Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 1994: Vol 32 Table of Contents

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Volume contents
Volume 32 (1994)
Original Papers
Radiobiological considerations in the design of clinical trials
S.M. Bentzen (Denmark )
Successful treatment of radiation-induced fibrosis using liposomal Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase: clinical trial
S. Delanian, F. Baillet, J. Huart, J.-L. Lefaix, C. Maulard, M. Housset (France)
Radiotherapy in the curative treatment of breast cancer: current status and future trends. An opinion sample of radiation
oncologists active in breast cancer research
J.M. Kurtz (Switzerland)
Expression of fibrogenic cytokines in rat small intestine after fractionated irradiation
C.W. Langberg, M. Hauer-Jensen, C.-C. Sung, C.J.M. Kane (USA) 29
Radiation-induced reoxygenation in the SCCVII murine tumour: evidence for a decrease in oxygen consumption and an
increase in tumour perfusion
P.L. Olive (Canada ) 37
Possible mechanisms involved in tumor radiosensitization following nicotinamide administration
D.K. Kelleher, P.W. Vaupel (Germany) 47
3!P-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in vivo of four human melanoma xenograft lines: spin-lattice relaxation times
D.R. Olsen, H. Lyng, T.E. Southon, E.K. Rofstad (Norway) 54
The effect of very low radiation doses on the human bladder carcinoma cell line RT112
P. Lambin, E.P. Malaise, M.C. Joiner (UK, France) 63
Wedge factor constituents of high-energy photon beams: head and phantom scatter dose components
S. Heukelom, J.H. Lanson, B.J. Mijnheer (The Netherlands) 73
Kidney mobility during respiration
L.H. Schwartz, J. Richaud, L. Buffat, E. Touboul, M. Schlienger ( France) 84
Short communication
Evaluation of most frequent errors in daily compilation and use of a radiation treatment chart
M.C. Valli, M. Prina, A. Bossi, L.F. Cazzaniga, D. Cosentino, L. Scandolaro, A. Ostinelli, A. Monti, P. Cappelletti (Italy) 87
Meeting Agenda 90
Courses 93
Announcement 94
Editorial
Cell synchronization unfortunately may not benefit cancer therapy
G. Gordon (UK) 95
Original Papers
Accelerated radiotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme: a dose searching prospective study
D.G. Gonzalez, J. Menten, D.A. Bosch, E. van der Schueren, D. Troost, M.C.C.M. Hulshof, J. Bernier (The Netherlands,
Belgium, Italy)
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Variations in the management and outcome of non-small cell lung cancer in Ontario
W.J. Mackillop, P. Dixon Y. Zhou, C.T. Ago, G. Ege, D.1. Hodson, J.F. Kotalik, C. Lochrin, L. Paszat, D. Harris (Canada) 106
The volume effect in radiation-related late small bowel complications: results of a clinical study of the EORTC Radiotherapy
Cooperative Group in patients treated for rectal carcinoma
J.G.J. Letschert, J.V. Lebesque, B.M.P. Aleman, J.F. Bosset, J.C. Horiot, H. Bartelink, L. Cionini, J.P. Hamers, J.W.H. Leer,
M. van Glabbeke (The Netherlands, France, Italy, Belgium) 116
Taxol in combination with acute and low dose rate irradiation
L. Minarik, E.J. Hall (USA) 124
Apoptosis induced at different dose rates: implication for the shoulder region of cell survival curves
C.C. Ling, C.H. Chen, W.X. Li (USA) 129
Impact of overall treatment time of fractionated irradiation on local control of human FaDu squamous cell carcinoma in nude
mice
M. Baumann, C. Liertz, H. Baisch, T. Wiegel, J. Lorenzen, H. Arps (Germany) 137
