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CRITICAL REVIEW
ReVOLT: radiation-enhanced viral oncolytic therapy Sunil J. Advani, James J. Mezhir, Bernard Roizman, Ralph R. Weichselbaum pages 637-646 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (603 KB)
CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Prostate
Whole-pelvis, “mini-pelvis,” or prostate-only external beam radiotherapy after neoadjuvant and concurrent hormonal therapy in patients treated in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 9413 trial Mack Roach, Michelle DeSilvio, Richard Valicenti, David Grignon, Sucha O. Asbell, Colleen Lawton, Charles R. Thomas, William U. Shipley pages 647-653 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (341 KB)
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy improves lymph node coverage and dose to critical structures compared with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy in clinically localized prostate cancer Alice Wang-Chesebro, Ping Xia, Joy Coleman, Clayton Akazawa, Mack Roach pages 654-662 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (348 KB)
Relationship between delay in radiotherapy and biochemical control in prostate cancer, 31 August 2006 Winkle Kwan, Tom Pickles, Graeme Duncan, Mitchell Liu, Chuck Paltiel pages 663-668 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (145 KB)
Second malignancies after prostate brachytherapy: Incidence of bladder and colorectal cancers in patients with 15 years of potential follow-up, 01 August 2006 Stanley L. Liauw, John E. Sylvester, Christopher G. Morris, John C. Blasko, Peter D. Grimm pages 669-673 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (90 KB)
Penis
Treatment of penile carcinoma: To cut or not to cut?, 31 August 2006 Mahmut Ozsahin, Patrice Jichlinski, Damien C. Weber, David Azria, Michel Zimmermann, Louis Guillou, Shelley Bulling, Raphael Moeckli, René O. Mirimanoff, Abderrahim Zouhair pages 674-679 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (146 KB)
Breast
Planning the breast tumor bed boost: Changes in the excision cavity volume and surgical scar location after breast-conserving surgery and whole-breast irradiation, 24 July 2006 Kevin S. Oh, Feng-Ming Kong, Kent A. Griffith, Beth Yanke, Lori J. Pierce pages 680-686 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (595 KB)
The effect of timing of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in patients with positive or close resection margins, young age, and node-negative disease, with long term follow-up, 31 August 2006 Olga Vujovic, Anil Cherian, Edward Yu, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, Francisco Perera pages 687-690 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (84 KB)
Accelerated partial-breast irradiation using proton beams: Initial clinical experience Kevin R. Kozak, Barbara L. Smith, Judith Adams, Ellen Kornmehl, Angela Katz, Michele Gadd, Michelle Specht, Kevin Hughes, Valeria Gioioso, Hsiao-Ming Lu, Kristina Braaten, Abram Recht, Simon N. Powell, Thomas F. DeLaney, Alphonse G. Taghian pages 691-698 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (213 KB)
Cervix
Gynecologic examination and cervical biopsies after (chemo) radiation for cervical cancer to identify patients eligible for salvage surgery, 10 August 2006 Esther R. Nijhuis, Ate G.J. van der Zee, Bertha A. in ‘t Hout, Jantine J. Boomgaard, Joanne A. de Hullu, Elisabeth Pras, Harry Hollema, Jan G. Aalders, Hans W. Nijman, Pax H.B. Willemse, Marian J.E. Mourits pages 699-705 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (146 KB)
Head and Neck
Continuous accelerated 7-days-a-week radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer: Long-term results of Phase III clinical trial Krzysztof Skladowski, Boguslaw Maciejewski, Maria Golen, Rafal Tarnawski, Krzysztof Slosarek, Rafal Suwinski, Mariusz Sygula, Andrzej Wygoda pages 706-713 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (334 KB)
Relationship between pretreatment level of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA, tumor burden, and metabolic activity in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma Brigette B.Y. Ma, Ann King, Y.M. Dennis Lo, Y.Y. Yau, Benny Zee, Edwin P. Hui, Sing F. Leung, Frankie Mo, Michael K. Kam, Anil Ahuja, Wing H. Kwan, Anthony T.C. Chan pages 714-720 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (151 KB)
Magnetic resonance imaging of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Patterns of spread Li-Zhi Liu, Guo-Yi Zhang, Chuang-Miao Xie, Xue-Wen Liu, Chun-Yan Cui, Li Li pages 721-730 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (430 KB)
