Daily adaptive prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy improved target coverage
Daily cone-beam computed tomography-based adaptation improved prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy target coverage, but organ-at-risk dose benefits were inconsistent.
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Search the archiveThermo-optical surface guidance supported breast deep inspiration breath-hold radiotherapy setup
Thermo-optical surface monitoring with X-ray correction kept breast deep inspiration breath-hold setup errors within clinical tolerance.
Optical surface imaging supported Monte Carlo dosimetry for total skin electron therapy
Photogrammetry-derived body surface models enabled Monte Carlo evaluation of total skin electron therapy dose homogeneity and hot-cold spot locations.
Volumetric modulated arc therapy complexity surveillance predicted patient-specific quality assurance results
Aperture irregularity and modulation complexity score were the strongest plan-complexity predictors of patient-specific quality assurance pass rate.
Shared-source toolkit integrated spatially fractionated radiation therapy planning inside Eclipse
A shared-source Eclipse toolkit unified lattice generation, position-aware optimization, and peak-valley dose ratio evaluation for spatially fractionated radiation therapy.
Radiomics reproducibility depended on preprocessing in low-field magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy
N4 bias correction with z-score normalization produced the most stable radiomic features on a 0.35 tesla magnetic resonance linear accelerator.
Virtual magnetic resonance linear accelerator improved adaptive pelvic lymph node radiotherapy dosimetry
Daily magnetic resonance-informed adaptation increased target coverage by 14% and reduced bowel dose by 7% for pelvic lymph node metastases.
Scanned and scattered proton beams showed similar tumor killing in Ewing sarcoma models
Scanned and scattered clinical proton beams produced similar Ewing sarcoma cell survival despite higher oxidative stress signals after scanned delivery.
Simulation-free single-fraction radiotherapy was feasible for non-spine metastases
Diagnostic computed tomography-based single-fraction radiotherapy was feasible for selected non-spine palliative metastases, with no grade 3 or higher acute toxicity.
Sandwich chemoradiotherapy showed favorable local control in early natural killer/T-cell lymphoma
Three-year locoregional recurrence-free survival was 90.8%, with most locoregional recurrences occurring within or near the radiation field.
Higher ovarian dose was linked to ovarian insufficiency after transposition in cervical cancer
All patients receiving more than 8 Gy mean dose or 16 Gy maximum dose to the least exposed ovary developed premature ovarian insufficiency.
Aperture-enhanced proton radiosurgery reduced normal brain dose for cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Aperture-enhanced proton stereotactic radiosurgery reduced normal brain dose compared with photon plans in most cerebral arteriovenous malformation cases.
Boswellia serrata was associated with acute kidney injury during radiation necrosis treatment
A case report linked high-dose Boswellia serrata use for radiation necrosis with reversible acute kidney injury.
Microstructure air chamber showed linear dose response for conventional and ultra-high dose rate radiotherapy
A thick gas electron multiplier air chamber showed strong dose linearity under conventional and ultra-high dose rate conditions.
Thyroid complication models showed only moderate long-term validation in head and neck cancer
Existing thyroid complication models showed moderate performance and frequent miscalibration in long-term head and neck cancer survivorship.