Smartphone-based augmented reality patient education in radiation oncology.

We built an augmented reality (AR) patient education application for portable iOS and Android devices that allows patients to view a virtual simulation of themselves receiving radiation treatment. We created software that reads data from the clinical treatment planning system and renders the patient's actual radiotherapy plan in AR on a tablet or smartphone. The patient's CT simulation data are converted into a 3D translucent virtual human shown being treated with visible radiation beams from a virtual linear accelerator.

Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for pulmonary metastases: Improving overall survival and identifying subgroups at high risk of local failure.

Background & Purpose: Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) is an emerging treatment option for patients with pulmonary metastases; identifying patients who would benefit from SABR can improve outcomes.

Materials & Methods: We retrospectively analyzed local failure (LF), distant failure (DF), overall survival (OS), and toxicity in 317 patients with 406 pulmonary metastases treated with SABR in January 2006-September 2017 at a tertiary cancer center.

Results: Median follow-up time was 23 months.

Underuse of Radiation Therapy After Breast Conservation Surgery in Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry-Health Insurance Linkage Database Study.

Purpose: To identify rates of postoperative radiation therapy (RT) after breast conservation surgery (BCS) in women with stage I or II invasive breast cancer treated in Puerto Rico and to examine the sociodemographic and health services characteristics associated with variations in receipt of RT.

Methods: The Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry-Health Insurance Linkage Database was used to identify patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between 2008 and 2012 in Puerto Rico. Claims codes identified the type of surgery and the use of RT.

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for adrenal gland metastases: Factors influencing outcomes, patterns of failure, and dosimetric thresholds for toxicity.

Purpose: We report our single-institution experience with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for adrenal metastasis and identify factors influencing outcomes, patterns of failure, and dosimetric thresholds for toxicity.

Methods And Materials: We identified patients with adrenal metastases treated with SABR from 2009 to 2015. Toxicity was evaluated with Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.

Synthesis of a Ferrolite: A Zeolitic All-Iron Framework.

Crystals of the first sodalite-type zeolite containing an all-iron framework, a ferrolite, Ba (Fe O )Na (OH) ⋅x H O, were synthesized using the hydroflux method in nearly quantitative yield. Ba (Fe O )Na (OH) ⋅x H O crystallizes in the cubic space group Pm3‾m with a=10.0476(1) Å.