Gemcitabine and cisplatin in a concomitant alternating chemoradiotherapy program for locally advanced head-and-neck cancer: A pharmacology-guided schedule Gianmauro Numico, Elvio G. Russi, Raffele Vitiello, Raffaele Sorrentino, Ida Colantonio, Marco Cipolat, Riccardo Vigna Taglianti, Antonio Pelissero, Elena Fea, Cristina Granetto, Gianna Di Costanzo, Milena Gasco, Ornella Garrone, Marcella Occelli, Marco Merlano pages 731-737 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (130 KB)
Lung
Benefit of three-dimensional image-guided stereotactic localization in the hypofractionated treatment of lung cancer, 31 August 2006 Lu Wang, Steve Feigenberg, Lili Chen, Kamen Pasklev, Charlie C.-M. Ma pages 738-747 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (546 KB)
Intra-patient variability of tumor volume and tumor motion during conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: A prospective clinical study Geert Bosmans, Angela van Baardwijk, André Dekker, Michel Öllers, Liesbeth Boersma, André Minken, Philippe Lambin, Dirk De Ruysscher pages 748-753 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Esophagus
Dose–volume modeling of the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications among esophageal cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery, 11 September 2006 Susan L. Tucker, H. Helen Liu, Shulian Wang, Xiong Wei, Zhongxing Liao, Ritsuko Komaki, James D. Cox, Radhe Mohan pages 754-761 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (205 KB)
Rectum
Phase II study of capecitabine (Xeloda®) and concomitant boost radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer Sunil Krishnan, Nora A. Janjan, John M. Skibber, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, Robert A. Wolff, Prajnan Das, Marc E. Delclos, George J. Chang, Paulo M. Hoff, Cathy Eng, Thomas D. Brown, Christopher H. Crane, Barry W. Feig, Jeffrey Morris, Saroj Vadhan-Raj, Stanley R. Hamilton, Edward H. Lin pages 762-771 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (231 KB)
Liver
External-beam radiotherapy for localized extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma Merav A. Ben-David, Kent A. Griffith, Eyad Abu-Isa, Theodore S. Lawrence, James Knol, Mark Zalupski, Edgar Ben-Josef pages 772-779 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (170 KB)
Prospective comparison of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for liver cancer delineation using deformable image registration Jon-Paul Voroney, Kristy K. Brock, Cynthia Eccles, Masoom Haider, Laura A. Dawson pages 780-791 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (5087 KB)
Radioembolization using 90Y-resin microspheres for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, 10 August 2006 Bruno Sangro, Jose I. Bilbao, Jose Boan, Antonio Martinez-Cuesta, Alberto Benito, Javier Rodriguez, Angel Panizo, Belen Gil, Mercedes Inarrairaegui, Ignacio Herrero, Jorge Quiroga, Jesus Prieto pages 792-800 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (463 KB)
Brain
Five-year survivors of brain metastases: A single-institution report of 32 patients, 10 August 2006 Samuel T. Chao, Gene H. Barnett, Stephanie W. Liu, Alwyn M. Reuther, Steven A. Toms, Michael A. Vogelbaum, Gregory M.M. Videtic, John H. Suh pages 801-809 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (140 KB)
RPA classification has prognostic significance for surgically resected single brain metastasis Rahul D. Tendulkar, Stephanie W. Liu, Gene H. Barnett, Michael A. Vogelbaum, Steven A. Toms, Tao Jin, John H. Suh pages 810-817 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (228 KB)
Phase II Radiation Therapy Oncology Group trial of conventional radiation therapy followed by treatment with recombinant interferon-β for supratentorial glioblastoma: Results of RTOG 9710, 01 August 2006 Howard Colman, Brian A. Berkey, Moshe H. Maor, Morris D. Groves, Christopher J. Schultz, Sandra Vermeulen, Diana F. Nelson, Minesh P. Mehta, W.K. Alfred Yung pages 818-824 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (230 KB)
Long-term normal-appearing brain tissue monitoring after irradiation using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo: Statistical analysis of a large group of patients, 31 August 2006 łukasz Matulewicz, Maria Sokół, Anna Michnik, Jerzy Wydmański pages 825-832 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (288 KB)
Lymphoma
Radioimmunotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A review for radiation oncologists, 11 September 2006 Roger M. Macklis, Brad Pohlman pages 833-841 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (312 KB)
Sarcoma
Incidence of sarcoma in patients treated with fast neutrons R. Hugh MacDougall, Gillian R. Kerr, William Duncan pages 842-844 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (58 KB)
Normal Tissues
The utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for early diagnosis of radiation-induced myocardial damage Keiichi Jingu, Tomohiro Kaneta, Kenji Nemoto, Azusa Ichinose, Minako Oikawa, Yoshihiro Takai, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Eiko Nakata, Toru Sakayauchi, Kenji Takai, Toshiyuki Sugawara, Kakutaro Narazaki, Hiroshi Fukuda, Shoki Takahashi, Shogo Yamada pages 845-851 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (4497 KB)
BIOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS
Effect of downregulation of survivin expression on radiosensitivity of human epidermoid carcinoma cells Nand K. Sah, Anupama Munshi, Marvette Hobbs, Bing Z. Carter, Michael Andreeff, Raymond E. Meyn pages 852-859 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (324 KB)
Effects of fractionated radiation on the brain vasculature in a murine model: Blood–brain barrier permeability, astrocyte proliferation, and ultrastructural changes Hong Yuan, M. Waleed Gaber, Kelli Boyd, Christy M. Wilson, Mohammad F. Kiani, Thomas E. Merchant pages 860-866 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (365 KB)
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition combined with irradiation: A dual treatment concept to prevent neointimal hyperplasia after endarterectomy Carsten J. Beller, Jens Kosse, Tamás Radovits, Domokos Gerö, Robert Krempien, Marie-Luise Gross, Irina Berger, Siegfried Hagl, Csaba Szabó, Gábor Szabó pages 867-875 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (7478 KB)
PHYSICS CONTRIBUTIONS
Daily variations in delivered doses in patients treated with radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer Patrick A. Kupelian, Katja M. Langen, Omar A. Zeidan, Sanford L. Meeks, Twyla R. Willoughby, Thomas H. Wagner, Sam Jeswani, Kenneth J. Ruchala, Jason Haimerl, Gustavo H. Olivera pages 876-882 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (646 KB)
Dosimetric comparison of four target alignment methods for prostate cancer radiotherapy Jennifer C. O’Daniel, Lei Dong, Lifei Zhang, Renaud de Crevoisier, He Wang, Andrew K. Lee, Rex Cheung, Susan L. Tucker, Rajat J. Kudchadker, Mark D. Bonnen, James D. Cox, Radhe Mohan, Deborah A. Kuban pages 883-891 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (621 KB)
Online adaptive radiotherapy of the bladder: Small bowel irradiated-volume reduction Nichola Burridge, Ali Amer, Tom Marchant, Jonathan Sykes, Julie Stratford, Ann Henry, Catherine McBain, Pat Price, Chris Moore pages 892-897 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (269 KB)
Optimization of the temporal pattern of radiation: An IMRT based study Michael B. Altman, Steven J. Chmura, Joseph O. Deasy, John C. Roeske pages 898-905 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (217 KB)
Optimal number of beams for stereotactic body radiotherapy of lung and liver lesions, 10 August 2006 Ruiguo Liu, John M. Buatti, Terese L. Howes, John Dill, Joseph M. Modrick, Sanford L. Meeks pages 906-912 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (272 KB)
Computer optimization of noncoplanar beam setups improves stereotactic treatment of liver tumors Jacco A. de Pooter, Alejandra Méndez Romero, Wim P.A. Jansen, Pascal R.M. Storchi, Evert Woudstra, Peter C. Levendag, Ben J.M. Heijmen pages 913-922 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (407 KB)
High-dose simultaneously integrated breast boost using intensity-modulated radiotherapy and inverse optimization, 10 August 2006 Coen W. Hurkmans, Gert J. Meijer, Corine van Vliet-Vroegindeweij, Maurice J. van der Sangen, Jorien Cassee pages 923-930 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1291 KB)
Is there a “mucosa-sparing” benefit of IMRT for head-and-neck cancer? Giuseppe Sanguineti, Eugene J. Endres, Brandon G. Gunn, Brent Parker pages 931-938 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (282 KB)
Dosimetric verification for intensity-modulated radiotherapy of thoracic cancers using experimental and Monte Carlo approaches Si Young Jang, H. Helen Liu, Xiaochun Wang, Oleg N. Vassiliev, Jeffrey V. Siebers, Lei Dong, Radhe Mohan pages 939-948 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (3251 KB)
Pitch, roll, and yaw variations in patient positioning, 31 August 2006 Adeel Kaiser, Timothy E. Schultheiss, Jeffrey Y.C. Wong, David D. Smith, Chunhui Han, Nayana L. Vora, Richard D. Pezner, Yi-Jen Chen, Eric H. Radany pages 949-955 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (94 KB)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Brachytherapy vs. IMRT for irradiation of the vaginal vault: In regard to Aydogan et al. (int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:266–273) Alison Cameron, Paul Cornes page 956 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
In response to Drs. Cameron and Cornes Bulent Aydogan, John C. Roeske, Arno J. Mundt pages 956-957 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Meetings page 958 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (30 KB)
ASTRO News page 959 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (39 KB)
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