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Observation-only management of early stage, medically inoperable lung cancer: poor outcomeRonald C McGarry
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Chest 121:1155-8. 2002..Surgery remains the treatment of choice, but lung cancer screening programs will result in increasing numbers of medically inoperable patients with no clear policies for their management...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for inoperable early stage lung cancerRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
JAMA 303:1070-6. 2010..Patients with early stage but medically inoperable lung cancer have a poor rate of primary tumor control (30%-40%) and a high rate of mortality (3-year survival, 20%-35%) with current management...
Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for low-grade astrocytomasMark A Henderson
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 87:161-7. 2009..Only 2 patients experienced symptomatic treatment-related toxicity. GKSRS can provide local control in cases of unresectable or recurrent LGA with a low incidence of side effects in carefully selected patients...
An overview of hypofractionation and introduction to this issue of seminars in radiation oncologyRobert D Timmerman
Semin Radiat Oncol 18:215-22. 2008
Lung cancer: a model for implementing stereotactic body radiation therapy into practiceRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
Front Radiat Ther Oncol 40:368-85. 2007..While mechanisms of this injury remain elusive, ongoing prospective trials offer the hope of finding the ideal application for SBRT in treating pulmonary targets...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy in multiple organ sitesRobert D Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:947-52. 2007..Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) uses advanced technology to deliver a potent ablative dose to deep-seated tumors in the lung, liver, spine, pancreas, kidney, and prostate...
Excessive toxicity when treating central tumors in a phase II study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for medically inoperable early-stage lung cancerRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5801 Forest Park Rd, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:4833-9. 2006..Building on a previously reported phase I trial, we carried out a prospective phase II trial using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in this population...
Extracranial stereotactic radiation deliveryRobert D Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390 9183, USA
Semin Radiat Oncol 15:202-7. 2005..Clinical results already show that SBRT constitutes a new paradigm in cancer treatment that deserves careful implementation and assessment for the improvement in patient outcomes...
Local surgical, ablative, and radiation treatment of metastasesRobert D Timmerman
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 59:145-70. 2009..Rather than eliminating the need for local therapies, improvements in systemic therapies appear to be increasing the prudent utilization of modern local therapies in patients presenting with more advanced cancer...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: a treatment in need of basic biological researchRobert D Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9183, USA
Cancer J 12:19-20. 2006
The North American experience with stereotactic body radiation therapy in non-small cell lung cancerRobert D Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9183, USA
J Thorac Oncol 2:S101-12. 2007..In North America, the majority of prospective investigation using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for thoracic targets has been carried out treating medically inoperable patients with non-small cell lung cancer...
Accreditation and quality assurance for Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: Multicenter clinical trials using Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in lung cancerRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
Acta Oncol 45:779-86. 2006..The development of RTOG 0618 using SBRT in operable patients with early stage NSCLC is a testament to both the enthusiasm from already published works and prospective multicenter clinical testing using SBRT techniques...
Optimizing dose and fractionation for stereotactic body radiation therapy. Normal tissue and tumor control effects with large dose per fractionRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
Front Radiat Ther Oncol 40:352-65. 2007..Hopefully, it will serve as a motivation for more sophisticated biological research into the effects of SBRT...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for thoracic cancers: recommendations for patient selection, setup and therapyRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex, USA
Front Radiat Ther Oncol 43:395-411. 2011..This chapter will outline many details essential for establishing an effective SBRT program in clinical practice...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: normal tissue and tumor control effects with large dose per fractionRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex, USA
Front Radiat Ther Oncol 43:382-94. 2011....
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: a novel treatment modalitySimon S Lo
Department of Radiation Oncology, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University College of Medicine, 300 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7:44-54. 2010..The results of these clinical trials will better define the role of SBRT in cancer management. This article will review the radiobiologic, technical, and clinical aspects of SBRT...
Extracranial radiosurgery (stereotactic body radiation therapy) for oligometastasesBrian D Kavanagh
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, USA
Semin Radiat Oncol 16:77-84. 2006..With proper conduct though, SBRT can be an extremely effective treatment option for oligometastases...
Imaging changes after stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung and liver tumorsSimon S Lo
Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Lerner Tower B181, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 11:613-20. 2011..Since computed tomography and PET are the most commonly used diagnostic imaging tools for monitoring lung tumor and computed tomography for liver tumors, this article will focus on the changes observed on those imaging modalities...
Gamma-knife-based stereotactic radiosurgery for uveal melanomaAchilles J Fakiris
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 85:106-12. 2007..Gamma-Knife-based SRS appears to provide excellent local control of uveal melanoma. The risk of distant metastasis is significant. Effective systemic therapy is to be explored to improve the treatment outcome of uveal melanoma...
