Radiotherapy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Radiotherapy, including details on cancer treatment, side effects.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 3 (March)

1. The late effects of childhood cancer therapy.
   Pediatrics, 119(3): 554-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effects of prescription depth, cylinder size, treatment length, tip space, and curved end on doses in high-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1268-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Image-guided total marrow and total lymphatic irradiation using helical tomotherapy.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1259-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Online planning and delivery technique for radiotherapy of spinal metastases using cone-beam CT: image quality and system performance.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1229-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Positioning accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography in combination with a HexaPOD robot treatment table.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1220-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Dose calculation using megavoltage cone-beam CT.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1201-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Adjuvant stereotactic permanent seed breast implant: a boost series in view of partial breast irradiation.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1052-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Direct aperture optimization-based intensity-modulated radiotherapy for whole breast irradiation.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1248-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Incidence of late rectal bleeding in high-dose conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer using equivalent uniform dose-based and dose-volume-based normal tissue complication probability models.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1066-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: clinical correlation of dose to the pharyngo-esophageal axis and dysphagia.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 976-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Patterns of nodal relapse after surgery and postoperative radiation therapy for carcinomas of the major and minor salivary glands: what is the role of elective neck irradiation?
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 988-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and conventional three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for high-grade gliomas: does IMRT increase the integral dose to normal brain?
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1135-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The role and strategy of IMRT in radiotherapy of pelvic tumors: Dose escalation and critical organ sparing in prostate cancer.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1113-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Optimizing 4D cone-beam CT acquisition protocol for external beam radiotherapy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1211-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Feasibility of high-dose-rate brachytherapy salvage for local prostate cancer recurrence after radiotherapy: the University of California-San Francisco experience.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(4): 1106-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The current role of imaging for prostate brachytherapy.
    Cancer Imaging, 7: 27-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Future issues in highly conformal radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 1009-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Accelerated partial breast irradiation in early-stage breast cancer.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 996-1002. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Intraoperative radiation therapy.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 971-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in multiple organ sites.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 947-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Advances in image-guided radiation therapy.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 938-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Imaging and alignment for image-guided radiation therapy.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 931-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Intensity modulating and other radiation therapy devices for dose painting.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(8): 924-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Measurement of the leakage radiation from linear accelerators in the backward direction for 4, 6, 10, 15, and 18 MV x-ray energies.
    Health Phys, 92(4): 387-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Analysis of tenth-value-layers for common shielding materials for a robotically mounted stereotactic radiosurgery machine.
    Health Phys, 92(4): 379-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Free breathing gated delivery (FBGD) of lung radiation therapy: analysis of factors affecting clinical patient throughput.
    Lung Cancer, 56(1): 69-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Deep-inspiration breath-hold kilovoltage cone-beam CT for setup of stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung tumors: initial experience.
    Lung Cancer, 56(1): 77-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Endoscopic intraluminal brachytherapy and metal stent in malignant hilar biliary obstruction: a pilot study.
    Liver Int, 27(3): 347-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Improving outcomes for limited stage small cell lung cancer patients in Scotland with concomitant chemoradiation.
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 19(3): 188-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma with external beam radiation combined with interstitial brachytherapy.
    Head Neck, 29(4): 362-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in head and neck cancers: an update.
    Head Neck, 29(4): 387-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Radioembolization of liver metastases from colorectal cancer using yttrium-90 microspheres with concomitant systemic oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin chemotherapy.
    J Clin Oncol, 25(9): 1099-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Moyamoya following cranial irradiation for primary brain tumors in children.
    Neurology, 68(12): 932-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Carcinogenicity study of GSM and DCS wireless communication signals in B6C3F1 mice.
    Bioelectromagnetics, 28(3): 173-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Lexicographic ordering: intuitive multicriteria optimization for IMRT.
    Phys Med Biol, 52(7): 1845-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Normal tissue complication probability modelling of tissue fibrosis following breast radiotherapy.
    Phys Med Biol, 52(7): 1831-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Characterization of the radiation quality of 60Co therapy units by the fraction of air kerma attributable to scattered photons.
