Biological Evaluation of Grid versus 3D Conformal Radiotherapy in Bulky Head and Neck Cancer by Najah Abdulmuneem Alanizy, Ehab Marouf Attalla, Ahmed Mosa Abdelaal, Mohamed Nabil Yassen, Medhat Wahba Shafaa

“…Dose-volume histogram of the tumors and organs at risk (OARs) used to calculate the equivalent uniform dose (EUD) (Gy) by Matlab program. …”
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A treatment planning comparison of four target volume contouring guidelines for locally advanced pancreatic cancer radiotherapy by Fokas, E, Eccles, C, Patel, N, Chu, K, Warren, S, Mckenna, W, Brunner, T

“…In the present study we analyzed the dosimetric coverage of the eLN's and organs at risk (OAR) by comparing four different contouring guidelines. …”

Cirurgia aberta de aneurisma da aorta abdominal por internos de cirurgia vascular: à beira da extinção? by Rita Bento, Gonçalo Rodrigues, Nelson Camacho, Joana Catarino, Ricardo Correia, Isabel Vieira, Rita Garcia, Fábio Pais, Tiago Ribeiro, Joana Cardoso, Rita Soares Ferreira, Frederico Bastos Gonçalves, Maria Emília Ferreira

“…Foram avaliados o total de cirurgias por AAA, tanto por OAR e por EVAR e contabilizadas aquelas realizadas como 1o cirurgião. …”
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Genomic regions and pathways associated with gastrointestinal parasites resistance in Santa Inês breed adapted to tropical climate by Mariana Piatto Berton, Rafael Medeiros de Oliveira Silva, Elisa Peripolli, Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza, Jesús Fernández Martin, Maria Saura Álvarez, Beatriz Villanueva Gavinã, Miguel Angel Toro, Georgget Banchero, Priscila Silva Oliveira, Joanir Pereira Eler, Fernando Baldi, José Bento Sterman Ferraz

“…Among the associated windows, 10 were shown to be common to HCT and HGB traits on OAR1, OAR2, OAR3, OAR5, OAR8 and OAR15. Conclusion The traits indicating gastrointestinal parasites resistance presented an adequate genetic variability to respond to selection in Santa Inês breed, and it is expected a higher genetic gain for FAM trait when compared to the others. …”
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Radiobiological and dosimetric comparison of 60Co versus 192Ir high-dose-rate intracavitary-interstitial brachytherapy for cervical cancer by Aiping Wen, Xianliang Wang, Bingjie Wang, Chuanjun Yan, Jingyue Luo, Pei Wang, Jie Li

“…Conclusions Considering the CTV and OARs, the dosimetric parameters of 60Co and 192Ir are comparable. …”
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Impact of clinical decision support on radiography for acute ankle injuries: a randomized trial by Shahein Tajmir, Ali S. Raja, Ivan K. Ip, James Andruchow, Patricia Silveira, Stacy Smith, Ramin Khorasani

“…If the patient met OAR low-risk criteria, providers were advised against imaging and could either cancel the order or ignore the alert. …”
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Investigation of Isotoxic Dose Escalation and Plan Quality with TDABC Analysis on a 0.35 T MR-Linac (MRL) System in Ablative 5-Fraction Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance-Guided Radia... by Robert Hawranko, James J. Sohn, Keith Neiderer, Ed Bump, Timothy Harris, Emma C. Fields, Elisabeth Weiss, William Y. Song

“…Three plans were generated for each patient using the original prescription dose (PD) and organ at risk (OAR) constraints (Plan 1), following SMART trial’s OAR constraints but with the original PD (Plan 2), starting with Plan 2, following an isotoxic dose escalation strategy where the dose was escalated until any one of the SMART trial’s OAR constraints reached its limit (Plan 3). …”
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Dose Escalation for Pancreas SBRT: Potential and Limitations of using Daily Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy and an Iterative Isotoxicity Automated Planning Approach by Dong Joo Rhee, PhD, Sam Beddar, PhD, Joseph Abi Jaoude, MD, Gabriel Sawakuchi, PhD, Rachael Martin, PhD, Luis Perles, PhD, Cenji Yu, BA, Yulun He, BA, Laurence E. Court, PhD, Ethan B. Ludmir, MD, Albert C. Koong, MD, PhD, Prajnan Das, MD, MS, MPH, Eugene J. Koay, MD, PhD, Cullen Taniguichi, MD, PhD, Joshua S. Niedzielski, PhD

