Lei Dong

TL;DR: Modest escalation in radiotherapy dose improved freedom from biochemical and clinical progression with the largest benefit in prostate cancer patients with PSA >10 ng/ml.

TL;DR: Measurable anatomic changes occurred throughout fractionated external beam RT for head-and-neck cancers, and these changes in the external contour, shape, and location of the target and critical structures appeared to be significant during the second half of treatment (after 3-4 weeks of treatment) and could have potential dosimetric impact when highly conformal treatment techniques are used.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the accelerated demons algorithm has significant potential for delineating and tracking doses in targets and critical structures during CT-guided radiotherapy.

TL;DR: The overall goal of this task group report is to provided a document that aids the physicist in the proper selection and use of the dosimetry tools available for IMRT QA and to provide a resource for physicists that describes Dosimetry measurement techniques for purposes of IMRT commissioning and measurement-based characterization or verification of IM RT treatment plans.

TL;DR: Strong evidence is found that rectal distension on the treatment-planning CT scan decreased the probability of biochemical control, local control, and rectal toxicity in patients who were treated without daily image-guided prostate localization, presumably because of geographic misses.