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Submissions from 2023

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Collaborative Nurses Leading the Way to Quality & Safety Improvement Utilizing a Home-grown Mock Survey - "Continuous Readiness Rounds" (CRR), Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Gen Crespo, Christina Fontaine, and Alex Duarte

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Constructive Accountability Improves Patient Outcomes in the Emergency Department, Marisel Perigo

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Reducing Emergency Department Patient Falls through Ownership and Drills, Marisel Perigo, Wanda Rodriguez, Alexander Alpizar, Virginia Valenzuela, and Gaby Fontela

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Standardization of an Onboarding Process, Kim Diaz, Lauren Machin, and Karen Garcia Tunon

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Advocacy and Collaboration for New Evidence-based Initiative Improves Breastfeeding Rate, Jennifer Canales, Betty Drago, and Alisha Gaffoor

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Leveraging Leadership Strategies and Unit Outcomes by Decreasing Hospital Acquired Conditions with an Innovative Role Mobility Associate, Kristine Aguinaldo and Myla Malto

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Senior Nurse Leaders Leverage Technology to Improve Patient Experience, Jessica Hucey Nua and Nerlande Joseph

Radiation induced taste changes in head and neck cancer - differential impact of treatment factors, Tiffany Nong, Tammy Medrano, Muni Rubens, Adeel Kaiser, and Noah Kalman

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Reducing Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Project, Margie Martin, Hollie Gow, Courtney Goldman, Joy Mitts, Yessenia Muniz, Dayana Kowalski, Gabriela Flores, Laura Budnechky, and Catherina Chang Martinez

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Leveraging Technology to Elevate ICU Patient Outcomes, Joanne Aberilla and Janet Maloney

Ablative 5-fraction CT- versus MR-guided pancreatic SBRT: dosimetric effects of interfraction anatomic change, Michael Chuong, Adeel Kaiser, Matthew Hall, Rupesh Kotecha, Diane Alvarez, Nema Bassiri-Gharb, Alonso Gutierrez, James McCulloch, Kathryn Mittauer, Nicole McAllister, Ashley Fellows, Amy Rzepczynski, and Will Deere

A comparative evaluation of different radiosurgery management strategies for large brain metastases: What is the optimal treatment paradigm?, Tugce Kutuk, Sreenija Yarlagadda, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Matthew Hall, Anshul Saxena, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Martin Tom, D Jay Wieczorek, Cecilia Lee, Haley Appel, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Alonso Gutierrez, Minesh Mehta, Rupesh Kotecha, and Mukesh Roy

Advancing Beyond the Hippocampus to Improve Cognition for Patients with Brain Metastases: An Initial Report of a Phase 2 Trial Examining Memory-Avoidance Whole Brain Radiotherapy, Rupesh Kotecha

Characterization of Large Brain Metastases with 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT Treated with Staged Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SSRS): Phase 1 Proof-of-Concept Interim Analysis, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Surya Chundru, Martin Tom, Tugce Kutuk, D Jay Wieczorek, Muni Rubens, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Michael McDermott, Matthew Hall, Alonso Gutierrez, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha

Dosimetric evaluation of a novel non-metallic dual port expander for proton therapy, Joseph Panoff, Zachary Fellows, Andrew Wroe, and Kristen McConnell

Heatmaps to Assess Tumor Motion Probability with MRcine in Head and Neck Cancer, Yonatan Weiss

Implementation Outcomes of Strategies to Promote Short-Course Radiation for Nonspine Bone Metastases in an Academic-Community Partnership – Survey Results from the ALIGNMENT Trial, Joseph Panoff

Integration of an APP-based Neurocognitive Evaluation Program into Stereotactic Radiosurgery Practice: Outcomes and Patient Survey Analysis from a Prospective Observational Study, Tugce Kutuk, Cecilia Lee, Yazmin Odia, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Matthew Hall, Haley Appel, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha

