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"Hit the primary": A paradigm shift in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer?

scientific article published on 29 August 2015

11C choline PET guided salvage radiotherapy with volumetric modulation arc therapy and hypofractionation for recurrent prostate cancer after HIFU failure: preliminary results of tolerability and acute toxicity

scientific article published on 31 August 2013

18F-Sodium Fluoride PET–CT for the Assessment of Brain Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 01 August 2015

A Plethora of Therapeutic Opportunities for Elderly Patients With Cancer: A Nontrivial Choice

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

A cast of shadow on adjuvant radiotherapy for prostate cancer: A critical review based on a methodological perspective.

scientific article published on 08 October 2015

A strategy for young members within national radiation oncology societies: the Italian experience (AIRO Giovani group).

scientific article published on 19 August 2012

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea treated with adjuvant hypofractionated tomotherapy. Case report and literature review.

scientific article published on January 2008

Adult prostatic sarcoma: A contemporary multicenter Rare Cancer Network study.

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Anatomical and clinical predictors of acute bowel toxicity in whole pelvis irradiation for prostate cancer with Tomotherapy

scientific article published on 22 August 2011

Anatomy driven optimization strategy for total marrow irradiation with a volumetric modulated arc therapy technique.

scientific article published on 5 January 2012

Applying radiobiological plan ranking methodology to VMAT prostate SBRT

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Available evidence on re-irradiation with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy following high-dose previous thoracic radiotherapy for lung malignancies

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Benign Intracranial Lesions - Radiotherapy: An Overview of Treatment Options, Indications and Therapeutic Results

scientific article published on 10 November 2019

Cachexia in Radiotherapy-Treated Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Phenomenon That Should Be Investigated

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

Cachexia induces head and neck changes in locally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma during definitive cisplatin and image-guided volumetric-modulated arc radiation therapy

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Can volumetric modulated arc therapy with flattening filter free beams play a role in stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver lesions? A volume-based analysis.

scientific article published in February 2012

Cancer therapy combining high-intensity focused ultrasound and megavoltage radiation.

scientific article published on 28 May 2014

Choline-PET in prostate cancer management: the point of view of the radiation oncologist.

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Clinical factors predicting late severe urinary toxicity after postoperative radiotherapy for prostate carcinoma: a single-institute analysis of 742 patients

scientific article published on 23 November 2010

Combination of androgen deprivation therapy and radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer in the contemporary era.

scientific article published on 17 October 2014

Combining independent studies of diagnostic fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography and computed tomography in mediastinal lymph node staging for non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in July 2006

Comment

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Comorbidities and intensity-modulated radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost in elderly breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 28 July 2017

Cone-beam computed tomography in lung stereotactic ablative radiation therapy: predictive parameters of early response

scientific article published on June 2016

Consolidation radiotherapy for a rare case of extranodal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue non-Hodgkin's lymphoma synchronous with prostate adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Consolidative local therapy in oligometastatic patients

scientific article published on 01 February 2017

Could single-high-dose radiotherapy be considered the new frontier of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy?

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Crowd knowledge based community in radiotherapy: In response to Yartev et al

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Dose distribution changes with shielding disc misalignments and wrong orientations in breast IOERT: a Monte Carlo - GEANT4 and experimental study

scientific article published on 6 September 2012

Dose-volume relationships for acute bowel toxicity in patients treated with pelvic nodal irradiation for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 19 May 2009

Dose-volume-related dysphagia after constrictor muscles definition in head and neck cancer intensity-modulated radiation treatment.

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Dosimetric impact of inter-observer variability for 3D conformal radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy: the rectal tumor target definition case

scientific article published on 09 July 2013

Dosimetrics of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery: Only "an exercise of style"?

scientific article published on 8 August 2015

Early clinical experience with volumetric modulated arc therapy in head and neck cancer patients

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Efficacy of stereotactic body radiotherapy in oligorecurrent and in oligoprogressive prostate cancer: new evidence from a multicentric study.

