaud Schiappa, Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Bernard Padovani, Jérôme Doyen

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Chromosomal radiosensitivity in oncological and non-oncological patients with rheumatoid arthritis and connective tissue diseases

Dinah Rzepka, Hannah Schenker, Hans Geinitz, Elisabeth Silberberger, Dorothee Kaudewitz, Barbara Schuster, Lukas Kuhlmann, Miriam Schonath, Horacio Ayala Gaona, Bernhard Aschacher, Rainer Fietkau, Georg Schett, Luitpold Distel

Open Access Correction

Correction : Pulmonary magnetic resonance-guided online adaptive radiotherapy of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: the PUMA trial

Sebastian Regnery, Chiara de Colle, Chukwuka Eze, Stefanie Corradini, Christian Thieke, Oliver Sedlaczek, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, Julien Dinkel, Ferdinand Seith, Annette Kopp-Schneider, Clarissa Gillmann, C. Katharina Renkamp, Guillaume Landry, Daniela Thorwarth, Daniel Zips, Claus Belka, Oliver Jäkel, Jürgen Debus, Juliane Hörner-Rieber

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Advantages and robustness of partial VMAT with prone position for neoadjuvant rectal cancer evaluated by CBCT-based offline adaptive radiotherapy

Zhe Zhang, Shou Yu, Feng Peng, Zhibo Tan, Lei Zhang, Daming Li, Pengfei Yang, Zhaoming Peng, Xin Li, Chunfeng Fang, Yuenan Wang, Yajie Liu

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Impact of planning organ at risk volume margins and matching method on late gastrointestinal toxicity in moderately hypofractionated IMRT for locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Ayaka Ogawa, Michio Yoshimura, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Takanori Adachi, Takahiro Iwai, Ryo Ashida, Takashi Mizowaki

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Prognostic model on overall survival in elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients: a recursive partitioning analysis identifying pre-treatment risk stratification

Ying Li, Youliang Weng, Zongwei Huang, Yuhui Pan, Sunqin Cai, Qin Ding, Zijie Wu, Xin Chen, Jun Lu, Dan Hu, Sufang Qiu

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Boost modalities in cervical cancer: dosimetric comparison between intracavitary BT vs. intracavitary + interstitial BT vs. SBRT.

Sofian Benkhaled, Kadiatou Diakité, Nicolas Jullian, Sara Poeta, Christophe Vandekerkhove, Paul Van Houtte, Dirk Van Gestel, Alex De Caluwé

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Proton beam therapy in multimodal treatment for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus

Takashi Saito, Masahiro Nakayama, Kayoko Ohnishi, Shuho Tanaka, Masatoshi Nakamura, Motohiro Murakami, Shin Matsumoto, Keiichiro Baba, Keitaro Fujii, Masashi Mizumoto, Keiji Tabuchi, Hideyuki Sakurai

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Favorable prognosis of breast cancer brain metastases patients with limited intracranial and extracranial metastatic lesions

Wei Shi, Yang Li, Hua Sun, Li Zhang, Jin Meng, Xiaofang Wang, Xingxing Chen, Xiaomeng Zhang, Xin Mei, Jinli Ma, Miao Mo, Changming Zhou, Fei Liang, Zhimin Shao, Zhen Zhang, Xiaomao Guo, Xiaoli Yu, Zhaozhi Yang

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Improving accelerated 3D imaging in MRI-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer using a deep learning method

Ji Zhu, Xinyuan Chen, Yuxiang Liu, Bining Yang, Ran Wei, Shirui Qin, Zhuanbo Yang, Zhihui Hu, Jianrong Dai, Kuo Men

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Initial analysis of the synergy of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor and concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment for recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients

Lu Li, Lu Chen, Lu Yan, Yueqian Guo, Fang Li, Ming Fan, Mei Lan, Xin Lai, Jie Zhou, Yecai Huang, Peng Xu, Jinyi Lang, Mei Feng

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Simultaneous dose distribution and fluence prediction for nasopharyngeal carcinoma IMRT

