Quality Measures, Standards, and Accreditation for Breast Centers in the United States
Meena S. Moran, Donna Goss, Bruce G. Haffty, Cary S. Kaufman, David P. Winchester
pages 1-4
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Microsatellite Instability Predicts Clinical Outcome in Radiation-Treated Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer
Cristina Bilbao, Pedro Carlos Lara, Raquel Ramírez, Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández, Germán Rodríguez, Orlando Falcón, Laureano León, Manuel Perucho, Bonifacio Nicolás Díaz-Chico, Juan Carlos Díaz-Chico
pages 9-13
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Is Biochemical Response More Important Than Duration of Neoadjuvant Hormone Therapy Before Radiotherapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer? An Analysis of the 3- Versus 8-Month Randomized Trial, 22 April 2009
Abraham Alexander, Juanita Crook, Stuart Jones, Shawn Malone, Julie Bowen, Pauline Truong, Howard Pai, Charles Ludgate
pages 23-30
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Equivalent Biochemical Control and Improved Prostate-Specific Antigen Nadir After Permanent Prostate Seed Implant Brachytherapy Versus High-Dose Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy and High-Dose Conformal Proton Beam Radiotherapy Boost, 30 April 2009
Siavash Jabbari, Vivian K. Weinberg, Katsuto Shinohara, Joycelyn L. Speight, Alexander R. Gottschalk, I.-Chow Hsu, Barby Pickett, Patrick W. McLaughlin, Howard M. Sandler, Mack Roach
pages 36-42
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Outcomes Following Iodine-125 Monotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: The Results of Leeds 10-Year Single-Center Brachytherapy Experience
Ann M. Henry, Bashar Al-Qaisieh, Kathy Gould, Peter Bownes, Jonathan Smith, Brendan Carey, David Bottomley, Dan Ash
pages 50-56
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Is Radiotherapy a Good Adjuvant Strategy for Men With a History of Cryptorchism and Stage I Seminoma?, 13 April 2009
Jarad M. Martin, Peter Gorayski, Daniel Zwahlen, Michael Fay, Jacqui Keller, Jeremy Millar
pages 65-70
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Prognosis for Mammographically Occult, Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Breast-Conservation Therapy, 21 July 2009
Tzu-I. J. Yang, Qifeng Yang, Bruce G. Haffty, Meena S. Moran
pages 79-84
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Comparison Between Hybrid Direct Aperture Optimized Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Forward Planning Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Whole Breast Irradiation, 22 April 2009
Martina Descovich, Barbara Fowble, Alison Bevan, Naomi Schechter, Catherine Park, Ping Xia
pages 91-99
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Three-Dimensional Imaging in Gynecologic Brachytherapy: A Survey of the American Brachytherapy Society, 21 July 2009
Akila N. Viswanathan, Beth A. Erickson
pages 104-109
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Regional Lung Density Changes After Radiation Therapy for Tumors in and Around Thorax, 29 April 2009
Jinli Ma, Junan Zhang, Sumin Zhou, Jessica L. Hubbs, Rodney J. Foltz, Donna R. Hollis, Kim L. Light, Terence Z. Wong, Christopher R. Kelsey, Lawrence B. Marks
pages 116-122
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Reirradiation of Locally Recurrent Nasopharynx Cancer With External Beam Radiotherapy With or Without Brachytherapy, 20 May 2009
Lawrence Koutcher, Nancy Lee, Michael Zelefsky, Kelvin Chan, Gilad Cohen, David Pfister, Dennis Kraus, Suzanne Wolden
pages 130-137
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Selective Nodal Irradiation for Head and Neck Cancer Using Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy: Application of RTOG Consensus Guidelines in Routine Clinical Practice, 24 June 2009
Sapna Nangia, Kundan S. Chufal, Atul Tyagi, Anshul Bhatnagar, Manindra Mishra, D. Ghosh
pages 146-153
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Margin on Gross Tumor Volume and Risk of Local Recurrence in Head-and-Neck Cancer, 21 April 2009
Jimmy J. Caudell, Ruby F. Meredith, Sharon A. Spencer, Kimberley S. Keene, M. Christian Dobelbower, James A. Bonner
pages 164-168
