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Editorial
Overpriced technology in radiation oncology Edward C Halperin pages 917-918 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (34 KB)
Rapid communication
Pancreatic tumors show high levels of hypoxia Albert C Koong, Vivek K Mehta, Quynh T Le, George A Fisher, David J Terris, J.Martin Brown, Augusto J Bastidas, Mark Vierra pages 919-922 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (114 KB)
Clinical investigation: vascular brachytherapy
Intraarterial 192Ir high-dose-rate brachytherapy for prophylaxis of restenosis after femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: the prospective randomized Vienna-2-trial radiotherapy parameters and risk factors analysis Boris Pokrajac, Richard Pötter, Thomas Maca, Claudia Fellner, Martina Mittlböck, Ramazanali Ahmadi, Wolfgang Seitz, Erich Minar pages 923-931 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (322 KB)
Clinical investigation: breast
Relationship of family history and outcome after breast conservation therapy in women with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast Eleanor E.R Harris, Delray J Schultz, Christopher A Peters, Lawrence J Solin pages 933-941 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (110 KB)
The influence of young age and positive family history of breast cancer on the prognosis of ductal carcinoma in situ treated by excision with or without radiation therapy or by mastectomy Kathleen A Szelei-Stevens, Robert R Kuske, Valerie A Yantsos, Gunnar J Cederbom, John S Bolton, Barbara B Fineberg pages 943-949 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (103 KB)
Local-regional control in breast cancer patients with a possible genetic predisposition Laura M Freedman, Thomas A Buchholz, Howard D Thames, Eric A Strom, Marsha D McNeese, Gabriel N Hortobagyi, S.Eva Singletary, Keith M Heaton, Kelly K Hunt pages 951-957 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (126 KB)
Mutation analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 cancer predisposition genes in radiation hypersensitive cancer patients Trevor Leong, Jonathan Whitty, Michelle Keilar, Sharon Mifsud, Jonathan Ramsay, Geoffrey Birrell, Deon Venter, Melissa Southey, Michael McKay pages 959-965 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (214 KB)
Radiotherapy of the chest wall following mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer: impact on local recurrence and overall survival Wolfgang Janni, Thomas Dimpfl, Stephan Braun, Angelika Knobbe, Ursula Peschers, Dorothea Rjosk, Bjoern Lampe, Thomas Genz pages 967-975 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (299 KB)
A cost-outcome analysis of adjuvant postmastectomy locoregional radiotherapy in premenopausal node-positive breast cancer patients Peter Dunscombe, Rajiv Samant, Gisele Roberts pages 977-982 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
CT-targeted irradiation of the breast and internal mammary lymph nodes using a 5-field technique Rufus A Scrimger, Sherry G Connors, Steven B Halls, Adalei A Starreveld pages 983-989 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (517 KB)
Clinical investigation: cervix
Pretreatment plasma TGFβ1 levels are prognostic for survival but not morbidity following radiation therapy of carcinoma of the cervix Jeanette Dickson, Susan E Davidson, Robert D Hunter, Catharine M.L West pages 991-995 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (91 KB)
Effects of concurrent cisplatinum administration during radiotherapy vs. radiotherapy alone on the immune function of patients with cancer of the uterine cervix Alessandro D Santin, Paul L Hermonat, Antonella Ravaggi, Stefania Bellone, Juan Roman, Sergio Pecorelli, Martin Cannon, Groesbeck P Parham pages 997-1006 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (249 KB)
Clinical investigation: vulva
Preoperative chemo-radiation for carcinoma of the vulva with N2/N3 nodes: a gynecologic oncology group study Gustavo S Montana, Gillian M Thomas, David H Moore, Angelika Saxer, Charles E Mangan, Samuel S Lentz, Hervy E Averette pages 1007-1013 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (173 KB)
Clinical investigation: lung
Evaluation of microscopic tumor extension in non–small-cell lung cancer for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy planning Philippe Giraud, Martine Antoine, Anne Larrouy, Bernard Milleron, Patrice Callard, Yann De Rycke, Marie-France Carette, Jean-Claude Rosenwald, Jean-Marc Cosset, Martin Housset, Emmanuel Touboul pages 1015-1024 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (478 KB)
The cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of high-dose palliative radiotherapy for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer Peter Coy, Joseph Schaafsma, John A Schofield pages 1025-1033 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (75 KB)
Clinical investigation: head and neck
