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Submissions from 2023

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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

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Advances in MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy, Michael Chuong

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Authorship Diversity in Global Evidence Synthesis in Urology: 1998-2022 Analysis of Cochrane Reviews, Ahmad Ozair, Atulya Khosla, and Manmeet Ahluwalia

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

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Endovascular Versus Medical Management of Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion Stroke: The PLATO Study, Italo Linfante

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Formal Closure of Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Defects With a "Bow Tie" Tri-Layer Graft, Michael McDermott

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Super large-bore ingestion of clot (SLIC) leads to high first pass effect in thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion, Guilherme Dabus

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No-reflow phenomenon in acute ischemic stroke: an angiographic evaluation, Italo Linfante

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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

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Characterization of Physical Function and Cancer-Related Physical Impairments in Hispanic Women With Breast Cancer: A Descriptive Study, Adrian Cristian, Muni Rubens, Grace Wang, and Jane Mendez

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Severity of acute kidney injury is associated with decreased survival after fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair, Woongchae Lee

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Design, testing and characterization of a proton central axis alignment device for the dynamic collimation system, Jen Yu and Alonso Gutierrez

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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

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Targeting the IL4 receptor with MDNA55 in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: Results of a phase IIb trial, Sajeel Chowdhary

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

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Combination of EGFR-Directed Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (EGFR-TKI) with Radiotherapy in Brain Metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A 2010-2019 Retrospective Cohort Study, Shreya Saxena, Atulya Khosla, Ahmad Ozair, Rupesh Kotecha, and Manmeet Ahluwalia

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Disruption of National Cancer Database Data Models in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Vicki Hawhee

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

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Hospital outcomes of patients receiving catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage closure, or both, Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, and Emir Veledar

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

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Propensity score matching analysis of laparoscopic surgery vs. open approach in 4 297 adult patients with acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis or gastrointestinal tract perforation: a prospective multicentre study of nationwide outcomes, Nuria Lluis Vinas

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Comfort Questionnaire, Natalie Bermudez

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Temporally modulated pulsed proton re-irradiation (TMPPR) for recurrent high-grade gliomas, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Alonso Gutierrez, Yazmin Odia, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha

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The association of sex-specific hormones with coronary artery plaque characteristics from Miami Heart (MiHeart) study, Shozab Ali, Lara Arias, Theodore Feldman, Ricardo Cury, Jonathan Fialkow, and Khurram Nasir

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

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World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a consensus study, Alessandro Villa

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World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: a systematic review of outcome domains for salivary hypofunction, Alessandro Villa

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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

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World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII: Development of a core outcome set for dry mouth: the patient perspective, 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

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An Innovative Method to Perform High-Fidelity Simulation to Fulfill Educational Needs, Vivian Fuentes, Marrice King, and Elicia Egozcue-Ochoa

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The Art and Heart of Mentoring Graduate Nurses in an RN Residency, Diane Kramer, Kayce Tugg, and Sally Bonet

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Third-party cytomegalovirus-specific T cells improved survival in refractory cytomegalovirus viremia after hematopoietic transplant, Guenther Koehne

A novel multi-task hybrid deep neural network (DNN) predicts tumor progression during MRgRT, Kathryn Mittauer and Rupesh Kotecha

Dosimetric evaluation of accelerated partial breast irradiation using SAVI & TRIUMPH-T trial regimen, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Marc Morcos, Tino Romaguera, Alonso Gutierrez, Usha Abraham, Maria-Amelia Rodrigues, and Vibha Chaswal

Dosimetric Evaluation of an MR Linac System compared to Multiple Stereotactic Radiotherapy systems, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Rupesh Kotecha, D Jay Wieczorek, Kathryn Mittauer, Nema Bassiri-Gharb, Matthew Hall, Michael Chuong, Minesh Mehta, Michael McDermott, and Alonso Gutierrez

Evaluation of an interactive, multi-language, neurocognitive app in CNS radiation oncology, Rupesh Kotecha, Tugce Kutuk, Muni Rubens, Yazmin Odia, Matthew Hall, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, Suyen Ramos, and Miguel Ramirez Menendez

