Don Lindberg: A Photographic Legacy.

Donald A.B. Lindberg M.

Bring back the tubal: An intervention to provide postpartum tubal ligation in the underserved population.

We aimed to improve educational awareness of postpartum bilateral tubal ligation (PPBTL), which we defined as a 15% improvement between pre-/post-intervention questionnaire scores. We followed patients desiring and undergoing PPBTL and reason for unfulfilled procedures from 2017-2018. OB/GYN, Nursing, and Anesthesia participated in educational sessions with pre-/post-intervention questionnaires.

Anatomic distribution of [(18)F] fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer.

Purpose: Current information about the anatomic distribution of lymph node (LN) metastases from cervical cancer is not precise enough for optimal treatment planning for highly conformal radiation therapy. To accurately define the anatomic distribution of these LN metastases, we mapped [(18)F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET)-positive LNs from 50 women with cervical cancer.

Methods And Materials: Records of patients with cervical cancer treated from 2006 to 2010 who had pretreatment PET/computed tomography (CT) scans available were retrospectively reviewed.

Osteoradionecrosis and radiation dose to the mandible in patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

Purpose: To determine the association between radiation doses delivered to the mandible and the occurrence of osteoradionecrosis (ORN).

Methods And Materials: We reviewed the records of 402 oropharyngeal cancer patients with stage T1 or T2 disease treated with definitive radiation between January 2000 and October 2008 for the occurrence of ORN. Demographic and treatment variables were compared between patients with ORN and those without.

Current clinical coverage of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group-defined target volumes for postmastectomy radiation therapy.

Purpose: The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has published consensus guidelines for contouring relevant anatomy for postmastectomy radiation therapy (RT). How these contours relate to current treatment practices is unknown. We analyzed the dose-volume histograms (DVHs) for these contours using current clinical practice at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and compared them with the proposed treatment plans to treat RTOG-defined targets to full dose.

Automating RTOG-defined target volumes for postmastectomy radiation therapy.

Purpose: Consistency in defining and contouring target structures in radiation therapy (RT) is critical for highly conformal RT, for evaluating treatment plans, and for quality assurance in multi-institutional RT trials. The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has published consensus guidelines for contouring targets for postmastectomy RT. To aid in contouring such structures, we evaluated the potential use of an automated contouring technique, known as deformable image registration-based breast segmentation (DEF-SEG).

Let evidence be the arbiter.

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