Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 1994: Vol 30 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 30
Number 1, January 1994
Commentaries
Tumour stem cells: the biological concept and its application in cancer treatment
K.R. Trott (UK) l
Tumour stem cells: facts, interpretation and consequences
J. Denekamp (UK) 6
Tumour stem cells: the relevance of predictive assays for tumour control after radiotherapy
J.H. Hendry, C.M.L. West, J.V. Moore, C.S. Potten (UK) 1]
Original papers
Radiation-induced injury to the visual pathway
G.L. Jiang, S.L. Tucker, R. Guttenberger, L.J. Peters, W.H. Morrison, A.S. Garden, C.S. Ha, K.K. Ang (USA) 17
The early changes in salivary gland function during and after radiotherapy given for head and neck cancer
M.D. Leslie, S. Dische 26
The effect of pulmonary function of local and loco-regional irradiation for breast cancer
P.D.J. Hardman, P.M. Tweeddale, G.R. Kerr, E.D.C. Anderson, A. Rodger (UK, Australia) 33
Cardiac lesions after mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin’s disease
Ch. Glanzmann, P. Huguenin, U.M. Liitolf, R. Maire, R. Jenni, V. Gumppenberg (Switzerland) 43
Secondary solid malignant tumors occurring after bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia given thoraco-
abdominal irradiation
J-Y. Pierga, G. Socie, E. Gluckman, A. Devergie, M. Henry-Amar, A. Bridier, T. Girinsky, J. Nguyen, J.M. Cosset (France) 55
The influence of tumour temperature on ischemia-induced cell death: potential implications for the evaluation of vascular
mediated therapies
D.J. Chaplin, M.R. Horsman (UK, Canada, Denmark ) 59
Wedge factor constituents of high energy photon beams: field size and depth dependence
S. Heukelom, J.H. Lanson, B.J. Mijnheer (The Netherlands) 66
Quality assurance of the simultaneous boost technique for prostatic cancer: dosimetric aspects
S. Heukelom, J.H. Lanson, B.J. Mijnheer (The Netherlands) 74
The relative cellular radiosensitivity of 30 human in vitro cell lines of different histological type to high LET 62.5 MeV
(p — Be*) fast neutrons and 4 MeV photons
H.M. Warenius, R.A. Britten, J.H. Peacock (UK, USA) 83
Letter to the Editor
Steepness of dose-response curve for larynx cancer 90
Meeting Agenda 91
Courses 94
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Number 2, February 1994
Editorial
Limits to the analysis and interpretation of non-experimental clinical data
T.J. Keane (Canada) 95
Original Papers
Dose, fractionation and overall treatment time in radiation therapy — the effects on local control for cancer of the larynx
W.L.J. van Putten, M.J.C. van der Sangen, C.J.M. Hoekstra, P.C. Levendag (The Netherlands) 97
Planned and unplanned gaps in radiotherapy: the importance of gap position and gap duration
K. Skladowski, M.G. Law, B. Maciejewski, G.G. Steel (Poland, UK) 109
The serum prostate-specific antigen level three months after radiotherapy for prostate cancer: an early indicator of response
to treatment
G.K. Zagars, A. Pollack (USA) 121
Radiotherapy of the rhabdomyosarcoma R1H of the rat: influence of the time interval between two daily fractions during
hyperfractionated radiotherapy
M. Kleineidam, A. Pieconka, H.-P. Beck-Bornholdt (Germany) 128
Intraoperative radiation (IORT) injury to sciatic nerve in a large animal model
Z. Vujaskovic, S.M. Gillette, B.E. Powers, S.M. LaRue, E.L. Gillette, T.B. Borak, R.J. Scott, T.A. Colacchio (USA) 133
Conventional four-field pelvic radiotherapy technique without CT treatment planning in cancer of the cervix: potential
geographic miss
R.Y. Kim, L.S. McGinnis, S.A. Spencer, R.F. Meredith, R.L.S. Jennelle, M.M. Salter (USA) 140
Malignant glioma: patterns of failure following individually tailored limited volume irradiation
C.F. Hess, J.C. Schaaf, R.D. Kortmann, M. Schabet, M. Bamberg (Germany) 146
The influence of respiration induced motion of the kidneys on the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment planning, a magnetic
resonance imaging study
M.A. Moerland, A.C.M. van den Bergh, R. Bhagwandien, W.M. Janssen, C.J.G. Bakker, J.J.W. Lagendijk, J.J. Battermann
(The Netherlands) 150
Intercomparison of calibration procedures for Ir-192 HDR sources in The Netherlands and Belgium
J.L.M. Venselaar, W.F.M. Brouwer, B.H.M. van Straaten, A.H.L. Aalbers (The Netherlands) 155