Initial Assessment of Adaptive Pancreas SBRT Treatment Efficiency using ViewRay MRIdian A3i, Kathryn Mittauer, Robert Herrera, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Adeel Kaiser, Matthew Hall, Rupesh Kotecha, Minesh Mehta, Michael Chuong, and Nema Bassiri-Gharb

Phase II trial of single-fraction SABR on 0.35T MRI-linac for thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic tumors, Michael Chuong, Kathryn Mittauer, Martin Tom, Noah Kalman, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Paul Kaywin, Antonio Ucar, Federico Albrecht, Fernando De Zarraga, Santiago Aparo, Guilherme Rabinowits, Muni Rubens, Alonso Gutierrez, Rupesh Kotecha, and Carolina Rojas

Prognostic value of neutrophil/lymphocyte count in pancreas patients receiving ablative MR-guided RT, Michael Chuong, Robert Herrera, Muni Rubens, Antonio Ucar, Fernando De Zarraga, Santiago Aparo, Sarah Joseph, Matthew Hall, Rupesh Kotecha, Adeel Kaiser, and Gigi Estevez

Prospective Study Phase II Trial of Stereotactic MRI-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy in 1 Fraction: Unplanned Interim Analysis, Michael Chuong, Kathryn Mittauer, Martin Tom, Noah Kalman, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Paul Kaywin, Antonio Ucar, Federico Albrecht, Fernando De Zarraga, Santiago Aparo, Muni Rubens, Alonso Gutierrez, and Rupesh Kotecha

Quality of life after ablative 5-fraction radiation therapy from the phase II SMART pancreas trial, Michael Chuong and Kathryn Mittauer

Theoretical maximum lateral target thickness for Intensity-modulated vaginal brachytherapy, Marc Morcos

Toxicity outcomes of dose-escalated MR-guided radiation therapy for abdominal and pelvic tumors, Tugce Kutuk, Michael Chuong, Kathryn Mittauer, Jessika Contreras, Adeel Kaiser, Matthew Hall, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, Rupesh Kotecha, Martin Tom, and Robert Herrera

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Evaluation of Four-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Dosing Strategies for the Reversal of Bleeding Associated with Apixaban or Rivaroxaban, Paolo A. Scalla, Heidi Clarke, Erika Dittmar, and Thomas Wolfel

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Evaluation of pharmacist intervention on spontaneous awakening trials (SAT) in ventilated patients, Natalie Quesep, Delany Santos Ferrer, and Heidi Clarke

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Evaluation of the Impact of an Antibiotic Time-out for Transition of IV Vancomycin to Oral Linezolid in Hospitalized Patients, Mary S. Vogel, Jefferson Cua, Erika Dittmar, and Kelsey N. Williams

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Impact of a pharmacist-driven carbapenem de-escalation algorithm for hospitalized patients with urinary tract infections, Susana Diaz, Jefferson Cua, Kelsey Williams, Erika Dittmar, and Timothy P. Gauthier

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Implementation of 4T score documentation on PF4 testing in patients with Suspected heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), Maria A. Ruiz, Jessica Justiz, Radhan Gopalani, Heidi Clarke, and Erika Dittmar

Implementation of a Pharmacist-Driven Quetiapine Taper in Acutely Delirious Critically Ill Patients, Allison Vargas

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Bilateral Testicular Torsion: A Systematic Review of Case Reports, Akram Bokhari

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Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes of Real-World Talazoparib-Treated Patients With Germline BRCA-Mutated Advanced HER2-Negative Breast Cancer, Reshma Mahtani

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Rethinking classification and categorization of resection extent and its impact on patient survival in glioblastoma: Was Walter Dandy ahead of his time?, Rupesh Kotecha and Minesh Mehta

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Surgical Management of Metastatic Pathologic Subtrochanteric Fractures: Treatment Modalities and Associated Outcomes, Juan Pretell

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Pathogenesis of Oral Toxicities Associated with Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy, Alessandro Villa

Atherectomy Before Angioplasty or Stenting for Peripheral Arterial Disease: Counterpoint-Is the Evidence There?, Constantino Pena

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ISRS Technical Guidelines for Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Treatment of Small Brain Metastases (≤1 cm in diameter), Rupesh Kotecha