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Clinical Investigations
Head and Neck
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Reduces Radiation-Induced Morbidity and Improves Health-Related Quality of Life: Results of a Nonrandomized Prospective Study Using a Standardized Follow-Up Program, 25 December 2008 Marije R. Vergeer, Patricia A.H. Doornaert, Derek H.F. Rietveld, C. René Leemans, Ben J. Slotman, Johannes A. Langendijk pages 1-8 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (203 KB)
Clinical Significance of Postradiotherapy [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Management of Head-and-Neck Cancer—A Long-Term Outcome Report, 20 October 2008 Min Yao, Russell B. Smith, Henry T. Hoffman, Gerry F. Funk, Minggen Lu, Yusuf Menda, Michael M. Graham, John M. Buatti pages 9-14 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (165 KB)
Mucosal Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck Treated by Carbon Ion Radiotherapy, 28 November 2008 Takeshi Yanagi, Jun-etsu Mizoe, Azusa Hasegawa, Ryo Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takeshi Onda, Tadashi Kamada, Yoshitaka Okamoto, Hirohiko Tsujii pages 15-20 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (206 KB)
A Broadly Adaptive Array of Dose-Constraint Templates for Planning of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Advanced T-Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, 27 January 2009 Ricky Ming-Chun Chau, Sing-Fai Leung, Michael Koon-Ming Kam, Kin-Yin Cheung, Wing-Hon Kwan, Kwok-Hung Yu, Kwok-Wing Chiu, Michael Lok-Man Cheung, Anthony Tak-Cheung Chan pages 21-28 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (231 KB)
An Exploratory Study Into the Role of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Perfusion Computed Tomography for Detection of Intratumoral Hypoxia in Head-and-Neck Cancer, 25 November 2008 Kate Newbold, Isabel Castellano, Elizabeth Charles-Edwards, Dorothy Mears, Aslam Sohaib, Martin Leach, Peter Rhys-Evans, Peter Clarke, Cyril Fisher, Kevin Harrington, Christopher Nutting pages 29-37 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1523 KB)
Skin Cancer of the Head and Neck With Perineural Invasion: Defining the Clinical Target Volumes Based on the Pattern of Failure, 20 October 2008 Iris Gluck, Mohannad Ibrahim, Aron Popovtzer, Theodoros N. Teknos, Douglas B. Chepeha, Mark E. Prince, Jeffrey S. Moyer, Carol R. Bradford, Avraham Eisbruch pages 38-46 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1877 KB)
Lung
Dose–Response Relationship for Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy of Pulmonary Tumors: Relevance of 4D Dose Calculation, 31 October 2008 Matthias Guckenberger, Joern Wulf, Gerd Mueller, Thomas Krieger, Kurt Baier, Manuela Gabor, Anne Richter, Juergen Wilbert, Michael Flentje pages 47-54 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (315 KB)
Rectum
Use of Molecular Imaging to Predict Clinical Outcome in Patients With Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Chemotherapy and Radiation, 11 November 2008 Andre Konski, Tianyu Li, Elin Sigurdson, Steven J. Cohen, William Small, Stewart Spies, Jian Q. Yu, Andrew Wahl, Steven Stryker, Neal J. Meropol pages 55-59 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (98 KB)
Radiation Changes Do Not Interfere With Postchemoradiation Restaging of Patients With Rectal Cancer by FDG PET/CT Before Curative Surgical Therapy, 14 October 2008 Victor Kalff, Robert Ware, Alexander Heriot, Michael Chao, Elizabeth Drummond, Rodney J. Hicks pages 60-66 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (567 KB)
Liver
Does Adjuvant Radiotherapy Suppress Liver Regeneration After Partial Hepatectomy?, 28 October 2008 Jin-Hwa Choi, Kyubo Kim, Eui Kyu Chie, Jin-Young Jang, Sun Whe Kim, Do-Youn Oh, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Yung-Jue Bang, Sung W. Ha pages 67-72 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (165 KB)
Breast
