[HTML][HTML] Radiotherapy to the brain: what are the consequences of this age-old treatment?

C Wujanto, B Vellayappan, EL Chang… - Annals of palliative …, 2021 - apm.amegroups.org
Radiotherapy (RT) has been widely used in the management of benign and malignant brain
tumors for decades. However, complications can develop as a result of adjacent structures …

Assessment and treatment outcomes of persistent radiation-induced alopecia in patients with cancer

GS Phillips, ME Freret, DN Friedman, S Trelles… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Persistent radiation-induced alopecia (pRIA) and its management have not been
systematically described. Objective To characterize pRIA in patients with primary central …

Initial experience with scalp sparing radiation with concurrent temozolomide and tumor treatment fields (SPARE) for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma

A Song, V Bar-Ad, N Martinez, J Glass… - Journal of Neuro …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Standard of care for glioblastoma includes concurrent chemoradiation and
maintenance temozolomide with tumor treatment fields (TTFields). Preclinical studies …

Clinical implementation of automated treatment planning for whole‐brain radiotherapy

EY Han, CE Cardenas, C Nguyen… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of the study was to develop and clinically deploy an automated, deep learning‐
based approach to treatment planning for whole‐brain radiotherapy (WBRT). We collected …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric predictors of acute and chronic alopecia in primary brain cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy

S Scoccianti, G Simontacchi, D Greto, M Perna… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: To determine dose constraints that correlate with alopecia in patients treated with
photon-based Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for primary brain tumors. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Management of complications from brain metastasis treatment: a narrative review

K Diao, AJ Sosa, G Zada, S Nagpal… - Chinese Clinical …, 2022 - cco.amegroups.org
Objective: To describe the range of potential side effects associated with modern brain
metastasis treatment and provide evidenced-based guidance on the effective management …

Dosimetric study of whole-brain irradiation with high-energy photon beams for dose reduction to the scalp

M Sawada, E Kunieda, T Akiba, S Kabuki… - The British Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To evaluate the efficiency of high-energy photons for mitigating alopecia due to
whole-brain irradiation (WBRT). Methods: Planning CT data from 10 patients who received …

Noncoplanar radiation using tomotherapy: a phantom study

M Yuasa, H Kurosaki - Technology in Cancer Research & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There are very few studies on noncoplanar radiation in tomotherapy because
deformable image registration is not implemented in the TomoTherapy Planning Station, a …

Dosimetric investigation of whole-brain radiotherapy with helical intensity modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for scalp sparing

R Shirata, T Inoue, S Sugimoto, AI Saito, M Omura… - BJR| Open, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a well-established radiotherapy
technique for delivering radiation to cancer with high conformity while sparing the …

Dosimetric Investigation of Whole-Brain Radiotherapy with Helical Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Scalp Sparing

白田亮介, シラタリョウスケ - 2022 - jair.repo.nii.ac.jp
Objective: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a well-established radiotherapy
technique for delivering radiation to cancer with high conformity while sparing the …