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Volume 2;  2007
Methodology
Counting colonies of clonogenic assays by using densitometric software
Maximilian Niyazi, Ismat Niyazi, and Claus Belka
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 4. Published online 2007 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-4.
PMCID: PMC1770926
On the performances of different IMRT treatment planning systems for selected paediatric cases
Antonella Fogliata, Giorgia Nicolini, Markus Alber, Mats Åsell, Alessandro Clivio, Barbara Dobler, Malin Larsson, Frank Lohr, Friedlieb Lorenz, Jan Muzik, Martin Polednik, Eugenio Vanetti, Dirk Wolff, Rolf Wyttenbach, and Luca Cozzi
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 7. Published online 2007 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-7.
PMCID: PMC1803794
Research
Radiosensitization by 2-benzoyl-3-phenyl-6,7-dichloroquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide under oxia and hypoxia in human colon cancer cells
Wafica Itani, Fady Geara, Joelle Haykal, Makhluf Haddadin, and Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 1. Published online 2007 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-1.
PMCID: PMC1770925
Quality of life and salivary output in patients with head-and-neck cancer five years after radiotherapy
Pètra M Braam, Judith M Roesink, Cornelis PJ Raaijmakers, Wim B Busschers, and Chris HJ Terhaard
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 3. Published online 2007 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-3.
PMCID: PMC1779273
Salvage radiotherapy for biochemical relapse after complete PSA response following radical prostatectomy: outcome and prognostic factors for patients who have never received hormonal therapy
Alexandre A Jacinto, Angelo BS Fede, Lívia A Fagundes, João V Salvajoli, Marcus S Castilho, Gustavo A Viani, Ricardo C Fogaroli, Paulo ERS Novaes, Antonio Cássio A Pellizzon, Maria AC Maia, and Robson Ferrigno
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 8. Published online 2007 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-8.
PMCID: PMC1820601
Preoperative external beam radiotherapy and reduced dose brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix: survival and pathological response
Alexandre A Jacinto, Marcus S Castilho, Paulo ERS Novaes, Pablo R Novick, Gustavo A Viani, João V Salvajoli, Robson Ferrigno, Antonio Cássio A Pellizzon, Stella SS Lima, Maria AC Maia, and Ricardo C Fogaroli
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 9. Published online 2007 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-9.
PMCID: PMC1817645
Phantom investigation of 3D motion-dependent volume aliasing during CT simulation for radiation therapy planning
James A Tanyi, Martin Fuss, Vladimir Varchena, Jack L Lancaster, and Bill J Salter
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 10. Published online 2007 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-10.
PMCID: PMC1808462
Functional intercomparison of intraoperative radiotherapy equipment – Photon Radiosurgery System
Kris S Armoogum, John M Parry, Salam K Souliman, David G Sutton, and Colin D Mackay
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 11. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-11.
PMCID: PMC1808461
The impact of radiotherapy in the treatment of desmoid tumours. An international survey of 110 patients. A study of the Rare Cancer Network
Brigitta G Baumert, Martin O Spahr, Arthur Von Hochstetter, Sylvie Beauvois, Christine Landmann, Katrin Fridrich, Salvador Villà, Michael J Kirschner, Guy Storme, Peter Thum, Hans K Streuli, Norbert Lombriser, Robert Maurer, Gerhard Ries, Ernst-Arnold Bleher, Alfred Willi, Juerg Allemann, Ulrich Buehler, Hugo Blessing, Urs M Luetolf, J Bernard Davis, Burkhardt Seifert, and Manfred Infanger
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 12. Published online 2007 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-12.
PMCID: PMC1828737
A comparison of mantle versus involved-field radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma: reduction in normal tissue dose and second cancer risk
Eng-Siew Koh, Tu Huan Tran, Mostafa Heydarian, Rainer K Sachs, Richard W Tsang, David J Brenner, Melania Pintilie, Tony Xu, June Chung, Narinder Paul, and David C Hodgson
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 13. Published online 2007 March 15. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-13.
