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OBITUARY
A tribute to the father of radiology and oncology in Hong Kong—the legend of John H. C. Ho, M.D Anne W.M. Lee pages 1-2 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (80 KB)
REPORT
Radiation-enhanced immune response to cancer: Workshop, Anaheim, CA, April 17, 2005 Robert M. Sutherland pages 3-5 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
CRITICAL REVIEW
Pathogenic role of the renin–angiotensin system in modulating radiation-induced late effects Mike E. Robbins, Debra I. Diz pages 6-12 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (224 KB)
SELECTED PAPERS FROM RTOG 2004
Title Page for RTOG 2004 Section page 13 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (23 KB)
Foreword: Anti-angiogenic therapy: Maximizing therapeutic gain Adam P. Dicker page 14 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (30 KB)
Combining radiotherapy and angiogenesis inhibitors: Clinical trial design Deborah Citrin, Cynthia Ménard, Kevin Camphausen pages 15-25 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (150 KB)
Advances in understanding angiogenesis through molecular studies Mijung Kwon, Steven K. Libutti pages 26-32 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (215 KB)
ZD6474, an inhibitor of VEGFR and EGFR tyrosine kinase activity in combination with radiotherapy Barbara Frederick, Dan Gustafson, Cataldo Bianco, Fortunato Ciardiello, Isaiah Dimery, David Raben pages 33-37 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (187 KB)
Molecular strategies targeting the host component of cancer to enhance tumor response to radiation therapy Dong Wook Kim, Jessica Huamani, Allie Fu, Dennis E. Hallahan pages 38-46 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (302 KB)
CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Head and Neck
Chemotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: An individual patient data meta-analysis of eight randomized trials and 1753 patients Bertrand Baujat, Hélène Audry, Jean Bourhis, Anthony T.C. Chan, Haluk Onat, Daniel T.T. Chua, Dora L.W. Kwong, Muhyi al-Sarraf, Kwan-Hwa Chi, Masato Hareyama, Sing F. Leung, Kullathorn Thephamongkhol, Jean-Pierre Pignon, MAC-NPC Collaborative Group pages 47-56 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (886 KB)
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for nasopharynx cancer: Update of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering experience, 02 June 2005 Suzanne L. Wolden, William C. Chen, David G. Pfister, Dennis H. Kraus, Sean L. Berry, Michael J. Zelefsky pages 57-62 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (131 KB)
Relapse patterns in WHO 2/3 nasopharyngeal cancer: Is there a difference between ethnic Asian vs. non-Asian patients?, 13 October 2005 June Corry, Richard Fisher, Danny Rischin, Lester J. Peters pages 63-71 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (218 KB)
Correlation between MR imaging–derived nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor volume and TNM system, 03 November 2005 Vincent F.H. Chong, Jia-Yin Zhou, James B.K. Khoo, Kap-Luk Chan, Jing Huang pages 72-76 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (174 KB)
Radiotherapy for early glottic carcinoma (T1N0M0): Results of prospective randomized study of radiation fraction size and overall treatment time, 26 September 2005 Hideya Yamazaki, Kinji Nishiyama, Eiichi Tanaka, Masahiko Koizumi, Masashi Chatani pages 77-82 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (111 KB)
Oxygen-modifying treatment with ARCON reduces the prognostic significance of hemoglobin in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, 05 October 2005 Ilse J. Hoogsteen, Lucas A.M. Pop, Henri A.M. Marres, Matthijs A.W. Merkx, Franciscus J.A. van den Hoogen, Albert J. van der Kogel, Johannes H.A.M. Kaanders pages 83-89 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (207 KB)
A clinical staging system and treatment guidelines for maxillary osteoradionecrosis in irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients, 05 October 2005 Shih-Jung Cheng, Jang-Jaer Lee, Lai-Lei Ting, I.-Yun Tseng, Hao-Hueng Chang, Hsin-Ming Chen, Ying-Shiung Kuo, Liang-Jiunn Hahn, Sang-Heng Kok pages 90-97 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (281 KB)
Secondary radiation damage as the main cause for unexpected volume effects: A histopathologic study of the parotid gland, 13 October 2005 Antonius W.T. Konings, Hette Faber, Femmy Cotteleer, Arjan Vissink, Rob P. Coppes pages 98-105 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (392 KB)
Skin
Combined-modality therapy for patients with regional nodal metastases from melanoma, 26 September 2005 Matthew T. Ballo, Merrick I. Ross, Janice N. Cormier, Jeffrey N. Myers, Jeffrey E. Lee, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Patrick Hwu, Gunar K. Zagars pages 106-113 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (134 KB)
Does chemotherapy improve survival in high-risk stage I and II Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin?, 26 August 2005 Michael G. Poulsen, Danny Rischin, Ian Porter, Euan Walpole, Jennifer Harvey, Chris Hamilton, Jacqui Keller, Lee Tripcony pages 114-119 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (349 KB)
