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  1. Postoperative/adjuvant radiotherapy of advanced gastric cancer involves a large planning target volume (PTV) with multi-concave shapes which presents a challenge for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) pla...

    Authors: Abdul Wahab M. Sharfo, Florian Stieler, Oskar Kupfer, Ben J. M. Heijmen, Maarten L. P. Dirkx, Sebastiaan Breedveld, Frederik Wenz, Frank Lohr, Judit Boda-Heggemann and Daniel Buergy
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:74
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  2. During therapeutic beam irradiation, an unvisualized three-dimensional (3D) target position should be estimated using an external surrogate with an estimation model. Training periods for the developed model wi...

    Authors: Hiraku Iramina, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yusuke Iizuka, Takamasa Mitsuyoshi, Yukinori Matsuo, Takashi Mizowaki and Ikuo Kanno
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:73
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  4. The aim of this prospective clinical quality assessment was to evaluate the short-term and long-term efficacy of low dose radiotherapy (RT) for calcaneodynia, achillodynia, painful gonarthrosis, painful bursit...

    Authors: Oliver Micke, Eyup Ugrak, Stefan Bartmann, Irenaeus A. Adamietz, Ulrich Schaefer, Rebecca Bueker, Klaus Kisters, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Khashayar Fakhrian and Ralph Muecke
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:71
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  5. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of patient positioning on the volume of organs at risk (OARs) in or near the planning target volume (PTV) and the dose distribution in adjuvant or salvage radi...

    Authors: Subaru Sawayanagi, Hideomi Yamashita, Mami Ogita, Tomoki Kiritoshi, Takahiro Nakamoto, Osamu Abe and Keiichi Nakagawa
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:70
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  6. Thoracic reirradiation (re-RT) is increasingly administered. However, radiation pneumonitis (RP) remains to be the most common side effect from retreatment. This study aimed to determine the risk and predictor...

    Authors: Chengbo Ren, Tianlong Ji, Tingting Liu, Jun Dang and Guang Li
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:69
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  7. The purpose of this research was to assess agreement between four rating systems of cosmetic outcome measured in a subset of patients with early breast cancer participating in the randomised TARGIT-A trial. TA...

    Authors: Tammy Corica, Anna K. Nowak, Christobel M. Saunders, Max K. Bulsara, Mandy Taylor, Norman R. Williams, Mohammed Keshtgar, David J. Joseph and Jayant S. Vaidya
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:68
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  8. Total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) is an effective treatment in mycosis fungoides. Total skin helical tomotherapy (TSHT) may be an alternative to TSEBT and may offer several dosimetric and treatment adva...

    Authors: Eric M. Schaff, Stephen A. Rosenberg, Stephanie J. Olson, Steven P. Howard and Kristin A. Bradley
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:67
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. In regard to our recently published paper entitled “Treatment planning comparison of IMPT, VMAT and 4π radiotherapy for prostate cases”, a question was raised whether “4π” was used appropriately to describe th...

    Authors: Ke Sheng
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:66
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The original article was published in Radiation Oncology 2018 13:63

  10. We hypothesized that dominant intraprostatic lesions (DILs) could be depictured by multimodal imaging techniques (MRI and/or PSMA PET/CT) in patients with primary prostate cancer (PCa) and investigated possibl...

    Authors: Constantinos Zamboglou, Christina Marie Klein, Benedikt Thomann, Thomas Franz Fassbender, Hans C. Rischke, Simon Kirste, Karl Henne, Natalja Volegova-Neher, Michael Bock, Mathias Langer, Philipp T. Meyer, Dimos Baltas and Anca L. Grosu
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:65
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  11. To determine if reduced dose delivery uncertainty is associated with daily image-guidance (IG) and Prostate Specific Antigen Relapse Free Survival (PRFS) in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of high-risk...

    Authors: Per Munck af Rosenschold, Michael J. Zelefsky, Aditya P. Apte, Andrew Jackson, Jung Hun Oh, Elliot Shulman, Neil Desai, Margie Hunt, Pirus Ghadjar, Ellen Yorke and Joseph O. Deasy
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:64
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  12. This article describe the three dimensional geometrical incompetency of the term “4π radiotherapy”; frequently used in radiation oncology to establish the superiority (or rather complexity) of particular kind ...

    Authors: Biplab Sarkar
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:63
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The original article was published in Radiation Oncology 2017 12:10

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Radiation Oncology 2018 13:66

  13. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy is useful for cervical oesophageal carcinoma (CEC); however, increasing low-dose exposure to the lung may lead to radiation pneumonitis. Nevertheless, an irradiation technique ...