PMCID: PMC1847517
Range accuracy in carbon ion treatment planning based on CT-calibration with real tissue samples
Eike Rietzel, Dieter Schardt, and Thomas Haberer
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 14. Published online 2007 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-14.
PMCID: PMC1858700
IMRT in oral cavity cancer
Gabriela Studer, Roger A Zwahlen, Klaus W Graetz, Bernard J Davis, and Christoph Glanzmann
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 16. Published online 2007 April 12. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-16.
PMCID: PMC1855346
The median non-prostate cancer survival is more than 10 years for men up to age 80 years who are selected and receive curative radiation treatment for prostate cancer
Paul A Blood and Tom Pickles
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 17. Published online 2007 May 18. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-17.
PMCID: PMC1887532
Correlating metabolic and anatomic responses of primary lung cancers to radiotherapy by combined F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging
Ching-yee O Wong, Joseph Schmidt, Jeffery S Bong, Suyra Chundru, Larry Kestin, Di Yan, Inga Grills, Marianne Gaskill, Vincent Cheng, Alvaro A Martinez, and Darlene Fink-Bennett
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 18. Published online 2007 May 23. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-18.
PMCID: PMC1892564
Oral Pirfenidone in patients with chronic fibrosis resulting from radiotherapy: a pilot study
Nicole L Simone, Benjamin P Soule, Lynn Gerber, Elizabeth Augustine, Sharon Smith, Rosemary M Altemus, James B Mitchell, and Kevin A Camphausen
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 19. Published online 2007 May 31. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-19.
PMCID: PMC1891306
Influence of different treatment techniques on radiation dose to the LAD coronary artery
Carsten Nieder, Sabine Schill, Peter Kneschaurek, and Michael Molls
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 20. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-20.
PMCID: PMC1892030
Exceptionally high incidence of symptomatic grade 2–5 radiation pneumonitis after stereotactic radiation therapy for lung tumors
Hideomi Yamashita, Keiichi Nakagawa, Naoki Nakamura, Hiroki Koyanagi, Masao Tago, Hiroshi Igaki, Kenshiro Shiraishi, Nakashi Sasano, and Kuni Ohtomo
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 21. Published online 2007 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-21.
PMCID: PMC1894806
PET/CT Staging Followed by Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Improves Treatment Outcome of Locally Advanced Pharyngeal Carcinoma: a matched-pair comparison
Sacha Rothschild, Gabriela Studer, Burkhardt Seifert, Pia Huguenin, Christoph Glanzmann, J Bernard Davis, Urs M Lütolf, Thomas F Hany, and I Frank Ciernik
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 22. Published online 2007 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-22.
PMCID: PMC1924526
4D treatment planning for scanned ion beams
Christoph Bert and Eike Rietzel
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 24. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-24.
PMCID: PMC1952066
Linkage disequilibrium pattern of the ATM gene in breast cancer patients and controls; association of SNPs and haplotypes to radio-sensitivity and post-lumpectomy local recurrence
Hege Edvardsen, Toril Tefre, Laila Jansen, Phuong Vu, Bruce G Haffty, Sophie D Fosså, Vessela N Kristensen, and Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 25. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-25.
PMCID: PMC1971057
Standard fractionation intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) of primary and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Clifton D Fuller, Mehee Choi, Britta Forthuber, Samuel J Wang, Nancy Rajagiriyil, Bill J Salter, and Martin Fuss
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 26. Published online 2007 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-26.
PMCID: PMC1939706
Breast-conserving surgery with or without radiotherapy in women with ductal carcinoma in situ: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Gustavo A Viani, Eduardo J Stefano, Sérgio L Afonso, Lígia I De Fendi, Francisco V Soares, Paola G Leon, and Flavio S Guimarães
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 28. Published online 2007 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-28.
