Search Results - "Giebeler, Annelise"
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Comparison of risk of radiogenic second cancer following photon and proton craniospinal irradiation for a pediatric medulloblastoma patient
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (21-02-2013)“…Pediatric patients who received radiation therapy are at risk of developing side effects such as radiogenic second cancer. We compared proton and photon…”
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Comparison of therapeutic dosimetric data from passively scattered proton and photon craniospinal irradiations for medulloblastoma
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (24-07-2012)“…For many decades, the standard of care radiotherapy regimen for medulloblastoma has been photon (megavoltage x-rays) craniospinal irradiation (CSI). The late…”
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Predicted risks of second malignant neoplasm incidence and mortality due to secondary neutrons in a girl and boy receiving proton craniospinal irradiation
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-12-2010)“…The purpose of this study was to compare the predicted risks of second malignant neoplasm (SMN) incidence and mortality from secondary neutrons for a…”
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Standardized treatment planning methodology for passively scattered proton craniospinal irradiation
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (03-02-2013)“…As the number of proton therapy centers increases, so does the need for studies which compare proton treatments between institutions and with photon therapy…”
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Dose perturbations from implanted helical gold markers in proton therapy of prostate cancer
Published in Journal of applied clinical medical physics (27-01-2009)“…Implanted gold fiducial markers are widely used in radiation therapy to improve targeting accuracy. Recent investigations have revealed that metallic fiducial…”
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A Dosimetric Comparison of Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy, Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy, and 4π Non-Coplanar Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for a Patient with Parameningeal Rhabdomyosarcoma
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (10-09-2017)“…Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children and manifests as two major histological subtypes: embryonal and alveolar. The…”
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A comparative study on the risks of radiogenic second cancers and cardiac mortality in a set of pediatric medulloblastoma patients treated with photon or proton craniospinal irradiation
Published in Radiotherapy and oncology (01-10-2014)“…Abstract Purpose To compare the risks of radiogenic second cancers and cardiac mortality in 17 pediatric medulloblastoma patients treated with passively…”
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Double-strand breaks measured along a 160 MeV proton Bragg curve using a novel FIESTA-DNA probe in a cell-free environment
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-03-2021)“…Proton radiotherapy treatment planning systems use a constant relative biological effectiveness (RBE) = 1.1 to convert proton absorbed dose into biologically…”
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Stray radiation dose and second cancer risk for a pediatric patient receiving craniospinal irradiation with proton beams
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (21-04-2009)“…Proton beam radiotherapy unavoidably exposes healthy tissue to stray radiation emanating from the treatment unit and secondary radiation produced within the…”
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Can megavoltage computed tomography reduce proton range uncertainties in treatment plans for patients with large metal implants?
Published in Physics in medicine & biology (07-05-2008)“…Treatment planning calculations for proton therapy require an accurate knowledge of radiological path length, or range, to the distal edge of the target…”
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Predicted risks of radiogenic cardiac toxicity in two pediatric patients undergoing photon or proton radiotherapy
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (23-07-2013)“…Hodgkin disease (HD) and medulloblastoma (MB) are common malignancies found in children and young adults, and radiotherapy is part of the standard treatment…”
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Reducing the cost of proton radiation therapy: the feasibility of a streamlined treatment technique for prostate cancer
Published in Cancers (24-04-2015)“…Proton radiation therapy is an effective modality for cancer treatments, but the cost of proton therapy is much higher compared to conventional radiotherapy…”
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