Yongbao Li, Wenwen Cai, Fan Xiao, Xuanru Zhou, Jiajun Cai, Linghong Zhou, Wen Dou, Ting Song

Open Access Research

Real-world outcomes of PD-L1 inhibitors combined with thoracic radiotherapy in the first-line treatment of extensive stage small cell lung cancer

Jianfeng Peng, Lemeng Zhang, Liping Wang, Hui Feng, Dongmei Yao, Rui Meng, Xiaomei Liu, Xiaohua Li, Ningbo Liu, Bingxu Tan, Zhaoqin Huang, Shanshan Li, Xiangjiao Meng

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Optimal fractionation and timing of weekly cone-beam CT in daily surface-guided radiotherapy for breast cancer

Haiyan Peng, Han Yang, Jinyan Lei, Xinyao Dai, Panpan Cao, Fu Jin, Huanli Luo

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Target volume delineation for radiotherapy of meningiomas: an ANOCEF consensus guideline

Nicolas Martz, Julia Salleron, Frédéric Dhermain, Guillaume Vogin, Jean-François Daisne, Raphaelle Mouttet-Audouard, Ronan Tanguy, Georges Noel, Matthieu Peyre, Isabelle Lecouillard, Julian Jacob, Justine Attal, Marie Charissoux, Ovidiu Veresezan, Chantal Hanzen, Aymeri Huchet, Igor Latorzeff, Alexandre Coutte, Jérôme Doyen, Dinu Stefan, Loic Feuvret, Gabriel C. T. E. Garcia, Philippe Royer

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Re-irradiation for local primary-recurrence esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with IMRT/VMAT

Geng Xiang, Chunsheng Xu, Guangjin Chai, Bo Lyu, Zhaohui Li, Bin Wang, Mei Shi, Lina Zhao

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of multimedia courses in improving self-care among patients with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

Huei-Fan Yang, Wen-Wei Chang, Ying-Hsiang Chou, Jing-Yang Huang, Ya-Fang Ke, Pei-Fang Tsai, Hsiu-Man Chan, Hsueh-Ya Tsai, Hsien-Chun Tseng, Shih-Tsung Chang, Yueh-Chun Lee

Open Access Research

Integrating plan complexity and dosiomics features with deep learning in patient-specific quality assurance for volumetric modulated arc therapy

Ce Han, Ji Zhang, Bing Yu, Haoze Zheng, Yibo Wu, Zhixi Lin, Boda Ning, Jinling Yi, Congying Xie, Xiance Jin

Open Access Research

HLA-DQA1 expression is associated with prognosis and predictable with radiomics in breast cancer

JingYu Zhou, TingTing Xie, HuiMing Shan, GuanXun Cheng

Open Access Correction

Correction: Application of four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography in lung cancer radiotherapy

Muyasha Abulimiti, Xu Yang, Minghui Li, Fukui Huan, Yanxin Zhang, Liang Jun

Open Access Research

Diaphragm and abdominal organ motion during radiotherapy: a comprehensive multicenter study in 189 children

Karin M. Meijer, Irma W. E. M. van Dijk, Marije Frank, Arnout D. van den Hoek, Brian V. Balgobind, Geert O. Janssens, Markus Wendling, John H. Maduro, Abigail Bryce-Atkinson, Anna Loginova, Arjan Bel

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Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) who underwent kidney-sparing surgery (KSS): a single-center study

Hui Guan, Guangyu Wang, Weiping Wang, Yuncan Zhou, Zhikai Liu, Xiaorong Hou, Junfang Yan, Shuai Sun, Ke Hu, Jing Zhao

Open Access Research

Proton therapy and oral mucositis in oral & oropharyngeal cancers: outcomes, dosimetric and NTCP benefit

Sapna Nangia, Utpal Gaikwad, M. P. Noufal, Mayur Sawant, Manoj Wakde, Ashwathy Mathew, Srinivas Chilukuri, Dayananda Sharma, Rakesh Jalali

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Experience with intraoperative radiation therapy in an urban cancer center