    Phys Med Biol, 52(7): N137-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Local beam angle optimization with linear programming and gradient search.
    Phys Med Biol, 52(7): N127-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Ethereal fire: antecedents of radiology and radiotherapy.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(4): 904-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. BNCT for recurrent intracranial meningeal tumours - case reports.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 115(4): 243-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Radiotherapy for lymph node metastases in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: retrospective study.
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 22(4): 523-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. What do primary care nurses and radiation therapists in a Canadian cancer centre think about clinical trials?
    J Eval Clin Pract, 13(2): 186-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The role of external beam in brachytherapy.
    Future Oncol, 3(2): 159-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Long-term anterior pituitary function in patients with paediatric Cushing's disease treated with pituitary radiotherapy.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 156(4): 477-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: clinical outcome of 30 consecutive patients referred to a single institution in the past 5 years.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 156(4): 425-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Treatment of profuse epistaxis in patients irradiated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
    ANZ J Surg, 77(4): 270-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Cause of death and neoplasia in mice continuously exposed to very low dose rates of gamma rays.
    Radiat Res, 167(4): 417-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Image fusion analysis of volumetric changes after interstitial low-dose-rate iodine-125 irradiation of supratentorial low-grade gliomas.
    Radiat Res, 167(4): 438-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Phase I/II trial of total lymphoid irradiation and high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma.
    Ann Oncol, 18(4): 679-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Phase I/II study of preoperative cetuximab, capecitabine, and external beam radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer.
    Ann Oncol, 18(4): 738-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Primary central nervous system lymphoma treated with high-dose methotrexate, high-dose busulfan/thiotepa, autologous stem-cell transplantation and response-adapted whole-brain radiotherapy: results of the multicenter Ostdeutsche Studiengruppe Hamato-Onkologie OSHO-53 phase II study.
    Ann Oncol, 18(4): 665-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Genetic susceptibility to late normal tissue injury.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 149-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Future strategies for mitigation and treatment of chronic radiation-induced normal tissue injury.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 141-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Normal tissue tolerance dose metrics for radiation therapy of major organs.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 131-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Molecular mechanisms of late normal tissue injury.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 121-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Physical models and simpler dosimetric descriptors of radiation late toxicity.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 108-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Current management for late normal tissue injury: radiation-induced fibrosis and necrosis.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 99-107. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Using biological markers to predict risk of radiation injury.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 89-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Responses of normal cells to ionizing radiation.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 81-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. The role of functional imaging in the diagnosis and management of late normal tissue injury.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 17(2): 72-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. The tradeoff between treatment plan quality and required number of monitor units in intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1596-605. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Anatomic landmarks versus fiducials for volume-staged gamma knife radiosurgery for large arteriovenous malformations.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1578-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Replacing pretreatment verification with in vivo EPID dosimetry for prostate IMRT.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1568-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Improved dose targeting for a clinical epithermal neutron capture beam using optional (6)Li filtration.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1484-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Clinical outcome in posthysterectomy cervical cancer patients treated with concurrent Cisplatin and intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy: comparison with conventional radiotherapy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1438-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Phase I trial of preoperative hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy with incorporated boost and oral capecitabine in locally advanced rectal cancer.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1389-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Uncertainties in assessment of the vaginal dose for intracavitary brachytherapy of cervical cancer using a tandem-ring applicator.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1451-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Conformal therapy improves the therapeutic index of patients with anal canal cancer treated with combined chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1394-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Outcome after radiosurgery for brain metastases in patients with low Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) scores.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1492-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. The failure patterns of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma after intensity-modulated radiotherapy-the university of iowa experience.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1332-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Long-term results and predictive factors of three-dimensional conformal salvage radiotherapy for biochemical relapse after prostatectomy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1411-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Predictors for rectal and intestinal acute toxicities during prostate cancer high-dose 3D-CRT: results of a prospective multicenter study.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1401-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Prospective trial of accelerated partial breast intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1291-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. An assessment of PTV margin definitions for patients undergoing conformal 3D external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer based on an analysis of 10,327 pretreatment daily ultrasound localizations.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(5): 1430-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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