Lung
Long-term results of high-dose conformal radiotherapy for patients with medically inoperable T1–3N0 non–small-cell lung cancer: Is low incidence of regional failure due to incidental nodal irradiation?, 29 September 2005 Ming Chen, James A. Hayman, Randall K. Ten Haken, Daniel Tatro, Shaneli Fernando, Feng-Ming Kong pages 120-126 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (195 KB)
Probability of mediastinal involvement in non–small-cell lung cancer: a statistical definition of the clinical target volume for 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy?, 13 October 2005 Philippe Giraud, Yann De Rycke, Armelle Lavole, Bernard Milleron, Jean-Marc Cosset, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig pages 127-135 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (243 KB)
Prostate
The influence of isotope and prostate volume on urinary morbidity after prostate brachytherapy, 29 September 2005 Angela Niehaus, Gregory S. Merrick, Wayne M. Butler, Kent E. Wallner, Zachariah A. Allen, Robert W. Galbreath, Edward Adamovich pages 136-143 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (219 KB)
Comparison of day 0 and day 14 dosimetry for permanent prostate implants using stranded seeds, 21 October 2005 Patrick McLaughlin, Vrinda Narayana, Charlie Pan, Sally Berri, Sara Troyer, Joseph Herman, Vicki Evans, Peter Roberson pages 144-150 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (324 KB)
Is IMRT needed to spare the rectum when pelvic lymph nodes are part of the initial treatment volume for prostate cancer?, 29 September 2005 Giuseppe Sanguineti, Matthew L. Cavey, Eugene J. Endres, Gunn G. Brandon, John E. Bayouth pages 151-160 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (295 KB)
Breast
A phase III randomized study on the sequencing of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the conservative management of early-stage breast cancer, 13 October 2005 Giorgio Arcangeli, Paola Pinnarò, Rita Rambone, Diana Giannarelli, Marcello Benassi pages 161-167 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (179 KB)
Comparison of three concomitant boost techniques for early-stage breast cancer, 29 September 2005 Janet K. Horton, Jan S. Halle, Sha X. Chang, Carolyn I. Sartor pages 168-175 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (285 KB)
First report of a permanent breast 103Pd seed implant as adjuvant radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer, 26 September 2005 Jean-Philippe Pignol, Brian Keller, Eileen Rakovitch, Raxa Sankreacha, Harry Easton, William Que pages 176-181 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (231 KB)
Prognostic factors predicting functional outcomes, recurrence-free survival, and overall survival after radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression in breast cancer patients, 29 September 2005 Dirk Rades, Theo Veninga, Lukas J.A. Stalpers, Rainer Schulte, Peter J. Hoskin, Philip Poortmans, Steven E. Schild, Volker Rudat pages 182-188 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Cervix
Conventional, conformal, and intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning of external beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer: The impact of tumor regression, 23 June 2005 Linda van de Bunt, Uulke A. van der Heide, Martijn Ketelaars, Gerard A.P. de Kort, Ina M. Jürgenliemk-Schulz pages 189-196 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (441 KB)
CT-guided intracavitary radiotherapy for cervical cancer: Comparison of conventional point A plan with clinical target volume-based three-dimensional plan using dose–volume parameters, 26 September 2005 Kyung Hwan Shin, Tae Hyun Kim, Jung Keun Cho, Joo-Young Kim, Sung Yong Park, Sang-Yoon Park, Dae Yong Kim, Eui Kyu Chie, Hong Ryull Pyo, Kwan Ho Cho pages 197-204 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (138 KB)
Use of CT simulation for treatment of cervical cancer to assess the adequacy of lymph node coverage of conventional pelvic fields based on bony landmarks, 29 September 2005 Marisa H. Finlay, Ida Ackerman, Romeo G. Tirona, Paul Hamilton, Lisa Barbera, Gillian Thomas pages 205-209 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (145 KB)
Bone
Outcomes and patterns of failure in solitary plasmacytoma: A multicenter Rare Cancer Network study of 258 patients, 17 October 2005 Mahmut Ozsahin, Richard W. Tsang, Philip Poortmans, Yazid Belkacémi, Michel Bolla, Fazilet Öner Dinçbas, Christine Landmann, Bernard Castelain, Jeroen Buijsen, Jürgen Curschmann, Sidney P. Kadish, Anna Kowalczyk, Yavuz Anacak, Josef Hammer, Tan D. Nguyen, Gabriela Studer, Rachel Cooper, Meriç Sengöz, Luciano Scandolaro, Abderrahim Zouhair pages 210-217 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (190 KB)
Hodgkin's Disease
Is intensity-modulated radiotherapy better than conventional radiation treatment and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for mediastinal masses in patients with Hodgkin’s disease, and is there a role for beam orientation optimization and dose constraints assigned to virtual volumes?, 26 September 2005 Theodore Girinsky, Charlotte Pichenot, Anne Beaudre, Mithra Ghalibafian, Dimitri Lefkopoulos pages 218-226 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (465 KB)