“…Conclusions: Most patients require daily adaptation of the radiation planning process to maximally escalate delivered dose to the pancreatic tumor without exceeding OAR constraints. Using our automated approach, patients can receive higher target dose than standard of care without violating OAR constraints.…”
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Prospective Evaluation of Automated Contouring for CT-Based Brachytherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies by Abigayle C. Kraus, MD, Zohaib Iqbal, PhD, Rex A. Cardan, PhD, Richard A. Popple, PhD, Dennis N. Stanley, PhD, Sui Shen, PhD, Joel A. Pogue, PhD, Xingen Wu, PhD, Kevin Lee, MD, PhD, Samuel Marcrom, MD, Carlos E. Cardenas, PhD

“…Purpose: The use of deep learning to auto-contour organs at risk (OARs) in gynecologic radiation treatment is well established. …”
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Dosimetric and Volumetric Analysis in Endobronchial Brachytherapy in Lung Carcinoma: A Cross-sectional Study by Ravi Kant, Meenu Gupta, Jyoti Bisht, Vipul Nautiyal, Viney Kumar, Rishabh Dobhal, Mushtaq Ahmad, Sunil Saini

“…The TV is covered with the prescribed dose and Organs At Risk (OARs) doses are evaluated. Aim: To assess the doses to OAR nearby the tumour and analyse the effect of the TV, tumour location, and site on the doses to OARs in EBBT in lung carcinoma. …”
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Impact of magnetic resonance-guided versus conventional radiotherapy workflows on organ at risk doses in stereotactic body radiotherapy for lymph node oligometastases by Anita M. Werensteijn-Honingh, Petra S. Kroon, Dennis Winkel, J. Carlijn van Gaal, Jochem Hes, Louk M.W. Snoeren, Jaleesa K. Timmer, Christiaan C.P. Mout, Gijsbert H. Bol, Alexis N. Kotte, Wietse S.C. Eppinga, Martijn Intven, Bas W. Raaymakers, Ina M. Jürgenliemk-Schulz

“…Background and purpose: Magnetic resonance (MR)-linac delivery is expected to improve organ at risk (OAR) sparing. In this study, OAR doses were compared for online adaptive MR-linac treatments and conventional cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-linac radiotherapy, taking into account differences in clinical workflows, especially longer session times for MR-linac delivery. …”
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MiRNA-Seq reveals key MicroRNAs involved in fat metabolism of sheep liver by Xiaojuan Fei, Meilin Jin, Zehu Yuan, Taotao Li, Zengkui Lu, Huihua Wang, Jian Lu, Kai Quan, Junxiang Yang, Maochang He, Tingpu Wang, Yuqin Wang, Caihong Wei

“…And SIRT1 is one of the potential target genes of oar-miR-432. Furthermore, functional validation using the dual-luciferase reporter assay indicated that the up-regulated miRNA; oar-miR-432 potentially targeted sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) expression. …”
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Comparative Transcriptomics Identify Key Pituitary Circular RNAs That Participate in Sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) Reproduction by Jianqi Yang, Jishun Tang, Xiaoyun He, Ran Di, Xiaosheng Zhang, Jinlong Zhang, Xiaofei Guo, Mingxing Chu, Wenping Hu

“…Competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network analysis of key DE circRNAs revealed that oar-circ-0022776 (source gene <i>ITPR2</i>, follicular phase) targeted oar-miR-432, oar-circ-0009003 (source gene <i>ITPR1</i>, luteal phase) and oar-circ-0003113 (source gene <i>PLCB1</i>, luteal phase) targeted oar-miR-370-3p. …”
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Dose–Volume Constraints fOr oRganS At risk In Radiotherapy (CORSAIR): An “All-in-One” Multicenter–Multidisciplinary Practical Summary by Silvia Bisello, Savino Cilla, Anna Benini, Raffaele Cardano, Nam P. Nguyen, Francesco Deodato, Gabriella Macchia, Milly Buwenge, Silvia Cammelli, Tigeneh Wondemagegnehu, A. F. M. Kamal Uddin, Stefania Rizzo, Alberto Bazzocchi, Lidia Strigari, Alessio G. Morganti