"Multi-institutional Experience of Definitive Proton Therapy for Osteosarcoma Acute Toxicities and Outcomes", Keitrina Mair, Katherine Von Werne, Noah Kalman, Michael Chuong, Matthew Hall, and Robert Press

Multi-institutional Experience of Proton Therapy for Rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma in the Proton Collaborative Group (PCG) Prospective Registry, Katherine Von Werne, Keitrina Mair, Noah Kalman, and Robert Press

Outcomes of MR-guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (MRgSBRT) for adrenal metastases: A multi-institutional pooled analysis, Rupesh Kotecha and Tugce Kutuk

Patterns of locoregional failure after ablative 5-fraction stereotactic MR-guided on-table adaptive radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer, Michael Chuong, Nicole McAllister, Surya Chundru, Robert Herrera, Adeel Kaiser, Matthew Hall, Rupesh Kotecha, Kathryn Mittauer, Diane Alvarez, James McCulloch, Nema Bassiri-Gharb, Alonso Gutierrez, Nicolas Carvallo, and Jason Extein

Phase II Trial of Stereotactic MR-guided On-table Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Borderline or Locally Advanced Pacreatic Cancer: Updated Safety & Efficacy Outcomes, Michael Chuong and Kathryn Mittauer

Retrospective Assessment of Surface Imaging Set up Accuracy for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy of Comprehensive Breast Irradiation, Daniel Cho, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, and Andrew Wroe

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Small Intact Brain Metastasis: A Comparative Evaluation Between 3 Single Fraction Prescription Doses, Sreenija Yarlagadda, Tugce Kutuk, Anshul Saxena, Mukesh Roy, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Haley Appel, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Martin Tom, Matthew Hall, D Jay Wieczorek, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Alonso Gutierrez, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha

Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (STaRT) for brain metastases: Initial Experience from a Prospective Multi-institutional Registry, Rupesh Kotecha and Michael McDermott

The Anatomy and Evolution of a Quality Proton Plan Check Process: An Institutional Review, Kristen McConnell, Zachary Fellows, Maria Valladares, Lorrie LeGrand, Alonso Gutierrez, and Andrew Wroe

Transitioning Radiation Oncology from ARIA to Cerner for Clinical Documentation, Lorrie LeGrand and Maria Valladares

Treatment of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma with Proton Beam Therapy: Long-term Outcomes from the Proton Collaborative Group Registry, Michael Chuong

BPI23-011: Real-World Study of First-Line Treatment Patterns in HR+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) at a Tertiary Care Cancer Institute, Yolcar Chamorro, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Muni Rubens, Reshma Mahtani, and Ana Sandoval Leon

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Sums of Powers and Harmonic Numbers: A new approach, Carlos Barrera

Predicting Risk of Distant Brain Failure with Radiosurgery and Systemic Therapy in a Diverse NSCLC Brain Metastasis Population, Sreenija Yarlagadda, Tugce Kutuk, Anshul Saxena PhD, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Haley Appel, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Matthew Hall, D Jay Wieczorek, Cecilia Lee, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Alonso Gutierrez, Minesh Mehta, Rupesh Kotecha, and Mukesh Roy

A Multicenter Study of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound with Systemic Microbubble Oscillators for Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption for Liquid Biopsy in Glioblastoma (LIBERATE), Manmeet Ahluwalia, Michael McDermott, Ahmad Ozair, and Atulya Khosla

A Randomized Phase 2b Study of Surviving Vaccine Survaxm Plus Adjuvant Temozolomide For Newly-Diagnosed Glioblastoma (SURVIVE), Manmeet Ahluwalia, Yazmin Odia, Ahmad Ozair, and Atulya Khosla

A Randomized Study of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption for Brain Metastasis from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (LIMITLESS), Manmeet Ahluwalia, Michael McDermott, Ahmad Ozair, and Atulya Khosla

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Endoglin inhibitor TRC105 with or without bevacizumab for bevacizumab-refractory glioblastoma (ENDOT): a multicenter phase II trial, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Ahmad Ozair, and Atulya Khosla

Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (START) for Recurrent Glioblastoma: Initial Outcomes from a Prospective Multicenter Registry, Ahmad Ozair, Atulya Khosla, Rupesh Kotecha, Michael McDermott, and Manmeet Ahluwalia

Tucatinib, Trastuzumab, and Capecitabine with Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients with Brain Metastases from Her-2 Positive Breast Cancer (TUTOR): A Multicenter Phase 1 Clinical Trial, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Atulya Khosla, Ahmad Ozair, Rupesh Kotecha, Michael McDermott, Minesh Mehta, Ana Sandoval Leon, and Reshma Mahtani

Characterization of large brain metastases with 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT treated with staged stereotactic radiosurgery (SSRS): interim analysis of a pilot study, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Tugce Kutuk, D Jay Wieczorek, Cecilia Lee, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Michael McDermott, Matthew Hall, Alonso Gutierrez, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Rupesh Kotecha, and Minesh Mehta

PURSUE: results from a prospective, phase 2b trial to define image interpretation criteria for 18F-fluciclovine-PET for detection of recurrent brain metastases after radiation therapy, Rupesh Kotecha

Neurosurgeon's Ode to Meningiomas, Ahmad Ozair and Michael McDermott

Approach to Diarrhea, Polina Gaisinskaya

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Effective Discharge Teaching Impacts Patient Experience, Suzanne Rodriguez and Blessy Varghese

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Purposeful HAPPPPI-ness Improves Patient Experience, Dhanya Paul and Lizette Gonzalez

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Quiet Time: Improving Post-Partum Patient Experience, Jennifer Canales

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Taking a Big Step to Shorten LOS: Expediting Patient Recovery Utilizing B.M.A.T., Sandra Torres, Angela Ramirez, Nicole Boswell, Sigrid Somarriba, Kristine Aguinaldo, Natalie Bermudez, and Simone Cheong

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Universal Onboarding: Impacting Satisfaction and Turnover, Joanne Aberilla and Julia Caballero

AI-Assisted Fully Automated Applicator Digitization for Streamlining High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Planning in Gynecological Cancer, Kristen McConnell

Central Axis Heterogeneity Correction Factors for Three Commercially Available I-125 Seed Models for COMS Eye Plaques, Cecilia Lee

Commissioning Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for an MR-GuidedRadiotherapy (MRgRT) System: MR-RT Localization and Dosimetric End-to-End Validation, Nema Bassiri-Gharb, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Rupesh Kotecha, Michael Chuong, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Kathryn Mittauer

Evaluation of a Flat-Panel Based Compact Daily Quality Assurance Device for PencilBeam Scanning Proton Therapy, Daniel Cho, Eduardo Pons, Alonso Gutierrez, and Andrew Wroe

Experience of Implementing Quality and Plan Assessments for Online Adaptive RT, Kristen McConnell

"Good-Catches Inventory to Interactive Data-Repository: Management and Analysis for Process Improvement", Vibha Chaswal, Cecilia Lee, D Jay Wieczorek, Alonso Gutierrez, and Ranjini Tolakanahalli

Implementation of a TG-224 Compliant, Web-Based QA Program for a Modern Proton Therapy Center, Kristen McConnell, Eduardo Pons, Alonso Gutierrez, Andrew Wroe, and Victor Chirinos

Off-Axis Heterogeneity Correction Factors for Three Commercially Available I-125 Seed Models in the 16mm COMS Eye Plaque, Cecilia Lee

Profiles for small applicators ≤3 cm measured using superficial x-ray energies (50 kV – 100kV) for treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer, Cecilia Lee

Sensitivity of the SRS MapCheck® to collimator angle errors in patient-specific QA of lung SBRT treatment, Cecilia Lee

Updates from TG-263U1: New Nomenclature Standards in Brachytherapy, Adaptive Therapy, and Translations into French and Spanish, Cecilia Lee

