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  1. Real-world data on patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) treated with chemoradiotherapy have been reported; however, prognostic factors in patients with negative or low programme...

    Authors: Tairo Kashihara, Yuko Nakayama, Kae Okuma, Ayaka Nagao, Kana Takahashi, Tomoya Kaneda, Yuko Kubo, Kimiteru Ito, Satoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Yasushi Yatabe, Masahiko Kusumoto, Yuichiro Ohe and Hiroshi Igaki
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:155
  2. This study evaluates the long-term anorectal function and rectal toxicity in rectal cancer patients who achieved a clinical complete response (cCR) to total neoadjuvant treatment (TNT) and were managed with a ...

    Authors: Lan-yue Xu, Xin Jin, Hui Zhang, Xian Wu, Yan Xuan, Yun Deng, Jing-wen Wang, Zhi-yuan Zhang, Fan Xia and Zhen Zhang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:154
  3. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-based adaptive radiotherapy (ART) at the Ethos® linear accelerator (eLinac) allows for daily anatomical and dosimetric adjustments and relies on robust image quality. This stu...

    Authors: Ralf Schmidt, Thanh Nguyen, Alicia S. Bicu, Paula Cvachovec, Victor Siefert, Miriam Eckl, Marvin Willam, Matthias F. Froelich, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Michael Ehmann, Daniel Buergy, Sven Clausen, Jens Fleckenstein, Frank A. Giordano, Judit Boda-Heggemann and Constantin Dreher
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:153
  4. Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a compensatory response to chronic anemia, commonly observed in thalassemia. EMH can cause neurological complications such as spinal cord compression and paraparesis, as w...

    Authors: Surendra Kumar Saini, Shelly Srivastava, Santosh K. Prusty, Mukul Aggarwal and D. N. Sharma
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:152
  5. This study examined the longitudinal changes in metabolic liver function and MR-morphological dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts in patients with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver metasta...

    Authors: Constantin Dreher, Paulina Wojtal, Maren Johann, Alicia S. Bicu, Lena Kaestner, Christel Weiss, Svetlana Hetjens, Anoshirwan A. Tavakoli, Dominik Nörenberg, Oliver Blanck, Hans Oppitz, Daniel Buergy, Frank A. Giordano and Judit Boda-Heggemann
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:151
  6. Bone metastases cause significant pain and functional limitation. Conventional external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) provides effective symptom relief, but local progression remains frequent. Stereotactic body rad...

    Authors: Shing Fung Lee, Ee Siang Choong, John Leung, Tee Lim, Sagar Ramani, Daryl Lim Joon, Craig Macleod, Jonathan Mark Tomaszewski, Jeremy Chee Seong Tey, Farshad Foroudi and Michael Chao
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:150
  7. Head and neck cancer (HNC), most of which are squamous cell carcinomas, is the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Radiotherapy is a standard treatment for HNC but may lead to late complications and severe c...

    Authors: Soufiane El Hadji, David N. Teguh and Milan L. Ridderikhof
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:149
  8. Advancements in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided radiotherapy (RT) platforms have created new frontiers in adaptive radiotherapy (ART). This report describes the novel application of single-fraction...

    Authors: Farnoush Forghani, Kendall Kiser, Eric Laugeman, Yao Hao, Robbie Beckert, Julie Rolfingsmeier, Clifford Robinson, Thomas Mazur and Pamela Samson
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:148
  9. To optimize an animal model of acute radiation-induced esophagitis (RIE) in C57BL/6 mice and characterize the histopathological features of RIE at different stages.

    Authors: Jianhua Feng, Xiangjun Liu, Lu Xu, Ke Wang, Simin He, Xi Wang, Yujun Huang, Shubin Wang, Xudan Lei, Lingxiao Huang, Zhenni Xu, Jinyi Lang, Dengqun Liu and Jun Yin
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:147
  10. We sought to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in right atrium (RATT).