Effect of amifostine on patient assessed clinical benefit in irradiated head and neck cancer Todd Wasserman, John I Mackowiak, David M Brizel, Wolfgang Oster, Jianliang Zhang, Patricia J Peeples, Rolf Sauer pages 1035-1039 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (97 KB)
Squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: Ki-67 and p53 can identify patients at high risk for local recurrence after surgery and postoperative radiotherapy Gerhard G Grabenbauer, Christine Mühlfriedel, Franz Rödel, Gerald Niedobitek, Joachim Hornung, Claus Rödel, Peter Martus, Heiner Iro, Thomas Kirchner, Helmuth Steininger, Rolf Sauer, Manfred Weidenbecher, Luitpold Distel pages 1041-1050 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (136 KB)
Clinical investigation: sarcoma
Adjuvant radiotherapy for margin-positive high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity K.M Alektiar, J Velasco, M.J Zelefsky, J.M Woodruff, J.J Lewis, M.F Brennan pages 1051-1058 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (183 KB)
Clinical investigation: bladder
The correlation between spontaneous and radiation-induced apoptosis in T3B bladder cancer (histological grade G3), and the precedence between the two kinds of apoptosis for predicting clinical prognosis1 Satoshi Harada, Ryuichi Sato, Ryuji Nakamura, Hiroshi Oikawa, Hirobumi Oikawa, Shie Ohgi, Yoshiharu Tamakawa, Toru Yanagisawa pages 1059-1067 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (372 KB)
Clinical investigation: prostate
A comparison of radiation dose to the neurovascular bundles in men with and without prostate brachytherapy-induced erectile dysfunction Gregory S Merrick, Wayne M Butler, Anthony T Dorsey, Jonathan H Lief, Joseph G Donzella pages 1069-1074 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (503 KB)
Clinical investigation: rectum
Prognostic significance of postchemoradiation stage following preoperative chemotherapy and radiation for advanced/recurrent rectal cancers Mohammed Mohiuddin, Marta Hayne, William F Regine, Nader Hanna, Patrick F Hagihara, Patrick McGrath, Gerald M Marks pages 1075-1080 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (91 KB)
Clinical investigation: pancreas
Analysis of the clinical benefit of intraoperative radiotherapy in patients undergoing macroscopically curative resection for pancreatic cancer Masaki Kokubo, Yasumasa Nishimura, Yuta Shibamoto, Keisuke Sasai, Shuichi Kanamori, Ryo Hosotani, Masayuki Imamura, Masahiro Hiraoka pages 1081-1087 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Intensified adjuvant combined modality therapy for resected periampullary adenocarcinoma: acceptable toxicity and suggestion of improved 1-year disease-free survival Anuradha Chakravarthy, Ross A Abrams, Charles J Yeo, Larry T Korman, Ross C Donehower, Ralph H Hruban, Marianna L Zahurek, Louise B Grochow, Seamus O’Reilly, Herbert Hurwitz, Elizabeth M Jaffee, Keith D Lillemoe, John L Cameron pages 1089-1096 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (136 KB)
Clinical investigation: Hodgkin’s disease
Radiation dose selection in Hodgkin’s disease patients with large mediastinal adenopathy treated with combined modality therapy Joel H Elconin, Kenneth B Roberts, David A Rizzieri, Carmen Vermont, Robert W Clough, Charlotte Kim, Richard K Dodge, Leonard R Prosnitz pages 1097-1105 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (155 KB)
Clinical investigation: lymphoma
Impact of involved field radiotherapy after CHOP-based chemotherapy on stage III–IV, intermediate grade and large-cell immunoblastic lymphomas Pamela J. Schlembach, Richard B. Wilder, Susan L. Tucker, Chul S. Ha, Maria A. Rodriguez, Mark A. Hess, Fernando F. Cabanillas, James D. Cox pages 1107-1110 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (83 KB)
Clinical investigation: normal tissue
Acute radiation proctitis: a sequential clinicopathologic study during pelvic radiotherapy Nils Hovdenak, Luis F Fajardo, Martin Hauer-Jensen pages 1111-1117 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (380 KB)
Biology contribution
Potentiation of ovarian OCa-1 tumor radioresponse by poly (L-glutamic acid)-paclitaxel conjugate Chun Li, Shi Ke, Qing-Ping Wu, Wayne Tansey, Nancy Hunter, Lara M Buchmiller, Luka Milas, Chusilp Charnsangavej, Sidney Wallace pages 1119-1126 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB)
Oral administration of an estrogen metabolite-induced potentiation of radiation antitumor effects in presence of wild-type p53 in non–small-cell lung cancer Jens B Huober, Seiichi Nakamura, Ray Meyn, Jack A Roth, Tapas Mukhopadhyay pages 1127-1137 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (600 KB)
Evidence for adaptive response and implication in pulse-simulated low-dose-rate radiotherapy G.P Raaphorst, C.E Ng, D Smith, M Niedbala pages 1139-1144 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (167 KB)
