Is the CyberKnife© radiosurgery system effective and safe for patients? An umbrella review of the evidence

Y Cheng, Y Lin, Y Long, L Du, R Chen, T Hu… - Future …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The CyberKnife© system combines real-time image guidance and a dynamic
tracking system to implement frameless radiotherapy. This umbrella review is aimed to …

Influence of the hypersensitivity to low dose phenomenon on the tumor response to hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy

E Le Reun, A Granzotto, A Pêtre, L Bodgi, G Beldjoudi… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We demonstrated the possible occurrence of the hypersensitivity to low
dose (HRS) phenomenon in SBRT modality in both tumor and healthy cells. In HRS-positive …

The time for chronotherapy in radiation oncology

L Bermúdez-Guzmán, A Blanco-Saborío… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Five decades ago, Franz Halberg conceived the idea of​​ a circadian-based therapy for
cancer, given the differential tolerance to treatment derived from the intrinsic host rhythms …

A deep learning-informed interpretation of why and when dose metrics outside the PTV can affect the risk of distant metastasis in SBRT NSCLC patients

D Dudas, TJ Dilling, IE Naqa - Radiation Oncology, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Recent papers suggested a correlation between the risk of distant metastasis (DM)
and dose outside the PTV, though conclusions in different publications conflicted. This study …

Comparative analysis of dose calculation algorithms for CyberKnife-based stereotactic radiotherapy in lung cancer

X Ge, M Yang, T Li, T Liu, X Gao, Q Qiu, Y Yin - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose The accuracy of dose calculation is the prerequisite for CyberKnife (CK) to
implement precise stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). In this study, CK-MLC treatment …

A comparative study of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy using CyberKnife and linear accelerator …

SR Deshpande, WR Grubb, M Kharouta… - Practical Radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has become the standard of care for
medically inoperable early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. We investigated 2 modalities of …

Dosimetric comparison of multiple SBRT delivery platforms for pancreatic cancer

Y Song, X Chen, X Yu, Y Dong, J Tian, X Wang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has been widely used for pancreatic
cancer. However, there is still a lack of studies comparing the latest SBRT techniques in …

Treatment planning and delivery practice of lung SBRT: Results of the 2022 ESTRO physics survey

A Carver, A Scaggion, D Jurado-Bruggeman… - Radiotherapy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and purpose The use of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in lung
cancer is increasing. However, there is no consensus on the most appropriate treatment …

Applying pytorch toolkit to plan optimization for circular cone based robotic radiotherapy

B Liang, R Wei, J Zhang, Y Li, T Yang, S Xu, K Zhang… - Radiation …, 2022 - Springer
Background Robotic linac is ideally suited to deliver hypo-fractionated radiotherapy due to
its compact head and flexible positioning. The non-coplanar treatment space improves the …

Extracting lung contour deformation features with deep learning for internal target motion tracking: a preliminary study

J Zhang, Y Wang, X Bai, M Chen - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To propose lung contour deformation features (LCDFs) as a surrogate to estimate
the thoracic internal target motion, and to report their performance by correlating with the …