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International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 1105-1446 (01 August 2001)
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Editorial


Is it time for a new formalism to categorize normal tissue radiation injury?
James W. Denham, Martin Hauer-Jensen, Lester J. Peters
pages 1105-1106
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Clinical investigation: normal tissue


Late radiation effects to the rectum and bladder in gynecologic cancer patients: the comparison of LENT/SOMA and RTOG/EORTC late-effects scoring systems
Yavuz Anacak, Deniz Yalman, Zeynep Özsaran, Ayfer Haydaroğlu
pages 1107-1112
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Clinical investigation: cervix


Incorporating biologic measurements (SF2, CFE) into a tumor control probability model increases their prognostic significance: a study in cervical carcinoma treated with radiation therapy
Francesca Meteora Buffa, Susan E. Davidson, Robert D. Hunter, Alan E. Nahum, Catharine M.L. West
pages 1113-1122
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High-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of uterine cervix cancer. Analysis of dose effectiveness and late complications
Robson Ferrigno, Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos Novaes, Antonio Cássio Assis Pellizzon, Maria Aparecida Conte Maia, Ricardo César Fogarolli, André Cavalcanti Gentil, João Victor Salvajoli
pages 1123-1135
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Analysis of recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix after definitive radiation therapy alone: patterns of recurrence, latent periods, and prognosis
Hideyuki Sakurai, Norio Mitsuhashi, Mitsuhiro Takahashi, Tetsuo Akimoto, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Reiko Imai, Michitaka Yamakawa, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Hideo Niibe
pages 1136-1144
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Clinical investigation: endometrium


Significant pelvic recurrence in high-risk pathologic stage I–IV endometrial carcinoma patients after adjuvant chemotherapy alone: implications for adjuvant radiation therapy
Arno J Mundt, Russell McBride, Jacob Rotmensch, Steven E Waggoner, S.Diane Yamada, Philip P Connell
pages 1145-1153
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Surgery and postoperative radiation therapy in FIGO Stage IIIC endometrial carcinoma
Arno J Mundt, Kevin T Murphy, Jacob Rotmensch, Steven E Waggoner, S.Diane Yamada, Philip P Connell
pages 1154-1160
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Clinical investigation: head and neck


Intensified hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy limits the additional benefit of simultaneous chemotherapy—results of a multicentric randomized German trial in advanced head-and-neck cancer
Susanne Staar, Volker Rudat, Hartmut Stuetzer, Andreas Dietz, Peter Volling, Michael Schroeder, Michael Flentje, Hans Edmund Eckel, Rolf-Peter Mueller
pages 1161-1171
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Treatment results and prognostic factors of advanced T3–4 laryngeal carcinoma: the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Stanford University Hospital (SUH) experience
Phuc F Nguyen-Tan, Quynh-Thu Le, Jeanne-Marie Quivey, Mark Singer, David J Terris, Don R Goffinet, Karen K Fu
pages 1172-1180
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Is the 1997 AJCC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma prognostically useful for Chinese patient populations?
Jun Ma, Hai-Qiang Mai, Ming-Huang Hong, Nian-Ji Cui, Tai-Xiang Lu, Li-Xia Lu, Hao-Yuan Mo, Hua-Qing Min
pages 1181-1189
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The American Brachytherapy Society recommendations for high-dose-rate brachytherapy for head-and-neck carcinoma
Subir Nag, Elmer R Cano, D.Jeffrey Demanes, Ajmel A Puthawala, Bhadrasain Vikram, for the American Brachytherapy Society
pages 1190-1198
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Clinical investigation: lung


Quality of life assessment in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients undergoing an accelerated radiotherapy regimen: report of ECOG study 4593
Richard M Auchter, Denise Scholtens, Sudeshna Adak, Henry Wagner, David F Cella, Minesh P Mehta
pages 1199-1206
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Clinical investigation: prostate


Temporary PSA rises and repeat prostate biopsies after brachytherapy
Sesalie Smathers, Kent Wallner, Jason Sprouse, Lawrence True
pages 1207-1211
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Definitions of biochemical failure in prostate cancer following radiation therapy
Jeremy M.G Taylor, Kent A Griffith, Howard M Sandler
pages 1212-1219
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Serum PSA Evaluations during salvage radiotherapy for post-prostatectomy biochemical failures as prognosticators for treatment outcomes
Tri Do, Giatri Dave, Robert Parker, A.Robert Kagan
pages 1220-1225
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Improvement in dose escalation using the process of adaptive radiotherapy combined with three-dimensional conformal or intensity-modulated beams for prostate cancer
Alvaro A Martinez, Di Yan, David Lockman, Donald Brabbins, Kamal Kota, Michael Sharpe, David A Jaffray, Frank Vicini, John Wong
pages 1226-1234
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Potency after permanent prostate brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer
Louis Potters, Taryn Torre, Paul A Fearn, Steven A Leibel, Michael W Kattan
pages 1235-1242
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Phase III radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) trial 86-10 of androgen deprivation adjuvant to definitive radiotherapy in locally advanced carcinoma of the prostate
Miljenko V. Pilepich, Kathryn Winter, Madhu J. John, John B. Mesic, William Sause, Phillip Rubin, Colleen Lawton, Mitchell Machtay, David Grignon
pages 1243-1252
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Five-year biochemical outcome after prostate brachytherapy for hormone-naive men ≤ 62 years of age
Gregory S Merrick, Wayne M Butler, Jonathan H Lief, Robert W Galbreath
pages 1253-1257
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Clinical investigation: lymphoma


