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Efficacy of fiducial marker-based image-guided radiation therapy in prostate tomotherapy and potential dose coverage improvement using a patient positioning optimization method
Ning J. Yue, Akshar N. Patel, Bruce G. Haffty, Sung Kim

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Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO) is a quarterly journal whose mission is to improve the quality of radiation oncology practice. This journal will be a natural complement to the ASTRO’s clinical research journal, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology
*Physics, and aims to be what Medline defines as a clinical or practice journal, a journal that documents the state of current practice, providing background for those in training or the continuing education of practitioners.

Audit tool for external beam radiation therapy departments
16 May 2012
Timothy Ritter, James M. Balter, Choonik Lee, Don Roberts, Peter L. Roberson
Abstract: Purpose: Development of a self-contained audit tool for external beam radiation therapy to assess compliance with the major recommendations from professional organizations and generally acce...
Impact of magnetic resonance imaging on computed tomography-based treatment planning and acute toxicity for prostate cancer patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy
14 May 2012
Arif N. Ali, Peter J. Rossi, Karen D. Godette, Diego Martin, Stanley Liauw, Srinivasan Vijayakumar, Sherrie Cooper, Ashesh B. Jani
Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate rectal and bladder dosimetric and clinical acute toxicity endpoints for prostate patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) using magnetic resona...
Pilot study of a computed tomography-compatible shielded intracavitary brachytherapy applicator for treatment of cervical cancer
14 May 2012
Ann H. Klopp, Firas Mourtada, Z. Henry Yu, Beth M. Beadle, Mark F. Munsell, Anuja Jhingran, Patricia J. Eifel
Abstract: Purpose: The traditional Fletcher-Williamson tandem and ovoid brachytherapy applicators for treatment of cervical cancer have ovoid shields that reduce the dose to the bladder and rectum. Ho...
Intensity modulated radiation therapy for definitive treatment of paraortic relapse in patients with endometrial cancer
07 May 2012
Shervin M. Shirvani, Ann H. Klopp, Anna Likhacheva, Anuja Jhingran, Pamela T. Soliman, Karen H. Lu, Patricia J. Eifel
Abstract: Purpose: The paraortic nodes are a common site of recurrence of endometrial cancer, especially among patients previously treated with pelvic radiation. Intensity modulated radiation therapy ...
Methods for image guided and intensity modulated radiation therapy in high-risk abdominal neuroblastoma
07 May 2012
Atmaram S. Pai Panandiker, Chris Beltran, Jonathan Gray, Chiaho Hua
Abstract: Purpose: Our purpose was to determine methods for image guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in pediatric abdominal high-risk neuroblastoma and to quantify the degree of norma...

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Quality and safety considerations in stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy: Executive summary
January 2012 (Vol. 2 | No. 1 | Pages 2-9)
Timothy D. Solberg, James M. Balter, Stanley H. Benedict, Benedick A. Fraass, Brian Kavanagh, Curtis Miyamoto, Todd Pawlicki, Louis Potters, Yoshiya Yamada
Evaluation of a metal artifact reduction technique in tonsillar cancer delineation
January 2012 (Vol. 2 | No. 1 | Pages 27-34)
Jonathan A. Abelson, James D. Murphy, Ellen A. Wiegner, Deborah Abelson, David N. Sandman, F. Edward Boas, Dimitre Hristov, Dominik Fleischmann, Megan E. Daly, Daniel T. Chang, Billy W. Loo, Wendy Hara, Quynh-Thu Le
Radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastasis(es): An American Society for Radiation Oncology evidence-based guideline
01 February 2012
May N. Tsao, Dirk Rades, Andrew Wirth, Simon S. Lo, Brita L. Danielson, Laurie E. Gaspar, Paul W. Sperduto, Michael A. Vogelbaum, Jeffrey D. Radawski, Jian Z. Wang, Michael T. Gillin, Najeeb Mohideen, Carol A. Hahn, Eric L. Chang
Safety considerations for IMRT: Executive summary
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Editor's Note
January 2012 (Vol. 2 | No. 1 | Page 1)
W. Robert Lee
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