Arjun Sahgal

Summary

Affiliation: University of Toronto
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Probabilities of radiation myelopathy specific to stereotactic body radiation therapy to guide safe practice
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Electronic address
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85:341-7. 2013
  2. ncbi The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology scope of practice guidelines for lung, liver and spine stereotactic body radiotherapy
    A Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 24:629-39. 2012
  3. ncbi Clinical practice of image-guided spine radiosurgery--results from an international research consortium
    Matthias Guckenberger
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    Radiat Oncol 6:172. 2011
  4. ncbi Whole-brain radiation therapy of brain metastasis
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Prog Neurol Surg 25:82-95. 2012
  5. ncbi Stereotactic body radiotherapy is effective salvage therapy for patients with prior radiation of spinal metastases
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 74:723-31. 2009
  6. ncbi Stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases: current status, with a focus on its application in the postoperative patient
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G2M9, Canada
    J Neurosurg Spine 14:151-66. 2011
  7. ncbi Advances in technology for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, The Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Joey Toby Tanenbaum family Gamma Knife Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Technol Cancer Res Treat 8:271-80. 2009
  8. ncbi Reirradiation human spinal cord tolerance for stereotactic body radiotherapy
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:107-16. 2012
  9. ncbi Fatigue in advanced cancer patients attending an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic as screened by the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System
    Liang Zeng
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:1037-42. 2012
  10. ncbi Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancer: a reanalysis comparing different statistical methods
    Emily Chen
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Pain Symptom Manage 44:23-32. 2012

Detail Information

Publications70

  1. ncbi Probabilities of radiation myelopathy specific to stereotactic body radiation therapy to guide safe practice
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Electronic address
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85:341-7. 2013
    ..Dose-volume histogram (DVH) results for 9 cases of post spine stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) radiation myelopathy (RM) are reported and compared with a cohort of 66 spine SBRT patients without RM...
  2. ncbi The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology scope of practice guidelines for lung, liver and spine stereotactic body radiotherapy
    A Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 24:629-39. 2012
    ..The aim was to define the scope of practice guidelines for the profession to ensure safe practice specific for the most common sites of lung, liver and spine SBRT...
  3. ncbi Clinical practice of image-guided spine radiosurgery--results from an international research consortium
    Matthias Guckenberger
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    Radiat Oncol 6:172. 2011
    ..However, the methods of spine radiosurgery have not been standardized. This article describes the results of a survey about the methods of spine radiosurgery at five international institutions...
  4. ncbi Whole-brain radiation therapy of brain metastasis
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Prog Neurol Surg 25:82-95. 2012
    ..We present an extreme case of re-re-treatment WBRT with hippocampal sparing and simultaneous integrated boosts to multiple lesions as one of the future directions under evaluation...
  5. ncbi Stereotactic body radiotherapy is effective salvage therapy for patients with prior radiation of spinal metastases
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 74:723-31. 2009
    ..To provide actuarial outcomes and dosimetric data for spinal/paraspinal metastases, with and without prior radiation, treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)...
  6. ncbi Stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases: current status, with a focus on its application in the postoperative patient
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G2M9, Canada
    J Neurosurg Spine 14:151-66. 2011
    ..The focus of this review was to examine the evidence pertaining to spine SBRT in the treatment of spinal metastases and to provide a comprehensive analysis of published patterns of failure, with emphasis on the postoperative patient...
  7. ncbi Advances in technology for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, The Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Joey Toby Tanenbaum family Gamma Knife Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Technol Cancer Res Treat 8:271-80. 2009
    ..The focus of this review is to highlight recent advances and major innovations in SRS technologies relevant to clinical practice and developments allowing for non-invasive frame SRS...
  8. ncbi Reirradiation human spinal cord tolerance for stereotactic body radiotherapy
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:107-16. 2012
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  9. ncbi Fatigue in advanced cancer patients attending an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic as screened by the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System
    Liang Zeng
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:1037-42. 2012
    ..The purpose of this study was to report the presence, severity, and correlating factors of fatigue in advanced cancer patients attending an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic...