    Authors: Yongjie Shui, Jia Yang, Xianzhi Zhao, Yang Yang, Chunshan Yu, Dongjun Dai, Liang Chen, Haiyan Chen, Di Chen, Xia Li, Lihong Liu, Qiaoying Tian, Yinglu Guo, Huojun Zhang and Qichun Wei
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:146
  11. Pelvic nodal irradiation is often used for high-risk prostate adenocarcinoma. A commonly used alternative to low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy, a 3-fraction SBRT boost with fiducial tracking may allow for bett...

    Authors: Jonathan W. Lischalk, Vianca F. Santos, Brianna Vizcaino, Andwele Murray, Astrid Sanchez, Christopher Mendez, Todd Carpenter, Joseph Kim, Owen Clancey, Scot Niglio, Aaron Katz, Anthony Corcoran, Anand Mahadevan and Jonathan A. Haas
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:145
  12. High-dose prescribed radiotherapy has been attempted to improve local control and restore portal vein in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) complicated with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT). The aim...

    Authors: So Jung Lee and Myungsoo Kim
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:144
  13. To investigate the impact of two neoadjuvant radiotherapy regimens on survival outcomes and adverse reactions in patients with locally advanced low and mid rectal cancer.

    Authors: Weiting Huang, Xuming Duan, Hujian Hong, Yan Li, Yongyan Shen, Deyu Sun and Yanli Qu
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:143
  14. Precise delineation of gross tumor volume (GTV) is fundamental for effective radiation therapy in low-grade skull base meningiomas. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) serves as the primary imaging tool but may n...

    Authors: Frederik Fuchs, Sebastian N. Marschner, Jan Hofmaier, Maya Rottler, Indra Hadi, Sebastian H. Maier, Tobias Greve, Adrien Holzgreve, Nathalie L. Albert, Raphael Bodensohn, Claus Belka, Maximilian Niyazi and Franziska Walter
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:142
  15. Radiation oncology is increasingly turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - and in particular Chat Generative pre-trained transformer (ChatGPT) - for decision support, patient education, and workflow efficien...

    Authors: Dinah Konnerth, Alev Altay-Langguth, Diana-Coralia Dehelean, Sebastian H. Maier, Montserrat Pazos, Paul Rogowski, Stephan Schönecker, Chukwuka Eze, Stefanie Corradini, Claus Belka and Sebastian N. Marschner
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:140
  16. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) has been proven to be a safe and effective alternative to surgery in patients with metastatic primary sarcoma. However, data describing tumor response in relation to the g...

    Authors: Mattias Hedman, Elia Rossi, Emmy Dalqvist, Kristin Karlsson and Christina Linder-Stragliotto
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:139
  17. Recent advances in radiation biology and preclinical research have identified that high doses of radiation at ultra-high dose rate can lead to sparing of normal tissue, while maintaining tumor control. This ha...

    Authors: Anastasia Velalopoulou, Tytus D. Mak, Annabella Deziel, Michele M. Kim, Constantinos Koumenis, Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou and Evagelia C. Laiakis
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:138
  18. In this study we examined the correlation between standardized uptake value (SUV) of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) within the gross tumor volume (GTV) of patients with hea...

    Authors: Athanasios Kafkaletos, Ilias Sachpazidis, Michael Mix, Montserrat Carles, Raluca Stoian, Henning Schäfer, Michael Bock, Dimos Baltas and Anca L. Grosu
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:137
  19. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia, that can lead to sudden cardiac death. While conventional treatments include antiarrhythmic drugs, catheter ablation, and ICD implanta...

    Authors: Alicia Greiner, Lukas Grajewski, Maximilian Römer, Klaus Pietschmann and Georg Wurschi
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:136
  20. To evaluate the precision of automated segmentation facilitated by deep learning (DL) and dose calculation in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), leveraging synthetic CT (sCT) images d...

