Long-term clinical outcomes of stereotactic radiotherapy for bilateral vestibular schwannomas in neurofibromatosis type 2 patients.

Purpose: The evidence for treating patients with neurofibromatosis 2-related vestibular schwannoma (VS-NF2) using hypofractionated stereotactic radiation therapy (HSRT) is limited. This study aimed to investigate clinical outcomes in patients with VS-NF2 treated with Robotic HSRT.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 25 NF2 patients with 48 VSs who were treated using Robotic HSRT at Ramathibodi Hospital from January 2009 to January 2020.

Long-term treatment outcomes of pediatric low-grade gliomas treated at a university-based hospital.

Purpose: A multimodality approach is generally considered for pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGG); however, the optimal management remains uncertain. The objective of the study was to evaluate treatment outcomes of pediatric LGG, focusing on long-term survival and factors related to outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective review of 77 pediatric LGG cases treated at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand between 2000 and 2018 was performed.

High-dose Intensity-modulated proton therapy versus Standard-dose Intensity-modulated RadIation therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (HI-SIRI): study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Background: Chemoradiotherapy is the standard of care for esophageal cancer as a neoadjuvant treatment before surgery, or as a definitive treatment for unresectable disease. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has been considered the standard radiation technique. However, patients suffer from treatment-related toxicities, and most die from disease progression or recurrence.

Long-Term Visual Function After Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma: A Retrospective Analysis of 34 Subjects.

Objective: To evaluate long-term visual function after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) for primary optic nerve sheath meningioma (PONSM).

Methods: This 22-year retrospective study included 34 subjects (34 affected eyes) with PONSM who were treated with FSRT exclusively. Subjects with a history of biopsy/resection were excluded.

Long-term clinical outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery and hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy using the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system for vestibular schwannoma.

Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the long-term clinical outcomes of patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) with frameless robotic whole-body radiosurgery system (CyberKnife ).

Methods: This retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data included 123 consecutive patients with VS treated at the Radiosurgery center, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. SRS was recommended for patients with unserviceable hearing and Koos grade I-III tumors, and HSRT for patients with serviceable hearing or Koos grade III-IV tumors.

Carboplatin-based regimen in pediatric intracranial germ-cell tumors (IC-GCTs): effectiveness and ototoxicity.

Background: Induction chemotherapy with carboplatin followed by radiotherapy has been used for many years for treating intracranial germ-cell tumors (IC-GCTs) in Thailand. The objective of this study was to assess treatment outcomes, focusing on survival and ototoxicity.

Methods: The outcomes of all patients with IC-GCT treated at Ramathibodi Hospital and the Prasat Neurological Institute between 2000 and 2017 were reviewed and analyzed, including all patient characteristics and treatment modalities.

Outcome of postoperative radiation therapy for pediatric intracranial ependymoma: a single-institution review.

Purpose: To report outcome of postoperative radiotherapy (RT) in both new and recurrent grade II and III intracranial ependymomas in children treated at Ramathibodi Hospital.

Materials And Methods: Between 2006 and 2017, 24 pediatric intracranial ependymomas treated with postoperative RT were retrospectively reviewed. The median age at diagnosis was 44.

Clinical outcomes of perioptic tumors treated with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy using CyberKnife® stereotactic radiosurgery.

Introduction: Stereotactic radiation technique is widely reported as an effective treatment for various types of benign intracranial tumors. However, single fraction radiosurgery (SRS) is not recommended for tumors located close to the optic apparatus due to the restricted radiation tolerance dose of the optic pathway. Recent advances in radiotherapy include advanced frameless radiosurgery using hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT), and this has become an attractive treatment option for perioptic tumors within 2-3 mm of the optic pathway.

Clinical Outcomes of Intracranial Nonvestibular Schwannomas Treated with LinacBased Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy.

Background: Intracranial nonvestibular schwannomas arising from various cranial nerves excluding CN VIII are uncommon. Recently, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) have been widely reported as effective treatment modalities for nonvestibular schwannomas. The purpose of this study was to study the long term clinical outcome for nonvestibular schwannomas treated with both XKnife and CyberKnife (CK) radiosurgery at one institution.

Long Term Outcomes of Preoperative versus Postoperative Concurrent Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Experience from Ramathibodi Medical School in Thailand.

Objectives: The study analyzed and compared the long term outcome in locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative and postoperative concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 105 patients with stage T3-T4 or regional lymph node positive adenocarcinoma of rectum treated with preoperative or postoperative CCRT at Ramathibodi Hospital during 2005 to 2010 was performed. The results of treatment were reported with 5-year overall survival (OS), 5- year locoregional recurrence free survival (LRFS), and toxicity according to preoperative versus postoperative concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT) groups.

The Clinical Outcome of Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy With CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery for Perioptic Pituitary Adenoma.

Stereotactic radiation technique including single fraction radiosurgery and conventional fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is widely reported as an effective treatment of pituitary adenomas. Because of the restricted radiation tolerance dose of the optic pathway, single fraction radiosurgery has been accepted for small tumor located far away from the optic apparatus, while fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy may be suitable for larger tumor located close to the optic pathway. More recently, hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy has become an alternative treatment option that provides high rate of tumor control and visual preservation for the perioptic lesions within 2 to 3 mm of the optic pathway.

Outcomes for Pituitary Adenoma Patients Treated with Linac- Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy: a Long Term Experience in Thailand.

