Dose–volume effects for normal tissues in external radiotherapy: pelvis

C Fiorino, R Valdagni, T Rancati… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
A great deal of quantitative information regarding the dose–volume relationships of pelvic
organs at risk has been collected and analysed over the last 10 years. The need to improve …

Dose-volume analysis of predictors for chronic rectal toxicity after treatment of prostate cancer with adaptive image-guided radiotherapy

C Vargas, A Martinez, LL Kestin, D Yan, I Grills… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Purpose We analyzed our experience treating localized prostate cancer with image-guided
off-line correction with adaptive high-dose radiotherapy (ART) in our Phase II dose …

Short-term neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy and external-beam radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer: long-term results of RTOG 8610

M Roach III, K Bae, J Speight, HB Wolkov… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 8610 was the first phase III
randomized trial to evaluate neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in …

Clinical outcomes of a phase I/II study of 48 Gy of stereotactic body radiotherapy in 4 fractions for primary lung cancer using a stereotactic body frame

Y Nagata, K Takayama, Y Matsuo, Y Norihisa… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of 48 Gy of three-dimensional stereotactic
radiotherapy in four fractions for treating Stage I lung cancer using a stereotactic body frame …

High-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: early toxicity and biochemical outcome in 772 patients

MJ Zelefsky, Z Fuks, M Hunt, Y Yamada… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To report the acute and late toxicity and preliminary biochemical outcomes in 772
patients with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with high-dose intensity-modulated …

Dose escalation with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy affects the outcome in prostate cancer

MJ Zelefsky, SA Leibel, PB Gaudin, GJ Kutcher… - International Journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Purpose: Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) is a technique designed
to deliver prescribed radiation doses to localized tumors with high precision, while effectively …

High dose radiation delivered by intensity modulated conformal radiotherapy improves the outcome of localized prostate cancer

MJ Zelefsky, ZVI Fuks, M Hunt, HJ Lee… - The Journal of …, 2001 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We present the long-term outcome and tolerance of 3-dimensional (D) conformal
and intensity modulated radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer. Materials and …

Acute and late complications after radiotherapy for prostate cancer: results of a multicenter randomized trial comparing 68 Gy to 78 Gy

STH Peeters, WD Heemsbergen… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare acute and late gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) side
effects in prostate cancer patients randomized to receive 68 Gy or 78 Gy. METHODS AND …

Late rectal bleeding after conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer (II): volume effects and dose–volume histograms

A Jackson, MW Skwarchuk, MJ Zelefsky… - International Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose and Objective: Late rectal bleeding is a potentially dose limiting complication of
three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) for prostate cancer. The frequency of …

Long term tolerance of high dose three‐dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients with localized prostate carcinoma

MJ Zelefsky, D Cowen, Z Fuks, M Shike… - … Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The current study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence and predictors
of late toxicity in patients with localized prostate carcinoma treated with high dose three …