  10. ncbi Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancer: a reanalysis comparing different statistical methods
    Emily Chen
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Pain Symptom Manage 44:23-32. 2012
    ..The clinical relevance of symptom cluster research remains questionable if inconsistencies, partially attributable to the varying statistical analyses used, exist...
  11. ncbi Comparing baseline symptom severity and demographics over two time periods in an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic
    Luluel Khan
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:549-55. 2012
    ..The secondary objective was to assess any changes in the baseline demographics of these patients...
  12. ncbi Comparison of pain response and functional interference outcomes between spinal and non-spinal bone metastases treated with palliative radiotherapy
    Liang Zeng
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:633-9. 2012
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  13. ncbi Symptom clusters in patients with bone metastases--a reanalysis comparing different statistical methods
    Emily Chen
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:2811-20. 2012
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  14. ncbi EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL quality of life scores in patients with advanced cancer referred for palliative radiotherapy
    Amanda Caissie
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:841-8. 2012
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  15. ncbi Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancer: sub-analysis of patients reporting exclusively non-zero ESAS scores
    Emily Chen
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Palliat Med 26:826-33. 2012
    ..Varying statistical methods may also contribute to inconsistencies of cluster results...
  16. ncbi Do elderly patients with metastatic cancer have worse quality of life scores?
    Kaitlin Koo
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:2121-7. 2012
    ..The purpose of this study is to compare self-reported quality of life (QOL) scores in old and young patients with metastatic cancer using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C15-PAL questionnaire...
  17. ncbi Spinal cord tolerance for stereotactic body radiotherapy
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77:548-53. 2010
    ..Dosimetric data are reported for five cases of radiation-induced myelopathy after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to spinal tumors. Analysis per the biologically effective dose (BED) model was performed...
  18. ncbi Prophylaxis of radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in the palliative treatment of bone metastases
    Kristopher Dennis
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 20:1673-8. 2012
    ..To document the incidence and timing of radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (RINV) in the treatment of bone metastases among patients receiving prophylaxis with a 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist...
  19. ncbi Impact of immobilization on intrafraction motion for spine stereotactic body radiotherapy using cone beam computed tomography
    Winnie Li
    Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84:520-6. 2012
    ..This study aimed to assess intrafraction motion using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) for spine SBRT patients treated using three immobilization devices...
  20. ncbi Equivalence in dose fall-off for isocentric and nonisocentric intracranial treatment modalities and its impact on dose fractionation schemes
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76:943-8. 2010
    ..To investigate whether dose fall-off characteristics would be significantly different among intracranial radiosurgery modalities and the influence of these characteristics on fractionation schemes in terms of normal tissue sparing...
  21. ncbi Elderly patients with painful bone metastases should be offered palliative radiotherapy
    Sarah Campos
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76:1500-6. 2010
    ..To investigate the efficacy of palliative radiotherapy (RT) in relieving metastatic bone pain in elderly patients...
  22. ncbi Apparatus-dependent dosimetric differences in spine stereotactic body radiotherapy
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    Technol Cancer Res Treat 9:563-74. 2010
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  23. ncbi A comparison between ¹²⁵Iodine brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy in the management of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma
    Hatem Krema
    Department of Ocular Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Br J Ophthalmol 97:327-32. 2013
    ..To compare the treatment efficacy and radiation complications between (125)Iodine brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy in the management of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma...
  24. ncbi Reliability of contour-based volume calculation for radiosurgery
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    J Neurosurg 117:203-10. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of contour-based volume calculations made by current major SRS platforms...
  25. ncbi Vertebral compression fracture (VCF) after spine stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): analysis of predictive factors
    Marcelo V R Cunha
    Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84:e343-9. 2012
    ..The analysis incorporated the recently described Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) criteria...