Validation and Commissioning of the new Gamma Knife Vantage Frame, D Jay Wieczorek, Rupesh Kotecha, Cecilia Lee, Matthew Hall, Michael McDermott, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Ranjini Tolakanahalli

Utility of Continuous Paravertebral Block after Retroperitoneal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Woongchae Lee and Leslie Renfro

Dose-escalated proton therapy with concurrent and adjuvant immunotherapy for chordoma: early results and toxicities from a single institution case series, Matthew Hall

Metastatic HER2‑Positive Breast Cancer: Is There an Optimal Sequence of Therapy?, Naomi Dempsey, Ana Sandoval Leon, and Reshma Mahtani

Radiotherapy Use and Incidence of Locoregional Recurrence in Patients With Favorable-Risk, Node-Positive Breast Cancer Enrolled in the SWOG S1007 Trial, Reshma Mahtani and Youssef Zeidan

Early integration of palliative care in malignant hematology, Marco Ruiz Andia and Jannelle Vicens

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Effective Discharge Teaching Impacts Patient Experience, Suzanne Rodriguez and Blessy Varghese

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Universal Onboarding: Impacting Satisfaction and Turnover, Joanne Aberilla and Julia Caballero

Impact of bladder fill change: What happens when you’re not looking?, Marc Morcos and Yonatan Weiss

Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (STaRT) For Recurrent Brain Metastases: Initial Clinical Experience, Tugce Kutuk, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, D Jay Wieczorek, Haley Appel, Alonso Gutierrez, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Robert Herrera, Michael McDermott, Vitaly Siomin, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries, Ahmad Ozair

A daily quality assurance test for volumetric repainting using magnetic field regulation ​, Andrew Wroe, Alonso Gutierrez, Eduardo Pons, and Kristen McConnell

Assessment of set-up accuracy in breast patients treated with proton therapy when using surface imaging as compared to kV-based, Alonso Gutierrez, Andrew Wroe, and Daniel Cho

Dose-escalated proton therapy with concurrent and adjuvant immunotherapy for chordoma: Early results and toxicities from a single institution case series ​, Matthew Hall, Yazmin Odia, Minesh Mehta, Muni Rubens, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Alonso Gutierrez, Keitrina Mair, Katherine Von Werne, and Carlos Rios

Dosimetric evaluation of prototype non-metallic breast expander for intensity modulated proton therapy ​, Kristen McConnell, Zachary Fellows, Joseph Panoff, Eduardo Pons, Alonso Gutierrez, Andrew Wroe, and Ryan Zielan

Estimating the risk of developing hypothyroidism in comprehensive breast cancer patients with sensitivity analysis computed from patient-setup and proton-range uncertainties, Andrew Wroe, Marcio Fagundes, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Jen Yu

Multi-institutional experience of proton therapy for osteosarcoma in the Proton Collaborative Group (PCG) prospective registry, Matthew Hall, Keitrina Mair, and Katherine Von Werne

Proton craniospinal irradiation for patients with solid tumor leptomeningeal metastasis: Initial real-world clinical experience, Tugce Kutuk, Haley Appel, Zachary Fellows, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Yazmin Odia, Matthew Hall, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, Rupesh Kotecha, and Sreenija Yarlagadda

Proton craniospinal irradiation for patients with solid tumor leptomeningeal metastasis: Suggested planning approaches for prior irradiation patients, Zachary Fellows, Andrew Wroe, Rupesh Kotecha, Matthew Hall, Minesh Mehta, and Alonso Gutierrez

The Initial Clinical Experience with an Interactive, Multi-Language, App-Based Neurocognitive Evaluation Program for Proton Therapy on CNS Malignancies, Tugce Kutuk, Rupesh Kotecha, Yazmin Odia, Matthew Hall, Haley Appel, Miguel Ramirez Menendez, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, and Alonso La Rosa de los Rios

Initiating a Unit-Based Skin Champion Program to Decrease Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPIs), Zemira Cerny

