Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases: results of a retrospective study
Lasting local control of brain metastases following stereotactic radiotherapy is becoming increasingly relevant since systemic treatment constantly improves the prognosis of patients with extracranial metastases. (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 22, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Isabella Gruber, Philipp Stark, Karin Weidner, Marius Treutwein and Oliver Koelbl Tags: Research Source Type: research
Efficacy and safety of particle therapy for inoperable stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Particle therapy, mainly including carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) and proton beam therapy (PBT), has dose distribution advantages compared to photon radiotherapy. It has been widely reported as a promising tre... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 22, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yanliang Chen, Hongtao Luo, Ruifeng Liu, Mingyu Tan, Qian Wang, Xun Wu, Tianqi Du, Zhiqiang Liu, Shilong Sun, Qiuning Zhang and Xiaohu Wang Tags: Review Source Type: research
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
The current standard of care for patients with unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is chemoradiotherapy (CRT) combined with durvalumab consolidation therapy. However, radiotherapy ... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 22, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mai Sakagami, Haruo Inokuchi, Nobutaka Mukumoto, Hiroshige Itoyama, Nobunari Hamaura, Mutsumi Yamagishi, Naoki Mukumoto, Shogo Matsuda, Daijiro Kabata and Keiko Shibuya Tags: Research Source Type: research
Feasibility of a simultaneously integrated boost concept for hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of unresected brain metastases
In stereotactic radiotherapy, dose is prescribed to an isodose surrounding the planning target volume (PTV). However, the desired dose inhomogeneity inside the PTV leaves the specific dose distribution to the ... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 22, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christine Kornhuber, Stephan Ensminger, Patrick H übsch, Martin Janich, Chris Andre Leucht, Dirk Vordermark and Christian T. Dietzel Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effectiveness of oral famotidine in reducing the hematologic complications of radiotherapy in patients with esophageal and cardia cancers: a randomized controlled trial
Chemoradiotherapy complications has always been of great concern to both clinicians and patients during the course of treatment. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of oral famoti... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 20, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mina Rostami, Omid Yelghi, Zhaleh Karimi Moghaddam, Alireza Zeraatchi, Hamed Rezaeejam and Alireza Sadeghi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Validation of the relative biological effectiveness of active-energy scanning carbon-ion radiotherapy on a commercial treatment planning system with a microdosimetic kinetic model
The study objective was to validate the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) calculated by the modified microdosimetric kinetic model in RayStation (Ray-MKM) for active-energy scanning carbon-ion radiotherapy. (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 17, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Weiwei Wang, Wei Sun, Hao Shen and Jingfang Zhao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Radio-resistance of hypoxic tumors: exploring the effects of oxygen and x-ray radiation on non-small lung cancer cell lines
Solid tumors are often riddled with hypoxic areas, which develops as a result of high proliferation. Cancer cells willingly adapt and thrive in hypoxia by activating complex changes which contributes to surviv... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 12, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Rachel Hanley, Francesca Pagliari, Daniel Garcia-Calder ón, Joana Fernandes Guerreiro, Géraldine Genard, Jeannette Jansen, Clelia Nisticò, Maria Grazia Marafioti, Luca Tirinato and Joao Seco Tags: Research Source Type: research
Development and validation of a radiomics model of magnetic resonance for predicting liver metastasis in resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients
Nearly one fourth of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) occur to liver metastasis after surgery, and liver metastasis is a risk factor for prognosis for those patients with surgery therapy. ... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 10, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yuzhou Huang, Shurui Zhou, Yanji Luo, Jinmao Zou, Yaqing Li, Shaojie Chen, Ming Gao, Kaihong Huang and Guoda Lian Tags: Research Source Type: research
Linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases, including multiple and large lesions, carries a low incidence of acute toxicities: a retrospective analysis
Data on acute toxicities after stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for brain metastases, including multiple and large lesions, are lacking. We aimed to evaluate the incidence and nature of toxicities immediately a... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 10, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Toshiki Ikawa, Naoyuki Kanayama, Hideyuki Arita, Shingo Ohira, Koji Takano, Takero Hirata, Masahiro Morimoto, Teruki Teshima and Koji Konishi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Automatic detection and recognition of nasopharynx gross tumour volume (GTVnx) by deep learning for nasopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy through magnetic resonance imaging
In this study, we propose the deep learning model-based framework to automatically delineate nasopharynx gross tumor volume (GTVnx) in MRI images. (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 8, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yandan Wang, Hehe Chen, Jie Lin, Shi Dong and Wenyi Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Neural network and spline-based regression for the prediction of salivary hypofunction in patients undergoing radiation therapy
This study leverages a large retrospective cohort of head and neck cancer patients in order to develop machine learning models to predict radiation induced hyposalivation from dose-volume histograms of the par... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 8, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Derek K. Smith, Haley Clark, Allan Hovan and Jonn Wu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Automatic segmentation of vestibular schwannomas from T1-weighted MRI with a deep neural network
Long-term follow-up using volumetric measurement could significantly assist in the management of vestibular schwannomas (VS). Manual segmentation of VS from MRI for treatment planning and follow-up assessment ... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 8, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hesheng Wang, Tanxia Qu, Kenneth Bernstein, David Barbee and Douglas Kondziolka Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction to: Safety and efficacy of paclitaxel plus carboplatin versus paclitaxel plus cisplatin in neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective study
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Source: Radiation Oncology - May 5, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Li Jiang, Jie Zhu, Xue Chen, Yi Wang, Lei Wu, Gang Wan, Yongtao Han, Xuefeng Leng, Lin Peng and Qifeng Wang Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Pulmonary magnetic resonance-guided online adaptive radiotherapy of locally advanced: the PUMA trial
Patients with locally-advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) are often ineligible for surgery, so that definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) represents the treatment of choice. Nevertheless, long-term tum... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 4, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: 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 Tho Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
Safety and efficacy of CT-guided radioactive iodine-125 seed implantation as a salvage treatment for recurrent head and neck cancer after two or more courses of radiotherapy
In the past, patients with recurrent head and neck cancer (rHNC) who had previously received a high dose of radiation and were unable to undergo surgery were mainly treated with palliative chemotherapy due to ... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - May 3, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yue Li, Yuliang Jiang and Junjie Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research