Therese Youssef Andraos, Karin A. Skalina, Sheldon Feldman, Keyur Mehta, Wolfgang A. Tome, Maureen P. McEvoy, Anjuli M. Gupta, Jana L. Fox

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Radiotherapy-induced diffuse myocardial fibrosis in early-stage breast cancer patients – multimodality imaging study with six-year follow-up

Mikko Moisander, Tanja Skyttä, Sari Kivistö, Heini Huhtala, Kjell Nikus, Vesa Virtanen, Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Pekka Raatikainen, Suvi Tuohinen

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Circulating miR-21 as a prognostic biomarker in HCC treated by CT-guided high-dose rate brachytherapy

Matthias Stechele, Henrike Link, Heidrun Hirner-Eppeneder, Marianna Alunni-Fabbroni, Moritz Wildgruber, Lukas Salvermoser, Stefanie Corradini, Regina Schinner, Najib Ben Khaled, Daniel Rössler, Eithan Galun, Shraga Nahum Goldberg, Jens Ricke, Philipp Maximilian Kazmierczak

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Dosimetric characteristics of 6MV flattening filter free and flattened beams among beam-matched linacs: a three-institutional study

Diana M. Ghemiș, Loredana G. Marcu, Vasile Virag, Adriana Virag

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Long-term outcomes of SBRT for PSMA PET detected oligometastatic prostate cancer

Riche Mohan, A. Kneebone, T. Eade, E. Hsiao, L. Emmett, Christopher Brown, J. Hunter, G. Hruby

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Radiotherapy plus anti-PD1 versus radiotherapy for hepatic toxicity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Rui-Jun Zhang, Hong-Mei Zhou, Hai-Yan Lu, Hong-Ping Yu, Wei-Zhong Tang, Mo-Qin Qiu, Liu-Ying Yan, Mei-Ying Long, Ting-Shi Su, Bang-De Xiang, Mei-Ling He, Xiao-Ting Wang, Shi-Xiong Liang, Jian-Xu Li

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Radiotherapy refusal in breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery

Jiameng Liu, Zhanlin Zhu, Zhipeng Hua, Weijie Lin, Yiyin Weng, Juli Lin, Hehui Mao, Lifen Lin, Xuming Chen, Jujiang Guo

Open Access Research

Proton radiotherapy as a treatment strategy to increase survival in locally advanced pancreatic cancer in the body and tail: a retrospective study

Katsuya Ami, Kazuki Terashima, Jun Ishida, Masaki Suga, Taisuke Okawa, Daiki Takahashi, SungChul Park, Yoshiro Matsuo, Yoshihide Nanno, Sunao Tokumaru, Tomoaki Okimoto, Hirochika Toyama, Takumi Fukumoto

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Neurocognition and mean radiotherapy dose to vulnerable brain structures: new organs at risk?

Helena Söderström, Angelica Walfridsson, Ulla Martinsson, Ulf Isacsson, Karin Brocki, Johan Lundin Kleberg, Gustaf Ljungman

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Radiation dose is associated with improved local control for large, but not small, hepatocellular carcinomas

Uri Amit, Jahan J Mohiuddin, Andrzej P Wojcieszynski, Joanna Harton, Graeme Williams, Shwetha Manjunath, Nikhil Grandhi, Abigail Doucette, John P Plastaras, James M Metz, Edgar Ben-Josef

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Prevalence and risk factors for retropharyngeal and retro-styloid lymph node metastasis in hypopharyngeal carcinoma

Ryo Toya, Tomohiko Matsuyama, Tetsuo Saito, Yoshiyuki Fukugawa, Takahiro Watakabe, Shinya Shiraishi, Daizo Murakami, Yorihisa Orita, Toshinori Hirai, Natsuo Oya

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Deep learning based automatic segmentation of organs-at-risk for 0.35 T MRgRT of lung tumors

Marvin F. Ribeiro, Sebastian Marschner, Maria Kawula, Moritz Rabe, Stefanie Corradini, Claus Belka, Marco Riboldi, Guillaume Landry, Christopher Kurz

