Prospects for daily online adaptive radiotherapy for cervical cancer: Auto-contouring evaluation and dosimetric outcomes
Training senior radiation therapists as “adapters” to manage influencers and target editing is critical in daily online adaptive radiotherapy (oART) for cervical cancer. The purpose of this study was to evalua... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - January 12, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yu Zhang, Guangyu Wang, Yankui Chang, Zhiqun Wang, Xiansong Sun, Yuliang Sun, Zheng Zeng, Yining Chen, Ke Hu, Jie Qiu, Junfang Yan and Fuquan Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Using meta-analysis and CNN-NLP to review and classify the medical literature for normal tissue complication probability in head and neck cancer
The study aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of literature reviews on normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) in head and neck cancer patients using radiation therapy. It employs meta-analysis (... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - January 9, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tsair-Fwu Lee, Yang-Wei Hsieh, Pei-Ying Yang, Chi-Hung Tseng, Shen-Hao Lee, Jack Yang, Liyun Chang, Jia-Ming Wu, Chin-Dar Tseng and Pei-Ju Chao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparison of deep learning networks for fully automated head and neck tumor delineation on multi-centric PET/CT images
Deep learning-based auto-segmentation of head and neck cancer (HNC) tumors is expected to have better reproducibility than manual delineation. Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) ar... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - January 8, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yiling Wang, Elia Lombardo, Lili Huang, Michele Avanzo, Giuseppe Fanetti, Giovanni Franchin, Sebastian Zschaeck, Julian Weing ärtner, Claus Belka, Marco Riboldi, Christopher Kurz and Guillaume Landry Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prospects for online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) for head and neck cancer
The aim of the present study is to examine the impact of kV-CBCT-based online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) on dosimetric parameters in comparison to image-guided-radiotherapy (IGRT) in consecutive patients... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - January 8, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Maja Guberina, Nika Guberina, C. Hoffmann, A. Gogishvili, F. Freisleben, A. Herz, J. Hlouschek, T. Gauler, S. Lang, K. St ähr, B. Höing, C. Pöttgen, F. Indenkämpen, A. Santiago, A. Khouya, S. Mattheis & hellip; Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evaluation of PTV margins with daily iterative online adaptive radiotherapy for postoperative treatment of endometrial and cervical cancer: a prospective single-arm phase 2 study
To determine the optimal planning target volume (PTV) margins for adequate coverage by daily iterative cone-beam computed tomography (iCBCT)-guided online adaptive radiotherapy (oART) in postoperative treatmen... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - January 4, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Guangyu Wang, Zhiqun Wang, Yuping Guo, Yu Zhang, Jie Qiu, Ke Hu, Jing Li, JunFang Yan and Fuquan Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage lung cancer: a systematic review on the choice of photon energy and linac flattened/unflattened beams
SBRT is an effective local treatment for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This treatment is currently used in patients who have poor lung function or who decline surgery. As SBRT u... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - January 2, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ashlesha Gill, Andrew L Hirst, Pejman Rowshanfarzad, Suki Gill, Nicholas Bucknell, Joshua Dass and Mahsheed Sabet Tags: Review Source Type: research
Hemostatic radiotherapy in clinically significant tumor-related bleeding: excellent palliative results in a retrospective analysis of 77 patients
Significant bleeding of tumor sites is a dreaded complication in oncological diseases and often results in clinical emergencies. Besides basic local and interventional procedures, an urgent radiotherapeutic ap... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 20, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Manuel Guhlich, Teresa Esther Maag, Leif Hendrik Dr öge, Andrea Hille, Sandra Donath, Stephanie Bendrich, Markus Anton Schirmer, Friedemann Nauck, Martin Leu, Joachim Riggert, Julia Gallwas and Stefan Rieken Tags: Research Source Type: research
Stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases: a retrospective study
Single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an established standard for radiation therapy of brain metastases although recent developments indicate that multi-fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSR... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 19, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Isabella Gruber, Karin Weidner, Marius Treutwein and Oliver Koelbl Tags: Research Source Type: research
Outcomes of carbon ion radiotherapy compared with segmentectomy for ground glass opacity-dominant early-stage lung cancer
This study aimed to compare the outcomes of patients with ground-grass opacity (GGO)-dominant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) versus segmentectomy. (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Teruaki Mizobuchi, Akihiro Nomoto, Hironobu Wada, Naoyoshi Yamamoto, Mio Nakajima, Takehiko Fujisawa, Hidemi Suzuki and Ichiro Yoshino Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparing breath hold versus free breathing irradiation for left-sided breast radiotherapy by PlanIQ ™
Breast cancer is the most widespread cancer in women and young women worldwide. Moving towards customised radiotherapy, balancing the use of the available technology with the best treatment modality may not be... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 14, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ke Yuan, Xinghong Yao, Xiongfei Liao, Pen Diao, Xin Xin, Jiabao Ma, Jie Li and Lucia Clara Orlandini Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction: Palliative radiotherapy for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center retrospective study
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Source: Radiation Oncology - December 12, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: 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 and Masafumi Ikeda Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Histopathologically confirmed radiation-induced damage of the brain – an in-depth analysis of radiation parameters and spatio-temporal occurrence
Radiation-induced damage (RID) after radiotherapy (RT) of primary brain tumors and metastases can be challenging to clinico-radiographically distinguish from tumor progression. RID includes pseudoprogression a... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 12, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mario R. P. Kossmann, Felix Ehret, Siyer Roohani, Sebastian F. Winter, Pirus Ghadjar, G üliz Acker, Carolin Senger, Simone Schmid, Daniel Zips and David Kaul Tags: Research Source Type: research
Concomitant radiosurgical and targeted oncological treatment improves the outcome of patients with brain metastases from gastrointestinal cancer
So far, only limited studies exist that evaluate patients with brain metastases (BM) from GI cancer and associated primary cancers who were treated by Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) and concomitant immunother... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 9, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Farjad Khalaveh, Anna Cho, Abdallah Shaltout, Helena Untersteiner, Beate Kranawetter, Dorian Hirschmann, Philipp G öbl, Wolfgang Marik, Brigitte Gatterbauer, Karl Rössler, Christian Dorfer and Josa M. Frischer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Retrospective analysis of the 18F-FDG PET/CT cutoff value for metabolic parameters was performed as a prediction model to evaluate risk factors for endometrial cancer
The study retrospectively analyzed the accuracy and predictive ability of preoperative integrated whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT for the assessment of high-risk factors in patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC). (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 4, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ye Yang, Yu-Qin Pan, Min Wang, Song Gu and Wei Bao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Dosimetric rationale and preliminary experience in proton plus carbon-ion radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective analysis
Concurrent chemoradiotherapy has been standard of care for unresectable esophageal carcinoma. There were no reports on proton radiotherapy (PRT) plus carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) with pencil beam scanning (P... (Source: Radiation Oncology)
Source: Radiation Oncology - December 1, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ningyi Ma, Xue Ming, Jian Chen, Kai-Liang Wu, Jiade Lu, Guoliang Jiang and Jingfang Mao Tags: Research Source Type: research