    Authors: Makoto Ito, Hidetoshi Shimizu, Takahiro Aoyama, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Natsuo Tomita, Chiyoko Makita, Yutaro Koide, Daiki Kato, Tsuneo Ishiguchi and Takeshi Kodaira
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:62
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  14. Rectal cancer patients that show a pathological complete response (pCR) after neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy, have better prognosis. To increase pCR rates several studies escalate the tumor irradiation dose. ...

    Authors: Jean-Paul J. E. Kleijnen, Bram van Asselen, Martijn Intven, Johannes P. M. Burbach, Marielle E. P. Philippens, Jan J. W. Lagendijk and Bas W. Raaymakers
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:61
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  15. For a given prescribed dose of radiotherapy, with the successive generations of dose calculation algorithms, more monitor units (MUs) are generally needed. This is due to the implementation of successive impro...

    Authors: Abdulhamid Chaikh, Jarkko Ojala, Catherine Khamphan, Robin Garcia, Jean Yves Giraud, Juliette Thariat and Jacques Balosso
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:60
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  16. To analyze the respiratory-induced motion of each liver segment using helical computed tomography (helical CT) and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT), and to establish the individual segment expansion ma...

    Authors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Ching-Jung Wu, Suzun Shaw, Pei-Chieh Yu, Hsin-Hua Nien and Louis Tak Lui
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:59
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  17. To evaluate the impact of 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET on treatment planning and sparing of normal tissue in the treatment of skull base meningioma with advanced photons and protons.

    Authors: Falk Stade, Jan-Oliver Dittmar, Oliver Jäkel, Clemens Kratochwil, Uwe Haberkorn, Jürgen Debus and Stephanie E. Combs
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:58
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  18. Lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is associated with low morbidity, however there is an increased risk of treatment-related toxicity in tumors directly abutting or invading the proximal bronchial ...

    Authors: Donna H. Murrell, Joanna M. Laba, Abigail Erickson, Barbara Millman, David A. Palma and Alexander V. Louie
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:57
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  19. Radiotherapy (RT) delivered in deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) is a simple technique, in which changes in patient anatomy can significantly reduce the irradiation of the organs at risk (OARs) surrounding t...

    Authors: Anni Young Lundgaard, Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim, Laura Ann Rechner, Mirjana Josipovic, Morten Joergensen, Marianne Camille Aznar, Anne Kill Berthelsen, Lise Borgwardt, Christoffer Johansen, Annika Loft, Akmal Safwat, Leila Vaalavirta, Lena Specht and Maja Vestmoe Maraldo
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:56
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. Peer review, especially prospective peer review, has been supported by professional organizations as an important element in optimal Radiation Oncology practice based on its demonstration of efficacy at detect...

    Authors: W Neil Duggar, Rahul Bhandari, Chunli Claus Yang and Srinivasan Vijayakumar
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:55
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  21. Meningiomas of the skull base account for 25–30% of all meningiomas. Due to the complex structure of the cranial base and its close proximity to critical structures, surgery is often associated with substantia...

    Authors: Rami A. El Shafie, Maja Czech, Kerstin A. Kessel, Daniel Habermehl, Dorothea Weber, Stefan Rieken, Nina Bougatf, Oliver Jäkel, Jürgen Debus and Stephanie E. Combs
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:54
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  22. We aimed to explore the efficacy and safety profile of preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACRT) in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) in upper rectum versus middle/lower rectum.

    Authors: Ming-Yii Huang, Hsin-Hua Lee, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Ching-Wen Huang, Yung-Sung Yeh, Cheng-Jen Ma, Chun-Ming Huang, Chiao-Yun Chen, Joh-Jong Huang and Jaw-Yuan Wang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:53
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  23. The purpose of this work is to benchmark RapidPlan against clinical plans for liver Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment of patients with special anatomical characteristics, and to investigate the...

    Authors: Gang Yu, Yang Li, Ziwei Feng, Cheng Tao, Zuyi Yu, Baosheng Li and Dengwang Li
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:52
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  24. To simplify the adaptive treatment planning workflow while achieving the optimal tumor-dose coverage in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing daily adaptive magnetic resonance image guided radiation therapy (M...

    Authors: Sven Olberg, Olga Green, Bin Cai, Deshan Yang, Vivian Rodriguez, Hao Zhang, Jin Sung Kim, Parag J. Parikh, Sasa Mutic and Justin C. Park
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:51
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  25. In the original publication [1] one author name was spelled incorrect.

