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List of works by Rainer Fietkau

5-year results of accelerated partial breast irradiation using sole interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation with boost after breast-conserving surgery for low-risk invasive and in-situ carcinoma of the female breast:

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

6-year experience of concurrent radiochemotherapy with vinorelbine plus a platinum compound in multimorbid or aged patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer

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A Model to Predict the Feasibility of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy With Temozolomide in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients Over Age 65.

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A clinician's plea to test glioma patients for CMV.

scientific article published on September 2017

A disease-specific enteral nutrition formula improves nutritional status and functional performance in patients with head and neck and esophageal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy: results of a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation With Interstitial Implants: Risk Factors Associated With Increased Local Recurrence

scientific article published on August 2, 2010

Accelerated partial breast irradiation with external beam radiotherapy : First results of the German phase 2 trial

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Accelerated partial-breast irradiation with interstitial implants. Analysis of factors affecting cosmetic outcome

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Antitumor immune responses induced by ionizing irradiation and further immune stimulation

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Appreciation for Prof. Rolf Sauer on the occasion of the transferral of the editorship of "Strahlentherapie und Onkologie".

scientific article published in February 2015

Assessment of the implant geometry in fractionated interstitial HDR breast brachytherapy using an electromagnetic tracking system

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Baseline Quality of Life of Physical Function Is Highly Relevant for Overall Survival in Advanced Rectal Cancer

scientific article published on 12 January 2022

Bevacizumab Plus Irinotecan Versus Temozolomide in Newly Diagnosed O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase Nonmethylated Glioblastoma: The Randomized GLARIUS Trial

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Brain volume reduction after whole-brain radiotherapy: quantification and prognostic relevance

scientific article published on 8 August 2017

Cancer Cell Death-Inducing Radiotherapy: Impact on Local Tumour Control, Tumour Cell Proliferation and Induction of Systemic Anti-tumour Immunity

scientific article published in January 2016

Cell-in-cell structures are more potent predictors of outcome than senescence or apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Chemoradiation Increases PD-L1 Expression in Certain Melanoma and Glioblastoma Cells

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Chemoradiotherapy with and without deep regional hyperthermia for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

Clearance of primary necrotic cells by non-professional phagocytes

scientific article published on June 2015

Clinical radiation oncology trials in Germany: Time for clarification and professionalization

scientific article published in December 2015

Clinically Relevant Radiation Exposure Differentially Impacts Forms of Cell Death in Human Cells of the Innate and Adaptive Immune System

scholarly article by Sylvia E Falcke published in November 2018

Combination of growth pattern and tumor regression identifies a high-risk group in neoadjuvant treated rectal cancer patients

scientific article published on 25 March 2017

Combination of ionising radiation with hyperthermia increases the immunogenic potential of B16-F10 melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Combined treatment modality in small cell lung cancer : the impact of radiotherapy on survival

scientific article published on February 2008

Concurrent radiochemotherapy of locally recurrent or advanced sarcomas of the uterus.

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Concurrent radiochemotherapy with vinorelbine plus cisplatin or carboplatin in patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and an increased risk of treatment complications. Preliminary results

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Confocal microscopy of the peripheral gustatory system: comparison between healthy subjects and patients suffering from taste disorders during radiochemotherapy

scientific article published in December 2005

Correction to expert consensus on re-irradiation for recurrent glioma

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Current controversies in radiotherapy for breast cancer

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Cytotoxic effect of efavirenz is selective against cancer cells and associated with the cannabinoid system

scientific article published on August 2013

DEGRO practical guidelines for radiotherapy of breast cancer IV: radiotherapy following mastectomy for invasive breast cancer

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DEGRO practical guidelines for radiotherapy of breast cancer V: Therapy for locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancer, as well as local therapy in cases with synchronous distant metastases

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Detailed Analysis of DNA Repair and Senescence Marker Kinetics Over the Life Span of a Human Fibroblast Cell Line

scientific article published on November 15, 2010

Deterioration of Health-Related Quality of Life Scores under Treatment Predicts Longer Survival

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Development of a Modular Assay for Detailed Immunophenotyping of Peripheral Human Whole Blood Samples by Multicolor Flow Cytometry

scientific article published on 11 August 2016

Differences between clinical trial participants and patients in a population-based registry: the German Rectal Cancer Study vs. the Rostock Cancer Registry

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Differences in and Prognostic Value of Quality of Life Data in Rectal Cancer Patients with and without Distant Metastases

scientific article published on 22 December 2020

Does avascular necrosis of the jaws in cancer patients only occur following treatment with bisphosphonates?

