| | 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 |