    Authors: Sophie Espenel, Max-Adrien Garcia, Jane-Chloé Trone, Elodie Guillaume, Annabelle Harris, Amel Rehailia-Blanchard, Ming Yuan He, Sarra Ouni, Alexis Vallard, Chloé Rancoule, Majed Ben Mrad, Céline Chauleur, Guy De Laroche, Jean-Baptiste Guy, Pablo Moreno-Acosta and Nicolas Magné
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:50
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Radiation Oncology 2018 13:16

  26. Local recurrences after breast conserving treatment are mainly close to the original tumor site, and as such shorter fractionation strategies focused on and nearest mammary gland, i.e. accelerated partial brea...

    Authors: Laura Lozza, Laura Fariselli, Marco Sandri, Mario Rampa, Valentina Pinzi, Maria Carmen De Santis, Marzia Franceschini, Giovanna Trecate, Ilaria Maugeri, Luisa Fumagalli, Francesca Bonfantini, Giulia Bianchi, Emanuele Pignoli, Elena De Martin and Roberto Agresti
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:49
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  27. To investigate the feasibility and geometric accuracy of carina-based registration for CBCT-guided setup verification in esophageal cancer IGRT, compared with current practice bony anatomy-based registration.

    Authors: Mélanie Machiels, Peng Jin, Christianne H. van Gurp, Jeanin E. van Hooft, Tanja Alderliesten and Maarten C. C. M. Hulshof
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:48
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  28. Cytoreductive nephrectomy is thought to improve survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). As many patients are ineligible for major surgery, we hypothesized that SABR could be a safe alternative.

    Authors: Rohann J. M. Correa, Belal Ahmad, Andrew Warner, Craig Johnson, Mary J. MacKenzie, Stephen E. Pautler, Glenn S. Bauman, George B. Rodrigues and Alexander V. Louie
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:47
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  29. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercial knowledge-based planning system, in volumetric modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer at multiple radiation therapy departments.

    Authors: Yoshihiro Ueda, Jun-ichi Fukunaga, Tatsuya Kamima, Yumiko Adachi, Kiyoshi Nakamatsu and Hajime Monzen
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:46
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  30. To scrutinize the pretreatment prognosticators on survival and late toxicities in a homogenous cohort of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated by simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated rad...

    Authors: Yun-Hsuan Lin, Tai-Lin Huang, Chih-Yen Chien, Hui-Chun Chen, Hsuan-Chih Hsu, Eng-Yen Huang, Chong-Jong Wang, Yu-Jie Huang, Yu-Ming Wang, Chun-Chieh Huang, Shang-Yu Chou, Kuan-Cho Liao and Fu-Min Fang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:45
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  31. Clinical pathways outline criteria for dose homogeneity and critical organ dosimetry. Based upon an internal audit showing suboptimal compliance with dosimetric parameters in whole breast irradiation (WBI), we...

    Authors: Katherine S. Chen, Scott M. Glaser, Allison E. Garda, John A. Vargo, M. Saiful Huq, Dwight E. Heron and Sushil Beriwal
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:44
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  32. Cancer patients frequently search the Internet for treatment options, and hospital websites are seen as reliable sources of knowledge. Guidelines support the use of proton radiotherapy in specific disease site...

    Authors: Mark T. Corkum, Wei Liu, David A. Palma, Glenn S. Bauman, Robert E. Dinniwell, Andrew Warner, Mark V. Mishra and Alexander V. Louie
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:43
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  33. Conventional phantom-based planar dosimetry (2D-PBD) quality assurance (QA) using gamma pass rate (GP (%)) is inadequate to reflect clinically relevant dose error in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT...

    Authors: Wen-zhao Sun, Dan-dan Zhang, Ying-lin Peng, li Chen, De-hua Kang, Bin Wang and Xiao-wu Deng
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:42
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Radiation Oncology 2018 13:117

  34. To appraise the dosimetric features and the quality of the treatment plan for radiosurgery of multiple brain metastases optimized with a novel automated engine and to compare with plans optimized for robotic-b...

    Authors: Krzysztof Slosarek, Barbara Bekman, Jacek Wendykier, Aleksandra Grządziel, Antonella Fogliata and Luca Cozzi
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:41
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  36. Esophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with poor survival rates. A more patient-tailored approach based on predictive biomarkers could improve outcome. We aimed to predict radiotherapy (RT) response by ima...

    Authors: Elodie Melsens, Elly De Vlieghere, Benedicte Descamps, Christian Vanhove, Ken Kersemans, Filip De Vos, Ingeborg Goethals, Boudewijn Brans, Olivier De Wever, Wim Ceelen and Piet Pattyn
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:39
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  37. Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery or fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRS/FSRT) of multiple brain lesions using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is typically performed by a multiple-isocenter...

