Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT): a review of clinical outcomes—what is the clinical evidence for the most effective implementation?

SO Hunte, CH Clark, N Zyuzikov… - The British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Modern conformal radiation therapy using techniques such as modulation, image guidance
and motion management have changed the face of radiotherapy today offering superior …

A large, multicenter, retrospective study on efficacy and safety of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in oligometastatic ovarian cancer (MITO RT1 study): a …

G Macchia, R Lazzari, N Colombo, C Laliscia… - The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Recent studies have reported improvement of outcomes (progression‐free
survival, overall survival, and prolongation of androgen deprivation treatment‐free survival) …

The therapeutic potential of DNA damage repair pathways and genomic stability in lung cancer

JT Burgess, M Rose, D Boucher, J Plowman… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite advances in our understanding of the molecular biology of the disease and
improved therapeutics, lung cancer remains the most common cause of cancer-related …

Time-resolved dosimetry of pulsed photon beams for radiotherapy based on diamond detector

S Pettinato, M Girolami, R Olivieri… - IEEE Sensors …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The widespread diffusion of precision radiotherapy techniques, geared toward the release of
larger dose gradients in shorter time frames, is leading to new challenges in dosimetry …

Dosimetric impact of Acuros XB dose-to-water and dose-to-medium reporting modes on VMAT planning for head and neck cancer

C Muñoz-Montplet, J Marruecos, M Buxó… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the dosimetric impact of switching from the Analytical Anisotropic
Algorithm (AAA) to Acuros XB (AXB) for both dose-to-medium (Dm) and dose-to-water (Dw) …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory deformation registration in 4D-CT/cone beam CT using deep learning

X Teng, Y Chen, Y Zhang, L Ren - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To investigate the feasibility of using a supervised convolutional neural network
(CNN) to register phase-to-phase deformable vector field of lung 4D-CT/4D-cone beam CT …

Real-time adaptive planning method for radiotherapy treatment delivery for prostate cancer patients, based on a library of plans accounting for possible anatomy …

M Antico, P Prinsen, F Cellini, A Fracassi, AA Isola… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background and purpose In prostate cancer treatment with external beam radiation therapy
(EBRT), prostate motion and internal changes in tissue distribution can lead to a decrease in …

ITV versus mid-ventilation for treatment planning in lung SBRT: a comparison of target coverage and PTV adequacy by using in-treatment 4D cone beam CT

J Bellec, F Arab-Ceschia, J Castelli, C Lafond… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
Background The internal target volume (ITV) approach and the mid-ventilation (MidV)
concept are the two main respiratory motion-management strategies under free breathing …

Treatment strategies for high-risk localized and locally advanced and oligometastatic prostate cancer

T Makino, K Izumi, H Iwamoto, A Mizokami - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The definitions of locally advanced and oligometastatic prostate cancer
are ambiguous, and there are no standard treatments for these. Although multidisciplinary …

Flattening filter-free technique in volumetric modulated arc therapy for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy: A clinical comparison with the flattening filter technique

S Aoki, H Yamashita, A Haga, K Nawa… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
The present study sought to evaluate the impact of the flattening filter‑free (FFF) technique in
volumetric modulated arc therapy for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy. Its clinical safety …