Stage I and II malt lymphoma: results of treatment with radiotherapy
Richard W Tsang, Mary K Gospodarowicz, Melania Pintilie, Andrea Bezjak, Woodrow Wells, David C Hodgson, Michael Crump
pages 1258-1264
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Clinical investigation: brain


Stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of acoustic schwannomas: comparative observations of 125 patients treated at one institution
David W Andrews, Oscar Suarez, H.Warren Goldman, M.Beverly Downes, Greg Bednarz, Benjamin W Corn, Maria Werner-Wasik, Jeffrey Rosenstock, Walter J Curran
pages 1265-1278
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Fractionated stereotactically guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery in the treatment of functional and nonfunctional adenomas of the pituitary gland
Stefanie Milker-Zabel, Jürgen Debus, Christoph Thilmann, Wolfgang Schlegel, Michael Wannenmacher
pages 1279-1286
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Thyroid dysfunction as a late effect in childhood medulloblastoma: a comparison of hyperfractionated versus conventionally fractionated craniospinal radiotherapy
Umberto Ricardi, Andrea Corrias, Silvia Einaudi, Lorenzo Genitori, Alessandro Sandri, Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo, Luigi Besenzon, Enrico Madon, Alessandro Urgesi
pages 1287-1294
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Clinical investigation: Brain


Medication for hearing loss after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for vestibular schwannoma
Touru Sakamoto, Hiroki Shirato, Norihiro Takeichi, Hidefumi Aoyama, Kenji Kagei, Takeshi Nishioka, Satoshi Fukuda
pages 1295-1298
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Clinical investigation: rectum


A phase I/II trial of three-dimensionally planned concurrent boost radiotherapy and protracted venous infusion of 5-FU chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal carcinoma
Robert J Myerson, Vincenzo Valentini, Elisa H Birnbaum, Numa Cellini, Claudio Coco, James W Fleshman, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Domenico Genovesi, Ira J Kodner, Joel Picus, Gary A Ratkin, Thomas E Read
pages 1299-1308
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Local excision and postoperative radiotherapy for distal rectal cancer
Richard Benson, C.Shun Wong, Bernard J Cummings, James Brierley, Pamela Catton, Jolie Ringash, Mohamed Abdolell
pages 1309-1316
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Clinical investigation: pancreas


Phase I study of twice-weekly gemcitabine and concomitant external-beam radiotherapy in patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
J.Marc Pipas, Sandra E Mitchell, Richard J Barth, Raul Vera-Gimon, Joerg Rathmann, Louise P Meyer, Richard S Wagman, Lionel D Lewis, Carol McDonnell, Thomas A Colacchio, Raymond P Perez
pages 1317-1322
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Biology contribution


Novel DNA sequence variants in the hHR21 DNA repair gene in radiosensitive cancer patients
Diane Marie Severin, Trevor Leong, Barry Cassidy, Hany Elsaleh, Lester Peters, Deon Venter, Melissa Southey, Michael McKay
pages 1323-1331
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Radiation-induced glomerular thrombus formation and nephropathy are not prevented by the ADP receptor antagonist clopidogrel
Johannes A.M te Poele, Ellen M van Kleef, Anja F van der Wal, Luc G.H Dewit, Fiona A Stewart
pages 1332-1338
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Physics contribution


Monte Carlo evaluation of tissue inhomogeneity effects in the treatment of the head and neck
Lu Wang, Ellen Yorke, Chen-Shou Chui
pages 1339-1349
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A protocol for the reduction of systematic patient setup errors with minimal portal imaging workload
Hans C.J. de Boer, Ben J.M. Heijmen
pages 1350-1365
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Variability in target volume delineation on CT scans of the breast
Coen W Hurkmans, Jacques H Borger, Bradley R Pieters, Nicola S Russell, Edwin P.M Jansen, Ben J Mijnheer
pages 1366-1372
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Letter to the editor


Comment on: granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and sucralfate in prevention of radiation-induced mucositis: a prospective randomized study
Diclehan Kilic, Zafer Akcali
page 1373
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In response to Drs. Kilic and Akcali
Tuula Makkonen, Juhani Tuominen, Heikki Joensuu
pages 1373-1374
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In regard to Glatstein: scientific physicians and evidence-based medicine. IJROBP 2001;49:619–621
Michael S. Huncharek
pages 1374-1375
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In response to Dr. Huncharek
Eli Glatstein
page 1375
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In regard to Archambeau et al., IJROBP 2000; 48:1155–1166
Kailash Narayan
pages 1375-1376
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A cost-outcome analysis of adjuvant postmastectomy locoregional radiotherapyin high-risk postmenopausal breast cancer patients
Rajiv Samant, Peter Dunscombe, Gisele Roberts
page 1376
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Intra-arterial Cisplatin more effective than intravenous
Stanley E. Order, Wayne S. Court
page 1377
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Canadian association of radiation oncologists association canadienne des radio-oncologues
page 1379
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Abstracts of caro scientific papers to be presented
pages 1380-1418
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Meeting


Meeting
pages 1419-1420
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Cumulative TOC
pages 1425-1438
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Author index


Author index
pages 1439-1442
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Subject index


Subject index
pages 1443-1445
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