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Clinical investigation
A prospective study of salivary function sparing in patients with head-and-neck cancers receiving intensity-modulated or three-dimensional radiation therapy: initial results K.S.Clifford Chao, Joseph O Deasy, Jerry Markman, Joyce Haynie, Carlos A Perez, James A Purdy, Daniel A Low pages 907-916 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (227 KB)
Prophylaxis of oral mucositis in irradiated head-and-neck cancer patients: a proposed classification scheme of interventions and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Susan E Sutherland, George P Browman pages 917-930 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (294 KB)
Influence of age on the results of brachytherapy for early tongue cancer Hideya Yamazaki, Takehiro Inoue, Ken Yoshida, Atsushi Imai, Yasuo Yoshioka, Eiichi Tanaka, Shigeaki Shimamoto, Satoaki Nakamura, Toshihiko Inoue, Hironobu Nakamura, Souhei Furukawa, Kimishige Shimizutani pages 931-936 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (144 KB)
Updated results of the phase III Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trial 85-31 evaluating the potential benefit of androgen suppression following standard radiation therapy for unfavorable prognosis carcinoma of the prostate Colleen A Lawton, Kathryn Winter, Kevin Murray, Mitchell Machtay, John B Mesic, Gerald E Hanks, Christopher T Coughlin, Miljenko V Pilepich pages 937-946 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (429 KB)
Subset analysis of RTOG 85-31 and 86-10 indicates an advantage for long-term vs. short-term adjuvant hormones for patients with locally advanced nonmetastatic prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy Eric M Horwitz, Kathryn Winter, Gerald E Hanks, Colleen A Lawton, Anthony H Russell, Mitchell Machtay pages 947-956 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (268 KB)
The impact of irregularly rising prostate-specific antigen and “impending failure” on the apparent outcome of localized prostate cancer following radiotherapy David C Hodgson, Charles N Catton, Padraig Warde, Mary K Gospodarowicz, Michael F Milosevic, Michael McLean M.B, Pamela Catton pages 957-963 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (188 KB)
Clinical investigations
External irradiation and intraluminal irradiation using middle-dose-rate iridium in patients with roentgenographically occult lung cancer Nobukazu Fuwa, Akira Matsumoto, Minoru Kamata, Takeshi Kodaira, Kazuhisa Furutani, Yoshiyuki Ito pages 965-971 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (268 KB)
Estimating the need for radiotherapy for lung cancer: an evidence-based, epidemiologic approach Scott Tyldesley, Chris Boyd, Karleen Schulze, Hugh Walker, William J Mackillop pages 973-985 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1080 KB)
Preoperative combined modality therapy for clinically resectable uT3 rectal adenocarcinoma Alison Grann, Cynthia Feng, Douglas Wong, Leonard Saltz, Philip P Paty, Jose G Guillem, Alfred M Cohen, Bruce D Minsky pages 987-995 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (132 KB)
Experience with split-course external beam irradiation ± chemotherapy and integrated Ir-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of primary carcinomas of the anal canal Karin S Kapp, Edith Geyer, Florian H Gebhart, Astrid C Oechs, Anton Berger, Johann Hebenstreit, Herbert Stoeger pages 997-1005 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (147 KB)
Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal Sandra E Mitchell, William M Mendenhall, Robert A Zlotecki, Robert R Carroll pages 1007-1013 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (210 KB)
Clinical Investigation
Serum proinflammatory cytokine response in patients with advanced liver tumors following selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with 90Yttrium microspheres J.Kesara Wickremesekera, Wangxue Chen, Rebecca J Cannan, Richard S Stubbs pages 1015-1021 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (141 KB)
Cardiac perfusion changes in patients treated for breast cancer with radiation therapy and doxorubicin: preliminary results Patricia H Hardenbergh, Michael T Munley, Gunilla C Bentel, Ronit Kedem, Salvador Borges-Neto, Donna Hollis, Leonard R Prosnitz, Lawrence B Marks pages 1023-1028 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (226 KB)
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for late sequelae in women receiving radiation after breast-conserving surgery Ulrich M Carl, John J Feldmeier, Gerd Schmitt, K.Axel Hartmann pages 1029-1031 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
The American Brachytherapy Society recommendations for brachytherapy of soft tissue sarcomas Subir Nag, Daniel Shasha, Nora Janjan, Ivy Petersen, Marco Zaider, American Brachytherapy Society pages 1033-1043 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (115 KB)