“…Therefore, the aim of this work is to provide, in a single document, practical indications on DVCs for OaRs in external beam RT available in the literature. …”
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Comprehensive deep learning-based framework for automatic organs-at-risk segmentation in head-and-neck and pelvis for MR-guided radiation therapy planning by Vanda Czipczer, Bernadett Kolozsvári, Borbála Deák-Karancsi, Marta E. Capala, Rachel A. Pearson, Emőke Borzási, Zsófia Együd, Szilvia Gaál, Gyöngyi Kelemen, Renáta Kószó, Viktor Paczona, Zoltán Végváry, Zsófia Karancsi, Ádám Kékesi, Edina Czunyi, Blanka H. Irmai, Nóra G. Keresnyei, Petra Nagypál, Renáta Czabány, Bence Gyalai, Bulcsú P. Tass, Balázs Cziria, Cristina Cozzini, Lloyd Estkowsky, Lehel Ferenczi, András Frontó, Ross Maxwell, István Megyeri, Michael Mian, Tao Tan, Jonathan Wyatt, Florian Wiesinger, Katalin Hideghéty, Hazel McCallum, Steven F. Petit, László Ruskó

“…Introduction: The excellent soft-tissue contrast of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is appealing for delineation of organs-at-risk (OARs) as it is required for radiation therapy planning (RTP). …”
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Dose–volume constraints for head‐and‐neck cancer in carbon ion radiotherapy: A literature review by Maria Varnava, Atsushi Musha, Mutsumi Tashiro, Nobuteru Kubo, Naoko Okano, Hidemasa Kawamura, Tatsuya Ohno

“…Various treatment planning strategies are also presented for reducing the dose delivered to OARs. Conclusions The reported constraints will provide assistance during treatment planning to ensure that radiation to OARs is minimized, and thus adverse effects are reduced. …”
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A high-resolution physical–biogeochemical model for marine resource applications in the northwest Atlantic (MOM6-COBALT-NWA12 v1.0) by A. C. Ross, C. A. Stock, A. Adcroft, E. Curchitser, R. Hallberg, M. J. Harrison, K. Hedstrom, N. Zadeh, M. Alexander, W. Chen, E. J. Drenkard, H. du Pontavice, R. Dussin, R. Dussin, F. Gomez, F. Gomez, J. G. John, D. Kang, D. Kang, D. Lavoie, L. Resplandy, L. Resplandy, A. Roobaert, V. Saba, S.-I. Shin, S. Siedlecki, J. Simkins

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MultiTrans: Multi-scale feature fusion transformer with transfer learning strategy for multiple organs segmentation of head and neck CT images by Yufang He, Fan Song, Wangjiang Wu, Suqing Tian, Tianyi Zhang, Shuming Zhang, Peng Zhang, Chenbin Ma, Youdan Feng, Ruijie Yang, Guanglei Zhang

“…Radiotherapy with precise segmentation of head and neck organs at risk (OARs) is one of the important treatment methods for head and neck cancer. …”
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Dosimetric Comparison of Proton Radiation Therapy, Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, and Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy Based on Intracranial Tumor Location by Sebastian Adeberg, Semi B. Harrabi, Nina Bougatf, Vivek Verma, Paul Windisch, Denise Bernhardt, Stephanie E. Combs, Klaus Herfarth, Juergen Debus, Stefan Rieken

“…PRT lowered doses to nearly every OAR, most notably the optical system and several contralateral structures (subventricular zone, thalamus, hippocampus). …”
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Dosimetric impact of setup errors in head and neck cancer patients treated by image-guided radiotherapy by Inderjit Kaur, Sheh Rawat, Parveen Ahlawat, Anjali Kakria, Gourav Gupta, Upasna Saxena, Manindra Bhushan Mishra

“…To assess and analyze the impact of setup uncertainties on target volume coverage and doses to organs at risk (OAR) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients treated by image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). …”
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