[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in radiation oncology

C Garibaldi, BA Jereczek-Fossa, G Marvaso… - …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiotherapy (RT) is very much a technology-driven treatment modality in the management
of cancer. RT techniques have changed significantly over the past few decades, thanks to …

Intrafraction motion management with MR-guided radiation therapy

MF Fast, M Cao, P Parikh, JJ Sonke - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2024 - Elsevier
High quality radiation therapy requires highly accurate and precise dose delivery. MR-
guided radiotherapy (MRgRT), integrating an MRI scanner with a linear accelerator, offers …

Predicting tumour motion during the whole radiotherapy treatment: a systematic approach for thoracic and abdominal lesions based on real time MR

D Cusumano, J Dhont, L Boldrini, G Chiloiro… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Aim of this study was to investigate the ability of pre-treatment four dimensional
computed tomography (4DCT) to capture respiratory-motion observed in thoracic and …

Real-time intra-fraction motion management in breast cancer radiotherapy: analysis of 2028 treatment sessions

D Reitz, G Carl, S Schönecker, M Pazos… - Radiation …, 2018 - Springer
Background Intra-fraction motion represents a crucial issue in the era of precise
radiotherapy in several settings, including breast irradiation. To date, only few data exist on …

Surface-guided positioning eliminates the need for skin markers in radiotherapy of right sided breast cancer: A single center randomized crossover trial

JG Svestad, M Heydari, SG Mikalsen, VG Flote… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose To prospectively investigate whether surface guided setup of right
sided breast cancer patients can increase efficiency and accuracy compared to traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Intrafraction motion during partial breast irradiation depends on treatment time

N Hoekstra, S Habraken, A Swaak-Kragten… - Radiotherapy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction As the prognosis of early-stage breast cancer patients is excellent, prevention of
radiation-induced toxicity has become crucial. Reduction of margins compensating for …

[HTML][HTML] Commissioning and quality assurance of a novel solution for respiratory-gated PBS proton therapy based on optical tracking of surface markers

G Fattori, J Hrbacek, H Regele, C Bula, A Mayor… - … für medizinische Physik, 2022 - Elsevier
We present the commissioning and quality assurance of our clinical protocol for respiratory
gating in pencil beam scanning proton therapy for cancer patients with moving targets. In a …

Replacing manual planning of whole breast irradiation with knowledge-based automatic optimization by virtual tangential-fields arc therapy

R Castriconi, PG Esposito, A Tudda, P Mangili… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To implement Knowledge Based (KB) automatic planning for right and left-sided
whole breast treatment through a new volumetric technique (ViTAT, Virtual Tangential-fields …

Innovative integration of augmented reality and optical surface imaging: A coarse‐to‐precise system for radiotherapy positioning

G Zhang, Z Jiang, J Zhu, T Dai, X He, X Liu… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Traditional methods of radiotherapy positioning have shortcomings such as
fragile skin‐markers, additional doses, and lack of information integration. Emerging …

Dosimetric analysis of tangent-based volumetric modulated arc therapy with deep inspiration breath-hold technique for left breast cancer patients

PC Yu, CJ Wu, YL Tsai, S Shaw, SY Sung, LT Lui… - Radiation …, 2018 - Springer
Background Tangent-based intensity modulated radiation therapy (TIMRT) is a common
adjuvant radiotherapy strategy for breast cancer patients. This study compared the …