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Downstage migration after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: the reverse of the Will Rogers phenomenon?

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Dual mTOR/DNA-PK Inhibitor CC-115 Induces Cell Death in Melanoma Cells and Has Radiosensitizing Potential

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Increasing importance of radiotherapy as a part of the therapy approach

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Durvalumab improves prognosis of stage III non-small-cell lung cancer after definitive chemoradiotherapy

scientific article published on 26 January 2018

Early irradiation with radiochemotherapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer is superior to late irradiation

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Efavirenz Has the Highest Anti-Proliferative Effect of Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors against Pancreatic Cancer Cells

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Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on postoperative fecal continence and anal sphincter function in rectal cancer patients

scientific article published on 12 May 2007

Effective local control of vertebral metastases by simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy: preliminary results

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

Effects of Hippocampal Sparing Radiotherapy on Brain Microstructure—A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Effects of whole-body electromyostimulation combined with individualized nutritional support on body composition in patients with advanced cancer: a controlled pilot trial

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Electronic Support for Retrospective Analysis in the Field of Radiation Oncology: Proof of Principle Using an Example of Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy of 251 Meningioma Patients

scientific article published on 9 February 2017

Erratum to: Regional lymph node metastasis and locoregional recurrence of rectal carcinoma in the era of TNM surgery. Implications for treatment decisions

scholarly article published in International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Essential role of radiation therapy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer : Novel study concepts and established treatment recommendations

scientific article published in November 2017

Evaluating predictive modeling algorithms to assess patient eligibility for clinical trials from routine data

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Evaluation of the role of remission status in a heterogeneous limited disease small-cell lung cancer patient cohort treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy

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Evaluation of time, attendance of medical staff, and resources during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients: the DEGRO-QUIRO trial

scientific article published on 22 July 2011

Ex Vivo Apoptosis in CD8+ Lymphocytes Predicts Rectal Cancer Patient Outcome

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Expert consensus on re-irradiation for recurrent glioma

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Expression of TIP60 (tat-interactive protein) and MRE11 (meiotic recombination 11 homolog) predict treatment-specific outcome of localised invasive bladder cancer

scientific article published on 9 October 2012

Feasibility, Toxicity, and Efficacy of Short Induction Chemotherapy of Docetaxel Plus Cisplatin or Carboplatin (TP) Followed by Concurrent Chemoradio therapy for Organ Preservation in Advanced Cancer of the Hypopharynx, Larynx, and Base of Tongue

scientific article published on December 22, 2010

Female sex is an independent risk factor for reduced overall survival in bladder cancer patients treated by transurethral resection and radio- or radiochemotherapy

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Fractionated radiotherapy is the main stimulus for the induction of cell death and of Hsp70 release of p53 mutated glioblastoma cell lines

scientific article published on 30 March 2014

Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy for adrenal metastases: contributing to local tumor control with low toxicity

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Frequent occurrence of therapeutically reversible CMV-associated encephalopathy during radiotherapy of the brain

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

GEC-ESTRO multicenter phase 3-trial: Accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy versus external beam whole breast irradiation: Early toxicity and patient compliance

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

GILT--A randomised phase III study of oral vinorelbine and cisplatin with concomitant radiotherapy followed by either consolidation therapy with oral vinorelbine and cisplatin or best supportive care alone in stage III non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Gemcitabine/cisplatin versus 5-fluorouracil/mitomycin C chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a retrospective analysis of 93 patients

scientific article published on July 27, 2011

Gender affects acute organ toxicity during radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer: Long-term results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 phase III trial

scientific article published on June 11, 2013

High-grade histology as predictor of early distant metastases and decreased disease-free survival in salivary gland cancer irrespective of tumor subtype

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

How Octogenarians with Bladder Cancer Are Treated in a Maximum-Care Hospital: The Real-Life Experience

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

How does ionizing irradiation contribute to the induction of anti-tumor immunity?