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Effectiveness of bladder filling control during online MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy for rectal cancer

Xi Feng, Bin Tang, Xinghong Yao, Min Liu, Xiongfei Liao, Ke Yuan, Qian Peng, Lucia Clara Orlandini

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The cost effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancers

Mehdi Varmaghani, Malihe Amiri, Hossein Ebrahimpour, Roham Salek, Javad Javan-Noughabi

Open Access Correction

Correction: Impact of planning organ at risk volume margins and matching method on late gastrointestinal toxicity in moderately hypofractionated IMRT for locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Ayaka Ogawa, Michio Yoshimura, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Takanori Adachi, Takahiro Iwai, Ryo Ashida, Takashi Mizowaki

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Thyroid V40 is a good predictor for subclinical hypothyroidism in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after intensity modulated radiation therapy: a randomized clinical trial

Yun Xu, Hewei Peng, Guangjian Su, Yanming Cheng, Qiaojuan Guo, Lanyan Guo, Xian-E Peng, Jiangfeng Ke

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Review of cone beam computed tomography based online adaptive radiotherapy: current trend and future direction

Hefei Liu, David Schaal, Heather Curry, Ryan Clark, Anthony Magliari, Patrick Kupelian, Deepak Khuntia, Sushil Beriwal

Open Access Review

Role of the cGAS-STING pathway in radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Chunsheng Yang, Yan Liang, Ning Liu, Meili Sun

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Comparison of four synthetic CT generators for brain and prostate MR-only workflow in radiotherapy

Damien Autret, Camille Guillerminet, Alban Roussel, Erwan Cossec-Kerloc’h, Stéphane Dufreneix

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Fully automated volumetric modulated arc therapy planning for locally advanced rectal cancer: feasibility and efficiency

Kouta Hirotaki, Kento Tomizawa, Shunsuke Moriya, Hajime Oyoshi, Vijay Raturi, Masashi Ito, Takeji Sakae

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Impact of MRI on target volume definition in head and neck cancer patients

Kerstin Clasen, Marcel Nachbar, Sergios Gatidis, Daniel Zips, Daniela Thorwarth, Stefan Welz

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Online prediction for respiratory movement compensation: a patient-specific gating control for MRI-guided radiotherapy

Yang Li, Zhenjiang Li, Jian Zhu, Baosheng Li, Huazhong Shu, Di Ge

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

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

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Clinical evaluation of radiation-induced sinusitis by MRI-based scoring system in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

Wenya Zheng, Tao Yan, Dongjiao Liu, Geng Chen, Yingjuan Wen, Xiuli Rao, Yizhe Wang, Huijuan Zheng, Jiahong Yang, Hua Peng

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Clinical and dosimetric outcomes of image-guided, dose-painted radiotherapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer

Inmaculada Navarro-Domenech, Shinthujah Arulanantham, Zhihui Amy Liu, Michael Tjong, Vickie Kong, Victor Malkov, Tony Tadic, Neil Fleshner, Girish Kulkarni, Alexandre R Zlotta, Charles Catton, Alejandro Berlin, Srikala Sridhar, Di (Maria) Jiang, Peter Chung, Srinivas Raman

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Risk of temporal lobe necrosis between proton beam and volumetric modulated arc therapies in patients with different head and neck cancers

Chi-Hung Liu, Chien-Yu Lin, Bing-Shen Huang, Yi-Chia Wei, Ting-Yu Chang, Chih-Hua Yeh, Pi-Shan Sung, Jian-Lin Jiang, Li-Ying Lin, Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang, Kang-Hsing Fan

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Treatment outcomes of stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary and metastatic sarcoma of the spine

Eunji Kim, Mi-Sook Kim, Eun Kyung Paik, Ung-Kyu Chang, Chang-Bae Kong

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Dose delivery reproducibility for PBS proton treatment of breast cancer patients with and without mask immobilization