    Authors: Ruggero Ruggieri, Stefania Naccarato, Rosario Mazzola, Francesco Ricchetti, Stefanie Corradini, Alba Fiorentino and Filippo Alongi
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:38
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  38. PSMA PET/CT visualises prostate cancer residual disease or recurrence at lower PSA levels compared to conventional imaging and results in a change of treatment in a remarkable high number of patients. Radiothe...

    Authors: Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Wolfgang Peter Fendler, Harun Ilhan, Annika Herlemann, Alexander Buchner, Christian Stief, Chukwuka Eze, Paul Rogowski, Minglun Li, Peter Bartenstein, Ute Ganswindt and Claus Belka
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:37
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  39. 68Ga-PSMA-PET-imaging has proven to be a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic element for patients with prostate cancer (PC). Does the standard clinical target volume (CTV) cover the majority of 68Ga-PSMA-PET...

    Authors: K. Schiller, M. Devecka, T. Maurer, M. Eiber, J. Gschwend, M. Schwaiger, S. E. Combs and G. Habl
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:36
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  40. To evaluate spot-scanning proton arc therapy (SPArc) and multi-field robust optimized intensity modulated proton therapy (RO-IMPT) in treating stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

    Authors: Xiaoqiang Li, Peyman Kabolizadeh, Di Yan, An Qin, Jun Zhou, Ye Hong, Thomas Guerrero, Inga Grills, Craig Stevens and Xuanfeng Ding
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:35
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  41. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of Positron Emission Tomography Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) and of pre-...

    Authors: Cory Pierson, Taras Grinchak, Casey Sokolovic, Brandi Holland, Teresa Parent, Mark Bowling, Hyder Arastu, Paul Walker and Andrew Ju
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:34
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  42. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is a standard modality for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients. Cisplatin combined with 5-fluorouracil continuous infusion (PF) remains the standard...

    Authors: Yun Chen, Zhengfei Zhu, Weixin Zhao, Ling Li, Jinjun Ye, Chaoyang Wu, Huarong Tang, Qin Lin, Jiancheng Li, Yi Xia, Yunhai Li, Jialiang Zhou and Kuaile Zhao
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:33
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  44. Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) are a novel treatment strategy for glioblastoma (GBM) that is approved for the use concomitantly to adjuvant chemotherapy. Preclinical data suggest a synergistic interaction of...

    Authors: Christoph Straube, Markus Oechsner, Severin Kampfer, Sophia Scharl, Friederike Schmidt-Graf, Jan J. Wilkens and Stephanie E. Combs
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:31
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  45. The incomplete repair (IR) model expresses the cell repair effect from radiation-induced damage over time, which is given little consideration in actual treatment planning. By incorporating the IR model into t...

    Authors: Yushi Wakisaka, Masashi Yagi, Iori Sumida, Masaaki Takashina, Kazuhiko Ogawa and Masahiko Koizumi
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:30
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  46. We hypothesized that hippocampal-sparing radiotherapy via volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) could preserve the neurocognitive function (NCF) of patients with primary brain tumors treated with radiotherapy.

    Authors: Kyung Su Kim, Chan Woo Wee, Jin-Yong Seok, Joo Wan Hong, Jin-Beom Chung, Keun-Yong Eom, Jae-Sung Kim, Chae-Yong Kim, Young Ho Park, Yu Jung Kim and In Ah Kim
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:29
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  47. Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are rare mesenchymal tumors occurring in various anatomic regions. Although diagnostic criteria and treatment management are not established, current treatment op...

    Authors: Simon Kirste, Gian Kayser, Anne Zipfel, Anca-Ligia Grosu and Thomas Brunner
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:28
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Volumetric-modulated Dynamic WaveArc therapy (VMDWAT) is a non-coplanar continuous volumetric modulated radiation therapy (VMAT) delivery technique. Here, we monitored mechanical errors and their impact on dos...

    Authors: Hideaki Hirashima, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Yuki Miyabe, Megumi Uto, Kiyonao Nakamura and Takashi Mizowaki
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:27
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  49. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is an emerging treatment option for liver metastases in patients unsuitable for surgery. We investigated factors associated with clinical outcomes for liver metastases tre...

    Authors: Anand Mahadevan, Oliver Blanck, Rachelle Lanciano, Anuj Peddada, Srinath Sundararaman, David D’Ambrosio, Sanjeev Sharma, David Perry, James Kolker and Joanne Davis
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:26
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  50. The purpose of this study was to perform a dosimetric comparison between proton beam therapy (PBT) and photon radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who w...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Hirano, Masakatsu Onozawa, Hidehiro Hojo, Atsushi Motegi, Sadatomo Zenda, Kenji Hotta, Shunsuke Moriya, Hidenobu Tachibana, Naoki Nakamura, Takashi Kojima and Tetsuo Akimoto
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2018 13:23
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