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 6 (2009), Issue 7 (July)

1. Long-term outcomes among adult survivors of childhood central nervous system malignancies in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
   J Natl Cancer Inst, 101(13): 946-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Periocular triamcinolone for prevention of macular edema after plaque radiotherapy of uveal melanoma: a randomized controlled trial.
   Ophthalmology, 116(7): 1383-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Assessment of image-guided CyberKnife radiosurgery for metastatic spine tumors.
   J Neurooncol, 94(1): 119-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Initial results of fractionated CyberKnife radiosurgery for uveal melanoma.
   J Neurooncol, 94(1): 111-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Effect of adding temozolomide to radiation therapy on the incidence of pseudo-progression.
   J Neurooncol, 94(1): 97-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Quality of radiosurgery for single brain metastases with respect to treatment technology: a matched-pair analysis.
   J Neurooncol, 94(1): 69-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Absorption measurements on a new cone beam CT and IMRT compatible tabletop for use in external radiotherapy.
   Phys Med Biol, 54(14): N319-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Forward projection of variable angle imaging geometry to reduce reconstruction uncertainty and simplify seed matching in a backprojection algorithm.
   Phys Med Biol, 54(14): 4595-604. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. A Markov decision process approach to temporal modulation of dose fractions in radiation therapy planning.
   Phys Med Biol, 54(14): 4455-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Systematic analysis of biological and physical limitations of proton beam range verification with offline PET/CT scans.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(14): 4477-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Some considerations concerning volume-modulated arc therapy: a stepping stone towards a general theory.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(14): 4345-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Dose to water versus dose to medium in proton beam therapy.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(14): 4399-421. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Comparison of surface doses from spot scanning and passively scattered proton therapy beams.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(14): N295-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Real-time motion-adaptive-optimization (MAO) in TomoTherapy.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(14): 4373-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Outcome in a prospective phase II trial of medically inoperable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(20): 3290-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Quantifying tumor-selective radiation dose enhancements using gold nanoparticles: a monte carlo simulation study.
    Biomed Microdevices, 11(4): 925-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. A comparison of prone three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with supine intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: which technique is more effective for rectal sparing?
    Br J Radiol, 82(980): 654-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. (124)I-L19-SIP for immuno-PET imaging of tumour vasculature and guidance of (131)I-L19-SIP radioimmunotherapy.
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 36(8): 1235-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Clinical evaluation on controlling postoperative recurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma by intracavity brachytherapy.
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 38(8): 840-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Management of ciliary body melanoma with iodine-125 plaque brachytherapy.
    Can J Ophthalmol, 44(4): 395-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for treatment of adverse radiation effects after stereotactic radiosurgery of arteriovenous malformations: case report and review of literature.
    Surg Neurol, 72(2): 162-7; discussion 167-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Translation of the radio- and chemo-inducible TNFerade vector to the treatment of human cancers.
    Cancer Gene Ther, 16(8): 609-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Modeling plan-related clinical complications using machine learning tools in a multiplan IMRT framework.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1617-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. B1 sequence-based real-time quantitative PCR: a sensitive method for direct measurement of mouse plasma DNA levels after gamma irradiation.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1592-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. American Society of Radiation Oncology recommendations for documenting intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatments.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1311-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Comparative study of LDR (Manchester system) and HDR image-guided conformal brachytherapy of cervical cancer: patterns of failure, late complications, and survival.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1529-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Effect of translational and rotational errors on complex dose distributions with off-line and on-line position verification.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1600-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Phase I study of concurrent whole brain radiotherapy and erlotinib for multiple brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1391-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Internal audit of a comprehensive IMRT program for prostate cancer: a model for centers in developing countries?
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1447-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Preoperative helical tomotherapy and megavoltage computed tomography for rectal cancer: impact on the irradiated volume of small bowel.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1476-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Three-staged stereotactic radiotherapy without whole brain irradiation for large metastatic brain tumors.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1543-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy as reirradiation for locally recurrent head and neck cancer.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1348-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. A Phase II study of synchronous three-dimensional conformal boost to the gross tumor volume for patients with unresectable Stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: results of Korean Radiation Oncology Group 0301 study.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 74(5): 1397-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Radiation enhances suicide gene therapy in radioresistant laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma via activation of a tumor-specific promoter.