  26. ncbi Volume specific response criteria for brain metastases following salvage stereotactic radiosurgery and associated predictors of response
    Matthew J Follwell
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Acta Oncol 51:629-35. 2012
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  27. ncbi Stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: 2-year follow-up
    Sohel Somani
    Department of Ocular Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
    Can J Ophthalmol 44:61-5. 2009
    ..To evaluate the efficacy and complications of stereotactic radiotherapy in the management of patients with juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma...
  28. ncbi Glioblastoma: patterns of recurrence and efficacy of salvage treatments
    Jiwon Oh
    Divison of Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Neurol Sci 38:621-5. 2011
    ..Optimal therapy for patients with recurrent disease after RT/TMZ is unclear. Our purpose was to evaluate recurrence patterns in glioblastoma and the effect of treatment at recurrence upon survival...
  29. ncbi Stereotactic body radiotherapy is an effective treatment in reirradiating spinal metastases: current status and practical considerations for safe practice
    Giuseppina Laura Masucci
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 11:1923-33. 2011
    ..The focus of this review is to provide an overview of reirradiation spine SBRT, and address key issues surrounding safe and effective practice...
  30. ncbi Whole brain radiotherapy for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple brain metastases
    May N Tsao
    Department ofRadiationOncology, OdetteCancerCentre, Toronto, Canada
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD003869. 2012
    ..Brain radiotherapy is used to treat cancer participants who have brain metastases from various primary malignancies.This is an update to the original review published in Issue 3, 2006...
  31. ncbi Temporal compartmental dosing effects for robotic prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy
    Stephen L Shiao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Phys Med Biol 56:7767-75. 2011
    ..21). We concluded that non-isocentric small-field Cyberknife delivery produced consistent biological dosing that tracked well with the constant-dose-rate, large-field-type delivery for prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy...
  32. ncbi Split-volume treatment planning of multiple consecutive vertebral body metastases for cyberknife image-guided robotic radiosurgery
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA94143, USA
    Med Dosim 33:175-9. 2008
    ..This technique may be of particular importance in clinical situations where stringent spinal cord dose limits are required...
  33. ncbi Nonrandom intrafraction target motions and general strategy for correction of spine stereotactic body radiotherapy
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 75:1261-5. 2009
    ..The dependence of target motions, as well as the effectiveness of the correction strategy for lesions of different locations within the spine, was analyzed...
  34. ncbi Prescription dose guideline based on physical criterion for multiple metastatic brain tumors treated with stereotactic radiosurgery
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78:605-8. 2010
    ..Existing dose guidelines for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) are primarily based on single-target treatment data. This study investigated dose guidelines for multiple targets treated with SRS...
  35. ncbi Neovascular glaucoma after stereotactic radiotherapy for juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: histopathologic and dosimetric findings
    Bruno F Fernandes
    Department of Ocular Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80:377-84. 2011
    ..We compare pathologic changes and dosimetric findings in those eyes enucleated secondary to NVG as opposed to TP to better understand potential mechanisms...
  36. ncbi Apparatus dependence of normal brain tissue dose in stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
    J Neurosurg 114:1580-4. 2011
    ..The goal of this study was to investigate whether the dose to normal brain when planning radiosurgery to multiple targets is apparatus dependent...
  37. ncbi High-precision volume-staged Gamma Knife surgery and equivalent hypofractionation dose schedules for treating large arteriovenous malformations
    Shannon Fogh
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    J Neurosurg 117:115-9. 2012
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  38. ncbi Cone beam CT (CBCT) evaluation of inter- and intra-fraction motion for patients undergoing brain radiotherapy immobilized using a commercial thermoplastic mask on a robotic couch
    A W Lightstone
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    Technol Cancer Res Treat 11:203-9. 2012
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  39. ncbi Quality of life in patients with brain metastases using the EORTC QLQ-BN20+2 and QLQ-C15-PAL
    Amanda Caissie
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83:1238-45. 2012
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  40. ncbi Spine stereotactic body radiotherapy utilizing cone-beam CT image-guidance with a robotic couch: intrafraction motion analysis accounting for all six degrees of freedom
    Derek Hyde
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:e555-62. 2012
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  41. ncbi Advances in radiation therapy of brain metastasis
    Simon S Lo
    Department of Radiation Oncology, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
    Prog Neurol Surg 25:96-109. 2012
    ..This review provides an overview of advances in the radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases...
