D. Sit, Thomas Raissi, M. Giuliani, Percy Lee, N. Shaverdian, C. Walker-Dilks, A. Swaminath
{"title":"Use of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) for prognostication of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): a systematic review","authors":"D. Sit, Thomas Raissi, M. Giuliani, Percy Lee, N. Shaverdian, C. Walker-Dilks, A. Swaminath","doi":"10.1007/s13566-019-00380-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-019-00380-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"113 1","pages":"13-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73926689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. DePaoli, Y. Gozal, L. Pater, J. Breneman, R. Warnick, J. Elson, T. Struve
{"title":"Ventricular violation increases the risk of leptomeningeal disease in cavity-directed radiosurgery treated patients","authors":"B. DePaoli, Y. Gozal, L. Pater, J. Breneman, R. Warnick, J. Elson, T. Struve","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0368-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0368-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"45 1","pages":"23-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73679092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiotherapy for parotid malignancies: patterns of care and impact on overall survival","authors":"Z. Hopkins, D. Boothe, Y. Hitchcock","doi":"10.1007/s13566-019-00372-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-019-00372-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"11 1","pages":"63-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84191768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ting Ma, B. Emami, J. Grimm, J. Xue, S. Asbell, G. Kubicek, R. Lanciano, J. Welsh, L. Peng, C. Gui, I. Das, H. Goldman, L. Brady, K. Redmond, L. Kleinberg
{"title":"Volume effects in radiosurgical spinal cord dose tolerance: how small is too small?","authors":"Ting Ma, B. Emami, J. Grimm, J. Xue, S. Asbell, G. Kubicek, R. Lanciano, J. Welsh, L. Peng, C. Gui, I. Das, H. Goldman, L. Brady, K. Redmond, L. Kleinberg","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0371-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0371-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"42 1","pages":"53-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76376938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Xue, B. Emami, J. Grimm, G. Kubicek, S. Asbell, R. Lanciano, J. Welsh, L. Peng, H. Quon, W. Laub, C. Gui, N. Spoleti, I. Das, H. Goldman, K. Redmond, L. Kleinberg, L. Brady
{"title":"Clinical evidence for dose tolerance of the central nervous system in hypofractionated radiotherapy","authors":"J. Xue, B. Emami, J. Grimm, G. Kubicek, S. Asbell, R. Lanciano, J. Welsh, L. Peng, H. Quon, W. Laub, C. Gui, N. Spoleti, I. Das, H. Goldman, K. Redmond, L. Kleinberg, L. Brady","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0367-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0367-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"2 1","pages":"293-305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89611119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Hernández, Juan M Zaloff Dakoff, Cynthia Auad, V. Derechinsky, Roberto Rosler, J. García, Ana Martínez, M. Filomía, L. Rafailovici
{"title":"Experience with hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery in a series of patients with skull base tumors","authors":"D. Hernández, Juan M Zaloff Dakoff, Cynthia Auad, V. Derechinsky, Roberto Rosler, J. García, Ana Martínez, M. Filomía, L. Rafailovici","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0365-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0365-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"40 1","pages":"307-315"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87166345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yongbok Kim, J. Christensen, S. Hasan, M. Trombetta
{"title":"Relationship among different skin dose definitions in high-dose-rate (HDR) balloon breast brachytherapy","authors":"Yongbok Kim, J. Christensen, S. Hasan, M. Trombetta","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0364-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0364-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"72 1","pages":"335-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82599332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Bronk, P. Myers, Danny Tran, J. Bryan, T. Wagner, M. Bonnen, M. Ludwig
{"title":"Acute toxicities after volumetric modulated arc therapy for craniospinal irradiation in adults","authors":"J. Bronk, P. Myers, Danny Tran, J. Bryan, T. Wagner, M. Bonnen, M. Ludwig","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0362-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0362-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"44 1","pages":"317-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87543885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fiducial-less tracking method for radiation therapy of liver tumors by diaphragm disparity analysis part 2: validation study by using clinical data","authors":"D. Dick, Xiaodong Wu, G. Hatoum, Weizhao Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0361-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0361-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"24 1","pages":"345-356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73140113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erik Scott Blomain, Hyun Kim, Shivank Garg, Deepak Bhamidipati, Jenny Guo, Ingrid Kalchman, John McAna, Wenyin Shi
{"title":"Stereotactic radiosurgery practice patterns for brain metastases in the United States: a national survey.","authors":"Erik Scott Blomain, Hyun Kim, Shivank Garg, Deepak Bhamidipati, Jenny Guo, Ingrid Kalchman, John McAna, Wenyin Shi","doi":"10.1007/s13566-018-0353-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0353-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has emerged as an important modality for the treatment of intracranial metastases. There are currently few established guidelines delineating indications for SRS use and fewer still regarding plan evaluation in the treatment of multiple brain metastases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An 18 question electronic survey was distributed to radiation oncologists at National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer centers in the USA (60). Centers without radiation oncologists were excluded. Physicians who indicated that they do not prescribe SRS were excluded from the remaining survey questions. Sign test and Chi-square test were used to determine if responses differed significantly from random distribution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred sixteen of the 697 radiation oncologists surveyed completed the questionnaire, representing 51 institutions. Sixty-two percent reported treating patients with brain metastases using SRS. Radiation oncologists prescribing SRS most commonly treat CNS (66.2%) and lung (49.3%) malignancies. SRS was used more frequently for < 10 brain metastases (73.7%; <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for > 10 brain metastases (82.5%; <i>p</i> < 0.0001). The maximum number of lesions physicians were willing to treat with SRS without WBRT was 1-4 (40.4%) and 5-10 (42.4%) (<i>p</i> < 0.0001 compared to 11-15, 16-20 and no limit). The most important criteria for choosing SRS or WBRT were number of lesions (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) and performance status (<i>p</i> = 0.016). The most common margin for SRS was 0 mm (49.1%; <i>p</i> = 0.0021). The most common dose constraints other than critical structure was conformity index (84.2%) and brain V12 (61.4%). The LINAC was the most common treatment modality (54.4%) and mono-isocenter technique for multiple brain metastases was commonly used (43.9%; <i>p</i> = 0.23). Most departments do not have a policy for brain metastases treatment (64.9%; <i>p</i> = 0.024).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is one of the first national surveys assessing the use of SRS for brain metastases in clinical practice. These data highlight some clinical considerations for physicians treating brain metastases with SRS.</p>","PeriodicalId":89815,"journal":{"name":"Journal of radiation oncology","volume":"7 3","pages":"241-246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s13566-018-0353-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36714423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}