Dosimetric and motion analysis of margin-intensive therapy by stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for resectable pancreatic cancerJohn H Heinzerling
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Radiat Oncol 6:146. 2011....
Interim analysis of a prospective phase I/II trial of SBRT for liver metastasesBrian D Kavanagh
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Acta Oncol 45:848-55. 2006..This interim analysis indicates that a very high rate of durable in-field tumor control can be safely achieved with SBRT to 1-3 liver lesions as administered in this protocol, to a prescription dose of 60 Gy in 3 fractions...
A pilot trial of serial 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with medically inoperable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer treated with hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapyMark A Henderson
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76:789-95. 2010..This report describes PET correlates prospectively collected after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for patients with medically inoperable NSCLC...
Brachial plexopathy from stereotactic body radiotherapy in early-stage NSCLC: dose-limiting toxicity in apical tumor sitesJeffrey A Forquer
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
Radiother Oncol 93:408-13. 2009..We report frequency of brachial plexopathy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy...
Universal survival curve and single fraction equivalent dose: useful tools in understanding potency of ablative radiotherapyClint Park
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70:847-52. 2008....
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (stereotactic ablative radiotherapy) for stage I non-small cell lung cancer--updates of radiobiology, techniques, and clinical outcomesMersiha Hadziahmetovic
Department of Radiation Oncology, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Discov Med 9:411-7. 2010..This article provides updates of these aspects of SBRT for stage I NSCLC...
Stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of uveal melanomaMark A Henderson
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Technol Cancer Res Treat 5:411-9. 2006..This review summarizes the available literature on these newer treatment modalities...
Endocrine response after gamma knife-based stereotactic radiosurgery for secretory pituitary adenomaBrent A Tinnel
Department of Radiation Oncology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 86:292-6. 2008..To examine treatment outcomes of Gamma Knife-based stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-based SRS) for secretory pituitary adenomas...
The role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the management of unresectable gross disease or gross residual disease after surgery in ependymomaSimon S Lo
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University Medical Center, 535 Barnhill Drive, RT 041, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Neurooncol 79:51-6. 2006..SRS provides reasonable local control but out-of-field tumor progression remains an issue. For patients who receive SRS as a boost, the local control appears to be excellent...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy of early-stage non-small-cell lung carcinoma: phase I studyRonald C McGarry
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63:1010-5. 2005..A Phase I dose escalation study of stereotactic body radiation therapy to assess toxicity and local control rates for patients with medically inoperable Stage I lung cancer...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for oligometastasesSimon S Lo
Department of Radiation Oncology, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Discov Med 10:247-54. 2010..Given the high propensity for distant progression, the combination of novel systemic therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy is to be explored...
A study on the dosimetric accuracy of treatment planning for stereotactic body radiation therapy of lung cancer using average and maximum intensity projection imagesLong Huang
Department Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9183, USA
Radiother Oncol 96:48-54. 2010....
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: a comprehensive reviewBrian K Chang
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9183, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 30:637-44. 2007....
Gamma knife radiosurgery in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (wet-type macular degeneration)Mark A Henderson
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 85:11-7. 2007..Further studies are needed to better define the role of GKR in the treatment of macular degeneration...
Stereotactic body radiation therapyRobert D Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Curr Probl Cancer 29:120-57. 2005
Dosimetric and deformation effects of image-guided interventions during stereotactic body radiation therapy of the prostate using an endorectal balloonBernard L Jones
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Med Phys 39:3080-8. 2012..This work assessed the dosimetric impact of manual interventions on ERB position in patients receiving prostate SBRT and investigated the impact of ERB interventions on prostate shape...
Brain metastasis from non-seminomatous germ cell tumor of the testisJeffrey A Forquer
Indiana University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, 535 Barnhill Drive, RT041, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 7:1567-80. 2007..This article reviews the literature of the diagnosis and management of brain metastasis from nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for genitourinary malignanciesBin S Teh
Department of Radiation Oncology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Discov Med 10:255-62. 2010..Preclinical data, clinical experience, and challenges are reviewed and discussed...
Monte carlo simulation of the Leksell Gamma Knife: II. Effects of heterogeneous versus homogeneous media for stereotactic radiosurgeryVadim Moskvin
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202 5289, USA
Phys Med Biol 49:4879-95. 2004..This study shows that the employed Monte Carlo treatment planning is more accurate for precise dosimetry of stereotactic radiosurgery with the Leksell Gamma Knife for targets in the vicinity of air-filled cavities...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small-cell lung carcinoma: four-year results of a prospective phase II studyAchilles J Fakiris
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 535 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 75:677-82. 2009..The 50-month results of a prospective Phase II trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in medically inoperable patients are reported...
