Stereotactic Radiosurgery Offers New Standard of Care for Frail Patients with Early Stage Lung Cancer
November 2, 2009 - In a study led by UT Southwestern physicians, 55 patients diagnosed with early non-small-cell lung (NSCL) cancer and unable to have their tumors surgically removed because of unrelated medical comorbidities were treated with SBRT during three noninvasive outpatient treatments. The most recent findings, presented today in Chicago at the 51st annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), show that the primary lung cancer did not recur 98 percent of the time.
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Department of Radiation Oncology Presents at ASTRO
October 8, 2009 -- Members of the Department of Radiation Oncology are presenting at the 51st meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Nov. 1-5, 2009 in Chicago. (Department members highlighted in bold letters.) These studies were chosen from approximately 2,000 abstracts submitted for review to be presented at the meeting, which is the largest gathering of radiation oncology specialists in the world.
Oral Presentations
RTOG 0236: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Treat Medically Inoperable Early Stage Lung Cancer Patients – R Timmerman, R Paulus, J Galvin, J Michalski, W Straube, J Bradley, A Fakiris, A Bezjak, G Videtic, D Johnstone, J Fowler, E Gore and H Choy.
A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer – T Boike, L Cho, Y Lotan, A Perkins, J Brindle, D Pistenmaa, R Timmerman.
A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Patients with Hepatic Metastases - Evidence of a Dose-Response Relationship. W Rule, T Boike, L Cho, R Abdulrahman, J Heinzerling, A Perkins, RD Foster, L Nedzi, R Timmerman.
Lateral Dose Volume Effects and Reirradiation Tolerance of the Porcine Spinal Cord – PM Medin, RD Foster, A van der Kogel, Sayre J, TD Solberg.
Toxicity and Response of Pemetrexed Plus Carboplatin or Cisplatin with Concurrent Chest Radiation Therapy (CRT) for Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase I Trial – JH Heinzerling, RS Hughes, R Govindan, JD Bradley, JH Schiller, G Peng, JA Treat, C Obasaju, T Tran, H Choy.
Poster Presentations
Toxicity of Concurrent Capecitabine and External Beam Irradiation in the Adjuvant Treatment of High Risk Breast Cancer: A Phase II Trial – P DeRose, T Boike, J Heinzerling, R Abdulrahman, A Spangler, H Choy, D Tripathy, D Garwood.
Four-D Cone Beam CT to Assess Daily Variation of Respiratory Motion After Abdominal Compression in Lung SBRT – JF Anderson, JH Heinzerling, W Mao, L Papiez, R Abdulrahman, H Choy, TD Solberg, R Timmerman.
Impact of Range Uncertainty on Proton Radiotherapy Dosimetry: Generating 'Worst Case Scenarios' for Doses to Critical Structures – J Meyer et al.
MiRNA and mRNA Expression Profiling in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Aberrantly Expressed miRNA That May Have Prognostic Potential – MD Story, L Ding, U Giri, K. R Coombes, A El-Naggar, K Ang,
Dosimetric characterization of a stereotactic small animal irradiator - R Pidikiti, S Stojadinovic, K Song, M Speiser, S Seliounine, D Saha, TD Solberg.