    Authors: Weijie Lei, Lixiang Han, Zhenmei Cao, Tingting Duan, Bin Wang, Caihong Li and Xi Pei
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:135
  21. Radiotherapy (RT) is a standard curative treatment for prostate cancer (PCa) and there is growing evidence of the high efficacy of moderate and ultra-hypofractionated RT. Reducing treatment duration to one wee...

    Authors: Andrei Fodor, Laura Giannini, Miriam Torrisi, Chiara Brombin, Sara Broggi, Andrea Losa, Tommaso Maga, Renata Mellone, Carlo Martinenghi, Roberta Tummineri, Paola Mangili, Chiara Lucrezia Deantoni, Alessia Tudda, Roberta Castriconi, Paola Maria Vittoria Rancoita, Mariaclelia Stefania Di Serio…
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:134
  22. We present a case of extensive and bulky pediatric metastatic melanoma originating in the head and neck which markedly responded to combination therapy with anti-programmed cell death (PD-1) inhibition and con...

    Authors: Kyra L. McCarty, Tanya Watt, Tu D. Dan, Robert D. Timmerman and Kiran A. Kumar
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:132
  23. Knowledge-Based Planning (KBP) pipelines, which integrate machine learning-based models to predict dose distribution, have gained popularity in clinical radiation therapy. However, for patients with specific r...

    Authors: Yongguang Liang, Jingru Yang, Shuoyang Wei, Yanfei Liu, Shumeng He, Kang Zhang, Jie Qiu and Bo Yang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:131
  24. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical feasibility and performance of CT-based auto-segmentation models integrated into an All-in-One radiotherapy workflow for rectal cancer.

    Authors: Xuemin Li, Luqi Wang, Mengying Yang, Xianan Li, Ting Zhao, Mingqing Wang, Siyi Lu, Yunsong Ji, Wei Zhang, Lecheng Jia, Ran Peng, Junjie Wang and Hao Wang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:130
  25. Local control prediction for patients with pulmonary oligometastases underwent stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is crucial for optimizing therapeutic strategies. This study aims to develop and validate a ...

    Authors: Yao Lu, Yiqi Wang, Yuxi Ding, Danni Chen, Wenguang He, Weixiang Zhong, Jing Yang, Senxiang Yan, Ge Ren and Feng Zhao
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:129
  26. Bladder cancer radiotherapy presents unique challenges due to the dynamic anatomy of the bladder and the surrounding organs. Conventional image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) relies on fixed treatment margins and ...

    Authors: Jann Fischer, Laura Anna Fischer, Jona Bensberg, Natalia Bojko, Mohamed Bouabdallaoui, Jasper Frohn, Petra Hüttenrauch, Mandy Klingebiel, Daniela Schmitt, Katharina Tegeler, Daniela Wagner, Alina Wenzel, Jessica Moldauer, Niklas Christian Scheele, Hanne Elisabeth Ammon, Stephanie Bendrich…
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:128
  27. Radiomics models frequently face challenges related to reproducibility and robustness. To address these issues, we propose a multimodal, multi-model fusion framework utilizing stacking ensemble learning for pr...

    Authors: Bingzhen Wang, Jinghua Liu, Xiaolei Zhang, Jianpeng Lin, Shuyan Li, Zhongxiao Wang, Zhendong Cao, Dong Wen, Tiange Liu, Hafiz Rashidi Harun Ramli, Hazreen Haizi Harith, Wan Zuha Wan Hasan and Xianling Dong
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:127
  28. In individuals presenting with locally advanced rectal cancer, the therapeutic strategy of neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) aims to enhance tumor downstaging; however, only a subset of patients ...

    Authors: Chih-I Chen, Yi-Kai Kao, Po-Wen Yang, Pin-Chun Chen, Ching-Chieh Yang, Wan-Shan Li, Hsin-Hwa Tsai, Yu-Jen Wang and Hong-Yue Lai
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:126
  29. To determine the impact of tumor characteristics such as tumor volume, circumference and location in the rectum on intrafraction motion during dose-escalated MRI-guided radiotherapy of rectal cancer and to exp...