A randomized phase 2 trial of encorafenib + binimetinib + nivolumab vs ipilimumab + nivolumab in BRAFV600-mutant melanoma brain metastases: SWOG S2000 (NCT# 04511013). 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology, Rupesh Kotecha

Enhancing lung cancer screening through ‘Saved by the Scan’: Lessons from a multipronged public service advertising program., Shreyas Bellur, Ahmad Ozair, Atulya Khosla, Juan Batlle, Mark Dylewski, and Manmeet Ahluwalia

Evaluating the diagnostic performance of 18F-fluciclovine for detection of recurrent brain metastases after radiation therapy: Results from a prospective phase 2 trial. 2023, Rupesh Kotecha

Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance of Leptomeningeal Diagnosis with CNSide™ Compared to Standard Cytology, Haley Appel, Anshul Saxena PhD, Rupesh Kotecha, Alexander Mohler, Matthew Hall, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, Yazmin Odia, and Serguei Castaneda

Incidence and outcomes among patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer (mBC) with co-occurring ESR1 and PIK3CA mutations detected by ctDNA and treated with alpelisib: A retrospective review., Yolcar Chamorro, Ana Sandoval Leon, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Reshma Mahtani, and Naomi Dempsey

Outcomes among Hispanic metastatic breast cancer patients treated with alpelisib and fulvestrant: single institution retrospective study, Yolcar Chamorro, Reshma Mahtani, Shanada Monestime, Naomi Dempsey, Muni Rubens, Manmeet Ahluwalia, and Ana Sandoval Leon

Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients in the Era of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Manmeet Ahluwalia and Minesh Mehta

SM: RANO 2.0: Proposal for an Update to the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) Criteria for High- and Low-Grade Gliomas in Adults, Minesh Mehta

Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy with standard of care (SOC) systemic therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) following platinum failure: Final results of the phase 3, randomized LUNAR study, Rupesh Kotecha

A machine learning based-personalized plan selection methodology for reducing skin toxicity in proton pencil beam scanning, Michael Kasper and Suresh Rana

Feasibility study of utilizing Sphinx for quality assurance in uniform scanning proton therapy, Suresh Rana

NICUs in the US: levels of acuity, number of beds, and relationships to population factors, Alicia Fernandez Fernandez

The World Workshop on Oral Medicine Outcomes Initiative for the Direction of Research Project, Alessandro Villa

World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: A systematic review of outcome domains for xerostomia, Alessandro Villa

Functional Outcomes of Bilateral Inlay Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, Eduardo Salazar

Retrospective Review of 200 Consecutive, Single Surgeon, Fibula Nails with Proximal and Distal Fixation, Christopher Hodgkins

Dosimetric Comparison of GammaTile® Implants to Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Recurrent Brain Metastasis Resection Cavities., Robert Herrera, Rupesh Kotecha, D Jay Wieczorek, Zachary Fellows, Vibha Chaswal, Vivek Mishra, Michael McDermott, Vitaly Siomin, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Ranjini Tolakanahalli

GammaTile® brachytherapy versus stereotactic radiotherapy: A dosimetric comparison for the treatment of recurrent brain metastasis resection cavities, Robert Herrera, Rupesh Kotecha, Tugce Kutuk, D Jay Wieczorek, Zachary Fellows, Vibha Chaswal, Vivek Mishra, Michael McDermott, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Ranjini Tolakanahalli

Multi-institutional outcomes of proton beam therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma from the Proton Collaborative Group REG001-09 stud, Michael Chuong and Muni Rubens

The A3i System Significantly Reduces Treatment Times for MRLinac Radiotherapy, Robert Herrera, Michael Chuong, Kathryn Mittauer, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Nema Bassiri-Gharb, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Adeel Kaiser, Matthew Hall, Rupesh Kotecha, Minesh Mehta, and Alonso Gutierrez

Evolution of the Reference Interview: PICOT & REDCap, Devica Samsundar and Joana Fernandez