Total Body Irradiation
Modified total body irradiation as a planned second high-dose therapy with stem cell infusion for patients with bone-based malignancies, 26 September 2005 Renata E. Zaucha, Dean C. Buckner, Todd Barnett, Leona A. Holmberg, Ted Gooley, Heather A. Hooper, David G. Maloney, Frederick Appelbaum, William I. Bensinger pages 227-234 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (139 KB)
Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
Combination of external-beam radiotherapy with intraoperative electron-beam therapy is effective in incompletely resected pediatric malignancies, 31 October 2005 Susanne Oertel, Andreas G. Niethammer, Robert Krempien, Falk Roeder, Michael J. Eble, Claudia Baer, Peter E. Huber, Andreas Kulozik, Karl-Ludwig Waag, Martina Treiber, Juergen Debus pages 235-241 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (239 KB)
Normal Tissue
Evidence for predictive validity of blood assays to evaluate individual radiosensitivity, 26 September 2005 Erhard Severin, Burkhard Greve, Elke Pascher, Niels Wedemeyer, Ursula Hacker-Klom, Gerda Silling, Joachim Kienast, Normann Willich, Wolfgang Göhde pages 242-250 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (242 KB)
Cauda equina tolerance to high-dose fractionated irradiation, 04 July 2005 Richard S. Pieters, Andrzej Niemierko, Barbara C. Fullerton, John E. Munzenrider pages 251-257 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (251 KB)
Benign Disease
Results of radiotherapy for Peyronie’s disease, 26 September 2005 Marcus Niewald, Knut v. Wenzlawowicz, Jochen Fleckenstein, Lothar Wisser, Harry Derouet, Christian Rübe pages 258-262 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (112 KB)
BIOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS
STI571 (Gleevec) improves tumor growth delay and survival in irradiated mouse models of glioblastoma, 08 November 2005 Ling Geng, Eric T. Shinohara, Dong Kim, Jiahuai Tan, Kate Osusky, Yu Shyr, Dennis E. Hallahan pages 263-271 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (394 KB)
Analysis of gene-expression profiles after gamma irradiation of normal human fibroblasts, 31 October 2005 Seiji Tachiiri, Toyomasa Katagiri, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Natsuo Oya, Masahiro Hiraoka, Yusuke Nakamura pages 272-279 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-I–related regulation of procollagen I (α1 and α2) by antitransforming growth factor-β1 treatment during radiation-impaired wound healing Stefan Schultze-Mosgau, Jürgen Kopp, Michael Thorwarth, Franz Rödel, Ivan Melnychenko, Gerhard G. Grabenbauer, Kerstin Amann, Falk Wehrhan pages 280-288 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (395 KB)
PHYSICS CONTRIBUTIONS
Evaluation of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) technologies and their impact on the outcomes of hypofractionated prostate cancer treatments: A radiobiologic analysis William Y. Song, Bryan Schaly, Glenn Bauman, Jerry J. Battista, Jake Van Dyk pages 289-300 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (543 KB)
Simultaneous beam geometry and intensity map optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy, 14 November 2005 Eva K. Lee, Tim Fox, Ian Crocker pages 301-320 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1059 KB)
Spinal cord planning risk volumes for intensity-modulated radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer Stephen L. Breen, Tim Craig, Andrew Bayley, Brian O’Sullivan, John Kim, David Jaffray pages 321-325 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (188 KB)
BOOK REVIEWS
Sumithra J. Mandrekar page 326 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (36 KB)
David S. Shimm page 327 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (36 KB)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Step-and-shoot IMRT vs. helical tomotherapy: in regard to van Vulpen et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;62;1535–1539) José A. Peñagarícano page 328 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (48 KB)
Serial megavoltage CT imaging during external beam radiotherapy for non–small-cell lung cancer: in regard to Kupelian et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;630:1024–1028) A. Rashid Dar, Slav Yartsev, George Rodrigues, Glenn Bauman page 328 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (48 KB)
In response to Dr. Dar et al Patrick A. Kupelian, Chester Ramsey, Sanford L. Meeks, Twyla R. Willoughby, Alan Forbes, Thomas H. Wagner, Katja M. Langen pages 328-329 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Large rectal cross section might be more than distention John Petersen page 329 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (38 KB)
Prostate-only not dead? Paul J. Chuba, Amr Aref pages 329-330 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (45 KB)
ERRATUM
Erratum page 330 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (31 KB)
Meetings pages 331-332 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
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