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International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 1-324 (01 January 2009)
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Instructions to Authors
pages A14-A16
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Editorial


Cholangiocarcinoma—What Level of Evidence Should We Have?
Ross A. Abrams
pages 1-2
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Chronobiology in Oncology
Erhard Haus
pages 3-5
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Timing of Lethality From Gastrointestinal Syndrome in Mice Revisited
Jimmy A. Rotolo, Richard Kolesnick, Zvi Fuks
pages 6-8
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Practice Guidelines


American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and American College of Radiology (ACR) Practice Guidelines for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Alan C. Hartford, Madeline G. Palisca, Thomas J. Eichler, David C. Beyer, Venkata Rao Devineni, Geoffrey S. Ibbott, Brian Kavanagh, John S. Kent, Seth A. Rosenthal, Chris J. Schultz, Prabhakar Tripuraneni, Laurie E. Gaspar
pages 9-14
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Clinical Investigation

Prostate


Radiotherapy and Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study, 05 June 2008
Esther H. Zhou, Rodney J. Ellis, Edward Cherullo, Valdir Colussi, Fang Xu, Wei-Dong Chen, Sanjay Gupta, Christopher C. Whalen, Donald Bodner, Martin I. Resnick, Alfred A. Rimm, Siran M. Koroukian
pages 15-23
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Effect of Family History on Outcomes in Patients Treated With Definitive Brachytherapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer, 08 August 2008
Christopher A. Peters, Richard G. Stock, Seth R. Blacksburg, Nelson N. Stone
pages 24-29
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Bowel, Urinary, and Sexual Problems Among Long-Term Prostate Cancer Survivors: A Population-Based Study, 05 June 2008
Floortje Mols, Ida J. Korfage, Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets, Paul J.M. Kil, Jan Willem W. Coebergh, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse
pages 30-38
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Clinical and Dosimetric Predictors of Acute Toxicity After a 4-Week Hypofractionated External Beam Radiotherapy Regimen for Prostate Cancer: Results From a Multicentric Prospective Trial, 05 June 2008
Stefano Arcangeli, Lidia Strigari, Guy Soete, Gert De Meerleer, Sara Gomellini, Valerie Fonteyne, Guy Storme, Giorgio Arcangeli
pages 39-45
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Anorectal Function After Three- Versus Two-Dimensional Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Prostate, 19 June 2008
Eric K. Yeoh, Richard H. Holloway, Robert J. Fraser, Rochelle Botten, Addolorata Di Matteo, James W. Moore, Mark N. Schoeman, Dylan L. Bartholomeusz
pages 46-52
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Does Image-Guided Radiotherapy Improve Toxicity Profile in Whole Pelvic-Treated High-Risk Prostate Cancer? Comparison Between IG-IMRT and IMRT, 23 May 2008
Hans T. Chung, Ping Xia, Linda W. Chan, Eileen Park-Somers, Mack Roach
pages 53-60
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Sequential Comparison of Seed Loss and Prostate Dosimetry of Stranded Seeds With Loose Seeds in 125I Permanent Implant for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer, 26 September 2008
Elantholi P. Saibishkumar, Jette Borg, Ivan Yeung, Cheryl Cummins-Holder, Angela Landon, Juanita Crook
pages 61-68
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Breast


Breast Cancer After Treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Risk Factors That Really Matter, 05 June 2008
Mohamed A. Alm El-Din, Kevin S. Hughes, Dianne M. Finkelstein, Keith A. Betts, Torunn I. Yock, Nancy J. Tarbell, Alan C. Aisenberg, Alphonse G. Taghian
pages 69-74
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High Mammographic Breast Density Is Independent Predictor of Local But Not Distant Recurrence After Lumpectomy and Radiotherapy for Invasive Breast Cancer, 08 August 2008
Catherine C. Park, James Rembert, Karen Chew, Dan Moore, Karla Kerlikowske
pages 75-79
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Dose Distribution Analysis of Axillary Lymph Nodes for Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy With a Field-in-Field Technique for Breast Cancer, 04 July 2008
Toshio Ohashi, Atsuya Takeda, Naoyuki Shigematsu, Junichi Fukada, Naoko Sanuki, Atsushi Amemiya, Atsushi Kubo
pages 80-87
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Accelerated Whole Breast Irradiation With Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy to the Prone Breast, 04 August 2008
Victoria J. Croog, Abraham J. Wu, Beryl McCormick, Kathryn P. Beal
pages 88-93
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Lung