Potential Effect of Robust and Simple IMRT Approach for Left-Sided Breast Cancer on Cardiac Mortality, 29 October 2008 Frank Lohr, Mostafa El-Haddad, Barbara Dobler, Roland Grau, Hans-Joerg Wertz, Uta Kraus-Tiefenbacher, Volker Steil, Yasser Abo Madyan, Frederik Wenz pages 73-80 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (883 KB)
Postmastectomy Chest Wall Radiation to a Temporary Tissue Expander or Permanent Breast Implant—Is There a Difference in Complication Rates?, 26 September 2008 Penny R. Anderson, Gary Freedman, Nicos Nicolaou, Navesh Sharma, Tianyu Li, Neal Topham, Monica Morrow pages 81-85 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Breast Cancer Regional Radiation Fields for Supraclavicular and Axillary Lymph Node Treatment: Is a Posterior Axillary Boost Field Technique Optimal?, 22 September 2008 Xiaochun Wang, Tse Kuan Yu, Mohammad Salehpour, Sean X. Zhang, Tzouh Liang Sun, Thomas A. Buchholz pages 86-91 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (740 KB)
Predictors for Clinical Outcomes After Accelerated Partial Breast Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy, 10 September 2008 Reed Reeder, Dennis L. Carter, Kathryn Howell, Phyllis Henkenberns, Michael Tallhamer, Tim Johnson, Jane Kercher, Jodi Widner, Terese Kaske, Devchand Paul, Scot Sedlacek, Charles E. Leonard pages 92-97 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (143 KB)
Trends and Patterns of Breast Conservation Treatment in Hong Kong: 1994–2007, 19 December 2008 Tsz-Kok Yau, Inda S. Soong, Henry Sze, Cheuk-Wai Choi, Mei-Wan Yeung, Wai-Tong Ng, Anne W.M. Lee pages 98-103 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (249 KB)
Prostate
Predicting the Risk of Pelvic Node Involvement Among Men With Prostate Cancer in the Contemporary Era, 16 March 2009 Paul L. Nguyen, Ming-Hui Chen, Karen E. Hoffman, Matthew S. Katz, Anthony V. D'Amico pages 104-109 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (133 KB)
Regarding the Focal Treatment of Prostate Cancer: Inference of the Gleason Grade From Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging, 05 November 2008 Ryan S. Brame, Marco Zaider, Kristen L. Zakian, Jason A. Koutcher, Amita Shukla-Dave, Victor E. Reuter, Michael J. Zelefsky, Peter T. Scardino, Hedvig Hricak pages 110-114 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (344 KB)
Sooner or Later? Outcome Analysis of 431 Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Postoperative or Salvage Radiotherapy, 12 November 2008 Barbara A. Jereczek-Fossa, Dario Zerini, Andrea Vavassori, Cristiana Fodor, Luigi Santoro, Antonio Minissale, Raffaella Cambria, Federica Cattani, Cristina Garibaldi, Flavia Serafini, Victor Deliu Matei, Ottavio de Cobelli, Roberto Orecchia pages 115-125 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (208 KB)
Ejaculatory Function After Permanent 125I Prostate Brachytherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer Eric Huyghe, Martine Delannes, Fabien Wagner, Boris Delaunay, Joe Nohra, Matthieu Thoulouzan, J. Yeung Shut-Yee, Pierre Plante, Michel Soulie, Patrick Thonneau, Jean Marc Bachaud pages 126-132 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (114 KB)
Cervix
Physics Contributions and Clinical Outcome With 3D-MRI–Based Pulsed-Dose-Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy in Cervical Cancer Patients, 09 September 2008 Cyrus Chargari, Nicolas Magné, Isabelle Dumas, Taha Messai, Lisa Vicenzi, Norman Gillion, Philippe Morice, Christine Haie-Meder pages 133-139 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (119 KB)
Five Years' Experience Treating Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Results From a Single Institution, 14 October 2008 Kate Parker, Eve Gallop-Evans, Louise Hanna, Malcolm Adams pages 140-146 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (138 KB)
Lymphoma
Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients With Isolated Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastases From Uterine Cervical and Corpus Cancer, 05 November 2008 Chul Won Choi, Chul Koo Cho, Seong Yul Yoo, Mi Sook Kim, Kwang Mo Yang, Hyung Jun Yoo, Young Seok Seo, Jin Kyu Kang, Dong Han Lee, Kyung Hee Lee, Eui Don Lee, Sang Young Rhu, Suck Chul Choi, Moon Hong Kim, Beob Jong Kim pages 147-153 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (328 KB)
Low-Dose Palliative Radiotherapy for Cutaneous B- and T-Cell Lymphomas, 01 October 2008 Karen J. Neelis, Erik C. Schimmel, Maarten H. Vermeer, Nancy J. Senff, Rein Willemze, Evert M. Noordijk pages 154-158 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (152 KB)
Brain
Cytokine and Growth Factor Responses After Radiotherapy for Localized Ependymoma, 18 November 2008 Thomas E. Merchant, Chenghong Li, Xiaoping Xiong, M. Waleed Gaber pages 159-167 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (290 KB)
Extracranial Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Compensating for Tumor Motion by a 6-Degree-of-Freedom Treatment Couch: Is Patient Tolerance an Issue?, 23 January 2009 Reinhart A. Sweeney, Winfried Arnold, Eva Steixner, Meinhard Nevinny-Stickel, Peter Lukas pages 168-171 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (201 KB)
Training
Estimation of Citation-Based Scholarly Activity Among Radiation Oncology Faculty at Domestic Residency-Training Institutions: 1996–2007, 05 November 2008 Mehee Choi, Clifton D. Fuller, Charles R. Thomas pages 172-178 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (503 KB)
Sarcoma
A Dosimetric Comparison of Proton and Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy for Pediatric Parameningeal Rhabdomyosarcomas, 18 November 2008 Kevin R. Kozak, Judith Adams, Stephanie J. Krejcarek, Nancy J. Tarbell, Torunn I. Yock pages 179-186 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1071 KB)
Treatment of Vascular Soft Tissue Sarcomas With Razoxane, Vindesine, and Radiation, 11 November 2008 Walter Rhomberg, Anna Wink, Boris Pokrajac, Helmut Eiter, Arnulf Hackl, Brigitte Pakisch, Angela Ginestet, Peter Lukas, Richard Pötter pages 187-191 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Biology Contributions
Vascular Injury After Whole Thoracic X-Ray Irradiation in the Rat S.N. Ghosh, Q. Wu, M. Mäder, B.L. Fish, J.E. Moulder, E.R. Jacobs, M. Medhora, R.C. Molthen pages 192-199 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1070 KB)
Different Mechanisms of Cell Death in Radiosensitive and Radioresistant P53 Mutated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines Exposed to Carbon Ions and X-Rays Mira Maalouf, Gersende Alphonse, Anthony Colliaux, Michaël Beuve, Selena Trajkovic-Bodennec, Priscillia Battiston-Montagne, Isabelle Testard, Olivier Chapet, Marcel Bajard, Gisela Taucher-Scholz, Claudia Fournier, Claire Rodriguez-Lafrasse pages 200-209 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (730 KB)
Application of Carbon-Ion Beams or Gamma-Rays on Primary Tumors Does Not Change the Expression Profiles of Metastatic Tumors in an In Vivo Murine Model Tomoaki Tamaki, Mayumi Iwakawa, Tatsuya Ohno, Kaori Imadome, Miyako Nakawatari, Minako Sakai, Hirohiko Tsujii, Takashi Nakano, Takashi Imai pages 210-218 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (4110 KB)
Resveratrol-Induced Apoptosis and Increased Radiosensitivity in CD133-Positive Cells Derived From Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Chung-Lan Kao, Pin-I Huang, Ping-Hsing Tsai, Ming-Long Tsai, Jeng-Fan Lo, Yi-Yen Lee, Yann-Jang Chen, Yi-Wei Chen, Shih-Hwa Chiou pages 219-228 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (719 KB)
Induction of DNA Double-Strand Breaks and Cellular Migration Through Bystander Effects in Cells Irradiated With the Slit-Type Microplanar Beam of the Spring-8 Synchrotron Genro Kashino, Takeshi Kondoh, Nobuteru Nariyama, Keiji Umetani, Takuji Ohigashi, Kunio Shinohara, Ai Kurihara, Manabu Fukumoto, Hiroki Tanaka, Akira Maruhashi, Minoru Suzuki, Yuko Kinashi, Yong Liu, Shin-ichiro Masunaga, Masami Watanabe, Koji Ono pages 229-236 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (570 KB)