Yixiu Kang, Martin Bues, Michele Y. Halyard, Lisa A. McGee, Tamara Z. Vern-Gross, William W. Wong, Sameer R. Keole, Carlos Vargas, Sarah E. James, Safia K. Ahmed, James P. Archuleta, Ana K. Ridgway, Pedro R. Lara, Mirek Fatyga

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Plan robustness analysis for threshold determination of SGRT-based intrafraction motion control in 3DCRT breast cancer radiation therapy

Tim-Oliver Sauer, Wilhelm Stillkrieg, Oliver J. Ott, Rainer Fietkau, Christoph Bert

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Definitive irradiation as a first treatment strategy for primary and metastatic sites of newly diagnosed IVB cervical cancer that presented with synchronous oligometastases

Junyun Li, Ying Wang, Lanqing Huo, Xiaodan Huang, Liu Shi, Lin Huang, Kai Chen, Xinping Cao

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MRI-based inter- and intrafraction motion analysis of the pancreatic tail and spleen as preparation for adaptive MRI-guided radiotherapy in neuroblastoma

Fasco Van Ommen, Gaelle A.T. le Quellenec, Mirjam E. Willemsen-Bosman, Max M. van Noesel, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Enrica Seravalli, Petra S. Kroon, Geert O. Janssens

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May we routinely spare hippocampal region in primary central nervous system lymphoma during whole brain radiotherapy?

Ciro Mazzarella, Silvia Chiesa, Lucrezia Toppi, Stefan Hohaus, Simona Gaudino, Francesco D’Alo, Nicola Dinapoli, Resta Davide, Tiziano Zinicola, Serena Bracci, Antonella Martino, Francesco Beghella Bartoli, Elisabetta Lepre, Roberta Bertolini, Silvia Mariani, Cesare Colosimo, Vincenzo Frascino, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Vincenzo Valentini, Mario Balducci

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Influence and optimization strategy of the magnetic field in 1.5 T MR-linac liver stereotactic radiotherapy

Xin Liu, Peijun Yin, Tengxiang Li, Yong Yin, Zhenjiang Li

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THeragnostic utilities for neoplastic DisEases of the rectum by MRI guided radiotherapy (THUNDER 2) phase II trial: interim safety analysis

Giuditta Chiloiro, Angela Romano, Davide Cusumano, Luca Boldrini, Giulia Panza, Lorenzo Placidi, Elisa Meldolesi, Matteo Nardini, Guenda Meffe, Gianluca Nicolini, Claudio Votta, Luca Indovina, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

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Online adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer using a simultaneous integrated boost and fiducial markers

Sana Azzarouali, Karin Goudschaal, Jorrit Visser, Maarten Hulshof, Marjan Admiraal, Niek van Wieringen, Jakko Nieuwenhuijzen, Jan Wiersma, Laurien Daniëls, Duncan den Boer, Arjan Bel

Open Access Review

Advancements of radiotherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer in modern era

Shu Zhang, Ni Zeng, Jiangping Yang, Jinlan He, Fubin Zhu, Wenjun Liao, Maoqi Xiong, Yan Li

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Cancer care at the time of the fourth industrial revolution: an insight to healthcare professionals’ perspectives on cancer care and artificial intelligence

Iman Hesso, Reem Kayyali, Debbie-Rose Dolton, Kwanyoung Joo, Lithin Zacharias, Andreas Charalambous, Maria Lavdaniti, Evangelia Stalika, Tarek Ajami, Wanda Acampa, Jasmina Boban, Shereen Nabhani-Gebara

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Impact of high dose radiotherapy for breast tumor in locoregionally uncontrolled stage IV breast cancer: a need for a risk-stratified approach

Nalee Kim, Haeyoung Kim, Won Park, Won Kyung Cho, Tae Gyu Kim, Young-Hyuck Im, Jin Seok Ahn, Yeon Hee Park, Ji-Yeon Kim

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Prior information guided auto-segmentation of clinical target volume of tumor bed in postoperative breast cancer radiotherapy

