Image-guided radiotherapy: has it influenced patient outcomes?

A Bujold, T Craig, D Jaffray, LA Dawson - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Cancer control and toxicity outcomes are the mainstay of evidence-based medicine in
radiation oncology. However, radiotherapy is an intricate therapy involving numerous …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical implementation of magnetic resonance imaging guided adaptive radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer

SU Tetar, AME Bruynzeel, FJ Lagerwaard… - Physics and imaging in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Magnetic resonance-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) has
recently become available in clinical practice and is expected to expand significantly in …

Acute and late toxicity in a randomized trial of conventional versus hypofractionated three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer

G Arcangeli, J Fowler, S Gomellini, S Arcangeli… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare the toxicity between hypofractionation vs. conventional fractionation
schedules in patients with high-risk prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between …

The relationship between external beam radiotherapy dose and chronic urinary dysfunction–a methodological critique

T Rosewall, C Catton, G Currie, A Bayley… - Radiotherapy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To perform a methodological critique of the literature evaluating the relationship
between external beam radiotherapy dose/volume parameters and chronic urinary …

Planning target margin calculations for prostate radiotherapy based on intrafraction and interfraction motion using four localization methods

C Beltran, MG Herman, BJ Davis - International Journal of Radiation …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To determine planning target volume (PTV) margins for prostate radiotherapy
based on the internal margin (IM)(intrafractional motion) and the setup margin …

Does image-guided radiotherapy improve toxicity profile in whole pelvic-treated high-risk prostate cancer? Comparison between IG-IMRT and IMRT

HT Chung, P Xia, LW Chan, E Park-Somers… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of adding an image-guided (IG) intensity-modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT) technique to IMRT on dosimetric avoidance of organs at risk and acute …

Magnetic resonance image-guided adaptive stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer: preliminary results of outcome and toxicity

G Ugurluer, B Atalar, T Zoto Mustafayev… - The British journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Using moderate or ultra-hypofractionation, which is also known as stereotactic
body radiotherapy (SBRT) for treatment of localized prostate cancer patients has been …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of α/β for late rectal toxicity from a randomized phase II study: conventional versus hypofractionated scheme for localized prostate cancer

S Marzi, B Saracino, MG Petrongari, S Arcangeli… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - Springer
Background Recently, the use of hypo-fractionated treatment schemes for the prostate
cancer has been encouraged due to the fact that α/β ratio for prostate cancer should be low …

Dosimetric and volumetric changes in the rectum and bladder in patients receiving CBCT‐guided prostate IMRT: analysis based on daily CBCT dose calculation

D Pearson, SK Gill, N Campbell… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Delivered dose can be calculated by transferring the planned treatment beams onto the
daily CBCT. Bladder and rectum volumetric doses were calculated and correlated to the …

Rectal dose variation during the course of image-guided radiation therapy of prostate cancer

L Chen, K Paskalev, X Xu, J Zhu, L Wang… - Radiotherapy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To investigate the change in rectal dose during the
treatment course for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of prostate cancer with image …