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Outcomes of Adjuvant Chemoradiation After Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Mesenterico-Portal Vein Resection for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas, 27 April 2009
Boris Hristov, Sushanth Reddy, Steven H. Lin, John L. Cameron, Timothy M. Pawlik, Ralph H. Hruban, Michael J. Swartz, Barish H. Edil, Clinton Kemp, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Joseph M. Herman
pages 176-180
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Physician Expectations of Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Brain Metastases Referred for Whole Brain Radiotherapy, 21 April 2009
Elizabeth A. Barnes, Edward Chow, May N. Tsao, Nicole M. Bradley, Meagan Doyle, Kathy Li, Kelvin Lam, Cyril Danjoux
pages 187-192
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Intraoperative Spillage of Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor Cells: Influence of Irradiation and Chemotherapy Regimens on Abdominal Recurrence. A Report From the National Wilms Tumor Study Group, 22 April 2009
John A. Kalapurakal, Sierra M. Li, Norman E. Breslow, J. Bruce Beckwith, Michael L. Ritchey, Robert C. Shamberger, Gerald M. Haase, Patrick R.M. Thomas, Paul Grundy, Daniel M. Green, Giulio J. D'Angio
pages 201-206
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Distinct Signaling Pathways After Higher or Lower Doses of Radiation in Three Closely Related Human Lymphoblast Cell Lines
Tzu-Pin Lu, Liang-Chuan Lai, Be-I. Lin, Li-Han Chen, Tzu-Hung Hsiao, Howard L. Liber, John A. Cook, James B. Mitchell, Mong-Hsun Tsai, Eric Y. Chuang
pages 212-219
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Irradiation With Carbon Ion Beams Induces Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Cellular Senescence in a Human Glioma-Derived Cell Line
Atsushi Jinno-Oue, Nobuaki Shimizu, Nobuyuki Hamada, Seiichi Wada, Atsushi Tanaka, Masahiko Shinagawa, Takahiro Ohtsuki, Takahisa Mori, Manujendra N. Saha, Ariful S. Hoque, Salequl Islam, Kimitaka Kogure, Tomoo Funayama, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Hiroo Hoshino
pages 229-241
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Imaging Tumor Variation in Response to Photodynamic Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer Xenograft Models
Kimberley S. Samkoe, Alina Chen, Imran Rizvi, Julia A. O'Hara, P. Jack Hoopes, Stephen P. Pereira, Tayyaba Hasan, Brian W. Pogue
pages 251-259
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Dosimetric Comparison of High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy as a Boost to the Prostate, 22 September 2009
Johanne Hermesse, Sylvie Biver, Nicolas Jansen, Eric Lenaerts, Philippe Nickers
pages 269-276
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Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Improves Dosimetry and Reduces Treatment Time Compared to Conventional Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Locoregional Radiotherapy of Left-Sided Breast Cancer and Internal Mammary Nodes, 22 September 2009
Carmen C. Popescu, Ivo A. Olivotto, Wayne A. Beckham, Will Ansbacher, Sergei Zavgorodni, Richard Shaffer, Elaine S. Wai, Karl Otto
pages 287-295
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Comparison of Respiratory-Gated and Respiratory-Ungated Planning in Scattered Carbon Ion Beam Treatment of the Pancreas Using Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography, 03 September 2009
Shinichiro Mori, Takeshi Yanagi, Ryusuke Hara, Gregory C. Sharp, Hiroshi Asakura, Motoki Kumagai, Riwa Kishimoto, Shigeru Yamada, Hirotoshi Kato, Susumu Kandatsu, Tadashi Kamada
pages 303-312
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Response to “Role of External Beam Radiotherapy in Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Nonanaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Experience” (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;73:795–801)
Prateek Kumar Mehrotra, Anjali Mishra
page 314
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Clinical Experience With Image-Guided Radiotherapy in an Accelerated Partial Breast Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Protocol: In Regard to Leonard CE et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Epub May 19, 2009)
David P. Gierga, Alphonse G. Taghian, George T.Y. Chen
page 315
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Meetings
page 316
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