Publications by authors named "Christian Ekanger"
Purpose: There are no well-established re-treatment options for local recurrence after primary curative radiation therapy for prostate cancer (PCa), as prospective studies with long-term follow-up are lacking. Here, we present results from a prospective study on focal salvage reirradiation with external-beam radiation therapy with a median follow-up of 7.2 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Manual volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment planning for high-risk prostate cancer receiving whole pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT) with four integrated dose levels is complex and time consuming. We have investigated if the radiotherapy planning process and plan quality can be improved using a well-tuned model developed through a commercial system for knowledge-based planning (KBP).
Material And Methods: Treatment plans from 69 patients treated for high-risk prostate cancer with manually planned VMAT were used to develop an initial KBP model (RapidPlan, RP).
Purpose: There is no consensus on how to treat high-risk prostate cancer, and long-term results from hypofractionated radiation therapy are lacking. We report 10-year results after image guided, intensity modulated radiation therapy with hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost and elective pelvic field.
Methods And Materials: Between 2007 and 2009, 97 consecutive patients with high-risk prostate cancer were included, treated with 2.
Background: The results of studies evaluating the impact of positive surgical margins on prostate cancer-specific mortality have been inconsistent. We, therefore, evaluated the impact of surgical margin status on subsequent secondary treatment, palliative radiotherapy, and prostate cancer-specific mortality.
Methods: A total of 14 837 men treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) during the period 2001 to 2015 were identified from the Cancer Registry of Norway.
Background And Purpose: Planned doses are used as surrogate for the actually delivered dose in radiotherapy. We have estimated the delivered dose in a dose-escalation trial of locally advanced prostate cancer by statistical dose-accumulation and by DVH-summation, and compared to planned dose.
Materials And Method: Prescribed dose-escalation to the prostate was 67.
Background: An elevated risk of radiation-induced secondary cancer (SC) has been observed in prostate cancer patients after radiotherapy (RT), rising to as high as one in 70 patients with more than 10 years follow-up. In this study we have estimated SC risks following RT with both previous and contemporary techniques, including proton therapy, using risk models based on different dose-response relationships.
Material And Methods: RT plans treating the prostate and seminal vesicles with either conformal radiotherapy (CRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) or intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) were created for 10 patients.
Background And Purpose: In radiotherapy (RT) of prostate cancer the key organs at risk (ORs) - the rectum and the bladder - display considerable motion, which may influence the dose/volume parameters predicting for morbidity. In this study we compare motion-inclusive doses to planned doses for the rectum and bladder and explore their associations with prospectively recorded morbidity.
Materials And Methods: The study included 38 prostate cancer patients treated with hypo-fractionated image-guided intensity-modulated RT that had an average of nine repeat CT scans acquired during treatment.