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Sohn J, Polizzi M, McDonagh PR, Guy C, Datsang R, Weiss E, Kim S. Shallow kinetics induced by a metronome (SKIM): A novel contactless respiratory motion management. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2023; 24:e14147. [PMID: 37672210 PMCID: PMC10691643 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES As an alternative to conventional compression amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we developed a contactless motion management strategy. By increasing the patient's breathing rate to induce shallow breathing with the aid of a metronome, our hypothesis is that the motion magnitude of the target may be minimized without physical contact or compression. METHODS Fourteen lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) patients treated under fast shallow-breathing (FSB) were selected for inclusion in this retrospective study. Our proposed method is called shallow kinetics induced by a metronome (SKIM). We induce FSB by setting the beats-per-minute (BPM) high (typically in the range of 50-60). This corresponded to a patient breathing rate of 25-30 (breathing) cycles per minute. The magnitude of target motion in 3D under SKIM was evaluated using 4DCT datasets. Comparison with free breathing (FB) 4DCT was also made for a subset for which FB data available. RESULTS The overall effectiveness of SKIM was evaluated with 18 targets (14 patients). Direct comparison with FB was performed with 12 targets (10 patients). The vector norm mean ± SD value of motion magnitude under SKIM for 18 targets was 8.2 ± 4.1 mm. The mean ± SD metronome BPM was 54.9 ± 4.0 in this group. The vector norm means ± SD values of target motion for FB and SKIM in the 12 target sub-group were 14.6 ± 8.5 mm and 9.3 ± 3.7 mm, respectively. The mean ± SD metronome BPM for this sub-group was 56.3 ± 2.5. CONCLUSION Compared with FB, SKIM can significantly reduce respiratory motion magnitude of thoracic targets. The difference in maximum motion reduction in the overall vector norm, S-I, and A-P directions was significant (p = 0.033, 0.042, 0.011). Our proposed method can be an excellent practical alternative to conventional compression due to its flexibility and ease of implementation.
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- James Sohn
- Department of Radiation OncologyNorthwestern Memorial HospitalNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA
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- Department of Radiation OncologyVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA
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Lee D, Renz P, Oh S, Hwang MS, Pavord D, Yun KL, Collura C, McCauley M, Colonias A(T, Trombetta M, Kirichenko A. Online Adaptive MRI-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Pancreatic and Other Intra-Abdominal Cancers. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5272. [PMID: 37958447 PMCID: PMC10648954 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15215272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
A 1.5T MRI combined with a linear accelerator (Unity®, Elekta; Stockholm, Sweden) is a device that shows promise in MRI-guided stereotactic body radiation treatment (SBRT). Previous studies utilized the manufacturer's pre-set MRI sequences (i.e., T2 Weighted (T2W)), which limited the visualization of pancreatic and intra-abdominal tumors and organs at risk (OAR). