Chemoradiotherapy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Phase II study of a paclitaxel-based chemoradiation regimen with selective surgical salvage for resectable locoregionally advanced esophageal cancer: initial reporting of RTOG 0246. 
  • A phase I dose escalation study of Ad GV.EGR.TNF.11D (TNFerade™ Biologic) with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with recurrent head and neck cancer undergoing reirradiation. 
  • A phase I study of the combination of sorafenib with temozolomide and radiation therapy for the treatment of primary and recurrent high-grade gliomas. 
  • A phase II trial of high dose carboplatin and paclitaxel with G-CSF and peripheral blood stem cell support followed by surgery and/or chest radiation in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer: CALGB 9531. 
  • A pooled analysis of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer patients treated with induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and 70 Gy daily radiotherapy: CALGB 30904. 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) Locoregional therapy for resectable oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas. 
  • ACT II: treatment of anal cancer comes full circle. 
  • Adding radiation to induction chemotherapy does not improve survival of patients with operable clinical N2 non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Addition of bevacizumab to standard radiation therapy and daily temozolomide is associated with minimal toxicity in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • Adipokines, body fatness, and insulin resistance among survivors of childhood leukemia. 
  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Preoperative Chemoradiation Improves Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. 
  • An Intergroup Randomized Phase II Study of Bevacizumab or Cetuximab in Combination with Gemcitabine and in Combination with Chemoradiation in Patients with Resected Pancreatic Carcinoma: A Trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (E2204). 
  • Anal carcinoma: impact of TN category of disease on survival, disease relapse, and colostomy failure in US Gastrointestinal Intergroup RTOG 98-11 phase 3 trial. 
  • Anaplastic meningioma: an analysis of the National Cancer Database from 2004 to 2012. 
  • Assessing the Financial Burden Associated With Treatment Options for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. 
  • Association between miRNA-binding site polymorphisms in double-strand break repair genes and risk of recurrence in patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the non-oropharynx. 
  • Association between neoadjuvant chemoradiation and survival for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. 
  • Association of Interim FDG-PET Imaging During Chemoradiation for Squamous Anal Canal Carcinoma With Recurrence. 
  • Avastin: more questions than answers. . . 
  • Brachial plexopathy in apical non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive radiation: dosimetric analysis and clinical implications. 
  • Cetuximab plus cisplatin, irinotecan, and thoracic radiotherapy as definitive treatment for locally advanced, unresectable esophageal cancer: a phase-II study of the SWOG (S0414). 
  • Chemo-radiation, Then on to Surgery. 
  • Chemoradiation Versus Chemotherapy in Uterine Carcinosarcoma: Patterns of Care and Impact on Overall Survival. 
  • Chemoradiation for patients with large-volume laryngeal cancers. 
  • Chemoradiation versus chemotherapy or radiation alone in stage III endometrial cancer: Patterns of care and impact on overall survival. 
  • Chemoradiotherapy before and after surgery for locally advanced esophageal cancer: a SEER-Medicare analysis. 
  • Chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer achieves a high rate of R0 resection. 
  • Chemotherapy or Combined Modality Therapy for Early-stage Hodgkin Lymphoma. 
  • Cilengitide with metronomic temozolomide, procarbazine, and standard radiotherapy in patients with glioblastoma and unmethylated MGMT gene promoter in ExCentric, an open-label phase II trial. 
  • Cisplatin and etoposide versus carboplatin and paclitaxel with concurrent radiotherapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: an analysis of Veterans Health Administration data. 
  • Colorectal cancer: adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer-an unresolved issue. 
  • Combining PARP inhibitors with radiation therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma: Is PTEN predictive of response? 
  • Combining precision radiotherapy with molecular targeting and immunomodulatory agents: a guideline by the American Society for Radiation Oncology. 
  • Comparison of Patient- and Practitioner-Reported Toxic Effects Associated With Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer. 
  • Comprehensive population-averaged arterial input function for dynamic contrast-enhanced vmagnetic resonance imaging of head and neck cancer. 
  • Consolidation Radiation Therapy for Patients With Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma in Complete Metabolic Response According to PET-CT or Gallium Imaging. 
  • Cost effectiveness of concurrent gemcitabine and cisplatin with radiation followed by adjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with stages IIB to IVA carcinoma of the cervix. 
  • DNA polymerase ζ as a potential biomarker of chemoradiation resistance and poor prognosis for cervical cancer. 
  • Data-Derived Treatment Duration Goal for Cervical Cancer: Should 8 Weeks Remain the Target in the Era of Concurrent Chemoradiation? 
  • Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Vulvar Cancer. 
  • Diffusion-weighted imaging for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: quantifying repeatability to understand early treatment-induced change. 
  • Dose-volume toxicity modeling for de-intensified chemo-radiation therapy for HPV-positive oropharynx cancer. 
  • Dosimetric Predictors of Patient-Reported Xerostomia and Dysphagia With Deintensified Chemoradiation Therapy for HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. 
  • Downstaging in pancreatic cancer: a matched analysis of patients resected following systemic treatment of initially locally unresectable disease. 
  • Durvalumab after Chemoradiotherapy in Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Reply. 
  • Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in head-and-neck cancer: the impact of region of interest selection on the intra- and interpatient variability of pharmacokinetic parameters. 
  • Efficacy endpoints of radiation therapy group protocol 0247: a randomized, phase 2 study of neoadjuvant radiation therapy plus concurrent capecitabine and irinotecan or capecitabine and oxaliplatin for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. 
  • Establishing the feasibility of the dosimetric compliance criteria of RTOG 1308: phase III randomized trial comparing overall survival after photon versus proton radiochemotherapy for inoperable stage II-IIIB NSCLC. 
  • Evaluation of a breast cancer nomogram for predicting risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrences in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ after local excision. 
  • Evaluation of different recall periods for the US National Cancer Institute's PRO-CTCAE. 
  • Evolution and Management of Treatment-Related Toxicity in Anal Cancer. 
  • Factors associated with use of preoperative chemoradiation therapy for rectal cancer in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium. 
  • Failure to adhere to protocol specified radiation therapy guidelines was associated with decreased survival in RTOG 9704--a phase III trial of adjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy for patients with resected adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. 
  • Feasibility of Patient Reporting of Symptomatic Adverse Events via the Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) in a Chemoradiotherapy Cooperative Group Multicenter Clinical Trial. 
  • Final Results of NRG Oncology RTOG 0246: An Organ-Preserving Selective Resection Strategy in Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation. 
  • Final Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Trial Investigating the Addition of Cetuximab to Induction Chemotherapy and Accelerated or Hyperfractionated Chemoradiation for Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. 
  • Functional promoter rs2868371 variant of HSPB1 associates with radiation-induced esophageal toxicity in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with radio(chemo)therapy. 
  • Genetic variants of the LIN28B gene predict severe radiation pneumonitis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive radiation therapy. 
  • Geriatric Assessment as a Predictor of Tolerance, Quality of Life, and Outcomes in Older Patients With Head and Neck Cancers and Lung Cancers Receiving Radiation Therapy. 
  • HIF-1 Alpha Regulates the Response of Primary Sarcomas to Radiation Therapy through a Cell Autonomous Mechanism. 
  • HIV Infection Is Associated With Poor Outcomes for Patients With Anal Cancer in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era. 
  • HIV Infection and Survival Among Women With Cervical Cancer. 
  • HSPB1 gene polymorphisms predict risk of mortality for US patients after radio(chemo)therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • High XRCC1 protein expression is associated with poorer survival in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. 
  • High-risk medulloblastoma: a pediatric oncology group randomized trial of chemotherapy before or after radiation therapy (POG 9031). 
  • Histologic tumor involvement of superior mesenteric vein/portal vein predicts poor prognosis in patients with stage II pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation. 
  • Immunotherapy approaches in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. 
  • Impact of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy on Management of Early Stage Clear Cell and Papillary Serous Carcinoma of the Uterus. 
  • Impact of PET staging in limited-stage small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Impact of pretreatment imaging on survival of esophagectomy after induction therapy for esophageal cancer: who should be given the benefit of the doubt?: esophagectomy outcomes of patients with suspicious metastatic lesions. 
  • Induction chemoradiation is not superior to induction chemotherapy alone in stage IIIA lung cancer. 
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy reduces gastrointestinal toxicity in locally advanced pancreas cancer. 
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Is Not Associated with Perioperative or Survival Benefit over 3D-Conformal Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer. 
  • Intratreatment Response Assessment With 18F-FDG PET: Correlation of Semiquantitative PET Features With Pathologic Response of Esophageal Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Is age a prognostic biomarker for survival among women with locally advanced cervical cancer treated with chemoradiation? An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group ancillary data analysis. 
  • Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Nonoperative Management With Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Long-term Survival After Surgery Compared With Concurrent Chemoradiation for Node-negative Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Long-term update of US GI intergroup RTOG 98-11 phase III trial for anal carcinoma: survival, relapse, and colostomy failure with concurrent chemoradiation involving fluorouracil/mitomycin versus fluorouracil/cisplatin. 
  • Minimally Invasive Muscle Sparing Posterior-Only Approach for Lumbar Circumferential Decompression and Stabilization to Treat Spine Metastasis--Technical Report. 
  • Mode equivalence and acceptability of tablet computer-, interactive voice response system-, and paper-based administration of the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE). 
  • Multinational Randomized Phase III Trial With or Without Consolidation Chemotherapy Using Docetaxel and Cisplatin After Concurrent Chemoradiation in Inoperable Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: KCSG-LU05-04. 
  • Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for distal rectal cancer: 5-year updated results of a randomized phase 2 study of neoadjuvant combined modality chemoradiation for distal rectal cancer. 
  • Neoadjuvant long-course chemoradiation remains strongly favored over short-course radiotherapy by radiation oncologists in the United States. 
  • Neuro-oncology: What is the optimal use of bevacizumab in glioblastoma? 
  • New radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy approaches for non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Nonoperative management of rectal cancer. 
  • Optimal Timing to Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. 
  • Pathologic response rates following definitive dose image-guided chemoradiotherapy and resection for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Patterns of care and outcomes in gliosarcoma: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. 
  • Performance and quality of life outcomes for T4 laryngeal cancer patients treated with induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Perioperative chemo(radio)therapy versus primary surgery for resectable adenocarcinoma of the stomach, gastroesophageal junction, and lower esophagus. 
  • Phase 1 dose escalation trial of the safety and pharmacokinetics of cabozantinib concurrent with temozolomide and radiotherapy or temozolomide after radiotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with high-grade gliomas. 
  • Phase II study of induction cisplatin and irinotecan followed by concurrent carboplatin, etoposide, and thoracic radiotherapy for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer, CALGB 30206. 
  • Phase II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravenous palonosetron (PAL) in primary malignant glioma (MG) patients receiving standard radiotherapy (RT) and concomitant temozolomide (TMZ). 
  • Photodynamic therapy provides local control of cholangiocarcinoma in patients awaiting liver transplantation. 
  • Plasma Metabolites and Risk of Radiation-induced Esophagitis: A Secondary Analysis from a Prospective Study. 
  • Polymorphisms in NAT2 and GSTP1 are associated with survival in oral and oropharyngeal cancer. 
  • Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data on Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients Compared With Younger Patients Who Participated in US National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Studies. 
  • Potentially functional variants of p14ARF are associated with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer patients and survival after definitive chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Preclinical Evaluation of Promitil, a Radiation-Responsive Liposomal Formulation of Mitomycin C Prodrug, in Chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Predictors of pulmonary toxicity in limited stage small cell lung cancer patients treated with induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and 70 Gy daily radiotherapy: CALGB 30904. 
  • Preoperative Therapy and Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: a 25-Year Single-Institution Experience. 
  • Preoperative chemo(radio)therapy versus primary surgery for gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: systematic review with meta-analysis combining individual patient and aggregate data. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer. 
  • Primary Versus Preoperative Radiation for Locally Advanced Vulvar Cancer. 
  • Prior chemoradiotherapy adversely impacts outcomes of recurrent and second primary head and neck cancer treated with concurrent chemotherapy and reirradiation. 
  • Prognostic value of computed tomography texture features in non-small cell lung cancers treated with definitive concomitant chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Prognostic value of midtreatment FDG-PET in oropharyngeal cancer. 
  • Prospective trial of synchronous bevacizumab, erlotinib, and concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced head and neck cancer. 
  • Pulmonary toxicity in Stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with high-dose (74 Gy) 3-dimensional conformal thoracic radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy following induction chemotherapy: a secondary analysis of Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial 30105. 
  • RECQ1 A159C Polymorphism Is Associated With Overall Survival of Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer: A Replication Study in NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 9704. 
  • RTOG 0529: a phase 2 evaluation of dose-painted intensity modulated radiation therapy in combination with 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin-C for the reduction of acute morbidity in carcinoma of the anal canal. 
  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0247: a randomized Phase II study of neoadjuvant capecitabine and irinotecan or capecitabine and oxaliplatin with concurrent radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. 
  • Radiotherapy dose-response analysis for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a complete response to chemotherapy. 
  • Radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with unresectable extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. 
  • Reduction in Tumor Volume by Cone Beam Computed Tomography Predicts Overall Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Chemoradiation Therapy. 
  • Response to Mroczkowski. 
  • Rindopepimut: a promising immunotherapeutic for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • Risk stratification on the basis of Deauville score on PET-CT and the presence of Epstein-Barr virus DNA after completion of primary treatment for extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type: a multicentre, retrospective analysis. 
  • Safety and Efficacy of Radiation Therapy in Advanced Melanoma Patients Treated With Ipilimumab. 
  • Safety and tolerability of veliparib combined with capecitabine plus radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer: a phase 1b study. 
  • Sequence of hormonal therapy and radiotherapy field size in unfavourable, localised prostate cancer (NRG/RTOG 9413): long-term results of a randomised, phase 3 trial. 
  • Serum inflammatory miRNAs predict radiation esophagitis in patients receiving definitive radiochemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Short-course versus long-course chemoradiation in rectal cancer--time to change strategies? 
  • Significance of pathologic response to preoperative therapy in pancreatic cancer: the future ain't what it used to be. 
  • Spatiotemporally photoradiation-controlled intratumoral depot for combination of brachytherapy and photodynamic therapy for solid tumor. 
  • Strategies for optimizing the response of cancer and normal tissues to radiation. 
  • Study of functional infrared imaging for early detection of mucositis in locally advanced head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Surgery Versus Optimal Medical Management for N1 Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Without Metastasectomy is Associated With Improved Overall Survival Compared With Chemotherapy/Radiation Therapy Alone. 
  • Surgical excision for mediastinal synovial sarcoma with limited response to chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Surrogate endpoints for overall survival in chemotherapy and radiotherapy trials in operable and locally advanced lung cancer: a re-analysis of meta-analyses of individual patients' data. 
  • TNF rs1799964 as a Predictive Factor of Acute Toxicities in Chinese Rectal Cancer Patients Treated With Chemoradiotherapy. 
  • TNF-α promoter polymorphisms and risk of recurrence in patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the nonoropharynx. 
  • TNFRSF1B +676 T>G polymorphism predicts survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Targeting metabolism with a ketogenic diet during the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • Temporal trends in oropharyngeal cancer treatment and survival: 1998-2009. 
  • The Benefit of Chemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients With Residual Disease After Trimodality Therapy. 
  • The Comparison of Surgical Approaches in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer: Significant Insights but Clinical Fidelity Still to Be Delivered. 
  • The Selective Use of Radiation Therapy in Rectal Cancer Patients. 
  • The cost-effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemoradiation is superior to a surgery-first approach in the treatment of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. 
  • The impact of comorbidity on treatment (chemoradiation and laryngectomy) of advanced, nondistant metastatic laryngeal cancer: a review of 16 849 cases from the national cancer database (2003-2008). 
  • The management of patients with stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer with N2 mediastinal node involvement. 
  • The neoadjuvant treatment of rectal cancer: a review. 
  • The prognostic importance of the number of dissected lymph nodes after induction chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer. 
  • Tolerability of combined modality therapy for rectal cancer in elderly patients aged 75 years and older. 
  • Total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: An emerging option. 
  • Treatment of WHO Grade 2 and 3 Gliomas With Potentially Favorable Survival: Is Monotherapy Obsolete? 
  • Treatment-related acute esophagitis for patients with locoregionally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with involved-field radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy. 
  • Using FDG-PET to measure early treatment response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: quantifying intrinsic variability in order to understand treatment-induced change. 
  • Validity and Reliability of the US National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE). 
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  • Craciunescu, Oana, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Esclamado, Ramon Mitra, Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Professor of Otolaryngology, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
  • Pang, Herbert, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology
  • Uronis, Hope Elizabeth, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology