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Radiotherapy in small cell lung cancer: Limited volumes in limited disease and adding thoracic radiotherapy in extended disease?
30 January 2012
Improving the outcome of treatment of lung cancer remains a formidable and multidisciplinary task . Although distant metastases occur early and frequently in lung cancer it is important to realize tha...
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Lucyna Kepka,
Michael Baumann
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165-167
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Treatment of brain metastases: Review of phase III randomized controlled trials
13 October 2011
Abstract: The optimal management of brain metastases remains controversial. Both whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and local treatment [surgery (S) or radiosurgery (RS)] are the cornerstones of treatmen...
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Silvia Scoccianti,
Umberto Ricardi
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168-179
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A pooled analysis of arc-based image-guided simultaneous integrated boost radiation therapy for oligometastatic brain metastases
06 June 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To report pooled overall survival and time to radiological intracranial progression results related to arc-based image-guided radiotherapy for dose-escalation of oligometastatic dis...
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George Rodrigues,
Wietse Eppinga,
Frank Lagerwaard,
Patricia de Haan,
Cornelis Haasbeek,
Francisco Perera,
Ben Slotman,
Brian Yaremko,
Slav Yartsev,
Glenn Bauman
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180-186
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Whole-brain irradiation with concomitant daily fixed-dose Temozolomide for brain metastases treatment: A randomised phase II trial
18 January 2012
Abstract: Background and purpose: This randomised phase II study evaluated the use of Temozolomide (TMZ) concomitant with 30Gray (Gy) of Whole-brain irradiation (WBI) for 2weeks without adjuvant TMZ v...
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Carlos Gamboa-Vignolle,
Tabaré Ferrari-Carballo,
Óscar Arrieta,
Alejandro Mohar
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187-191
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Reirradiation of brain metastases with radiosurgery
31 August 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To assess the outcome of reirradiation with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) of brain metastases (BM) recurring after whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT). Methods and materials: Between ...
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Ernesto Maranzano,
Fabio Trippa,
Michelina Casale,
Sara Costantini,
Paola Anselmo,
Sandro Carletti,
Massimo Principi,
Claudia Caserta,
Fabio Loreti,
Cesare Giorgi
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192-197
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Clinical comparison of positional accuracy and stability between dedicated versus conventional masks for immobilization in cranial stereotactic radiotherapy using 6-degree-of-freedom image guidance system-integrated platform
21 November 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To compare the positioning accuracy and stability of two distinct noninvasive immobilization devices, a dedicated (D-) and conventional (C-) mask, and to evaluate the applicability ...
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Kazuhiro Ohtakara,
Shinya Hayashi,
Hidekazu Tanaka,
Hiroaki Hoshi,
Masashi Kitahara,
Katsuya Matsuyama,
Hitoshi Okada
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198-205
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Dosimetric consequences of rotational errors in radiation therapy of pediatric brain tumor patients
04 July 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To quantify the rotational offsets and estimate the dose effect of rotation on the target volume and normal tissues in children with brain tumor. Methods: Twenty-one pediatric patie...
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Chris Beltran,
Alexander Pegram,
Thomas E. Merchant
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206-209
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Oncologists’ view of informed consent and shared decision making in paediatric radiation oncology
02 September 2011
Abstract: Background and purpose: Cure rates of paediatric malignancies have dramatically improved with therapy intensification, at the cost of late treatment side effects. A survey was developed, cen...
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Robert A. Olson,
Mary Ann Bobinski,
Anita Ho,
Karen J. Goddard
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210-213
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A prospective study of supine versus prone positioning and whole-body thermoplastic mask fixation for craniospinal radiotherapy in adult patients
22 August 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate neuroaxis irradiation for adults in the supine position using head body thermoplastic mask fixation, from the aspects of dose distribution, patient comfort and set-up ac...
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Katalin Hideghéty,
Adrienn Cserháti,
Zoltán Nagy,
Zoltán Varga,
Emese Fodor,
Virág Vincze,
Erika Szántó,
Anikó Maráz,
László Thurzó
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214-218
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Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for uveal melanoma, late clinical results
24 August 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To determine local control, late toxicity and metastatic free survival (MFS) of patients treated with fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy (fSRT) for uveal melanoma (UM). Met...
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Karin Muller,
Nicole Naus,
Peter J.C.M. Nowak,
Paul I.M. Schmitz,
Connie de Pan,
Cornelis A. van Santen,
Johannes P. Marijnissen,
Dion A. Paridaens,
Peter C. Levendag,
Gré P.M. Luyten
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219-224
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A practical technique to avoid the hippocampus in prophylactic cranial irradiation for lung cancer
22 December 2011
Abstract: A practical technique is presented to deliver hippocampus avoiding prophylactic cranial irradiation for lung cancer patients, using two lateral fields. For a prescribed dose of 12×2.5Gy, spa...
