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Submissions from 2023
"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
Treatment of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma with Proton Beam Therapy: Long-term Outcomes from the Proton Collaborative Group Registry, Michael Chuong
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
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
Low-Dose Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for Alzheimer's Dementia: Results From a Pilot Trial in Humans, Minesh Mehta
Treatment of glioblastoma using MRIdian® A3i BrainTx™: Imaging and treatment workflow demonstration, Alonso La Rosa De Los Rios, Kathryn Mittauer, Amy Rzepczynski, Michael Chuong, Tugce Kutuk, Nicole McAllister, Matthew Hall, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Roberto Herrera, Alonso Gutierrez, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Yazmin Odia, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Online adaptive radiotherapy: Assessment of planning technique and its impact on longitudinal plan quality robustness in pancreatic cancer, Kathryn Mittauer, Sreenija Yarlagadda, John Bryant, Tino Romaguera, Andres Gomez, Robert Herrera, Rupesh Kotecha, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Michael Chuong
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
National Cancer Institute Collaborative Workshop on Shaping the Landscape of Brain Metastases Research: challenges and recommended priorities, Minesh Mehta, Manmeet Ahluwalia, and Rupesh Kotecha
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
"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
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
Advances in MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy, Michael Chuong
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
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
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
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
A machine learning based-personalized plan selection methodology for reducing skin toxicity in proton pencil beam scanning, Michael Kasper and Suresh Rana
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
Feasibility study of utilizing Sphinx for quality assurance in uniform scanning proton therapy, Suresh Rana
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
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
A Multi-Institutional Phase 2 Trial of Ablative 5-Fraction Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance-Guided On-Table Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Borderline Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Kathryn Mittauer and Michael Chuong
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
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
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
ISRS Technical Guidelines for Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Treatment of Small Brain Metastases (≤1 cm in diameter), Rupesh Kotecha
The Rationale for Radiation Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease, Minesh Mehta
Evaluating the intracranial activity of adagrasib, Rupesh Kotecha, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Tugce Kutuk, Manmeet Ahluwalia, and Minesh Mehta
Post-mastectomy radiation therapy in HER-2 positive breast cancer after primary systemic therapy: Pooled analysis of TRYPHAENA and NeoSphere trials, Joseph Panoff and Youssef Zeidan
Editorial: Effects of radiation therapies on brain metastases, Rupesh Kotecha and Minesh Mehta
Developing an AI-assisted planning pipeline for hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiotherapy, Minesh Mehta
Key Clinical Principles in the Management of Glioblastoma, Rupesh Kotecha, Yazmin Odia, Atulya Khosla, and Manmeet Ahluwalia
Phase I Dose Escalation Trial Combining Olaparib and Thoracic Radiation Therapy in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer, Rupesh Kotecha
Dosimetric Comparison of GammaTile Implants to Stereotactic Radiotherap, Robert Herrera, Rupesh Kotecha, Tugce Kutuk, D Jay Wieczorek, Vibha Chaswal, Michael McDermott, Vitaly Siomin, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, and Zachary Fellows
Dosimetric Evaluation of an MR Linac System Compared to Multiple Stereotactic Radiotherapy Delivery Systems for Large Brain Metastases, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, D Jay Wieczorek, Kathryn Mittauer, Matthew Hall, Minesh Mehta, Michael McDermott, Rupesh Kotecha, and Alonso Gutierrez
Implementation of an Interactive, Multi-Language, App-Based Neurocognitive Evaluation Program into Routine Stereotactic Radiosurgery Practice, Tugce Kutuk, Yazmin Odia, Matthew Hall, Haley Appel, Miguel Ramirez Menendez, Alexander Mohler, Michael McDermott, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Variable Relative Biological Effectiveness of Proton Therapy Increases PET-Visible Mucosal Injury in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Edgar Gelover Reyes, Raees Tonse, Surya Chundru, Adeel Kaiser, Len Coutinho, Ryan Zielan, Zachary Fellows, and Noah Kalman
Radiosurgery: What are the Questions we Should be Asking?, Minesh Mehta
Great Debates: Fractionated vs. Staged SRT for Brain Metastases, Minesh Mehta
Great Debates: Preopertavive vs. Postopertaive SRS for Brain Metastases, Minesh Mehta
Innovative Radiation Techniques, Minesh Mehta
Hits and Misses in Novel Pancreatic and Rectal Cancer Treatment Options, Michael Chuong
Modern Meningioma Methods: Molecular Diagnostics and High Dose Protons, Rupesh Kotecha and Minesh Mehta
DNA Methylation and Histone Modification in Low-Grade Gliomas: Current Understanding and Potential Clinical Targets, Ahmad Ozair, Atulya Khosla, Rupesh Kotecha, Yazmin Odia, Michael McDermott, and Manmeet Ahluwalia
Dosimetric delivery validation of dynamically collimated pencil beam scanning proton therapy, Jen Yu and Alonso Gutierrez
Keynote: Future of Proton Therapy, Minesh Mehta
An Update on NRG Trials of Hippocampal Avoidance, Minesh Mehta
Implementation of superficial radiation therapy (SRT) using SRT-100 Vision™ for non-melanoma skin cancer in a Radiation Oncology clinic, Cecilia Lee, Stephan Davis, William Romaguera, Vibha Chaswal, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Alonso Gutierrez, and Noah Kalman
Depatuxizumab-mafodotin in EGFR-amplified newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a phase III randomized clinical trial, Minesh Mehta
Proton Therapy for CNS and Leptomeningeal Indications, Minesh Mehta
Radiosurgery for Gliomas, Minesh Mehta
Radiosurgery in Clinical Practice, Minesh Mehta
Racial disparities in clinical presentation, surgical procedures, and hospital outcomes among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States, Tugce Kutuk, Muni Rubens, Haley Appel, Michael Chuong, Adeel Kaiser, Matthew Hall, Jessika Contreras, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha
Dosimetric Impact of Lesion Number, Size, and Volume on Mean Brain Dose with Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases, Alonso La Rosa De Los Rios, D Jay Wieczorek, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Cecilia Lee, Tugce Kutuk, Matthew Hall, Michael McDermott, Minesh Mehta, Alonso Gutierrez, and Rupesh Kotecha
OptImal Gamma kNife lIghTnIng sOlutioN (IGNITION) score to characterize the solution space of the Gamma Knife FIP optimizer for stereotactic radiosurgery, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, D Jay Wieczorek, Cecilia Lee, Martin Tom, Matthew Hall, Michael McDermott, Minesh Mehta, Rupesh Kotecha, and Alonso Gutierrez
Updates in CNS Malignancies, Minesh Mehta
Low-risk meningioma: Initial outcomes from NRG Oncology/RTOG 0539, Minesh Mehta
Accelerated hypofractionated magnetic resonance-guided adaptive radiotherapy for oligoprogressive non-small cell lung cancer, Alonso La Rosa de los Rios, Kathryn Mittauer, Michael Chuong, Matthew Hall, Tugce Kutuk, Nema Bassiri-Gharb, James McCulloch, Diane Alvarez, Raul Herrera, Alonso Gutierrez, Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Minesh Mehta, and Rupesh Kotecha