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

How important is the axillary nodal status for adjuvant treatment decisions at a breast cancer multidisciplinary tumor board? A survival analysis

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Hyperthermia in combination with X-irradiation induces inflammatory forms of cell death

scientific article published on May 2009

Idelalisib may have the potential to increase radiotherapy side effects

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Immune-modulating properties of ionizing radiation: rationale for the treatment of cancer by combination radiotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors

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Impact of postoperative radiotherapy and HER2/new overexpression in salivary duct carcinoma : A monocentric clinicopathologic analysis

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Impact of radon and combinatory radon/carbon dioxide spa on pain and hypertension: Results from the explorative RAD-ON01 study

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Improved outcome of adult Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia with rituximab and chemotherapy: report of a large prospective multicenter trial

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Improved survival for elderly married glioblastoma patients : Better treatment delivery, less toxicity, and fewer disease complications

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In head and neck cancer the number of dissected lymph nodes predicts mortality

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Increased skin and mucosal toxicity in the combination of vemurafenib with radiation therapy

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

Individual radiosensitivity in a breast cancer collective is changed with the patients' age.

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

Individualization of post-mastectomy radiotherapy and regional nodal irradiation based on treatment response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer : A systematic review

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Induction chemotherapy before chemoradiotherapy and surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer : is it time for a randomized phase III trial?

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Inflammation in gastric adenocarcinoma of the cardia: how do EBV infection, Her2 amplification and cancer progression influence tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes?

scientific article published on 26 February 2011

Influence of Gender on Radiosensitivity during Radiochemotherapy of Advanced Rectal Cancer

scientific article published on 29 December 2021

Influence of patient mispositioning on SAR distribution and simulated temperature in regional deep hyperthermia

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Initial results of randomized studies of metastatic colorectal carcinoma urge careful and controlled use of CPT-11

scientific article published in March 2002

Intensified irinotecan-based neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer: four consecutive designed studies to minimize acute toxicity and to optimize efficacy measured by pathologic complete response

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Intensified neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: a review

scientific article published on 28 October 2006

Intensified neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer enhances surgical complications

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Interstitial brachytherapy as a boost to patients with anal carcinoma and poor response to chemoradiation: Single-institution long-term results

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Introduction of a hybrid treatment delivery system used for quality assurance in multi-catheter interstitial brachytherapy

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Investigating a Correlation between Chemoradiotherapy Schedule Parameters and Overall Survival in a real-life LD SCLC Patient Cohort

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Ionizing radiation reduces the capacity of activated macrophages to induce T-cell proliferation, but does not trigger dendritic cell-mediated non-targeted effects

scientific article published on 21 August 2018

Kinase Inhibitors of DNA-PK, ATM and ATR in Combination with Ionizing Radiation Can Increase Tumor Cell Death in HNSCC Cells While Sparing Normal Tissue Cells

scientific article published on 17 June 2021

Late side-effects and cosmetic results of accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery for low-risk invasive and in-situ carcinoma of the female breast: 5-year

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Lipiodol injections for optimization of target volume delineation in a patient with a second tumor of the oropharynx: A case report

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Long-Term Experience of Chemoradiotherapy Combined with Deep Regional Hyperthermia for Organ Preservation in High-Risk Bladder Cancer (Ta, Tis, T1, T2)

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Long-Term Survival after Salvage Surgery for Local Failure after Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Long-term experience with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in pharmacoresistant epilepsy: Neurological and MRI changes

scientific article published on November 29, 2011

Low cytoplasmic and nuclear KPNA2 expression in radiotherapy-treated head and neck squamous cell cancer is associated with an adverse outcome

scientific article published on December 2015

Low dose ionising radiation leads to a NF-κB dependent decreased secretion of active IL-1β by activated macrophages with a discontinuous dose-dependency

scientific article published on May 22, 2012

Low-Dose Irradiation Differentially Impacts Macrophage Phenotype in Dependence of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes and Radiation Dose

