Editor-in-Chief's Pick of the Papers: Open Access Papers for our Readers

Each issue, the Editor-in-Chief of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Jens Overgaard, picks his favourite paper from the journal. These papers are free to access.

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Radiation-induced cardiac damage in early left breast cancer patients: Risk factors, biological mechanisms, radiobiology, and dosimetric constraints

May 2012 (Vol. 103 | No. 2 | Pages 133-142)

Angela Sardaro, Maria Fonte Petruzzelli, Maria Patrizia D’Errico, Luca Grimaldi, Giorgio Pili, Maurizio Portaluri et al. Review article

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Randomised trial of external beam radiotherapy alone or combined with high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for localised prostate cancer

May 2012 (Vol. 103 | No. 2 | Pages 217-222)

Peter J. Hoskin, Ana M. Rojas, Peter J. Bownes, Gerry J. Lowe, Peter J. Ostler, Linda Bryant et al. Full-length article

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217-222
Charged particles in radiotherapy: A 5-year update of a systematic review

April 2012 (Vol. 103 | No. 1 | Pages 5-7)

Dirk De Ruysscher, M. Mark Lodge, Bleddyn Jones, Michael Brada, Alastair Munro, Thomas Jefferson, Madelon Pijls-Johannesma et al. Review article

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An evidence based review of proton beam therapy: The report of ASTRO’s emerging technology committee

April 2012 (Vol. 103 | No. 1 | Pages 8-11)

Aaron M. Allen, Todd Pawlicki, Lei Dong, Eugene Fourkal, Mark Buyyounouski, Keith Cengel, John Plastaras, Mary K. Bucci, Torunn I. Yock, Luisa Bonilla, Robert Price, Eleanor E. Harris, Andre A. Konski et al. Review article

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The updated ESTRO core curricula 2011 for clinicians, medical physicists and RTTs in radiotherapy/radiation oncology

April 2012 (Vol. 103 | No. 1 | Pages 103-108)

Jesper G. Eriksen, Andrew W. Beavis, Mary A. Coffey, Jan Willem H. Leer, Stefano M. Magrini, Kim Benstead, Tobias Boelling, Marie Hjälm-Eriksson, Guy Kantor, Boguslaw Maciejewski, Maris Mezeckis, Angelo Oliveira, Pierre Thirion, Pavel Vitek, Dag Rune Olsen, Teresa Eudaldo, Wolfgang Enghardt, Pascal François, Cristina Garibaldi, Ben Heijmen, Mirjana Josipovic, Tibor Major, Stylianos Nikoletopoulos, Alex Rijnders, Michael Waligorski, Marta Wasilewska-Radwanska, Laura Mullaney, Annette Boejen, Aude Vaandering, Guy Vandevelde, Christine Verfaillie, Richard Pötter et al. Full-length article

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103-108
Health Economics in Radiation Oncology: Introducing the ESTRO HERO project

April 2012 (Vol. 103 | No. 1 | Pages 109-112)

Yolande Lievens, Cai Grau Full-length article

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Treatment of brain metastases: Review of phase III randomized controlled trials

February 2012 (Vol. 102 | No. 2 | Pages 168-179)

Silvia Scoccianti, Umberto Ricardi Review article

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168-179
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