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John P. Plastaras
Radiotherapy
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Open AccessKnowledge and competences in hematological malignancies amongst radiation oncology residents in Germany—results from a national survey
Radiation oncology is a pivotal modality in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. To enable state-of-the-art patient care, structured education during residency is essential. However, given the lack of de...
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Open AccessRadiation dose is associated with improved local control for large, but not small, hepatocellular carcinomas
With advances in understanding liver tolerance, conformal techniques, image guidance, and motion management, dose-escalated radiotherapy has become a potential treatment for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma...
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Tolerability of sequential immune therapy and palliative radiotherapy to the cervical and thoracic spine
Use of immune therapy in metastatic cancers is rapidly expanding; however, its combination with commonly prescribed palliative radiation fields and doses is not well studied. To investigate this, we evaluated ...
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Lower Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Lower GI cancers present a particular problem for multidisciplinary care. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the standard of care, but with it comes a host of treatment-related toxicities. For rectal cancer, preo...
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Mediastinal Lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma and primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma (a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma) are lymphomas that commonly involve the mediastinum and typically affect adolescents and young adults. Owing to t...
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Stage-Specific Survival Differences Associated with Postoperative Radiotherapy for Gastrointestinal Cancers
To study the frequency and effect associated with postoperative radiotherapy (RT) for patients with resected gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.