    Authors: C. M. Kensen, Lisa Wiersema, Anja Betgen, Doenja M.J. Lambregts, Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Uulke A. van der Heide and Tomas M. Janssen
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:125
  30. Gliomas with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation affect young adults with a long-life expectancy. While radiotherapy is effective, studies have shown its detrimental effects on cognition and quality of life. ...

    Authors: Nicolas Goliot, Emmanuel Jouglar, Julian Jacob, François Christy, Eva Seutin, Renaud Schiappa, Sarah Dumont, Selim Mohssine, Dinu Stefan, Arthur Leclerc, Evelyne Emery, Cyril Moignier, Jeanne Riverain, Fernand Missohou, Maxime Fontanilles, Samuel Valable…
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:124
  31. To evaluate long-term outcomes, treatment costs, and quality of life associated with curative treatment of newly diagnosed stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), by comparing surgery to stereotactic body ...

    Authors: Andrew Kennedy, Shanna A. Arnold Egloff, Casey Martin, Denis Gilmore, Susan Garwood, Tammy Baxter, David Spigel, Melissa Johnson, David Randolph II, Casey Chollet-Lipscomb, Laurie Cuttino, Eleanor Osborne, Jenifer Marks, Pratik Doshi, Meredith Mattlin, Richard Geer…
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:123
  32. Proton therapy is commonly used for treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, its feasibility can be challenging to assess in large tumors or those adjacent to critical organs at risk (OARs), which are...

    Authors: Toshiya Rachi and Taku Tochinai
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:122
  33. Neoadjuvant (preoperative) radiochemotherapy (nRCT) is a standard of care in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Several studies have shown that the decline in 18FDG uptake after 2 weeks of nRCT compared with ...

    Authors: Yulia Kundel, Zoya Cohen, Noa Gordon, Aaron Sulkes, Sara Morgenstern, Gali Perl, Nir Wasserberg, David Groshar, Hanna Bernstine and Baruch Brenner
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:121
  34. Patients with brain metastases face a poor prognosis when deemed not to be suitable for onco-surgical intervention. This feasibility study analyses the outcome of adaptive radiosurgery applied in customised se...

    Authors: G. Sinclair, H. Martin, C.M. Allison, M.A. Hatiboglu, H. Speckter and A. Fytagoridis
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:120
  35. Proprietary bi-nuclide plaques combine the radiation properties of beta and gamma brachytherapy and can irradiate a larger target volume compared to ruthenium-plaques. While reducing the dose to structures out...

    Authors: Leyla Jabbarli, Miltiadis Fiorentzis, Maja Guberina, Boerge Schmidt, Philipp Rating, Eva Biewald, Nika Guberina, Dirk Flühs, Norbert Bornfeld, Wolfgang Sauerwein, Martin Stuschke and Nikolaos E. Bechrakis
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:119
  36. This study aimed to develop and validate a multi-temporal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based delta-radiomics model to accurately predict severe acute radiation enteritis risk in patients undergoing total n...

    Authors: Chen-ying Ma, Yi Fu, Lou Liu, Jie Chen, Shu-yue Li, Lu Zhang and Ju-ying Zhou
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:118
  37. This study aimed to quantify dynamic changes in the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) values of the parotid glands during radiotherapy and explore their correlation with early-stage gland dysfunction.

    Authors: He Wang, Ming Fan, Lu Yan, Xiaoli Du, Lu Li, Xin Lai, Jun Yin, Lucia Clara orlandini, Jing Ren, Qingping Yin, Jiao Pei, Yazhou Ren, Jinyi Lang, Qichao Zhou and Mei Feng
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:117
  38. Recent advances in Radiotherapy have led to the development of online adaptive RT (oART), a procedure addressing inter-fraction anatomical variations. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the oART pro...