Phosphorus-32 therapy for cystic craniopharyngiomasRobert Bryan Barriger
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Radiother Oncol 98:207-12. 2011..To examine control rates for predominantly cystic craniopharyngiomas treated with intracavitary phosphorus-32 (P-32)...
A phase I trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver metastasesTracey E Schefter
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045 0510, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62:1371-8. 2005..To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver metastases...
Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy: an overview of technical considerations and clinical applicationsBrian D Kavanagh
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1665 North Ursula Street, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 20:87-95. 2006..It will be especially interesting to investigate how SRS and SBRT might best be combined with new molecularly targeted systemic agents as the field of oncology progresses through the twenty-first century...
Dosimetric evaluation of heterogeneity corrections for RTOG 0236: stereotactic body radiotherapy of inoperable stage I-II non-small-cell lung cancerYing Xiao
Department of Radiation Oncology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73:1235-42. 2009....
Extracranial stereotactic radioablation: results of a phase I study in medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancerRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Chest 124:1946-55. 2003..We set out to investigate a new therapy akin to brain radiosurgery called extracranial stereotactic radioablation (ESR) in a phase I trial...
Frame-based immobilization and targeting for stereotactic body radiation therapyBryan Murray
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Med Dosim 32:86-91. 2007..With the body frame, large-dose-per fraction treatment is possible for localized tumor deposits with the aim of attaining a more therapeutic result...
Hypofractionation in radiation therapy and its impactLech Papiez
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
Med Phys 35:112-8. 2008....
A dosimetric comparison of stereotactic body radiation therapy techniques for lung cancer: robotic versus conventional linac-based systemsChuxiong Ding
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
J Appl Clin Med Phys 11:3223. 2010..The results of this study provide a general guideline for patient and treatment modality selection based on dosimetric, tumor and normal tissue sparing considerations...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of SBRT versus IMRT: an emerging initial radiation treatment option for organ-confined prostate cancerJoseph C Hodges
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:e186-93. 2012....
Radiation dose-volume effects in the lungLawrence B Marks
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76:S70-6. 2010..The rate of symptomatic pneumonitis is related to many dosimetric parameters, and there are no evident threshold "tolerance dose-volume" levels. There are strong volume and fractionation effects...
Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for primary lung tumorsJohn H Heinzerling
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Cancer J 17:28-32. 2011....
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and American College of Radiology practice guideline for the performance of stereotactic body radiation therapyLouis Potters
Department of Radiation Oncology, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 60:1026-32. 2004
Four-dimensional computed tomography scan analysis of tumor and organ motion at varying levels of abdominal compression during stereotactic treatment of lung and liverJohn H Heinzerling
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70:1571-8. 2008..To investigate the effectiveness of different abdominal compression levels on tumor and organ motion during stereotactic body radiotherapy of lower lobe lung and liver tumors using four-dimensional (4D)-CT scan analysis...
Extracranial stereotactic radioablation: physical principlesLech Papiez
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA
Acta Oncol 42:882-94. 2003..It is also shown that isotropic, highly non-coplanar beam arrangements avoiding oppositional fields allow more optimal fall-off gradients to normal tissue as opposed to coplanar treatments (condition 5)...
Baseline pulmonary function as a predictor for survival and decline in pulmonary function over time in patients undergoing stereotactic body radiotherapy for the treatment of stage I non-small-cell lung cancerMark Henderson
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72:404-9. 2008....
Stereotactic body radiation therapy: evaluation of setup accuracy and targeting methods for a new couch integrated immobilization systemJohn H Heinzerling
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Technol Cancer Res Treat 7:197-206. 2008..With these results, a 5 mm expansion for PTV margins remains the standard for our institution...
Extracranial stereotactic radiation delivery: expansion of technology beyond the brainRobert Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Technol Cancer Res Treat 2:153-60. 2003..In addition, this article will summarize the data that exists in the literature to date, that has documented the rationale, and efficacy of this novel therapeutic approach...
Intraduodenal sarcoma recurrence of retroperitoneal origin: an unusual cause for a duodenal obstructionJean J Bao
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
World J Surg Oncol 10:59. 2012..This unusual recurrence pattern likely relates to the patient's previous resection and radiation treatment, and highlights the benefits, limitations and follow-up strategies after multimodality treatment...