    Cancer Lett, 283(1): 20-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Contralateral breast doses measured by film dosimetry: tangential techniques and an optimized IMRT technique.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(15): 4743-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Uncertainty reduction in intensity modulated proton therapy by inverse Monte Carlo treatment planning.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(15): 4803-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Simulation of dose deposition in stereotactic synchrotron radiation therapy: a fast approach combining Monte Carlo and deterministic algorithms.
    Phys Med Biol, 54(15): 4671-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Gamma knife radiosurgery in younger patients with vestibular schwannomas.
    Neurosurgery, 65(2): 294-300; discussion 300-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Coping mechanisms used by women in an attempt to avoid symptoms of chronic radiation enteritis.
    J Hum Nutr Diet, 22(4): 310-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Chest wall pain and rib fracture after stereotactic radiotherapy for peripheral non-small cell lung cancer.
    J Thorac Oncol, 4(8): 1035-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. A comparison of two stereotactic body radiation fractionation schedules for medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer: the Cleveland Clinic experience.
    J Thorac Oncol, 4(8): 976-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Radiation nephropathy is not mitigated by antagonists of oxidative stress.
    Radiat Res, 172(2): 260-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Radiation metabolomics. 3. Biomarker discovery in the urine of gamma-irradiated rats using a simplified metabolomics protocol of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with random forests machine learning algorithm.
    Radiat Res, 172(2): 198-212. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Up-regulation of 8-oxo-dGTPase activity of MTH1 protein in the brain, testes and kidneys of mice exposed to (137)Cs gamma radiation.
    Radiat Res, 172(2): 187-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Protective effects of dietary antioxidants on proton total-body irradiation-mediated hematopoietic cell and animal survival.
    Radiat Res, 172(2): 175-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Lack of DNA polymerase theta (POLQ) radiosensitizes bone marrow stromal cells in vitro and increases reticulocyte micronuclei after total-body irradiation.
    Radiat Res, 172(2): 165-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Epilepsy and temporal lobe injury after skull base proton beam therapy.
    J Clin Neurosci, 16(9): 1220-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Delayed toxicity from gamma knife radiosurgery to lesions in and adjacent to the brainstem.
    J Clin Neurosci, 16(9): 1139-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Outcome for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma referred for Trimodality therapy in Western Australia.
    J Thorac Oncol, 4(8): 1010-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Dose escalation with proton or photon radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer.
    Radiother Oncol, 92(2): 238-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Target volume shape variation during hypo-fractionated preoperative irradiation of rectal cancer patients.
    Radiother Oncol, 92(2): 202-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT) for biliary adenocarcinomas: Initial clinical results.
    Radiother Oncol, 92(2): 249-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Alpha particle vascular brachytherapy in the treatment of in-stent Restenosis.
    Int J Cardiol, 136(2): 220-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Implications of a high-definition multileaf collimator (HD-MLC) on treatment planning techniques for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): a planning study.
    Radiat Oncol, 4: 22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Can cutaneous telangiectasiae as late normal-tissue injury predict cardiovascular disease in women receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer?
    Br J Cancer, 101(3): 403-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Radiation-induced cancer after radiotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the head and neck: a retrospective study.
    Radiat Oncol, 4: 21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Characterization of response to radiation mediated gene therapy by means of multimodality imaging.
    Magn Reson Med, 62(2): 348-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Health-related quality of life using SF-8 and EPIC questionnaires after treatment with radical retropubic prostatectomy and permanent prostate brachytherapy.
    Jpn J Clin Oncol, 39(8): 502-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Analysis of outcomes of vascularized flap reconstruction in patients with advanced mandibular osteoradionecrosis.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 141(2): 196-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Phase II trial of conformal radiation therapy for pediatric low-grade glioma.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(22): 3598-604. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Late effects of conformal radiation therapy for pediatric patients with low-grade glioma: prospective evaluation of cognitive, endocrine, and hearing deficits.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(22): 3691-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Insulin resistance and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(22): 3698-704. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: radiation therapy oncology group phase II trial 0225.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(22): 3684-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. TLI and ATG conditioning with low risk of graft-versus-host disease retains antitumor reactions after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation from related and unrelated donors.
    Blood, 114(5): 1099-109. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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