    Authors: Francesco Preziosi, Althea Boschetti, Francesco Catucci, Claudio Votta, Luca Vellini, Sebastiano Menna, Flaviovincenzo Quaranta, Elisa Pilloni, Andrea D’Aviero, Michele Aquilano, Carmela Di Dio, Martina Iezzi, Alessia Re, Antonio Piras, Marco Marras, Francesca Gruosso…
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:116
  39. Anatomical variations that occur during radiation therapy in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients can lead to significant dosimetric changes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate dosimetric and volume chang...

    Authors: Ali Chaparian, Mahsa Kianinia, Mahnaz Roayaei, Nadia Najafizade, Abolfazl Kanani, Leili Mahani and Hamidreza Nourzadeh
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:115
  40. Comorbid mental health symptoms impact 30–40% of cancer patients, significantly compromising treatment adherence and increasing mortality rates. Among patients undergoing radiation therapy, which is delivered ...

    Authors: Jino Park, Rufus Banks, Akul Munjal, Krishna Hanubal, Nicholas Peterson, Garrett Harada, Michael A. Hoyt, Erin H. Healy and Jeremy P. Harris
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:114
  41. Lung cancer primarily affects elderly individuals and is the leading cause of cancer-related death in people aged 80 years and older. In addition, the incidence of multiple primary lung cancer (MPLC) is increa...

    Authors: Samuel M. Vorbach, Thomas Seppi, Jan C. Peeken, Manuel Sarcletti, Martin Pointner, Katharina Hörmandinger, Julian Mangesius, Meinhard Nevinny-Stickel and Ute Ganswindt
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:113
  42. External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is an essential component of standard treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer. Moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHRT) offers the potential to reduce treatment ...

    Authors: Zheng Zeng, Yining Chen, Jie Qiu, Bo Yang, Zhiqun Wang, Xiangyin Meng, Yuliang Sun, Junfang Yan, Ke Hu and Fuquan Zhang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:112
  43. To assess the effect of treatment time and waiting time on clinical outcome for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT).

    Authors: Geng Xiang, Xiaomeng Wang, Cong Zhang, Guangjin Chai, Bo Lyu, Yutian Yin, Bin Wang and Lina Zhao
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:111
  44. Stereotactic radiotherapy with Gamma Master System® delivered for portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) located in the main portal vein is previously exploited. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety o...

    Authors: Bin Qiu, Fang Fang, Peng Zhen and Junjie Wang
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:110
  45. The PEGASUS trial was the first study to evaluate and demonstrate the benefits of 68Ga-perfusion PET/CT in the lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) planning process in preserving functional lung volumes whi...

    Authors: François Lucia, Jacques Lamour, Margaux Geier, Vincent Bourbonne, Fanny Pinot, Malik Nebbache, Frédérique Blanc-Béguin, Simon Hennebicq, Maëlle Mauguen, Kevin Kerleguer, Ulrike Schick, Olivier Pradier, Grégoire Le Gal, Pierre-Yves Salaun, David Bourhis and Pierre-Yves Le Roux
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:108
  46. This study aimed to assess the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of patients with synchronous head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who underwent si...

    Authors: Yu-Ming Huang, Yi-Shing Leu, Jehn-Chuan Lee, Chao-Hung Chen, Hung-Chang Liu, Chih-Hao Chen, Huan-Chau Lin, Nai-Wen Su, Wen-Chien Huang and Yu-Jen Chen
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:107
  47. Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for kidney cancer, particularly when tumours are situated near critical organs-at-risk (OARs), presents significant challenges in achieving optimal dose delivery. MR-guided onli...

    Authors: Takaya Yamamoto, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka, Rei Umezawa, Yu Suzuki, Keita Kishida, So Omata, Kazuya Takeda, Hinako Harada, Kiyokazu Sato, Noriyuki Kadoya and Keiichi Jingu
    Citation: Radiation Oncology 2025 20:106

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