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

MRI-based treatment of rectal cancer: is prognostication of the recurrence risk solid enough to render radiation redundant?

scientific article published on 04 September 2013

Management of advanced hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer with and without cartilage invasion

scientific article published on 25 August 2016

Modern Radiotherapy Concepts and the Impact of Radiation on Immune Activation

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Modulation of the peripheral immune system after low-dose radon spa therapy: Detailed longitudinal immune monitoring of patients within the RAD-ON01 study

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Modulations in the Peripheral Immune System of Glioblastoma Patient Is Connected to Therapy and Tumor Progression-A Case Report from the IMMO-GLIO-01 Trial

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Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin and surgery versus immediate surgery in resectable pancreatic cancer: results of the first prospective randomized phase II trial

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Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in locally advanced gastric carcinoma

scientific article published on November 2004

New data on pancreatic cancer

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Norm- and hypo-fractionated radiotherapy is capable of activating human dendritic cells

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

Old and new facts about hyperthermia-induced modulations of the immune system

scientific article published on 12 June 2012

Older Patients Are Less Affected by Radiochemotherapeutic Treatment than Younger.

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Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in cancer therapy : does eicosapentanoic acid influence the radiosensitivity of tumor cells?

scientific article published on 18 January 2011

Oral vinorelbine and cisplatin with concomitant radiotherapy in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a feasibility study

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Organ-sparing treatment of penile cancer with interstitial pulsed-dose-rate brachytherapy

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Oxaliplatin added to fluorouracil-based preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer (the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 study): final results of the multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

PARP Inhibitors Talazoparib and Niraparib Sensitize Melanoma Cells to Ionizing Radiation

scientific article published on 31 May 2021

PD-L1 is upregulated by radiochemotherapy in rectal adenocarcinoma patients and associated with a favourable prognosis

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Pathologic complete response after induction therapy-the role of surgery in stage IIIA/B locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in May 2018

Performance of gimbal-based dynamic tumor tracking for treating liver carcinoma

Phase II trial of a simultaneous radiochemotherapy with cisplatinum and paclitaxel in combination with hyperfractionated-accelerated radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck tumors

scientific article published in January 2006

Predictors for occlusion of cerebral AVMs following radiation therapy : Radiation dose and prior embolization, but not Spetzler-Martin grade

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Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

scientific article published on April 23, 2012

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil and oxaliplatin versus fluorouracil alone in locally advanced rectal cancer: initial results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 randomised phase 3 trial

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Preoperative radiotherapy of advanced rectal cancer with capecitabine and oxaliplatin with or without cetuximab: A pooled analysis of three prospective phase I-II trials

scientific article published on 3 February 2010

Preoperative versus postoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

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Primary glioblastoma multiforme tumors and recurrence : Comparative analysis of the danger signals HMGB1, HSP70, and calreticulin

scientific article published on 8 December 2015

Primary tumor response to chemoradiotherapy in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer correlates with duration of brain-metastasis free survival

scientific article published on 20 May 2012

Prognosis of rectal cancer patients improves with downstaging by intensified neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy - a matched pair analysis

scientific article published on August 16, 2013

Prognostic Value of Homotypic Cell Internalization by Nonprofessional Phagocytic Cancer Cells

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Prognostic role of patient gender in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Prognostic significance of tumor regression after preoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer

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Quadrimodal treatment of high-risk T1 and T2 bladder cancer: transurethral tumor resection followed by concurrent radiochemotherapy and regional deep hyperthermia

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Quantification of an external motion surrogate for quality assurance in lung cancer radiation therapy.

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Radiotherapy for benign achillodynia. Long-term results of the Erlangen Dose Optimization Trial

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Radiotherapy in early-stage Dupuytren's contracture. Long-term results after 13 years

scientific article published on 28 January 2010

Rate of individuals with clearly increased radiosensitivity rise with age both in healthy individuals and in cancer patients.

