Dose-Escalated Hypofractionated Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy in High-Risk Carcinoma of the Prostate: Outcome and Late Toxicity by David Thomson, Sophie Merrick, Ric Swindell, Joanna Coote, Kay Kelly, Julie Stratford, James Wylie, Richard Cowan, Tony Elliott, John Logue, Ananya Choudhury, Jacqueline Livsey

“…The benefit of dose-escalated hypofractionated radiotherapy using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in prostate cancer is not established. …”
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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 protection measures and staff absence on radiotherapy practice: A simulation study by Elisabeth Jambor, Joe Viana, Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, Ralf Müller-Polyzou

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Prognostic analysis of helical tomotherapy stereotactic body radiotherapy in multiple primary or second primary lung cancers by Jintao Ma, Xiaohong Xu, Wenhan Huang, Yong Hu, Gang Chen, Jian He

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Long term effectiveness of intraoperative radiotherapy given as a boost in adjuvant treatment for oral cavity cancers by Grzegorz Woźniak, Tomasz Rutkowski, Wojciech Majewski, Aleksandra Napieralska, Jerzy Wydmański, Agnieszka Czarniecka, Cezary Szymczyk, Adam Bekman, Żaneta Kaniszewska Dorsz, Tomasz Latusek, Bogusław Maciejewski

“…Delivering radiation dose during surgery, defined as intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT), can be very useful especially in case of high risk of recurrence or where gross or macroscopic residual disease are present. …”
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Physical parameters and biological factors affect the abscopal effect of combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy: an update on preclinical works by Wangcai Ren, Jialing Wen, Gang Guo, Gang Guo, Wenchao Gu, Shenke Zhang, Shenke Zhang, Chang Liu, Chang Liu, Kensuke Osada, Takashi Shimokawa, Qiaojuan Wang, Qiaojuan Wang, Yue Wang, Yue Wang, Xuanzhang Tu, Chen Li, Li Sui, Liqiu Ma, Liqiu Ma, Liqiu Ma

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Feasibility of implementing a rapid-learning methodology to inform radiotherapy treatments: key professional stakeholders’ views by Corinne Faivre-Finn, Kevin Franks, Fiona McDonald, David P French, Daniel Johnson, Arbaz Kapadi, Gareth Price, Rebecca Holley, Kate Wicks, Kathryn Banfill, Gareth Webster

“…Objective Pragmatic methodologies, often termed rapid-learning, are being pursued that can match the pace of innovation in radiotherapy and generate evidence from the real-world treatment setting. …”
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Phase II study of concomitant radiotherapy with atezolizumab in oligometastatic soft tissue sarcomas: STEREOSARC trial protocol by Nicolas Penel, Dominique Vaur, Juliette Thariat, Alexandre Escande, Jennifer le Guevelou, Colin Debaigt, Esma Saada-Bouzid, Julien Viotti, Nazim Khalladi, David Thibouw, Marie Pierre Sunyach, Laurence Moureau-Zabotto, Mohamed Benchalal, Ovidiu Veresezan, Anne Ducassou, Cecile le Pechoux, Maria Jolnerovski, Celine Bazille, Raphael Serre, Christine Lovera

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A Cost-effective Breath-hold Coaching Camera System for Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiotherapy by Akash Mehta, Emma Horgan, Prabhakar Ramachandran, Christopher Noble

“…To address this challenge, a time-of-flight camera (ToF) was developed to coach radiotherapy patients undergoing BH procedures, allowing them to gain confidence in the process outside of the bunker and before treatment. …”
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Ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiotherapy: Revolutionizing tumor targeting and microenvironmental dynamics in cancer treatment by Zhiming Wang, Guangming Zhou, Yongsheng Zhang, Zhifei Cao, Peifang Wei

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Predicting local control of brain metastases after stereotactic radiotherapy with clinical, radiomics and deep learning features by Hemalatha Kanakarajan, Wouter De Baene, Patrick Hanssens, Margriet Sitskoorn

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The Effects of Compliance with Nutritional Counselling on Body Composition Parameters in Head and Neck Cancer Patients under Radiotherapy by D. Hopanci Bicakli, O. Ozkaya Akagunduz, R. Meseri Dalak, M. Esassolak, R. Uslu, M. Uyar