PMCID: PMC1952067
Hypofractionated intensity modulated irradiation for localized prostate cancer, results from a phase I/II feasibility study
Sara Junius, Karin Haustermans, Barbara Bussels, Raymond Oyen, Bianca Vanstraelen, Tom Depuydt, Jan Verstraete, Steven Joniau, and Hendrik Van Poppel
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 29. Published online 2007 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-29.
PMCID: PMC1971267
The influence of smoking and other risk factors on the outcome after radiochemotherapy for anal cancer
Sabine Kathrin Mai, Grit Welzel, Verena Haegele, and Frederik Wenz
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 30. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-30.
PMCID: PMC2078591
No supra-additive effects of goserelin and radiotherapy on clonogenic survival of prostate carcinoma cells in vitro
Robert M Hermann, Dag Schwarten, Stefanie Fister, Carsten Grundker, Margret Rave-Frank, Mirko Nitsche, Andrea Hille, Paul Thelen, Heinz Schmidberger, and Hans Christiansen
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 31. Published online 2007 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-31.
PMCID: PMC2034383
Verifying 4D gated radiotherapy using time-integrated electronic portal imaging: a phantom and clinical study
John R van Sörnsen de Koste, Johan P Cuijpers, Frank GM de Geest, Frank J Lagerwaard, Ben J Slotman, and Suresh Senan
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 32. Published online 2007 August 30. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-32.
PMCID: PMC2075522
Comparison of direct machine parameter optimization versus fluence optimization with sequential sequencing in IMRT of hypopharyngeal carcinoma
Barbara Dobler, Fabian Pohl, Ludwig Bogner, and Oliver Koelbl
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 33. Published online 2007 September 6. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-33.
PMCID: PMC2075520
Long-term results of radiotherapy for periarthritis of the shoulder: a retrospective evaluation
Marcus Niewald, Jochen Fleckenstein, Susanne Naumann, and Christian Ruebe
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 34. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-34.
PMCID: PMC2078592
Dosimetric comparison between coplanar and non coplanar field radiotherapy for ethmoid sinus cancer
Antoine Serre, Katia Idri, Pascal Fenoglietto, Norbert Ailleres, Lore Santoro, Claire Lemanski, Renaud Garrel, Marc Makeieff, Ali Allaw, Jean-Bernard Dubois, and David Azria
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 35. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-35.
PMCID: PMC2072954
Simultaneous integrated boost of biopsy proven, MRI defined dominant intra-prostatic lesions to 95 Gray with IMRT: early results of a phase I NCI study
Anurag K Singh, Peter Guion, Nancy Sears-Crouse, Karen Ullman, Sharon Smith, Paul S Albert, Gabor Fichtinger, Peter L Choyke, Sheng Xu, Jochen Kruecker, Bradford J Wood, Axel Krieger, and Holly Ning
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 36. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-36.
PMCID: PMC2075521
Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
Subhakar Mutyala, Walter Choi, Atif J Khan, Ravi Yaparpalvi, Alexandra J Stewart, and Phillip M Devlin
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 37. Published online 2007 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-37.
PMCID: PMC2034578
Experimental iodine-125 seed irradiation of intracerebral brain tumors in nude mice
Joost JC Verhoeff, Lukas JA Stalpers, Annet W Coumou, Kees Koedooder, Cristina Lavini, Cornelis JF Van Noorden, Jaap Haveman, William P Vandertop, and Wouter R van Furth
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 38. Published online 2007 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-38.
PMCID: PMC2174502
Radical stereotactic radiosurgery with real-time tumor motion tracking in the treatment of small peripheral lung tumors
Brian T Collins, Kelly Erickson, Cristina A Reichner, Sean P Collins, Gregory J Gagnon, Sonja Dieterich, Don A McRae, Ying Zhang, Shadi Yousefi, Elliot Levy, Thomas Chang, Carlos Jamis-Dow, Filip Banovac, and Eric D Anderson
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 39. Published online 2007 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-39.
PMCID: PMC2174503
Regional radiotherapy versus an axillary lymph node dissection after lumpectomy: a safe alternative for an axillary lymph node dissection in a clinically uninvolved axilla in breast cancer. A case control study with 10 years follow up
Patty H Spruit, Sabine Siesling, Marloes AG Elferink, Ernest JA Vonk, and Carel JM Hoekstra
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 40. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-40.
PMCID: PMC2173900
Optimal organ-sparing intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) regimen for the treatment of locally advanced anal canal carcinoma: a comparison of conventional and IMRT plans
Cathy Menkarios, David Azria, Benoit Laliberté, Carmen Llacer Moscardo, Sophie Gourgou, Claire Lemanski, Jean-Bernard Dubois, Norbert Aillères, and Pascal Fenoglietto
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 41. Published online 2007 November 15. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-41.
PMCID: PMC2204019
What is an acceptably smoothed fluence? Dosimetric and delivery considerations for dynamic sliding window IMRT
Nicolini Giorgia, Fogliata Antonella, Vanetti Eugenio, Clivio Alessandro, Ammazzalorso Filippo, and Cozzi Luca
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 42. Published online 2007 November 23. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-42.
PMCID: PMC2234418
Validity and reliability testing of two instruments to measure breast cancer patients' concerns and information needs relating to radiation therapy
Georgia KB Halkett and Linda J Kristjanson
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 43. Published online 2007 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-43.
PMCID: PMC2211484
A phase III trial comparing an anionic phospholipid-based cream and aloe vera-based gel in the prevention of radiation dermatitis in pediatric patients
Thomas E Merchant, Christina Bosley, Julie Smith, Pam Baratti, David Pritchard, Tina Davis, Chenghong Li, and Xiaoping Xiong
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 45. Published online 2007 December 19. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-45.
PMCID: PMC2238757
Reviews
The role of PDGF in radiation oncology
Minglun Li, Verena Jendrossek, and Claus Belka
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 5. Published online 2007 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-5.
PMCID: PMC1780053
Experimental concepts for toxicity prevention and tissue restoration after central nervous system irradiation
Carsten Nieder, Nicolaus Andratschke, and Sabrina T Astner
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 23. Published online 2007 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-23.
PMCID: PMC1933540
Short Reports
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) after thoracic radiotherapy for breast carcinoma
Robin Cornelissen, Suresh Senan, Imogeen E Antonisse, Hauw Liem, Youke KY Tan, Arjan Rudolphus, and Joachim GJV Aerts
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 2. Published online 2007 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-2.
PMCID: PMC1780052
Intensity modulated radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: rigid compliance to dose-volume constraints as a warranty of acceptable toxicity?
Michael J Chen, Eduardo Weltman, Rodrigo M Hanriot, Fábio P Luz, Paulo J Cecílio, José C da Cruz, Frederico R Moreira, Adriana S Santos, Lidiane C Martins, and Wladmir Nadalin
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 6. Published online 2007 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-6.
PMCID: PMC1781947
Squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate: long-term survival after combined chemo-radiation
Fernando Munoz, Pierfrancesco Franco, Patrizia Ciammella, Mario Clerico, Mauro Giudici, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, and Umberto Ricardi
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 15. Published online 2007 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-15.
PMCID: PMC1852111
Accelerated high-dose radiotherapy alone or combined with either concomitant or sequential chemotherapy; treatments of choice in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Apollonia LJ Uitterhoeve, Mia GJ Koolen, Rob M van Os, Kees Koedooder, Marlou van de Kar, Bradley R Pieters, and Caro CE Koning
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 27. Published online 2007 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-27.
PMCID: PMC1947993
Assessment of three-dimensional set-up errors in conventional head and neck radiotherapy using electronic portal imaging device
Tejpal Gupta, Supriya Chopra, Avinash Kadam, Jai Prakash Agarwal, P Reena Devi, Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar, and Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw
Radiat Oncol. 2007; 2: 44. Published online 2007 December 14. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-44.
PMCID: PMC2238756
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