Lung cancer radiation therapy: Monte Carlo investigation of "under dose" by high energy photonsPaul M DesRosiers
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Technol Cancer Res Treat 3:289-94. 2004..The non-coplanar technique with the lower energy photons covered the tumor with a greatest isodose at the tumor periphery without tangential sparing in the coronal plane...
An orthotopic lung tumor model for image-guided microirradiation in ratsDebabrata Saha
Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Molecular Radiation Biology and Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9187, USA
Radiat Res 174:62-71. 2010....
The impact of mid-treatment MRI on defining boost volumes in the radiation treatment of glioblastoma multiformeRafael Manon
University of Wisconsin, Department of Radiation Oncology, K4 B100, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Technol Cancer Res Treat 3:303-7. 2004....
Rib fracture following stereotactic body radiotherapy: a potential pitfallSinisa Stanic
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Clin Nucl Med 36:e168-70. 2011..Nuclear medicine physicians and diagnostic radiologists should always consider rib fracture in the differential diagnosis...
Effect of estrogen on radiation-induced cataractogenesisJoseph R Dynlacht
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Radiat Res 165:9-15. 2006..Taken together, our data suggest that estrogen accelerates progression of radiation-induced opacification...
Monte Carlo simulation of the Leksell Gamma Knife: I. Source modelling and calculations in homogeneous mediaVadim Moskvin
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202 5289, USA
Phys Med Biol 47:1995-2011. 2002..Good agreement was found between these data and results of simulations in homogeneous media. Owing to this established accuracy, PENELOPE is suitable for simulating problems relevant to stereotactic radiosurgery...
Phase I dose-escalation study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancerThomas P Boike
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
J Clin Oncol 29:2020-6. 2011..To evaluate the tolerability of escalating doses of stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of localized prostate cancer...
Efficacy of high dose per fraction radiation for implanted human prostate cancer in a nude mouse modelYair Lotan
Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9110, USA
J Urol 175:1932-6. 2006..The 45 Gy group demonstrated sustained PSA and tumor volume decreases in most mice. These results clearly show an increasing dose-response relationship for a range of hypofractionated dose levels, as used in SBRT...
Efficacy of ablative high-dose-per-fraction radiation for implanted human renal cell cancer in a nude mouse modelLance Walsh
Department of Urology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9110, USA
Eur Urol 50:795-800; discussion 800. 2006..These results are preliminary--but promising--and encourage further research into this application of ablative hypofractionated radiation for kidney cancer...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancerSimon S Lo
Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Medicine, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital, 300 West 10th Avenue, Suite 088A, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 8:87-98. 2008..This article reviews the radiobiologic, physical/technical and clinical aspects of stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. The literature is also reviewed...
In regard to Donaldson et al: results from the IRS-IV randomized trial of hyperfractionated radiotherapy in children with rhabdomyosarcoma-a report from the IRSG. IJROBP 2001;51:718-728Robert D Timmerman
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 54:1579-80; author reply 1580. 2002
Role of stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in pediatric brain tumorsSimon S Lo
Department of Radiation Medicine, Arthur G James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University Medical Center, 300 West 10th Avenue, Ste 088A, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 8:121-32. 2008..SRS and FSRT can potentially add to the armamentarium against brain tumors in children. This article will review the role of SRS and FSRT in the management of pediatric brain tumors...
FDG-PET and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for stage I non-small-cell lung cancerDavid J Hoopes
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Lung Cancer 56:229-34. 2007..To investigate the utility of positron emission tomography (PET) in patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) on prospective institutional trials...
Adjuvant radiation for stage IIb soft tissue sarcoma of the extremityRobert D Timmerman
J Clin Oncol 20:3929-30; author reply 3930. 2002
Patterns of failure after induction chemotherapy followed by consolidative radiation therapy for children with central nervous system germinomaRobert D Timmerman
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, IN 46202, USA
Med Pediatr Oncol 41:564-6. 2003
Successful treatment of a skull base malignant rhabdoid tumor with surgery, chemotherapy and gamma Knife-based stereotactic radiosurgery in a young childThomas C Witt
Neurosurgery, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 85:310-3. 2007..There were no obvious endocrine deficits or growth abnormalities at last follow-up. Gamma Knife-based stereotactic radiosurgery may have a role in the management of very young children with skull base tumors...
Use of computed tomography for the fabrication of a custom brachytherapy carrier: a clinical reportPatrick M Van Derhei
School of Dentistry, Indiana University, Indianapolis 46202, USA
J Prosthet Dent 89:15-8. 2003..The indirect procedure eliminated discomfort from impression making and allowed for precise fabrication of the nasopharyngeal carrier. The described technique can be used for other intracavitary radiation applications...