“…Background. Radiotherapy (RT) has been associated with increased risk of malnutrition in cancer patients, particularly in those with head and neck cancer (HNC). …”
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Longitudinal assessment of diffusion-weighted imaging during magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy in head and neck cancer by Simon Boeke, Jonas Habrich, Sarah Kübler, Jessica Boldt, Fritz Schick, Konstantin Nikolaou, Jens Kübler, Cihan Gani, Maximilian Niyazi, Daniel Zips, Daniela Thorwarth

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Defective homologous recombination and genomic instability predict increased responsiveness to carbon ion radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer by Brock J. Sishc, Janapriya Saha, Elizabeth M. Alves, Lianghao Ding, Huiming Lu, Shih-Ya Wang, Katy L. Swancutt, James H. Nicholson, Angelica Facoetti, Arnold Pompos, Mario Ciocca, Todd A. Aguilera, Michael D. Story, Anthony J. Davis

“…However, clinical trials indicate that carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) with concurrent gemcitabine is effective for unresectable locally advanced PDAC. …”
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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 protection measures and staff absence on radiotherapy practice: A simulation study. by Elisabeth Jambor, Joe Viana, Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, Ralf Müller-Polyzou

“…With the COVID-19 pandemic, ad-hoc changes in the operation of radiotherapy centres became necessary to protect patients and staff. …”
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Influence of Segment Shape Optimization Parameter in Radiotherapy Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Planning of Cervical Cancer by Nidhi Jain, Alok Kumar, Ashok Kumar

“…Introduction: The aim of this study is to find out the influence of different Segment shape optimization (SSO) parameters in radiotherapy Volumetric Modulated Arc therapy (VMAT) planning of Cervical Cancer and to find out the optimized value for cervical cancer patients.Material and Methods: It was a retrospective study of 20 Ca cervix patients. …”
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Landscape of the Peripheral Immune Response Induced by Intraoperative Radiotherapy Combined with Surgery in Early Breast Cancer Patients by Danian Dai, Xuerui Li, Hongkai Zhuang, Yun Ling, Lezi Chen, Cheng Long, Jinhui Zhang, Yunjie Wang, Yuehua Li, Hailin Tang, Bo Chen

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Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy after Transarterial Chemoembolisation Failure in an Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Presentation by Francesco Fiorica, Carlo Greco, Sergio Boccia, Sergio Sartori, Antonio Stefanelli, Francesco Cartei, Stefano Ursino

“…A hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy was planned delivering 40 Gy in 5 fractions. …”
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Lutetium-177 labeled iPD-L1 as a novel immunomodulator for cancer-targeted radiotherapy by Myrna Luna-Gutiérrez, Erika Azorín-Vega, Rigoberto Oros-Pantoja, Blanca Ocampo-García, Pedro Cruz-Nova, Nallely Jiménez-Mancilla, Gerardo Bravo-Villegas, Clara Santos-Cuevas, Laura Meléndez-Alafort, Guillermina Ferro-Flores

“…On the other hand, anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy has shown improved outcomes in the treatment of breast and lung cancer. …”
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Pulmonary artery denervation by noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy: a pilot study in swine models of pulmonary hypertension by Xingxing Cai, Zhixing Wei, Yichen Shen, Li Qian, Jing Cai, Yuli Yang, Runmin Chi, Wei Wang, Shunxuan Yu, Keke Li, Yudong Fei, Cheng Li, Yaqin Han, Ming Liu, Jianguo Zhang, Dengbin Wang, Mawei Jiang, Yi-Gang Li

“…We herein present stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) as a novel noninvasive approach for PADN. …”
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Clinical efficacy and safety of proton radiotherapy for ocular conjunctival malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tingwei Zheng, Tingwei Zheng, Dandan Wang, Yuxin Miao, Yuxin Miao, Meng Dong, Qin Liu, Qin Liu, Qiuning Zhang, Huiling Bai, Huiling Bai, Hongtao Luo, Meixuan Li

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