Modern radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

D Alterio, G Marvaso, A Ferrari, S Volpe, R Orecchia… - Seminars in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy (RT) plays a key role in curative-intent treatments for head and neck
cancers. Its use is indicated as a sole therapy in early stage tumors or in combination with …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: clinical achievements and considerations among treatment options

Z Liu, Y Chen, Y Su, X Hu, X Peng - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a severe malignancy arising from the nasopharyngeal
epithelium and is southern China's third most common cancer. With the advancement of …

The MOMENTUM study: an international registry for the evidence-based introduction of MR-guided adaptive therapy

SR de Mol van Otterloo, JP Christodouleas… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: MR-guided Radiation Therapy (MRgRT) allows for high-precision radiotherapy
under real-time MR visualization. This enables margin reduction and subsequent dose …

Proton Bragg peak FLASH enables organ sparing and ultra-high dose-rate delivery: proof of principle in recurrent head and neck cancer

M Pennock, S Wei, C Cheng, H Lin, S Hasan… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bragg peak proton FLASH is a novel way to deliver radiotherapy to cancer
that combines ultra-high dose rates and conformal organ sparing provided by the physical …

Retreatment of recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer after prior radiation: executive summary of the American radium society appropriate use criteria

MC Ward, SA Koyfman, RL Bakst, DN Margalit… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Retreatment of recurrent or second primary head and neck cancers occurring in a previously
irradiated field is complex. Few guidelines exist to support practice. We performed an …

Patterns of care, tolerability, and safety of the first cohort of patients treated on a novel high-field MR-linac within the MOMENTUM study: Initial results from a …

SRM van Otterloo, JP Christodouleas… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose High-field magnetic resonance-linear accelerators (MR-Linacs), linear accelerators
combined with a diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and online adaptive …

[HTML][HTML] Reirradiation for locoregional recurrent breast cancer

S Fattahi, SK Ahmed, SS Park, IA Petersen… - Advances in Radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Reirradiation poses a distinct therapeutic challenge owing to risks associated with
exceeding normal tissue tolerances and possibly more therapeutically resistant disease …

[HTML][HTML] FLASH radiation therapy: review of the literature and considerations for future research and proton therapy FLASH trials

R Chow, M Kang, S Wei, JI Choi… - Appl Radiat …, 2021 - appliedradiationoncology.com
Radiation therapy (RT) is routinely used in cancer care but may cause acute-and long-term
toxicities as a consequence of ionizing radiation deposition in normal tissues surrounding …

Use of PET and other functional imaging to guide target delineation in radiation oncology

V Verma, JI Choi, A Sawant, RP Gullapalli… - Seminars in radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
Molecular and functional imaging is increasingly being used to guide radiotherapy (RT)
management and target delineation. This review summarizes existing data in several …

Proton reirradiation: Expert recommendations for reducing toxicities and offering new chances of cure in patients with challenging recurrence malignancies

CB Simone II, JP Plastaras, SK Jabbour, A Lee… - Seminars in radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Local and regional recurrences are common following an initial course of radiotherapy, yet
management of these recurrences remains a challenge. Reirradiation may be an optimal …