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Instructions to Authors∗ pages A14-A16 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (64 KB)
Issue Highlights page A17 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (29 KB)
Editorial
Cholangiocarcinoma—What Level of Evidence Should We Have? Ross A. Abrams pages 1-2 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Chronobiology in Oncology Erhard Haus pages 3-5 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (71 KB)
Timing of Lethality From Gastrointestinal Syndrome in Mice Revisited Jimmy A. Rotolo, Richard Kolesnick, Zvi Fuks pages 6-8 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (88 KB)
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 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (117 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (321 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (221 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (295 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (296 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (248 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (237 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (979 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (167 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (114 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (436 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (466 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (354 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (293 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (205 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (373 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (251 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (148 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (171 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (118 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (261 KB)
Head and Neck
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 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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (211 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (213 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (605 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (206 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (395 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (327 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (165 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (514 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (158 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (176 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (439 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (219 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (336 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (297 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (154 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (335 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (410 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (3057 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1772 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (548 KB)
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 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (827 KB)
Meetings page 322 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
ASTRO News page 323 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
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