Response of rat skin to boron neutron capture therapy with p-boronophenylalanine or borocaptate sodium
G.M. Morris, J.A. Coderre, J.W. Hopewell, P.L. Micca, M. Rezvani (UK, USA) 144
Dosimetric control of conformal treatment of parotid gland tumours
M. Essers, R. Keus, J.H. Lanson, B.J. Mijnheer (The Netherlands) 154
Dynamic X-ray compensation for conformal radiotherapy by means of multi-leaf collimation
J. Stein, T. Bortfeld, B. Dérschel, W. Schlegel (Germany) 163
Supplement to the code of practice for clinical proton dosimetry
S. Vynckier, D.E. Bonnett, D.T.L. Jones (Belgium, UK, South Africa) 174
Technical Note
Precise positioning of intracranial small tumors to the linear accelerator’s isocenter, using a stereotactic radiotherapy computed
tomography system (SRT-CT)
H. Shirato, K. Suzuki, T. Nishioka, T. Kamada, K. Kagei, T. Kitahara, H. Morisawa,, H. Tsujii (Japan) 180
Letter to the Editor
Minimum requirements for quality assurance in radiotherapy
W. Seelentag, G. Garavaglia (Switzerland) 184
Response to Seelentag and Garavaglia
J.C. Horiot (France) 185
ESTRO Courses 186
ESTRO Meetings 187
Calendar of Events 188
Announcement 192
Commentary
The value of staging of neck nodes in patients treated with radiotherapy
M.W.M. van den Brekel, H. Bartelink, G.B. Snow (The Netherlands) 193
Original Papers
Local control, TCDs 9a nd dose-time prescription habits in radiotherapy of head and neck tumours
H.-H. Dubben (Germany) 197
Dose-effect relations for local functional and structural changes of the lung after irradiation for malignant lymphoma
L.J. Boersma, E.M.F. Damen, R.W. de Boer, S.H. Muller, C.M. Roos, R.A. Valdés Olmos, N. van Zandwijk, J.V. Lebesque
(The Netherlands ) 201
BW12C perturbs normal and tumour tissue oxygenation and blood flow in man
S.J. Falk, J.R. Ramsay, R. Ward, K. Miles, A.K. Dixon, N.M. Bleehen (UK) 210
Growth of fibroblasts as a potential confounding factor in soft agar clonogenic assays for tumour cell radiosensitivity
P.A. Lawton, R.J. Hodgkiss, B.P. Eyden, M.C. Joiner (UK) 218
Relative output factors of asymmetric megavoltage beams
M. Tenhunen, T. Lahtinen (Finland) 226
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The potential and limitations of the inverse radiotherapy technique
R. Mohan, X. Wang, A. Jackson, T. Bortfeld, A.L. Boyer, G.J. Kutcher, S.A. Leibel, Z. Fuks, C.C. Ling (USA, Germany)
Response of the central nervous system to boron neutron capture irradiation: evaluation using rat spinal cord model
G.M. Morris, J.A. Coderre, J.W. Hopewell, P.L. Micca, M.M. Nawrocky, H.B. Liu, A. Bywaters (UK, USA)
Quality control of radiotherapy centres in Europe: beam calibration
A. Dutreix, S. Derreumaux, J. Chavaudra, E. van der Schueren (B elgium, France)
Technical note
The use of ultrasound to measure breast thickness to select electron energies for breast boost radiotherapy
D. Gilligan, J.A. Hendry, J.R. Yarnold (UK)
Dose effects of seeds placement deviations from pre-planned positions in ultrasound guided prostate implants
J.E. Dawson, T. Wu, T. Roy, J.Y. Gu, H. Kim (USA)
Letter to the Editor
The effect on wedge factors of scattered radiation from the wedge
S.J. Thomas (UK)
A factor to further reduce late tissue toxicity
D.T. Huang, P.-S. Lin, R. Schmidt-Ullirich (USA)
Response to D.T. Huang, P.-S. Lin, R. Schmidt-Ullirich
A.L.J. Schuster-Uitterhoeve, P. Sminia (The Netherlands)
ESTRO Courses
ESTRO Meetings
Calendar of Events
Volume contents
Author index
Subject index