Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1

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CME Article

Evaluation of a metal artifact reduction technique in tonsillar cancer delineation
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

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The Editors of Practical Radiation Oncology encourage you to submit your manuscript for consideration. Research and opinion papers on radiation oncology as it is practiced today—especially with focus on imaging, contouring, target delineation, simulation, treatment planning, immobilization, organ motion, patient safety, quality measurement, and other practical issues—are of particular interest. Please see Aims and Scope and Author Guidelines for further information.

About Practical Radiation Oncology

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.

Radiotherapy following gross total resection of adult soft tissue sarcoma of the head and neck
20 February 2012
Daniel Trifiletti, Robert J. Amdur, Roi Dagan, Daniel J. Indelicato, William M. Mendenhall, Jessica M. Kirwan, Anamaria R. Yeung, John W. Werning, Christopher G. Morris
Abstract: Purpose: This study reports the outcomes of adults with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) of the head and neck following resection and postoperative radiotherapy (RT), and provides a framework for e...
Salvage craniospinal irradiation with an intensity modulated radiotherapy technique for patients with disseminated neuraxis disease
20 February 2012
Randy L. Wei, Son T. Nguyen, James N. Yang, Johannes Wolff, Anita Mahajan
Abstract: Purpose: To report the use and results of a novel intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)-based technique used for salvage craniospinal irradiation (CSI) in 6 patients who developed neuraxis...
The efficacy of external beam radiotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for painful spinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma
17 February 2012
Grant K. Hunter, Ehsan H. Balagamwala, Shlomo A. Koyfman, Trevor Bledsoe, Lawrence J. Sheplan, Chandana A. Reddy, Samuel T. Chao, Toufik Djemil, Lilyana Angelov, Gregory M.M. Videtic
Abstract: Purpose: Palliative radiotherapy is routinely used to treat painful spinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Conventionally planned external beam radiotherapy (CRT) has been standa...
Evaluation of dose variation to normal and critical structures for lung hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy
16 February 2012
Heeteak Chung, Laurence Court, Steven H. Lin, Dhananjay Kulkarni, Peter Balter
Abstract: Purpose: To quantify the dose received by normal and critical structures during lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) when registered to tumor or bone. Methods and Materials: Sixte...
Palliative radiotherapy in patients with esophageal carcinoma: A retrospective review
13 February 2012
Louise Janet Murray, Omar Sadeeq Din, Varadarajan Senthil Kumar, Lynne Melanie Dixon, Jonathan Charles Wadsley
Abstract: Purpose: Palliative radiotherapy has traditionally been used as a noninvasive means of palliating dysphagia in patients with incurable esophageal cancer. Insertion of an esophageal stent is ...

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