Background: The study analyzed the long term clinical outcomes of pituitary adenoma cases treated with the first Thailand installation of a dedicated Linac-based stereotactic radiation machine (X-Knife).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 115 consecutive pituitary adenoma patients treated with X-Knife at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand from 1997 to 2003 was performed. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was selected for 21 patients (18%) including those with small tumors (≤3 cm) located ≥5 mm.

Clinical outcome of postoperative radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in adult glioblastoma multiforme in Ramathibodi Hospital: a retrospective study.

Objective: To identify the treatment outcome of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in Ramathibodi Hospital from overall survival rate and related prognostic factors.

Material And Method: Medical records of patients with histological diagnosis of GBM treated at Radiation Oncology Division, Radiology Department, Ramathibodi Hospital between 2000 and 2010 were reviewed and available data extracted for evaluation of treatment outcome.

Results: There were 47 patients with mean age at diagnosis of 51.

The clinical outcome of intracranial hemangioblastomas treated with linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy.

Recent publications have reported stereotactic radiosurgery as an effective and safe treatment for intracranial hemangioblastomas. However, because of the low incidence of these particular tumors, reports on large patient number studies have not yet been available. The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical results of 14 patients with 56 intracranial hemangioblastomas treated with linear accelerator (linac)-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and radiotherapy (SRT) in the same institute.

Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for vestibular schwannomas: comparative observations of 139 patients treated at a single institution.

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) have been recognized as an alternative to surgery for small to medium sized vestibular schwannoma (VS). This study analysed and compared the outcomes of VS treated with the first Thailand installation of a dedicated Linac-based stereotactic radiation machine using single-fraction radiosurgery (SRS), hypofraction stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) and conventional fraction stereotactic radiotherapy (CSRT). From 1997 to 2010, a total of 139 consecutive patients with 146 lesions of VS were treated with X-Knife at Ramathibodi hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

Preliminary experience of CyberKnife treatment of lung metastasis: the question about real clinical benefit.

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of radiotherapy plan and physical parameters including local tumor response and clinical outcome of lung metastasis in patients who received CyberKnife treatment at Ramathibodi Hospital.

Material And Method: Six cases with twenty lesions of lung metastasis patients were evaluated for tumor response after having received CyberKnife treatment. The prescribed radiation dose was calculated approximately to biological equivalent dose (BED) around 60 to 100 gray (Gyz).

The clinical results of pediatric brain tumors treated with Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy.

Objective: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) for brain tumor is increasingly acceptable worldwide. In Thailand, the first Linac-based stereotactic radiation machine was implemented at the Radiosurgery Center, Ramathibodi Hospital since 1997. This is the first study in Thailand to report the results of pediatric brain tumor patients treated with SRS and FSRT MATERIAL AND METHOD: The clinical outcome of 39 pediatric patients treated with SRS/FSRT between 1998 and 2010 was retrospectively reviewed.

Preliminary experience of CyberKnife treatment of primary non-small cell lung cancer.

Objective: Provide the effectiveness of treatment protocol, radiotherapy plan, technique, and early clinical results of inoperable primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients who received CyberKnife treatment at Ramathibodi Hospital.

Material And Method: Six cases of inoperable primary NSCLC patients were evaluated for tumor response after having received CyberKnife treatment. The prescribed radiation dose was 45 gray (Gy) in three consecutive fractions for peripherally located tumor and 50 Gy in five fractions within two weeks for centrally located tumor (biological equivalent dose, BED, 112.

Radiation-induced peripheral malignant nerve sheath tumor arising from vestibular schwannoma after linac-based stereotactic radiation therapy: a case report and review of literatures.

In recent years the use of stereotactic radiation for vestibular schwannomas has increased worldwide. However, malignant transformation associated with radiation, although uncommon, has been reported in recent publications. We present a case of the 34 year-old female who had left vestibular schwannoma and who underwent surgery and postoperative stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT), hypofraction in 2005.

A survey of complementary and alternative medicine use in cancer patients treated with radiotherapy in Thailand.

Introduction. Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer patients is increasingly acceptable worldwide, but most of the studies were surveyed from developed countries. In this study, we evaluated the first and large cohort of cancer patients with CAM use in Thailand.

Rapid and significant reduction in size of pituitary adenoma in children treated with fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy: a case report.

Radiation treatment in the management of pituitary adenoma in children is still a controversy due to the great concern of late radiation effect. Stereotactic radiation therapy is the modern radiation technique that is more widely applicable in pituitary adenoma because of the ability to give highly conformal radiation to the target organ and to reduce the radiation dose to normal tissue. A 15-year-old boy presented with postradiation therapy recurrence pituitary macroadenoma.

Comparison of conventional external radiotherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of pituitary adenoma.

Objective: To compare the results of pituitary adenoma treated with conventional external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) versus stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRS/SRT).

Method And Material: Data of patients with pituitary adenoma treated at Radiotherapy and Oncology unit, Ramathibodi Hospital between 1990 from 2003 were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Twenty-two patients were treated with EBRT and 51 patients were treated with SRS/SRT.

Cyberknife for brain metastases of malignant melanoma and renal cell carcinoma.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of CyberKnife (Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for patients with brain metastases of malignant melanoma and renal cell carcinoma.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of all patients treated by image-guided radiosurgery at our institution between March 1999 and December 2005.

Visual field preservation after multisession cyberknife radiosurgery for perioptic lesions.

Objective: The restricted radiation tolerance of the anterior visual pathways represents a unique challenge for ablating adjacent lesions with single-session radiosurgery. Although preliminary studies have recently demonstrated that multisession radiosurgery for selected perioptic tumors is both safe and effective, the number of patients in these clinical series was modest and the length of follow-up limited. The current retrospective study is intended to help address these shortcomings.