Scholars@Duke
Yibo Xie

Yibo Xie

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology

Selected Publications

Flattening Filter-Free Volumetric-Modulated Arc Radiotherapy for Left-Sided Whole-Breast, Partial-Breast, and Postmastectomy Irradiations

Journal Article Journal of Medical Physics · April 1, 2022 Purpose: Unflattened photon beams exhibit many benefits over traditional flattened beams for radiotherapy (RT), but comprehensive evaluations of dosimetric results and beam-on time using flattening filter-free (FFF) beams for all types of breast irradiatio ... Full text Cite

Cost-effectiveness analysis of radiotherapy techniques for whole breast irradiation.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2021 BACKGROUND: The current standard of care (SOC) for whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT) in the US is conventional tangential photon fields. Advanced WBRT techniques may provide similar tumor control and better normal tissue sparing, but it is controversial whe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cost-effectiveness analysis of advanced radiotherapy techniques for post-mastectomy breast cancer patients

Journal Article Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation · August 3, 2020 Background: Prior cost-effectiveness studies of post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) only compared conventional radiotherapy versus no radiotherapy and only considered tumor control. The goal of this study was to perform cost-effectiveness analyses of stand ... Full text Cite

Modeling of the metallic port in breast tissue expanders for photon radiotherapy.

Journal Article J Appl Clin Med Phys · May 2018 The purpose of this study was to model the metallic port in breast tissue expanders and to improve the accuracy of dose calculations in a commercial photon treatment planning system (TPS). The density of the model was determined by comparing TPS calculatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of surface and shallow depth dose reductions using a Superflab bolus during conventional and advanced external beam radiotherapy.

Journal Article J Appl Clin Med Phys · March 2018 The purpose of this study was to evaluate a methodology to reduce scatter and leakage radiations to patients' surface and shallow depths during conventional and advanced external beam radiotherapy. Superflab boluses of different thicknesses were placed on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of conventional and advanced radiotherapy techniques for left-sided breast cancer after breast conserving surgery.

Journal Article Med Dosim Whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT) after breast conserving surgery is the standard treatment to prevent recurrence and metastasis of early stage breast cancer. This study aims to compare seven WBRT techniques including conventional tangential, field-in-field ... Full text Link to item Cite

Postmastectomy radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer patients: Comparison of advanced techniques.

Journal Article Med Dosim Postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) has been shown to improve the overall survival for invasive breast cancer patients, and many advanced radiotherapy technologies were adopted for PMRT. The purpose of our study is to compare various advanced PMRT technique ... Full text Link to item Cite