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Erratum to: Dosimetrics of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery : Only "an exercise of style"?

scientific article published on 01 November 2015

Erratum: Erratum to: Effectiveness of tapentadol prolonged release for the management of painful mucositis in head and neck cancers during intensity modulated radiation therapy

scientific article published on 01 October 2016

Evidence of limited motion of the prostate by carefully emptying the rectum as assessed by daily MVCT image guidance with helical tomotherapy.

scientific article published on 18 April 2008

Extreme hypofractionation for early prostate cancer: Biology meets technology.

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Feasibility and early clinical assessment of flattening filter free (FFF) based stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatments.

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Fentanyl pectin nasal spray for painful mucositis in head and neck cancers during intensity-modulated radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

From chemotherapy to target therapies associated with radiation in the treatment of NSCLC: a durable marriage?

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

From radiobiology to technology: what is changing in radiotherapy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 03 March 2014

Helical tomotherapy for scalp recurrence of primary eccrine mucinous adenocarcinoma.

scientific article published in November 2009

High-intensity focused ultrasound plus concomitant radiotherapy: a new weapon in oncology?

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High-quality Linac-based Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy with Flattening Filter Free Beams and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Low-Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer. A Mono-institutional Experience with 90 Patients

scientific article published on 4 July 2016

Hippocampal dose during Linac-based stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases: An observational study

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Hypofractionated radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer: Lessons from the past in the era of stereotactic body radiation therapy.

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Hypofractionation in Current Clinical Practice: A Flash Forward to the near Future of Radiation Oncology?

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Hypofractionation with VMAT versus 3DCRT in post-operative patients with prostate cancer.

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IMRT significantly reduces acute toxicity of whole-pelvis irradiation in patients treated with post-operative adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 18 September 2009

Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT): practical recommendations of Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO).

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Image-guided radiation therapy: a new era for the radiation oncologist?

scientific article published on 05 December 2009

Impact of 11C-methionine positron emission tomography/computed tomography on radiation therapy planning and prognosis in patients with primary brain tumors

scientific article published on November 2014

Impact of 18F-Choline PET/CT in the Decision-Making Strategy of Treatment Volumes in Definitive Prostate Cancer Volumetric Modulated Radiation Therapy

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Impact of Ialuril Soft Gels in reducing urinary toxicity during radical hypofractionated radiotherapy in prostate cancer: a preliminary experience

Impact of weight loss in patients with head and neck carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy: is it an underestimated phenomenon? A radiation oncologist's perspective.

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

In Regard to Boero et al

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

In Regard to Chung et al

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

In Regard to Kubicek et al

scientific article published on 01 July 2016

In Regard to Pan et al

scientific article published on 01 July 2016

In reply to Borras et al. The strengthening of Radiation Oncologist role inside multidisciplinary arena within 2025

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

In reply to Gandaglia et al

scientific article published on 08 June 2014

Induction chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer: An eternally unfinished issue?

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Initial experience of hypofractionated radiation retreatment with true beam and flattening filter free beam in selected case reports of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

scientific article published on 10 August 2012

Intensity modulated radiation therapy with simultaneous integrated boost in early breast cancer irradiation. Report of feasibility and preliminary toxicity

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Interplay effects between dose distribution quality and positioning accuracy in total marrow irradiation with volumetric modulated arc therapy.

scientific article published in November 2013

Is high dose rate brachytherapy reliable and effective treatment for prostate cancer patients? A review of the literature

scientific article published on 17 February 2015

Is stereotactic body radiation therapy an attractive option for unresectable liver metastases? A preliminary report from a phase 2 trial

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Large volume unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: acute toxicity and initial outcome results with rapid arc

scientific article published on October 15, 2010

Letter: Volumetric Arc Therapy (RapidArc) vs Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases: Not Only a Dosimetric Issue.

scientific article published in August 2015

Long-term local control achieved after hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy for adrenal gland metastases: A retrospective analysis of 34 patients

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Low-dose bath with volumetric modulated arc therapy in breast cancer: "Much ado about nothing?"