Xin Xie, Yuchun Song, Feng Ye, Shulian Wang, Hui Yan, Xinming Zhao, Jianrong Dai

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Autonomic function measurements for evaluating fatigue and quality of life in patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy: a prospective longitudinal study

Miwa Aoki, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Sena Yamamoto, Toshiko Hirano, Kumiko Hanaeda, Yasuka Nishi, Tamami Okada, Maki Nadamura, Chiho Kobayashi, Emiko Sumita, Junko Gotou, Masahiko Koizumi, Harue Arao

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Lymphocyte recovery from radiation-induced lymphopenia in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: correlations with prognosis and lymphocyte-related organs

Ihsuan Tseng, Dashan Ai, Yun Chen, Hongcheng Zhu, Fangfang Li, Yang Xu, Lu Yu, Qi Liu, Jiaying Deng, Shengnan Hao, Zhengfei Zhu, Weixin Zhao, Min Fan, Ling Li, Fengtao Su, Kuaile Zhao

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Clinical impact of spacer placement surgery with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet for particle therapy

Ryosuke Fujinaka, Shohei Komatsu, Kazuki Terashima, Yusuke Demizu, Satoshi Omiya, Masahiro Kido, Hirochika Toyama, Sunao Tokumaru, Tomoaki Okimoto, Takumi Fukumoto

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A blinded-endpoint, randomized controlled trial of Sanyrene with natural active ingredient for prophylaxis of radiation dermatitis in patients receiving radiotherapy

Xiaoli Long, Jing Guo, Yutian Yin, Ming Cheng, Xiao Zhang, Jing Zhang, Pengyuan Wang, Jian Zang, Lina Zhao

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Attention mechanism based multi-sequence MRI fusion improves prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer

Xuezhi Zhou, Yi Yu, Yanru Feng, Guojun Ding, Peng Liu, Luying Liu, Wenjie Ren, Yuan Zhu, Wuteng Cao

Open Access Research

Fully automated volumetric modulated arc therapy technique for radiation therapy of locally advanced breast cancer

Livia Marrazzo, Laura Redapi, Roberto Pellegrini, Peter Voet, Icro Meattini, Chiara Arilli, Silvia Calusi, Marta Casati, Deborah Chilà, Antonella Compagnucci, Cinzia Talamonti, Margherita Zani, Lorenzo Livi, Stefania Pallotta

Open Access Research

Dose-effect relationship of linear accelerator based stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases

Ning Wu, Zhiqiang Wang, Xin Guo, Hongfu Zhao

Open Access Research

Palliative radiotherapy for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Taro Shibuki, Mitsuhito Sasaki, Shota Yamaguchi, Kanae Inoue, Tomonao Taira, Tomoyuki Satake, Kazuo Watanabe, Hiroshi Imaoka, Shuichi Mitsunaga, Takeshi Fujisawa, Kento Tomizawa, Hidekazu Oyoshi, Masaki Nakamura, Hidehiro Hojo, Masafumi Ikeda

Open Access Research

Multiphase and multiparameter MRI-based radiomics for prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer

Hongyan Huang, Lujun Han, Jianbo Guo, Yanyu Zhang, Shiwei Lin, Shengli Chen, Xiaoshan Lin, Caixue Cheng, Zheng Guo, Yingwei Qiu

Open Access Research

Comparison of adverse events in partial- or whole breast radiotherapy: investigation of cosmesis, toxicities and quality of life in a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Jan Haussmann, Wilfried Budach, Stefanie Corradini, David Krug, Danny Jazmati, Bálint Tamaskovics, Edwin Bölke, Alessia Pedotoa, Kai Kammers, Christiane Matuschek

Open Access Research

Comprehensive evaluation of similarity between synthetic and real CT images for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Siqi Yuan, Xinyuan Chen, Yuxiang Liu, Ji Zhu, Kuo Men, Jianrong Dai

Open Access Research

Hypoxic tumor cell-derived small extracellular vesicle miR-152-3p promotes cervical cancer radioresistance through KLF15 protein