Models for estimation of the 10B concentration after BPA-fructose complex infusion in patients during epithermal neutron irradiation in BNCT Päivi M. Ryynänen, Mika Kortesniemi, Jeffrey A. Coderre, Aidnag Z. Diaz, Pekka Hiismäki, Sauli E. Savolainen pages 1145-1154 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (346 KB)
Dose response of rat retinal microvessels to proton dose schedules used clinically: a pilot study John O Archambeau, Xiao W Mao, Paul J McMillan, Vanessa L Gouloumet, Steven C Oeinck, Roger Grove, Leslie T Yonemoto, Jerry D Slater, James M Slater pages 1155-1166 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (915 KB)
S-Nitrosoglutathione reduces nonocclusive thrombosis rate following balloon overstretch injury and intracoronary irradiation of porcine coronary arteries Yoram Vodovotz, Ron Waksman, John A Cook, Won Ho Kim, Rosanna Chan, Rufus Seabron, Sara D Collins, Anthony Pierre, Orville Bramwell, David Wink, James B Mitchell, Martin B Leon pages 1167-1174 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (602 KB)
Physics contribution
Technical aspects of the deep inspiration breath-hold technique in the treatment of thoracic cancer Dennis Mah, Joseph Hanley, Kenneth E Rosenzweig, Ellen Yorke, Louise Braban, C.Clifton Ling, Stephen A Leibel, Gikas Mageras pages 1175-1185 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (518 KB)
Physical aspects of a real-time tumor-tracking system for gated radiotherapy Hiroki Shirato, Shinichi Shimizu, Tatsuya Kunieda, Kei Kitamura, Marcel van Herk, Kenji Kagei, Takeshi Nishioka, Seiko Hashimoto, Katsuhisa Fujita, Hidefumi Aoyama, Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, Kohsuke Kudo, Kazuo Miyasaka pages 1187-1195 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (384 KB)
Conformal radiotherapy of challenging paraspinal tumors using a multiple arc segment technique Andrea Pirzkall, Frank Lohr, Bernhard Rhein, Angelika Höss, Wolfgang Schlegel, Michael Wannenmacher, Jürgen Debus pages 1197-1204 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1592 KB)
Chest wall irradiation with MLC-shaped photon and electron fields Marion Essers, Marcel Eggen, Dirk Binnekamp, Carien L Creutzberg, Ben J.M Heijmen pages 1205-1217 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (692 KB)
Conformal proton radiation therapy of the posterior fossa: a study comparing protons with three-dimensional planned photons in limiting dose to auditory structures Ray Lin, Eugen B. Hug, Rosemary A. Schaefer, Daniel W. Miller, James M. Slater, Jerry D. Slater pages 1219-1226 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1071 KB)
Adverse impact of multileaf collimator field shaping on lens dose in children with acute leukemia receiving cranial irradiation John A Kalapurakal, Vythialingam Sathiaseelan, Tomasz Bista, Maryanne H Marymont pages 1227-1231 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (169 KB)
Comparison of two immobilization techniques using portal film and digitally reconstructed radiographs for pediatric patients with brain tumors Yunping Zhu, John Stovall, Laura Butler, Qing Ji, M.Waleed Gaber, Sanjiv Samant, Marc R Sontag, Alberto J de Armendi, Thomas E Merchant pages 1233-1240 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (350 KB)
Dosimetric comparison of pre-planned and or-planned prostate seed brachytherapy D.Allan Wilkinson, Eric J Lee, Jay P Ciezki, Das Mohan, Craig Zippe, Kenneth Angermeier, James Ulchaker, Eric A Klein pages 1241-1244 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
Optimizing target coverage by dosimetric feedback during prostate brachytherapy Robert A Cormack, Clare M Tempany, Anthony V D’Amico pages 1245-1249 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (373 KB)
An independent dose-to-point calculation program for the verification of high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning Gil’ad N Cohen, Howard I Amols, Marco Zaider pages 1251-1258 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (498 KB)
Clinical experience with routine diode dosimetry for electron beam radiotherapy Ravindra Yaparpalvi, Doracy P. Fontenla, Bhadrasain Vikram pages 1259-1265 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (346 KB)
Letter to the editor
Regarding Blasko et al. palladium-103 brachytherapy for prostate carcinoma. IJROBP 2000;46:839–850 Bhadrasain Vikram page 1267 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (34 KB)
In response to Dr. Vikram John E Sylvester, John C Blasko, Peter D Grimm, John E Sylvester, William Cavanagh page 1267 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (34 KB)
In regard to: Lee RJ, et al. Nodal basin recurrence following lymph node dissection for melanoma: implications for adjuvant radiotherapy. INT J. Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000;46:467–474. Lutz Kretschmer, Christine Neumann, Wolfgang Ch Marsch pages 1267-1268 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (39 KB)
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