Technical note
Comparison of performance standards for radiation beam uniformity characteristics of a linear accelerator
S. Hyédynmaa, H. Jadrvinen, U. Soukkanen, M. Pitkdnen (Finland) 162
Short communications
Reliability of clinical port films for measuring dose inhomogeneities in radiotherapy for head and neck tumours
C. Weltens, J. van Dam, G. Leunens, A. Dutreix, E. van der Schueren ( Belgium) 167
Repeated CT examinations in limited volume irradiation of brain tumors: quantitative analysis of individualized (CT-based)
treatment plans
R.-D. Kortmann, C.F. Hess, R. Jany, M. Bamberg (Germany) 171
Different collimators in convergent beam irradiation of irregularly shaped intracranial target volumes
S. Otto-Oelschlager, W. Schlegel, W. Lorenz (Germany) 175
Letters to the editor
Radiobiological implications of physical dose inhomogeneity in radiotherapy treatment planning
A.E. Amin (UK, Egypt) 180
24-Hour ambulatory electrocardiogram during postoperative irradiation for cancer of the breast
C. Cyprianou, G. Kolitsi, M. Nana, E. Foutzopoulou, G. Plataniotis, S. Moulopoulos, C. Papavasiliou (Greece) 181
Endemic African Kaposi’s sarcoma in an elderly population — a very radiosensitive disease
M.E. Stein, A. Kantor, R. Lakier, R. Ben- Yosef, W.R. Bezwoda (South Africa, Israel) 182
The dose per fraction in neutron therapy and relative biological effectiveness
A. Courdi ( France) 183
Prevention of heterotopic ossification (HO) after total hip replacement
R. Heyd , L.A. Adamietz (Germany) 184
Response to R. Heyd and L.A. Adamietz
M.H. Seegenschmiedt (Germany) 185
HDR versus LDR gynaecological brachytherapy revisited
B. Jones, L. Tee Tan, R. Kingston (UK) 186
Meeting Agenda 187
Courses 191]
Announcement
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Number 3, March 1994
Original Papers
Mortality and cancer incidence following radiotherapy for seminoma of the testis
A. Horwich, J. Bell (UK) 193
Present status and perspectives of boron neutron capture therapy
D. Gabel (Germany ) 199
Importance of timing of radiotherapy in breast conserving treatment for early stage breast cancer
B.J. Slotman, O.W.M. Meyer, K.H. Njo, A.B.M.F. Karim (The Netherlands) 206
Quantification of patient to patient variation of skin erythema developing as a response to radiotherapy
N.S. Russell, H. Knaken, 1.A.D. Bruinvis, A.A.M. Hart, A.C. Begg, J.V. Lebesque (The Netherlands) 213
Continuous split course irradiation for stage I and II Hodgkin’s disease: 20 year experience at the Medical College of Wisconsin
D.B. Rock, C.J. Schultz, K.J. Murray, J.F. Wilson, J.D. Cox (USA) 222
A re-analysis of available dose-response and time-dose data in Hodgkin’s disease
H. Brincker, S.M. Bentzen (Denmark ) 227
Maximum and mean bladder dose defined from ultrasonography. Comparison with the ICRU reference in gynaecological
brachytherapy
I. Barillot, J.C. Horiot, P. Maingon, M.C. Bone-Lepinoy D. Vaillant, S. Feutray (France) 231
Quality assurance in fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy
A.P. Warrington, R.W. Laing, M. Brada (UK) 239
Dynamics of tumor cell clonogen repopulation in a murine sarcoma treated with cyclophosphamide
L. Milas, T. Nakayama, N. Hunter, S. Jones, T.-m. Lin, S. Yamada, H. Thames, L. Peters (USA, Japan, Republic of China,
Japan) 247
Radiobiological determination of growth kinetics and radiosensitivity of pulmonary micrometastases of the RIH tumour
A. Raabe, H.-P. Beck-Bornholdt (Germany) 254
Short communications
Radiotherapy in the management of epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma of the oral cavity, the eyelid and the genitals
J.P. Le Bourgeois, H. Frikha, P. Piedbois, C. Le Péchoux, L. Martin, E. Haddad (France) 263
Skin-sparing reduction effects of thermoplastics used for patient immobilization in head and neck radiotherapy
C. Fiorino, G.M. Cattaneo, A. Del Vecchio, M. Fusca, B. Longobardi, P. Signorotto, R. Calandrino (Italy) 267
Soft tissue sarcoma of the breast after conservative surgery and irradiation for early mammary cancer
R. Zucali, Mirella Merson, M. Placucci, Silvana Di Palma, Umberto Veronesi (Italy) 271
Meeting Agenda 274
Courses 278
Announcements 279
Volume Contents 281
Author Index 284
Subject Index 287
Instructions to Authors 289