Aminoguanidine Alleviates Radiation-Induced Small-Bowel Damage Through Its Antioxidant Effect Eng-Yen Huang, Feng-Sheng Wang, I-Hui Lin, Kuender D. Yang pages 237-244 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (673 KB)
Dose–Effect Relationships for Recurrence of Keloid and Pterygium After Surgery and Radiotherapy Henk B. Kal, Ronald E. Veen, Ina M. Jürgenliemk-Schulz pages 245-251 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (202 KB)
Physics Contributions
Volumetric Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy Vs. Conventional IMRT in Head-and-Neck Cancer: A Comparative Planning and Dosimetric Study Wilko F.A.R. Verbakel, Johan P. Cuijpers, Daan Hoffmans, Michael Bieker, Ben J. Slotman, Suresh Senan pages 252-259 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (968 KB)
Secondary Neutron Doses for Several Beam Configurations for Proton Therapy Dongho Shin, Myonggeun Yoon, Jungwon Kwak, Jungwook Shin, Se Byeong Lee, Sung Yong Park, Soah Park, Dae Yong Kim, Kwan Ho Cho pages 260-265 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (358 KB)
Four-Dimensional Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Planning for Dynamic Multileaf Collimator Tracking Radiotherapy Yueqiang Liang, Hongbing Xu, Jonathan Yao, Zhihui Li, Wendy Chen pages 266-274 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1101 KB)
Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Partial-Breast Irradiation of Prone-Positioned Patients Kristofer Kainz, Julia White, Joann Herman, X. Allen Li pages 275-282 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (494 KB)
Extrapolation of Normal Tissue Complication Probability for Different Fractionations in Liver Irradiation, 16 March 2009 An Tai, Beth Erickson, X. Allen Li pages 283-289 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (310 KB)
Implications of Respiratory Motion as Measured by Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Radiation Treatment Planning of Esophageal Cancer Abhijit A. Patel, John A. Wolfgang, Andrzej Niemierko, Theodore S. Hong, Torunn Yock, Noah C. Choi pages 290-296 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (258 KB)
Clinical Accuracy of the Respiratory Tumor Tracking System of the CyberKnife: Assessment by Analysis of Log Files Mischa Hoogeman, Jean-Briac Prévost, Joost Nuyttens, Johan Pöll, Peter Levendag, Ben Heijmen pages 297-303 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (340 KB)
Pelvic Radiotherapy for Cancer of the Cervix: Is What You Plan Actually What You Deliver? Karen Lim, Valerie Kelly, James Stewart, Jason Xie, Young-Bin Cho, Joanne Moseley, Kristy Brock, Anthony Fyles, Anna Lundin, Henrik Rehbinder, Michael Milosevic pages 304-312 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1874 KB)
Early Dose Response to Yttrium-90 Microsphere Treatment of Metastatic Liver Cancer by a Patient-Specific Method Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography Janice M. Campbell, C. Oliver Wong, Otto Muzik, Brian Marples, Michael Joiner, Jay Burmeister pages 313-320 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (675 KB)
Book Review
Controversies in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Michael J. Zelefsky page 321 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (56 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Elective Nodal Irradiation (ENI) in Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Evidence Versus Opinion? José S.A. Belderbos, Lucyna Kepka, Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, Mary K. Martel, Gregory M.M. Videtic, Branislav Jeremic page 322 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
In Reply to Belderbos et al. Steven E. Schild pages 322-323 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (71 KB)
Erratum
Erratum page 323 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (33 KB)
Meetings page 324 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
ASTRO News page 325 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
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