  42. ncbi Gamma knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases: the UCSF experience
    Norbert Kased
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 0226, USA
    J Neurooncol 86:195-205. 2008
    ..To assess clinical and imaging outcomes in patients treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brainstem metastases...
  43. ncbi Self-reported rates of sleep disturbance in patients with symptomatic bone metastases attending an outpatient radiotherapy clinic
    Luluel Khan
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Palliat Med 14:708-14. 2011
    ..To examine the reported rates and predictive factors for sleep disturbance in patients with bone metastases...
  44. ncbi Correlation of computed tomography imaging features with pain response in patients with spine metastases after radiation therapy
    Gunita Mitera
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 81:827-30. 2011
    ..To correlate computed tomography (CT) imaging features of spinal metastases with pain relief after radiotherapy (RT)...
  45. ncbi Assessing small-volume spinal cord dose for repeat spinal stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Phys Med Biol 57:7843-51. 2012
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  46. ncbi Effects of residual target motion for image-tracked spine radiosurgery
    Cynthia Chuang
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, California 94143 0226, USA
    Med Phys 34:4484-90. 2007
    ..g., 0.1 cc). In such cases, stringent cord constraints and frequent monitoring of the target position should be implemented...
  47. ncbi Case report: grade 4 radiation-induced colitis following conventional reirradiation to a hip metastasis
    Giuseppina Laura Masucci
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Palliat Med 15:370-3. 2012
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  48. ncbi International Spine Radiosurgery Consortium consensus guidelines for target volume definition in spinal stereotactic radiosurgery
    Brett W Cox
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83:e597-605. 2012
    ..However, target volume definition varies considerably and no consensus target volume guidelines exist. This study proposes consensus target volume definitions using common scenarios in metastatic spine radiosurgery...
  49. ncbi FACT-Br for assessment of quality of life in patients receiving treatment for brain metastases: a literature review
    Karen Lien
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
    Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 11:701-8. 2011
    ..We aim to provide a comprehensive review to examine the use of the FACT-Br as a QoL assessment for patients with brain metastases...
  50. ncbi Edmonton symptom assessment scale as a prognosticative indicator in patients with advanced cancer
    Liang Zeng
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
    J Palliat Med 14:337-42. 2011
    ..Few studies incorporate patient self-assessment scales in prognostic models of survival prediction. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) is commonly used as a symptom screening tool in cancer patients...
  51. ncbi Performance of a novel repositioning head frame for gamma knife perfexion and image-guided linac-based intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy
    Mark Ruschin
    Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78:306-13. 2010
    ..To evaluate the geometric positioning and immobilization performance of a vacuum bite-block repositioning head frame (RHF) system for Perfexion (PFX-SRT) and linac-based intracranial image-guided stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT)...
  52. ncbi Preoperative stereotactic body radiotherapy to a skull renal cell metastasis: an alternative to preoperative embolization?
    Gunita Mitera
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Palliat Med 14:157-60. 2011
    ..This is the first case study to report on using stereotactic body radiotherapy as an alternative and novel treatment modality for embolization to reduce the risk of operative bleeding for a metastatic renal cell tumor...
  53. ncbi Long-term outcomes for adult craniopharyngioma following radiation therapy
    Laurence Masson-Côté
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Acta Oncol 52:153-8. 2013
    ..We report long-term outcomes in adult patients with craniopharyngioma following surgery and radiation therapy (RT)...
  54. ncbi A meta-analysis evaluating stereotactic radiosurgery, whole-brain radiotherapy, or both for patients presenting with a limited number of brain metastases
    May Tsao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Cancer 118:2486-93. 2012
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  55. ncbi Minimal access spine surgery (MASS) for decompression and stabilization performed as an out-patient procedure for metastatic spinal tumours followed by spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT): first report of technique and preliminary outcomes
    Eric Massicotte
    Division of Neurosurgery and Krembil Neuroscience Spinal Program, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Technol Cancer Res Treat 11:15-25. 2012
    ..Improvements in VAS, ODI and QOL were observed post-SBRT. We report preliminary efficacy for our MASS-SBRT combined approach for patients with spinal metastases, mechanical pain and epidural disease...