Junying Zhou, Ningjing Lei, Wanjia Tian, Ruixia Guo, Feng Gao, Hanlin Fu, Jing Zhang, Shiliang Dong, Mengyu Chen, Qian Ma, Yong Li, Lei Chang

Open Access Correction

Correction: Treatment outcomes of stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary and metastatic sarcoma of the spine

Eunji Kim, Mi-Sook Kim, Eun Kyung Paik, Ung-Kyu Chang, Chang-Bae Kong

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Dose escalation for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmia - a phase II clinical trial

Boldizsar Kovacs, Michael Mayinger, Stefanie Ehrbar, Debra Fesslmeier, Maiwand Ahmadsei, Lorraine Sazgary, Robert Manka, Hatem Alkadhi, Frank Ruschitzka, Firat Duru, Alexandros Papachristofilou, Christian Sticherling, Slawomir Blamek, Krzysztof S. Gołba, Matthias Guckenberger, Ardan M. Saguner, Nicolaus Andratschke

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First clinical application of image-guided intraoperative electron radiation therapy with real time intraoperative dose calculation in recurrent rectal cancer: technical procedure

Falk Roeder, Gerd Fastner, Christoph Fussl, Felix Sedlmayer, Markus Stana, Johannes Berchtold, Tarkan Jäger, Jaroslav Presl, Philipp Schredl, Klaus Emmanuel, Daniela Colleselli, Gabriel Kotolacsi, Philipp Scherer, Philipp Steininger, Christoph Gaisberger

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Noninvasive cardiac radioablation for ventricular tachycardia: dosimetric comparison between linear accelerator- and robotic CyberKnife-based radiosurgery systems

Ching-Yu Wang, Li-Ting Ho, Lian-Yu Lin, Hsing-Min Chan, Hung-Yi Chen, Tung-Lin Yu, Yu-Sen Huang, Sung-Hsin Kuo, Wen-Jeng Lee, Jenny Ling-Yu Chen

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Use of focal radiotherapy boost for prostate cancer: radiation oncologists’ perspectives and perceived barriers to implementation

Allison Y. Zhong, Asona J. Lui, Matthew S. Katz, Alejandro Berlin, Sophia C. Kamran, Amar U. Kishan, Vedang Murthy, Himanshu Nagar, Daniel Seible, Bradley J. Stish, Alison C. Tree, Tyler M. Seibert

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Proton therapy (PT) combined with concurrent chemotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer with negative driver genes

Yonglong Jin, Shosei Shimizu, Yinuo Li, Yuan Yao, Xiguang Liu, Hongzong Si, Hideyuki Sakurai, Wenjing Xiao

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Evaluation of a novel CBCT conversion method implemented in a treatment planning system

Wolfgang Lechner, Dávid Kanalas, Sarah Haupt, Lukas Zimmermann, Dietmar Georg

Open Access Research

A prospective single-arm study on the relationship between dose-volume parameters of pelvic functional bone marrow and acute hematological toxicities during intensity-modulated radiotherapy with or without concurrent chemotherapy for uterine cervical/endometrial cancer

Hongbo Chen, Qian Zhong, Yujie Liu, Jinyan Li, Wenjing Deng, Jie Wang, Shuquan Zhou, Zengrong Yu, Xianzhan Huang, Yuanqiong Huang, Bo Zhen, Jihong Wei, Weijian Zhang, Xiaohong Ruan, Lin Xiao

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Quality assurance in a phase III, multicenter, randomized trial of POstmastectomy radioThErapy in Node posiTive breast cancer with or without Internal mAmmary nodaL irradiation (POTENTIAL): a planning benchmark case

Yu-Chun Song, Zhi-Hui Hu, Xue-Na Yan, Hui Fang, Yu Tang, Hao Jing, Kuo Men, Na Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jing Jin, Qiu-Zi Zhong, Jun Ma, Wei-Fang Yang, Ya-Hua Zhong, Li-Hua Dong, Xiao-Hong Wang, Hong-Fen Wu, Xiang-Hui Du, Xiao-Rong Hou, Jian Tie, Yu-Fei Lu, Li-Na Zhao, Ye-Xiong Li, Shu-Lian Wang