Consequences of Anatomic Changes and Respiratory Motion on Radiation Dose Distributions in Conformal Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer, 17 October 2008
Keith R. Britton, George Starkschall, Helen Liu, Joe Y. Chang, Stephen Bilton, Muthuveni Ezhil, Sandra John-Baptiste, Michael Kantor, James D. Cox, Ritsuko Komaki, Radhe Mohan
pages 94-102
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FDG-PET–Based Radiotherapy Planning in Lung Cancer: Optimum Breathing Protocol and Patient Positioning—An Intraindividual Comparison, 15 July 2008
Aleksandar Grgic, Ursula Nestle, Andrea Schaefer-Schuler, Stephanie Kremp, Carl-Martin Kirsch, Dirk Hellwig
pages 103-111
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Observation of a Dose–Control Relationship for Lung and Liver Tumors After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, 10 September 2008
Robert McCammon, Tracey E. Schefter, Laurie E. Gaspar, Rebekah Zaemisch, Daniel Gravdahl, Brian Kavanagh
pages 112-118
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Dose Escalation of Gemcitabine Is Possible With Concurrent Chest Three-Dimensional Rather Than Two-Dimensional Radiotherapy: A Phase I Trial in Patients With Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer, 16 June 2008
Ralph G. Zinner, Ritsuko Komaki, James D. Cox, Bonnie S. Glisson, Katherine M.W. Pisters, Roy S. Herbst, Merril Kies, Zhongxing Liao, Waun K. Hong, Frank V. Fossella
pages 119-127
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Radiotherapy With 8-MHz Radiofrequency-Capacitive Regional Hyperthermia for Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Radiofrequency-Output Power Correlates With the Intraesophageal Temperature and Clinical Outcomes, 29 May 2008
Takayuki Ohguri, Hajime Imada, Katsuya Yahara, Tomoaki Morioka, Keita Nakano, Hiromi Terashima, Yukunori Korogi
pages 128-135
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Esophagus


Using 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography to Estimate the Length of Gross Tumor in Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus, 05 June 2008
Xiaojun Zhong, Jinming Yu, Baijiang Zhang, Dianbin Mu, Weidi Zhang, Daotang Li, Anqin Han, Pingping Song, Hui Li, Guoren Yang, Feng-Ming Kong, Zheng Fu
pages 136-141
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Stomach


Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine-Based Chemoradiotherapy for Gastric Cancer—An Extended Phase I MARGIT and AIO Trial, 09 June 2008
Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz, Frederik Wenz, Nadine Lukan, Sabine Mai, Melanie Kripp, Wilko Staiger, Matthias Schwarzbach, Frank Willeke, Markus Möhler, Stefan Post, Andreas Hochhaus
pages 142-147
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Liver


Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Resected Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, 22 September 2008
John W. Nelson, A. Paiman Ghafoori, Christopher G. Willett, Douglas S. Tyler, Theodore N. Pappas, Bryan M. Clary, Herbert I. Hurwitz, Johanna C. Bendell, Michael A. Morse, Robert W. Clough, Brian G. Czito
pages 148-153
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Radiotherapeutic Parameters Predictive of Liver Complications Induced by Liver Tumor Radiotherapy, 26 September 2008
Ik Jae Lee, Jinsil Seong, Su Jung Shim, Kwang Hyub Han
pages 154-158
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Pancreas


Efficacy and Factors Affecting Outcome of Gemcitabine Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, 27 May 2008
Pin-I. Huang, Yee Chao, Chung-Pin Li, Rheun-Chuan Lee, Kwan-Hwa Chi, Cheng-Ying Shiau, Ling-Wei Wang, Sang-Hue Yen
pages 159-165
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Head and Neck