  56. ncbi A treatment planning and acute toxicity comparison of two pelvic nodal volume delineation techniques and delivery comparison of intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus volumetric modulated arc therapy for hypofractionated high-risk prostate cancer radioth
    Sten Myrehaug
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:e657-62. 2012
    ..To perform a comparison of two pelvic lymph node volume delineation strategies used in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for high risk prostate cancer and to determine the role of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)...
  57. ncbi Shot sequencing based on biological equivalent dose considerations for multiple isocenter Gamma Knife radiosurgery
    Lijun Ma
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    Phys Med Biol 56:7247-56. 2011
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  58. ncbi Comparison of dosimetric and biologic effective dose parameters for prostate and urethra using 131 Cs and 125 I for prostate permanent implant brachytherapy
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA94143, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72:247-54. 2008
    ..To compare the urethral and prostate absolute and biologic effective doses (BEDs) for 131 Cs and 125 I prostate permanent implant brachytherapy (PPI)...
  59. ncbi Retrospective assessment of cancer pain management in an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic using the Pain Management Index
    Gunita Mitera
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
    J Pain Symptom Manage 39:259-67. 2010
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  60. ncbi Technique for stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases
    Matthew Foote
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada
    J Clin Neurosci 18:276-9. 2011
    ..This case-based technical review outlines the SBRT apparatus, planning and treatment delivery in use at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada...
  61. ncbi Predictive factors for overall quality of life in patients with advanced cancer
    Gemma Cramarossa
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 21:1709-16. 2013
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  62. ncbi Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases: an ASTRO evidence-based guideline
    Stephen Lutz
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center, Findlay, OH 45840, USA
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 79:965-76. 2011
    ..To present guidance for patients and physicians regarding the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of bone metastases according to current published evidence and complemented by expert opinion...
  63. ncbi Pseudoprogression following chemoradiotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme
    Paul Sanghera
    Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Neurol Sci 37:36-42. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of psPD following RT/TMZ and the effect of psPD on prognosis...
  64. ncbi Upfront observation versus radiation for adult pilocytic astrocytoma
    Adrian Ishkanian
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Cancer 117:4070-9. 2011
    ..Consequently, there are few mature data on the impact of up-front treatment options after surgery that include observation or adjuvant radiotherapy...
  65. ncbi Stereotactic body radiosurgery for spinal metastases: a critical review
    Arjun Sahgal
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71:652-65. 2008
  66. ncbi Neurosurgical rescue of bradycardia induced by intracerebral hypertension: a case report and review of the literature
    Harleen Bedi
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
    J Palliat Med 12:563-5. 2009
    ..We discuss the case of a brain metastases patient who presented with bradycardia induced by brain edema...
  67. ncbi Stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases
    Simon S Lo
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
    Discov Med 9:289-96. 2010
    ..The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the current state of spine SBRT practice...
  68. ncbi Permanent prostate seed brachytherapy: a current perspective on the evolution of the technique and its application
    Arjun Sahgal
    Odette Cancer Center of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Nat Clin Pract Urol 4:658-70. 2007
    ..We also present our current policies in the treatment of prostate cancer at the University of California, San Francisco...
  69. ncbi Stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: preliminary results
    Khaled Emara
    Department of Ocular Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59:94-100. 2004
    ..However, further efforts are needed to optimize local tumor control and minimize radiation-induced complications...
  70. ncbi The palliative performance scale: examining its inter-rater reliability in an outpatient palliative radiation oncology clinic
    Sarah Campos
    Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada
    Support Care Cancer 17:685-90. 2009
    ..Currently, it is being used to measure palliative patient performance status in a variety of settings. Despite its widespread use, only one study has examined the inter-rater reliability of the PPS...