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Dosimetric rationale and preliminary experience in proton plus carbon-ion radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective analysis

Ningyi Ma, Xue Ming, Jian Chen, Kai-Liang Wu, Jiade Lu, Guoliang Jiang, Jingfang Mao

Open Access Research

Concomitant radiosurgical and targeted oncological treatment improves the outcome of patients with brain metastases from gastrointestinal cancer

Farjad Khalaveh, Anna Cho, Abdallah Shaltout, Helena Untersteiner, Beate Kranawetter, Dorian Hirschmann, Philipp Göbl, Wolfgang Marik, Brigitte Gatterbauer, Karl Rössler, Christian Dorfer, Josa M. Frischer

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Histopathologically confirmed radiation-induced damage of the brain – an in-depth analysis of radiation parameters and spatio-temporal occurrence

Mario R. P. Kossmann, Felix Ehret, Siyer Roohani, Sebastian F. Winter, Pirus Ghadjar, Güliz Acker, Carolin Senger, Simone Schmid, Daniel Zips, David Kaul

Open Access Correction

Correction: Palliative radiotherapy for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Taro Shibuki, Mitsuhito Sasaki, Shota Yamaguchi, Kanae Inoue, Tomonao Taira, Tomoyuki Satake, Kazuo Watanabe, Hiroshi Imaoka, Shuichi Mitsunaga, Takeshi Fujisawa, Kento Tomizawa, Hidekazu Oyoshi, Masaki Nakamura, Hidehiro Hojo, Masafumi Ikeda

Open Access Research

Comparing breath hold versus free breathing irradiation for left-sided breast radiotherapy by PlanIQ™

Ke Yuan, Xinghong Yao, Xiongfei Liao, Pen Diao, Xin Xin, Jiabao Ma, Jie Li, Lucia Clara Orlandini

Open Access Research

Outcomes of carbon ion radiotherapy compared with segmentectomy for ground glass opacity-dominant early-stage lung cancer

Teruaki Mizobuchi, Akihiro Nomoto, Hironobu Wada, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Mio Nakajima, Takehiko Fujisawa, Hidemi Suzuki, Ichiro Yoshino

Open Access Research

Stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases: a retrospective study

Isabella Gruber, Karin Weidner, Marius Treutwein, Oliver Koelbl

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Hemostatic radiotherapy in clinically significant tumor-related bleeding: excellent palliative results in a retrospective analysis of 77 patients

Manuel Guhlich, Teresa Esther Maag, Leif Hendrik Dröge, Andrea Hille, Sandra Donath, Stephanie Bendrich, Markus Anton Schirmer, Friedemann Nauck, Martin Leu, Joachim Riggert, Julia Gallwas, Stefan Rieken

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Fast ein Viertel der Personen mit mäßig dysplastischen Stimmlippenläsionen entwickelt einen Kehlkopftumor. Solche Personen benötigen daher eine besonders enge ärztliche Überwachung.

15% bedauern gewählte Blasenkrebs-Therapie

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Ob Patienten und Patientinnen mit neu diagnostiziertem Blasenkrebs ein Jahr später Bedauern über die Therapieentscheidung empfinden, wird einer Studie aus England zufolge von der Radikalität und dem Erfolg des Eingriffs beeinflusst.

Erhöhtes Risiko fürs Herz unter Checkpointhemmer-Therapie

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Kardiotoxische Nebenwirkungen einer Therapie mit Immuncheckpointhemmern mögen selten sein – wenn sie aber auftreten, wird es für Patienten oft lebensgefährlich. Voruntersuchung und Monitoring sind daher obligat.

Costims – das nächste heiße Ding in der Krebstherapie?

28.05.2024 Onkologische Immuntherapie Nachrichten

„Kalte“ Tumoren werden heiß – CD28-kostimulatorische Antikörper sollen dies ermöglichen. Am besten könnten diese in Kombination mit BiTEs und Checkpointhemmern wirken. Erste klinische Studien laufen bereits.

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