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Lymph-node relapsed prostate cancer management and PET-driven external beam radiotherapy: salvage or palliative treatment?

scientific article published on September 2015

Management of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) undergoing radiotherapy: A consensus document from Associazione Italiana Aritmologia e Cardiostimolazione (AIAC), Associazione Italiana Radioterapia Oncologica (AIRO), Associa

scientific article published on 24 December 2017

Modeling set-up error by daily MVCT for prostate adjuvant treatment delivered in 20 fractions: Implications for the assessment of the optimal correction strategies.

scientific article published on 18 September 2009

Moderate Hypofractionated Postprostatectomy Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy With Daily Image Guidance (VMAT-IGRT): A Mono-institutional Report on Feasibility and Acute Toxicity

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Moderate hypofractionation and simultaneous integrated boost by helical tomotherapy in prostate cancer: monoinstitutional report of acute tolerability assessment with different toxicity scales

scientific article published on 24 May 2015

Moderate hypofractionation and simultaneous integrated boost with volumetric modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 29 September 2012

Nasal cavity reirradiation: a challenging case for comparison between proton therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy

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Need for high radiation dose (>or=70 gy) in early postoperative irradiation after radical prostatectomy: a single-institution analysis of 334 high-risk, node-negative patients

scientific article published on 18 July 2009

Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Breast: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

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Oligometastasis and local ablation in the era of systemic targeted and immunotherapy

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Optimal dose and fraction number in SBRT of lung tumours: A radiobiological analysis.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Optimal local control and tolerability of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy in prostate cancer: a single institutional experience of dose escalation in 125 patients

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Organ sparing and clinical outcome with step-and-shoot IMRT for head and neck cancer: a mono-institutional experience

scientific article published on 07 February 2015

Overall and disease-free survival greater than 12 years in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery for solitary brain metastasis

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Personalized--Not Omitted--Radiation Oncology for Breast Cancer

scientific article published on 02 November 2015

Phase I-II study of hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost using volumetric modulated arc therapy for adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer patients: a report of feasibility and early toxicity results in the first 50 treatments

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Phase I-II study of hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost with tomotherapy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 04 December 2008

Postoperative breast radiotherapy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: which uncertainties still remain?

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Postoperative radiotherapy in prostate cancer: acquired certainties and still open issues. A review of recent literature.

scientific article published on January 2011

Predictors of acute bowel toxicity in patients treated with IMRT whole pelvis irradiation after prostatectomy

scientific article published on 20 March 2010

Predictors of mucositis in oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer in patients treated with volumetric modulated radiation treatment: A dose-volume analysis

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Prospective phase II trial of cetuximab plus VMAT-SIB in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Feasibility and tolerability in elderly and chemotherapy-ineligible patients

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Prostate cancer as a paradigm of multidisciplinary approach? Highlights from the Italian young radiation oncologist meeting.

scientific article published in November 2013

Radiation Dose-Response Relationship for Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Survivors of Hodgkin Lymphoma

scientific article published on 02 May 2016

Radiation as a foundation for glioblastoma therapy in elderly patients. In Regard to Arvold et al.

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Radiation dose intensification in pre-operative chemo-radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer

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Radical radiation therapy for oligometastatic breast cancer: Results of a prospective phase II trial.

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Radiobiology and molecular oncology: how are they changing radiotherapy in clinical practice?

scientific article published in January 2010

Radiotherapy and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Real-life Experience.

scientific article published in January 2018

Radiotherapy in patients with HIV: current issues and review of the literature.

scientific article published on July 2017

Radiotherapy in patients with connective tissue diseases.

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Radiotherapy in the multidisciplinary treatment of liver cancer: a survey on behalf of the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology.

