Pituitary adenoma treatment plan quality comparison between linear accelerator volumetric modulated arc therapy and Leksell Gamma Knife® radiosurgery.

The aim of this study was to compare radiosurgical treatment plan quality of a linear accelerator with Leksell Gamma Knife (LGK) for pituitary adenoma irradiation. Thirty pituitary adenoma patients were evaluated in this study. Treatment plans were prepared on LGK and stereotactic linear accelerator Varian TrueBeam STx.

Radiotherapy dose limit for uterus fertility sparing in curative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer.

Aims: Curative sphincter sparing radiotherapy is a treatment option for early rectal cancer. There are many methods developed for fertility preservation in young patients treated with pelvic radiotherapy. Pregnancy rates after radiotherapy are dependent on the radiation dose to ovaries and uterus.

Haematotoxicity in IMRT/VMAT curatively treated anal cancer.

Introduction: Curative chemoradiotherapy of squamous cell carcinoma achieves long-term complete remissions in most patients and minimizing treatment toxicity becomes crucial issue. The aim of the retrospective analysis was to determine an acceptable dose to the bone marrow for radiotherapy planning not leading to increased haematological toxicity.

Patients And Methods: In the period 2013-2019, 40 patients with squamous cell carcinoma were curatively treated at the Department of Oncology of the University Hospital Motol using intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) /volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT) technique.

Improved survival in patients with FDG-PET/CT-based radiotherapy treatment planning for squamous cell anal cancer.

The aim of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate the impact of FDG-PET/CT-based target volume definition on locoregional control and survival, compared to conventional CT-based target volume definition and dose prescription. One hundred and twenty-two patients with squamous cell anal cancer were treated with curative radiotherapy (RT) alone (27%) or with RT with concurrent chemotherapy (73%) and analyzed. Forty-six percent had the early disease (stage I+II) and 54% were stage III.

Assessment of MR stereotactic imaging and image co-registration accuracy for 3 different MR scanners by 3 different methods/phantoms: phantom and patient study.

OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to compare 3 different methods to assess the geometrical distortion of two 1.5-T and one 3-T magnetic resonance (MR) scanners and to evaluate co-registration accuracy. The overall uncertainty of each particular method was also evaluated.