MIM software accelerated sarcopenia screening during prostate radiotherapy planning
MIM-based skeletal muscle index measurement matched ImageJ while reducing processing time from 10 to 3.5 minutes.
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Federated learning improved radiation pneumonitis prediction across lung cancer datasets
A center-specific federated learning model predicted grade 2 or higher radiation pneumonitis with stable cross-dataset performance.
Fat necrosis remained low after single-fraction stereotactic partial breast irradiation
Single-fraction GammaPod partial breast irradiation produced 12.1% fat necrosis and 4.1% symptomatic fat necrosis in a phase 2 trial.
Knowledge-based planning reduced organ-at-risk dose in head and neck and brain planning
RapidPlan reduced several organ-at-risk dose metrics while maintaining comparable target coverage in head and neck and brain radiotherapy planning.
Thoracic radiotherapy with atezolizumab increased toxicity in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
TREASURE found no survival benefit and higher serious toxicity with thoracic radiotherapy added to atezolizumab maintenance.
Radiotherapy was tolerated without unexpected skin toxicity in epidermolysis bullosa
Four epidermolysis bullosa patients tolerated radiotherapy without greater-than-expected cutaneous toxicity, despite maximum skin dose up to 50.4 Gy.
Dutch survey found wide variation in radiotherapy for unresectable recurrent rectal cancer
Dutch radiation oncologists reported substantial variation in dose, delineation, and follow-up for unresectable locally recurrent rectal cancer.
Pencil-beam scanning proton re-irradiation showed low acute toxicity in recurrent head and neck cancer
Pencil-beam scanning proton re-irradiation achieved 17.2-month median survival with 7.7% grade 3 or higher oral mucositis.
SMART-BRAIN enabled proton-based non-target brain sparing in medulloblastoma planning
SMART-BRAIN proton planning spared portions of non-target brain while maintaining target coverage in five medulloblastoma cases.
High-dose-rate brachytherapy monotherapy achieved durable prostate cancer control
High-dose-rate brachytherapy monotherapy achieved 86% biochemical control at median 13-year follow-up in localized prostate cancer.
Prophylactic cranial irradiation outperformed magnetic resonance imaging surveillance in limited-stage small cell lung cancer
Prophylactic cranial irradiation was associated with longer survival and brain metastasis-free survival than magnetic resonance imaging surveillance.
Deep learning reduced head and neck auto-segmentation editing, but user variability persisted
Deep learning auto-segmentation reduced editing, but both minimal and excessive manual edits were associated with lower clinical acceptability.
Machine learning stratified survival after palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases
A decision tree model identified interleukin-8, hemoglobin, and lymphocyte count as key survival predictors after palliative radiotherapy.
Artificial intelligence planning generated clinically acceptable whole-brain radiotherapy plans
Artificial intelligence planning produced clinically acceptable whole-brain radiotherapy plans in 14 of 15 independent test cases.
Same-day hyaluronic acid spacer reduced rectal dose in prostate brachytherapy
Same-day hyaluronic acid rectal spacer placement reduced rectal dose while preserving ultrasound-based prostate brachytherapy planning.