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Zdenko van Kesteren,
José Belderbos,
Marcel van Herk,
Agnieszka Olszewska,
Emmy Lamers,
Dirk De Ruysscher,
Eugène Damen,
Corine van Vliet-Vroegindeweij
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225-227
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Individualised isotoxic accelerated radiotherapy and chemotherapy are associated with improved long-term survival of patients with stage III NSCLC: A prospective population-based study
21 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Individualised, isotoxic, accelerated radiotherapy (INDAR) allows the delivery of high biological radiation doses, but the long-term survival associated with this approach is unk...
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Dirk De Ruysscher,
Angela van Baardwijk,
Jessie Steevens,
Anita Botterweck,
Geert Bosmans,
Bart Reymen,
Rinus Wanders,
Jacques Borger,
Anne-Marie C. Dingemans,
Gerben Bootsma,
Cordula Pitz,
Ragnar Lunde,
Wiel Geraedts,
Michel Oellers,
Andre Dekker,
Philippe Lambin
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228-233
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Clinical trial of post-chemotherapy consolidation thoracic radiotherapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
19 September 2011
Abstract: Background and purpose: To define the rate of development of symptomatic chest failures in extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) after undergoing post-chemotherapy chest radiother...
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Don Yee,
Charles Butts,
Anthony Reiman,
Anil Joy,
Michael Smylie,
David Fenton,
Quincy Chu,
John Hanson,
Wilson Roa
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234-238
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Combined PET/CT image characteristics for radiotherapy tumor response in lung cancer
18 November 2011
Abstract: Background and Purpose: Prediction of local failure in radiotherapy patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a challenging task. Recent evidence suggests that FDG–PET images ...
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Manushka Vaidya,
Kimberly M. Creach,
Jennifer Frye,
Farrokh Dehdashti,
Jeffrey D. Bradley,
Issam El Naqa
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239-245
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Mediastinal lymph nodes staging by 18F-FDG PET/CT for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study
21 November 2011
Abstract: Purpose: Accurate staging of mediastinal lymph nodes metastases is critical for determining the application of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for patients with early stage non-sm...
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Xiaolin Li,
Huaqi Zhang,
Ligang Xing,
Honglian Ma,
Peng Xie,
Lin Zhang,
Xiangying Xu,
Jinbo Yue,
Xindong Sun,
Xudong Hu,
Ming Chen,
Wengui Xu,
Lusheng Chen,
Jinming Yu
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246-250
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Serial assessment of FDG-PET FDG uptake and functional volume during radiotherapy (RT) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
01 September 2011
Abstract: Objectives: The objectives were (i) to confirm that diagnostic FDG-PET images could be obtained during thoracic radiotherapy, (ii) to verify that significant changes in FDG uptake or volume ...
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Agathe Edet-Sanson,
Bernard Dubray,
Kaya Doyeux,
Adeline Back,
Sebastien Hapdey,
Romain Modzelewski,
Pierre Bohn,
Isabelle Gardin,
Pierre Vera
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251-257
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Is involved-field radiotherapy based on CT safe for patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer?
07 November 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To examine the pattern of failures in patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) treated with involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT) and chemotherapy, with the aim of ...
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Bing Xia,
Gui-Yuan Chen,
Xu-Wei Cai,
Jian-Dong Zhao,
Huan-Jun Yang,
Min Fan,
Kuai-Le Zhao,
Xiao-Long Fu
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258-262
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Locoregional failures following thoracic irradiation in patients with limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma
30 January 2012
Abstract: Purpose: To determine the patterns of loco-regional (LR) and distant failure in patients with limited-stage small cell lung carcinoma (LS-SCLC) treated with curative intent. Methods: From 19...
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Meredith E. Giuliani,
Patricia E. Lindsay,
Alexander Sun,
Andrea Bezjak,
Lisa W. Le,
Anthony Brade,
John Cho,
Natasha B. Leighl,
Frances A. Shepherd,
Andrew J. Hope
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263-267
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Comparison of anisotropic aperture based intensity modulated radiotherapy with 3D-conformal radiotherapy for the treatment of large lung tumors
21 November 2011
Abstract: Purpose/objective(s): IMRT allows dose escalation for large lung tumors, but respiratory motion may compromise delivery. A treatment plan that modulates fluence predominantly in the transver...
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Anna Simeonova,
Yasser Abo-Madyan,
Mostafa El-Haddad,
Grit Welzel,
Martin Polednik,
Ramesh Boggula,
Frederik Wenz,
Frank Lohr
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268-273
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Monitoring tumor motion by real time 2D/3D registration during radiotherapy
01 September 2011
Abstract: Background and purpose: In this paper, we investigate the possibility to use X-ray based real time 2D/3D registration for non-invasive tumor motion monitoring during radiotherapy. Materials ...