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Re: Cesare Cozzarini, Claudio Fiorino, Chiara Deantoni, et al. Higher-than-expected severe (grade 3-4) late urinary toxicity after postprostatectomy hypofractionated radiotherapy: a single-institution analysis of 1176 patients. Eur urol 2014;66:1024

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Re: Daniel E. Spratt, Hebert A. Vargas, Zachary S. Zumsteg, et al. Patterns of Lymph Node Failure after Dose-escalated Radiotherapy: Implications for Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Coverage. Eur Urol 2017;71:37-43: A Step Forward in the Era of Functiona

scientific article published on 18 November 2016

Re: Giorgio Gandaglia, Alberto Briganti, Noel Clarke, et al. Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy after Radical Prostatectomy in Prostate Cancer Patients. Eur Urol. In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2017.01.039

scientific article published on 18 March 2017

Re: Nazareno Suardi, Andrea Gallina, Giuliana Lista, et al. Impact of adjuvant radiation therapy on urinary continence recovery after radical prostatectomy. Eur urol 2014;65:546-51

scientific article published on 03 October 2014

Re: Patrick C. Walsh, Nathan Lawrentschuk. Immediate Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Following Radical Prostatectomy Should Not Be Advised for Men with Extraprostatic Extension Who Have Negative Surgical Margins. Eur Urol 2016;69:191-2: Personalization o

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Regarding Ening et al. Charlson comorbidity index: an additional prognostic parameter for preoperative glioblastoma patient stratification

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Reirradiation: hopes and concerns of the radiation oncologist

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Remission of refractory neurosarcoidosis treated with brain radiotherapy: a case report and a literature review

scientific article published on March 2008

Reply to 'Comment on 'Efficacy of stereotactic body radiotherapy in oligorecurrent and in oligoprogressive prostate cancer: new evidence from a multicentric study''.

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Review and uses of stereotactic body radiation therapy for oligometastases

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Role of consolidative stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published on August 2017

Role of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in head and neck oncology: the point of view of the radiation oncologist

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SBRT and extreme hypofractionation: A new era in prostate cancer treatments?

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

SBRT for prostate cancer: Challenges and features from a physicist prospective

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

SBRT in unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer: preliminary results of a mono-institutional experience.

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Salvage therapy of intraprostatic failure after radical external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer: a review.

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Salvage therapy of small volume prostate cancer nodal failures: a review of the literature.

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Sequential boost in neoadjuvant irradiation for T3N0-1 rectal cancer: long-term results from a single-center experience.

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Significant reduction of acute toxicity following pelvic irradiation with helical tomotherapy in patients with localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 13 August 2007

Simultaneous integrated bilateral breast and nodal irradiation with volumetric arc therapy: case report and literature review.

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Spinal metastases: Is stereotactic body radiation therapy supported by evidences?

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Stage-I small cell lung cancer: A new potential option for stereotactic ablative radiation therapy? A review of literature

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy for Lung Oligometastases: Predictive Parameters of Early Response by 18FDG-PET/CT.

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for brain metastases with volumetric modulated arc therapy and flattening filter free delivery: feasibility and early clinical results

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy in renal cell carcinoma: From oligometastatic to localized disease.

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

Stereotactic body radiation therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy induce different plasmatic cytokine changes in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a pilot study.

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for abdominal targets using volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy with RapidArc: Feasibility and clinical preliminary results

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver tumours using flattening filter free beam: dosimetric and technical considerations

scientific article published on February 2012

Stereotactic body radiation therapy with hydrogel spacer: a salvage reirradiation strategy for prostate cancer recurrence

scientific article published in October 2016

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (sbrt) in lung oligometastatic patients: role of local treatments

scientific article published on 02 April 2014

Stereotactic body radiotherapy with flattening filter-free beams for prostate cancer: assessment of patient-reported quality of life

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Stereotactic precision and conventional radiotherapy evaluation (SPACE)-Trial for medically inoperable Stage I NSCLC: A lost opportunity?