Risk for hemorrhage during the 2-year latency period following gamma knife radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations Bengt Karlsson, Ingmar Lax, Michael Söderman pages 1045-1051 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (506 KB)
Proton radiation therapy for medium and large choroidal melanoma: preservation of the eye and its functionality Martin Fuss, Lilia N Loredo, Paul A Blacharski, Roger I Grove, Jerry D Slater pages 1053-1059 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (246 KB)
Perineural spread of cutaneous squamous and basal cell carcinoma: CT and MR detection and its impact on patient management and prognosis Lorna Sohn Williams, Anthony A Mancuso, William M Mendenhall pages 1061-1069 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (458 KB)
Total body irradiation before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: is more dose better? Sabine Bieri, Claudine Helg, Bernard Chapuis, Raymond Miralbell pages 1071-1077 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (122 KB)
Hypothalamic/pituitary function following high-dose conformal radiotherapy to the base of skull: demonstration of a dose–effect relationship using dose–volume histogram analysis Howard H Pai, Allan Thornton, Laurence Katznelson, Dianne M Finkelstein, Judith A Adams, Barbara C Fullerton, Jay S Loeffler, Norbert J Leibsch, Anne Klibanski, John E Munzenrider pages 1079-1092 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1018 KB)
Acute phase response during radiotherapy Mustafa Cengiz, Serap Akbulut, I.Lale Atahan, Perry W Grigsby pages 1093-1096 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Biology contribution
Tumor oximetry: demonstration of an enhanced dynamic mapping procedure using fluorine-19 echo planar magnetic resonance imaging in the Dunning prostate R3327-AT1 rat tumor Sandeep Hunjan, Dawen Zhao, Anca Constantinescu, Eric W Hahn, Peter P Antich, Ralph P Mason pages 1097-1108 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1227 KB)
Radiation response and cure rate of human colon adenocarcinoma spheroids of different size: the significance of hypoxia on tumor control modelling Francesca M. Buffa, Catharine West, Karen Byrne, James V. Moore, Alan E. Nahum pages 1109-1118 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (337 KB)
Tumor oxygenation after radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and/or hyperthermia predicts tumor free survival Anke Ressel, Christoph Weiss, Thomas Feyerabend pages 1119-1125 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (260 KB)
Paclitaxel restores radiation-induced apoptosis in a bcl-2-expressing, radiation-resistant lymphoma cell line Linh N Nguyen, Anupama Munshi, Marvette L Hobbs, Mike D Story, Raymond D Meyn pages 1127-1132 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (355 KB)
A Phase I study of RSR13, a radiation-enhancing hemoglobin modifier: tolerance of repeated intravenous doses and correlation of pharmacokinetics with pharmacodynamics Brian D Kavanagh, Shiv R Khandelwal, Rupert K Schmidt-Ullrich, John D Roberts, Edward G Shaw, Andrew D Pearlman, Jurgen Venitz, Kathryn E Dusenbery, Donald J Abraham, Michael J Gerber pages 1133-1139 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (165 KB)
Single-fraction irradiation has no effect on uptake of radiolabeled pegylated liposomes in a tumor xenograft model Kevin J Harrington, Gail Rowlinson-Busza, Paul S Uster, Richard G Vile, A.Michael Peters, J.Simon W Stewart pages 1141-1148 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (406 KB)
A low-pH culture condition enhances the radiosensitizing effect of wortmannin Shinobu Okada, Kanako Ono, Nobuyuki Hamada, Tetsuo Inada, Nobuo Kubota pages 1149-1156 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (233 KB)
Cellular responses to ionizing radiation damage Lei Li, Michael Story, Randy J Legerski pages 1157-1162 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
Late normal tissue injury from permanent interstitial implants Robert J Yaes pages 1163-1169 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (237 KB)
Physics contribution
A novel approach to overcome hypoxic tumor resistance: Cu-ATSM-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy K.S.Clifford Chao, Walter R Bosch, Sasa Mutic, Jason S Lewis, Farrokh Dehdashti, Mark A Mintun, James F Dempsey, Carlos A Perez, James A Purdy, Michael J Welch pages 1171-1182 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (8527 KB)
Planning, computer optimization, and dosimetric verification of a segmented irradiation technique for prostate cancer Eugène M.F Damen, Marco J.P Brugmans, Astrid van der Horst, Luc Bos, Joos V Lebesque, Ben J Mijnheer, Daniel L McShan, Benedick A Fraass, Marc L Kessler pages 1183-1195 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (606 KB)
On the determination of an effective planning volume for permanent prostate implants Eva K Lee, Marco Zaider pages 1197-1206 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (300 KB)
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