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Christelle Gendrin,
Hugo Furtado,
Christoph Weber,
Christoph Bloch,
Michael Figl,
Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro,
Helmar Bergmann,
Markus Stock,
Gabor Fichtinger,
Dietmar Georg,
Wolfgang Birkfellner
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274-280
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A dual centre study of setup accuracy for thoracic patients based on Cone-Beam CT data
23 December 2011
Background and purpose: To compare setup uncertainties at two different institutions by using identical imaging and analysis techniques for thoracic patients with different fixation equipments. Method...
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Tine B. Nielsen,
Vibeke N. Hansen,
Jonas Westberg,
Olfred Hansen,
Carsten Brink
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281-286
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Feasibility of using anatomical surrogates for predicting the position of lung tumours
23 December 2011
Abstract: We studied the use of internal anatomical surrogates (carina and diaphragm) for the purpose of predicting the 3D position of lung tumours in 41 patients, in whom repeat 4DCT scans were avail...
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Femke O.B. Spoelstra,
Lineke van der Weide,
John R. van Sörnsen de Koste,
Andrew Vincent,
Ben J. Slotman,
Suresh Senan
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287-289
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Clinical use of a novel in vivo 4D monitoring system for simultaneous patient motion and dose measurements
03 October 2011
Abstract: Purpose: A new 4D invivo dosimetry tool, RADPOS, has been used on lung cancer patients to evaluate the feasibility of using the detectors to characterize variations in patient breathing patt...
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Amanda J. Cherpak,
Joanna E. Cygler,
Steve Andrusyk,
Jason Pantarotto,
Robert MacRae,
Gad Perry
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290-296
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A new lung stent tested as fiducial marker in a porcine model
23 December 2011
Abstract: Introduction: The aim of the present study was to test the feasibility of a Nickel–Titanium (Ni–Ti) stent technique (Memocore™) in a porcine model. The stent is intended as a new fiducial fo...
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Jesper Carl,
Jane Nielsen,
Martin Skovmos Nielsen,
Peter Rose Zepernick,
Benedict Kjaergaard,
Henrik Kirstein Jensen
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297-302
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External beam radiotherapy combined with intraluminal brachytherapy in esophageal carcinoma
01 September 2011
Abstract: Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of definitive radiation therapy in patients with potentially curable esophageal cancer and to evaluate the side-effects of this treatment. Methods and ma...
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Christina T. Muijs,
Jannet C. Beukema,
Veronique E. Mul,
John Th. Plukker,
Nanna M. Sijtsema,
Johannes A. Langendijk
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303-308
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Residual setup errors and dose variations with less-than-daily image guided patient setup in external beam radiotherapy for esophageal cancer
29 August 2011
Abstract: Background and purpose: To evaluate residual patient setup errors and daily dose variations of different less-than-daily image guidance (IG) strategies in the delivery of external beam radio...
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Chunhui Han,
Daniel C. Schiffner,
Timothy E. Schultheiss,
Yi-Jen Chen,
An Liu,
Jeffrey Y.C. Wong
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309-314
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Dosimetric study of volumetric modulated arc therapy fields for total marrow irradiation
04 July 2011
Abstract: Background and purpose: Normal organ toxicity is the leading factor that limits dose escalation in total body irradiation for bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients. In recent years, total ma...
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Chunhui Han,
Timothy E. Schultheisss,
Jeffrey Y.C. Wong
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315-320
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Radioisotope-antibody conjugates selectively target bone marrow prior to stem cell therapy
10 October 2011
In their recent paper, Corvo et al. propose a new concept for intensifying bone marrow dose prior to stem cell transplantation: helical tomotherapy in addition to total body irradiation (TBI) . In a p...
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Claudia Brogsitter,
Jörg Kotzerke
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Cranio-spinal irradiation with volumetric modulated arc therapy: A multi-institutional treatment experience
10 October 2011
We credit Fogliata et al. for reporting the treatment of CSI with VMAT technique. It is worth commenting that VMAT delivers highly conformal radiation in less overall time. The issue of junction matc...
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Gagan Saini,
Anchal Aggarwal,
Manish Chomal,
Roopam Srivastava,
Pramod Kumar Sharma,
Sapna Nangia,
Madhur Garg
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Reply to the Letter to the editor on Cranio-spinal irradiation with volumetric modulated arc therapy by G. Saini et al.
21 September 2011
The authors thank Dr. Gagan Saini and coworkers for their astute comments on cranio-spinal irradiation (CSI) treatment using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). Indeed no data related to V5Gy fo...
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Antonella Fogliata,
Alessandro Clivio,
Luca Cozzi,
Giorgia Nicolini,
Gianfranco A. Pesce,
Antonella Richetti,
Eugenio Vanetti,
Stefan Bergström,
Per Hållström,
Ines Cafaro,
Emanuela Parietti,
Giovanna Dipasquale,
Damien C. Weber,
Pietro Mancosu,
Piera Navarria,
Marta Scorsetti
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322-323
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