Andre Konski

..The specific aim of this study was to evaluate outcome differences by gender and partner status for patients treated on Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) protocol 97-14...

..To evaluate quality-adjusted survival (QAS) of patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with 4 different radiation fractionation schedules...

..This study was performed retrospectively to determine if Medicare claims data could be used to evaluate the cost effectiveness, from a payer perspective, of different radiation treatment schedules evaluated in a national clinical trial...

..The specific objective of the current study was to determine whether LTAD was a cost-effective treatment for patients with locally advanced prostate carcinoma...

..This study evaluated whether males without partners were disadvantaged for survival in Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) head and neck cancer clinical trials...

..Because response to preoperative treatment predicts clinical outcome, the utility of midtreatment PET scans to guide treatment decisions should be further explored in larger clinical studies...

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..Long-term efficacy and late toxicity reporting are the specific aims of this study...

..The specific aim of this study was to examine the cost effectiveness of proton beam radiation compared with current state-of-the art therapy in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer. Materials and..

..The aims of this study were to evaluate the factors contributing to errors in the treatment of cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy and to develop a grading system that allows for the comparison of errors...

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..The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether multiple fraction treatment is cost-effective in treating patients with bone metastasis, by preventing further retreatment...

..The impact of the addition of gemcitabine to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemoradiation (CRT) on 5-year overall survival (OS) in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma are presented with updated results of a phase III trial...

..The objective of this study was to determine whether PET/CT can predict pCR and disease-free survival in patients receiving CRT with LARC...

..Resection offers the only reasonable probability for cure, but at the cost of perioperative morbidity and potential mortality. Clinical decision making remains difficult...

..The objective of the current study was to examine whether emotional well-being predicted survival in a large sample of patients with head and neck cancer who were participating in multicenter clinical trials...

..CA 19-9 is an important tumor marker in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A secondary end point of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group trial 9704 was prospective evaluation of the ability of postresectional CA 19-9 to predict survival...

..The incorporation of taxanes into induction strategies for esophageal cancer seems promising, but the optimal schedule remains undefined...

..To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of adding hormone therapy to radiation for patients with locally advanced prostate cancer, using a Monte Carlo simulation of a Markov Model...

..To determine factors associated with symptomatic cardiac toxicity in patients with esophageal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy...

..To assess the preferences and utilities for prostate cancer health state scenarios of men treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and the predictors of treatment preferences...

..5 days). Esophagectomy can be performed safely with low mortality and acceptable morbidity following neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation with no increase in hospital stay for patients with complications...

..To determine the safety and efficacy of preoperative hypofractionated radiotherapy using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and an incorporated boost with concurrent capecitabine in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer...

..The specific aim of this analysis was to evaluate the feasibility of performing a cost-effectiveness analysis using Medicare data from patients treated on a randomized Phase III clinical trial...

..Pathologic response to preoperative therapy is increasingly recognized as an important prognostic factor in solid tumors. The impact of pathologic response on survival in pancreatic adenocarcinoma is not well established...

..CONCLUSION: Endoscopic ultrasound and PET scans can add additional information to aid the radiation oncologist's ability to precisely identify the GTV in patients with esophageal carcinoma...

..The isocenter shifts generated by using a CT unit in the treatment room correlate highly with shifts produced by the BAT Ultrasound system...

..To evaluate the various treatments for patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer with bone metastases using a Markov model...

..The authors investigated this hypothesis by using education level as a proxy for socioeconomic status in patients treated on Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) Protocol 90-03...

..Among patients with locally advanced metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, gemcitabine has been shown to improve outcomes compared with fluorouracil...

..For patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, preoperative chemoradiation and standalone chemotherapy may allow for R0 resection and improved survival...

..Guidelines for screening men at high risk for prostate cancer remain under investigation. We report our 10-year cancer detection data from the Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program, a longitudinal screening program for men at high risk...

..The aim of this study was to determine if a qualitative and quantitative assessment of pre- and post-chemoradiotherapy (CRT) F18-FDG PET scans of esophageal cancer patients could predict for residual disease in esophagectomy specimens...

..To determine the outcomes of postoperative radiation therapy on survival in gastric cancer...

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..Resection offers the only reasonable probability for cure, but at the cost of marked perioperative morbidity and potential mortality. Clinical decision making remains difficult...

..These health states are comparable to the adult female U.S. population. These data will provide valuable patient utility information for informing decision analyses investigating new treatments in women with breast cancer...

..A rigid frame system serves as a reliable alignment reference in terms of repositioning patients into the planning position, while skin-based reference showed larger deviations in repositioning patients...

..Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is commonly offered to patients with limited stage primary small cell lung cancer following a complete response...

..Radiation has also been found to be effective in palliating recurrent cancer that has already received definitive radiation...

..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...

..An evaluation was performed linking an administrative database to clinical information to determine the clinical and economic outcomes of women presenting with breast cancer in a managed care organization (MCO)...

..We hypothesize that resection of a tumor-involved hepatic artery (HA) or celiac artery (CA) with reconstruction may offer a survival benefit to patients whose tumors were traditionally regarded as unresectable...

..The dosimetry and acute toxicity are described in the first 100 men enrolled in a randomized trial...

..Based on the patterns of failure, our outcomes support the continued use of the whole ventricular field vs a focal field, even in patients with limited disease who demonstrate a complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy...

..The RTOG economic analyses have provided information that can further inform clinicians and policy makers of the value added of new or improved treatments...

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..To this end, anal cancer is a disease best treated primarily with chemoradiation. Although appropriate treatment can produce acceptable results, further investigation and improvement in therapy are still needed...

..The purpose of this study was to compare compliance of reviewing portal images per departmental policy before and after implementing an electronic medical record (EMR)...

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..To determine if physician prediction of survival duration (PSD) is accurate for patients with metastatic breast or prostate cancer...

..A summary of the major randomized clinical trials spanning the past several decades is provided...

..The full Emerging Technology Committee report is available on the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Web site...

..Collaboration in education, research, and patient advocacy will advance the common objectives of the 2 specialties and lead to an appropriate increase in the use of palliative hypofractionated radiotherapy...

..This study assessed safety and efficacy of full-dose gemcitabine administered before and during concurrent three-dimensional conformal radiation (3D-CRT) in patients with nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer...

..We investigated whether 8 Gy delivered in a single treatment fraction provides pain and narcotic relief that is equivalent to that of the standard treatment course of 30 Gy delivered in 10 treatment fractions over 2 weeks...