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Re-irradiation with interstitial pulsed-dose-rate brachytherapy for unresectable recurrent head and neck carcinoma.

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Recurrent glioblastoma: who receives tumor specific treatment and how often?

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Reduced secretion of the inflammatory cytokine IL-1β by stimulated peritoneal macrophages of radiosensitive Balb/c mice after exposure to 0.5 or 0.7 Gy of ionizing radiation

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Regional deep hyperthermia: impact of observer variability in CT-based manual tissue-segmentation on a simulated temperature distribution

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Regional lymph node metastasis and locoregional recurrence of rectal carcinoma in the era of TME [corrected] surgery. Implications for treatment decisions

scientific article published on 10 December 2009

Remnants of secondarily necrotic cells fuel inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article published in June 2009

Reorganization of Functional Areas of the Brain After Brain Irradiation

scientific article published on January 24, 2011

Results of chemoselection with short induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation or surgery in the treatment of functionally inoperable carcinomas of the pharynx and larynx

scientific article published on 12 January 2013

Salivary gland carcinoma (SGC) with perineural spread and/or positive resection margin - high locoregional control rates after photon (chemo) radiotherapy - experience from a monocentric analysis

Selected anti-tumor vaccines merit a place in multimodal tumor therapies

scientific article published on 9 October 2012

Senescence Induction by Combined Ionizing Radiation and DNA Damage Response Inhibitors in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Should salvage surgery be considered for local recurrence after definitive chemoradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer?

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Simultaneous chemoradiotherapy with irinotecan and cisplatin in limited disease small cell lung cancer: a phase I study

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Single-cycle induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy or surgery in patients with head and neck cancer: what are the best predictors of remission and prognosis?

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Spatial distribution of FoxP3+ and CD8+ tumour infiltrating T cells reflects their functional activity

scientific article published on 03 August 2016

Stage III: definitive chemoradiotherapy

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Stage-III NSClC: multimodality therapy for inoperable tumours

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Stereotactic radiotherapy of vestibular schwannoma : Hearing preservation, vestibular function, and local control following primary and salvage radiotherapy

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Survival analysis in rectal carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemoradiation: various methods with different results

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

The delineation of target volumes for radiotherapy of lung cancer patients

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The differential diagnosis and interdisciplinary treatment of anal carcinoma

scientific article published on April 2015

The impact of surgical quality on prognosis in patients undergoing rectal carcinoma surgery after preoperative chemoradiation

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

The in vitro immunogenic potential of caspase-3 proficient breast cancer cells with basal low immunogenicity is increased by hypofractionated irradiation

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Timing of failure in limited disease (stage I-III) small-cell lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective analysis

scientific article published in November 2013

Total and single doses influence the effectiveness of radiotherapy in palliative treatment of plasmacytoma

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Towards a Computable Data Corpus of Temporal Correlations between Drug Administration and Lab Value Changes

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Treatment Response and Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Are Prognostic Factors in a Real-life Limited-disease Small-cell Lung Cancer Patient Cohort Comprehensively Staged With Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Treatment of cervical paragangliomas: is surgery the only way?

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

Treatment options for high-risk T1 bladder cancer: status quo and future perspectives of radiochemotherapy

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Treatment results in localized primary gastric lymphoma: data of patients registered within the German multicenter study (GIT NHL 02/96).

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Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy as a Prognostic Factor and Individual-Level Surrogate for Disease-Free Survival in Rectal Cancer

scientific article published in December 2017

Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial

article by Emmanouil Fokas et al published 20 May 2014 in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Tumor location, interval between surgery and radiotherapy, and boost technique influence local control after breast-conserving surgery and radiation: retrospective analysis of monoinstitutional long-term results.

scientific article published on 24 March 2008

Which fractionation of radiotherapy is best for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer?

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ypN0 nodal status after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal carcinoma is not associated with adverse prognosis as compared with pN0 after primary surgery.

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