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial metastases: linac-based and gamma-dedicated unit approach.

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with brain metastases

scientific article published in June 2014

Surgery or stereotactic ablative radiation therapy: how will be treated operable patients with early stage not small cell lung cancer in the next future?

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Surprising complete response of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from breast cancer: a case report and literature review

scientific article published on 29 May 2017

Synchronous bilateral breast cancer irradiation: clinical and dosimetrical issues using volumetric modulated arc therapy and simultaneous integrated boost.

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Technical Note: Correction for intra-chamber dose gradients in reference dosimetry of flattening-filter-free MV photon beams

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Temozolomide combined with radiotherapy in the treatment of recurrent cranial meningioma previously treated with multiple surgical resections and two sessions of radiosurgery: a case report and literature review

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The "PROCAINA (PROstate CAncer INdication Attitudes) Project" (Part II)--a survey among Italian radiation oncologists on radical radiotherapy in prostate cancer

scientific article published on 27 May 2013

The PEDRO (Pocketable Electronic Devices in Radiation Oncology) project: how clinical practice is changing among young radiation oncologists

scientific article published in November 2014

The PROCAINA (PROstate CAncer INdication Attitudes) Project (Part I): a survey among Italian radiation oncologists on postoperative radiotherapy in prostate cancer.

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

The Pocketable Electronic Devices in Radiation Oncology (PEDRO) Project: How the Use of Tools in Medical Decision Making is Changing?

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The STYRO 2011 project: a survey on perceived quality of training among young Italian radiation oncologists

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The impact of prostate gland dimension in genitourinary toxicity after definitive prostate cancer treatment with moderate hypofractionation and volumetric modulated arc radiation therapy

scientific article published on 07 August 2015

The “BUONGIORNO” Project: Burnout Syndrome Among Young Italian Radiation Oncologists

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Three-dimensional conformal versus intensity modulated radiotherapy in breast cancer treatment: is necessary a medical reversal?

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Total monitor units influence on plan quality parameters in volumetric modulated arc therapy for breast case

scientific article published in May 2014

Toxicity of stereotactic body radiation therapy versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a potential comparison bias.

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

Vertebral metastases reirradiation with volumetric-modulated arc radiotherapy

scientific article published in March 2012

Volumetric modulated arc therapy with flattening filter free (FFF) beams for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in patients with medically inoperable early stage non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

scientific article published in June 2013

Volumetric modulated arc therapy with flattening filter free beams for isolated abdominal/pelvic lymph nodes: report of dosimetric and early clinical results in oligometastatic patients.

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Volumetric-modulated arc stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer: dosimetric impact of an increased near-maximum target dose and of a rectal spacer.

scientific article published on 3 August 2015

Volumetric-modulated arc therapy with vaginal cuff simultaneous integrated boost as an alternative to brachytherapy in adjuvant irradiation for endometrial cancer: a prospective study

scientific article published on April 2015

Watch-and-wait versus surgical resection for patients with rectal cancer.

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Weekly Cisplatin and Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy With Simultaneous Integrated Boost for Radical Treatment of Advanced Cervical Cancer in Elderly Patients: Feasibility and Clinical Preliminary Results

scientific article published on 8 July 2016

What is changing in radiotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer patients? A review.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

What is the role of [11C]choline PET/CT in decision making strategy before post-operative salvage radiation therapy in prostate cancer patients?

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

What is the role of postoperative re-irradiation in recurrent and second primary squamous cell cancer of head and neck? A literature review according to PICO criteria.

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Whole brain radiotherapy with hippocampal avoidance and simultaneous integrated boost for brain metastases: a dosimetric volumetric-modulated arc therapy study

scientific article published on 01 August 2015

Will SBRT replace conventional radiotherapy in patients with low-intermediate risk prostate cancer? A review

scientific article published on 17 January 2012