Continuing Medical Education Comparison of Toxicity Associated With Early Morning Versus Late Afternoon Radiotherapy in Patients With Head-and-Neck Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group (HN3), 22 September 2008 free full text
Georg A. Bjarnason, Robert G. MacKenzie, Abdenour Nabid, Ian D. Hodson, Samy El-Sayed, Laval Grimard, Michael Brundage, James Wright, John Hay, Pradip Ganguly, Carson Leong, Jane Wilson, Richard C.K. Jordan, Melanie Walker, Dongsheng Tu, Wendy Parulekar
pages 166-172
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Local Control After Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Head-and-Neck Rhabdomyosarcoma, 23 May 2008
Amarinthia E. Curtis, M. Fatih Okcu, Murali Chintagumpala, Bin S. Teh, Arnold C. Paulino
pages 173-177
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Modeling of Salivary Production Recovery After Radiotherapy Using Mixed Models: Determination of Optimal Dose Constraint for IMRT Planning and Construction of Convenient Tools to Predict Salivary Function, 18 June 2008
Cécile Ortholan, Emmanuel Chamorey, Karen Benezery, Juliette Thariat, Olivier Dassonville, Gilles Poissonnet, Alexandre Bozec, Philippe Follana, Frédérique Peyrade, Anne Sudaka, Jean Pierre Gerard, René Jean Bensadoun
pages 178-186
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Prospective Study of Psychosocial Distress Among Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer, 29 May 2008
Allen M. Chen, Richard L.S. Jennelle, Victoria Grady, Adrienne Tovar, Kris Bowen, Patty Simonin, Janice Tracy, Dale McCrudden, Jonathan R. Stella, Srinivasan Vijayakumar
pages 187-193
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Patterns of Retropharyngeal Node Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, 05 June 2008
Xiao Shen Wang, Chao Su Hu, Hong Mei Ying, Zheng Rong Zhou, Jian Hui Ding, Yan Feng
pages 194-201
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Effect of S-Phase Kinase-Associated Protein 2 Expression on Distant Metastasis and Survival in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients, 05 June 2008
Fu-Min Fang, Chih-Yen Chien, Chien-Feng Li, Wan-Yu Shiu, Chang-Han Chen, Hsuan-Ying Huang
pages 202-207
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Brain


Clinical Experience With Radiation Therapy in the Management of Neurofibromatosis-Associated Central Nervous System Tumors, 06 August 2008
Stacy Wentworth, Melva Pinn, J. Daniel Bourland, Allan F. deGuzman, Kenneth Ekstrand, Thomas L. Ellis, Steven S. Glazier, Kevin P. McMullen, Michael Munley, Volker W. Stieber, Stephen B. Tatter, Edward G. Shaw
pages 208-213
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Changes Mimicking New Leptomeningeal Disease After Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Medulloblastoma, 16 May 2008
Jodi A. Muscal, Jeremy Y. Jones, Arnold C. Paulino, Alison A. Bertuch, Jack Su, Shiao Y. Woo, Donald H. Mahoney, Murali Chintagumpala
pages 214-221
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A Pilot Safety Study of Lenalidomide and Radiotherapy for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme, 29 May 2008
Jan Drappatz, Eric T. Wong, David Schiff, Santosh Kesari, Tracy T. Batchelor, Lisa Doherty, Debra Conrad LaFrankie, Naren Ramakrishna, Stephanie Weiss, Sharon T. Smith, Abigail Ciampa, Jennifer Zimmerman, Louis Ostrowsky, Karly David, Andrew Norden, Loretta Barron, Christine Sceppa, Peter M. Black, Patrick Y. Wen
pages 222-227
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Spinal Cord


Preliminary Results of Spinal Cord Compression Recurrence Evaluation (Score-1) Study Comparing Short-Course Versus Long-Course Radiotherapy for Local Control of Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression, 09 June 2008
Dirk Rades, Marisa Lange, Theo Veninga, Volker Rudat, Amira Bajrovic, Lukas J.A. Stalpers, Juergen Dunst, Steven E. Schild
pages 228-234
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Cervix


Cervix Regression and Motion During the Course of External Beam Chemoradiation for Cervical Cancer, 29 May 2008
Beth M. Beadle, Anuja Jhingran, Mohammad Salehpour, Marianne Sam, Revathy B. Iyer, Patricia J. Eifel
pages 235-241
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Radiotherapy and Hyperthermia for Treatment of Primary Locally Advanced Cervix Cancer: Results in 378 Patients, 05 November 2008
Martine Franckena, Ludy C. Lutgens, Peter C. Koper, Catharina E. Kleynen, Elsbieta M. van der Steen-Banasik, Jan J. Jobsen, Jan Willem Leer, Carien L. Creutzberg, Michel F. Dielwart, Yvette van Norden, Richard A.M. Canters, Gerard C. van Rhoon, Jacoba van der Zee
pages 242-250
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Prospective Study of Alternating Chemoradiotherapy Consisting of Extended-Field Dynamic Conformational Radiotherapy and Systemic Chemotherapy Using 5-FU and Nedaplatin for Patients in High-Risk Group With Cervical Carcinoma, 29 May 2008
Takeshi Kodaira, Nobukazu Fuwa, Toru Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Tatsuya Nakamura, Natsuo Tomita, Rie Nakahara, Haruo Inokuchi
pages 251-258
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Bone


Combination Short-Course Preoperative Irradiation, Surgical Resection, and Reduced-Field High-Dose Postoperative Irradiation in the Treatment of Tumors Involving the Bone
Timothy D. Wagner, Wendy Kobayashi, Susan Dean, Saveli I. Goldberg, David G. Kirsch, Herman D. Suit, Francis J. Hornicek, Francis X. Pedlow, Kevin A. Raskin, Dempsey S. Springfield, Sam S. Yoon, Marc C. Gebhardt, Henry J. Mankin, Thomas F. DeLaney
pages 259-266
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Soft-Tissue Sarcoma


Effectiveness and Morbidity Associated With Reirradiation in Conservative Salvage Management of Recurrent Soft-Tissue Sarcoma, 15 August 2008
Daniel J. Indelicato, Kenyon Meadows, Charles P. Gibbs, Christopher G. Morris, Mark T. Scarborough, Robert A. Zlotecki
pages 267-272
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Total Body Irradiation


Image-Guided Total-Marrow Irradiation Using Helical Tomotherapy in Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Acute Leukemia Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, 10 September 2008
Jeffrey Y.C. Wong, Joseph Rosenthal, An Liu, Timothy Schultheiss, Stephen Forman, George Somlo
pages 273-279
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Palliation


Validation of a Predictive Model for Survival in Metastatic Cancer Patients Attending an Outpatient Palliative Radiotherapy Clinic, 04 August 2008
Edward Chow, Mohamed Abdolell, Tony Panzarella, Kristin Harris, Andrea Bezjak, Padraig Warde, Ian Tannock
pages 280-287
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Biology Contribution


Radiosensitization by Inhibiting STAT1 in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Zhouguang Hui, Maria Tretiakova, Zhongfa Zhang, Yan Li, Xiaozhen Wang, Julie Xiaohong Zhu, Yuanhong Gao, Weiyuan Mai, Kyle Furge, Chao-Nan Qian, Robert Amato, E. Brian Butler, Bin Tean Teh, Bin S. Teh
pages 288-295
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Physics Contribution


Clinical Evaluation of Positioning Verification Using Digital Tomosynthesis and Bony Anatomy and Soft Tissues for Prostate Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Sua Yoo, Q. Jackie Wu, Devon Godfrey, Hui Yan, Lei Ren, Shiva Das, William R. Lee, Fang-Fang Yin
pages 296-305
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Out-of-Field Dose Equivalents Delivered by Passively Scattered Therapeutic Proton Beams for Clinically Relevant Field Configurations
Andrew Wroe, Ben Clasie, Hanne Kooy, Jay Flanz, Reinhard Schulte, Anatoly Rosenfeld
pages 306-313
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In Vivo Dosimetry Using a Linear Mosfet-Array Dosimeter to Determine the Urethra Dose In 125I Permanent Prostate Implants
Esther J. Bloemen-van Gurp, Lars H.P. Murrer, Björk K.C. Haanstra, Francis C.J.M. van Gils, Andre L.A.J. Dekker, Ben J. Mijnheer, Philippe Lambin
pages 314-321
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Meetings
page 322
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ASTRO News
page 323
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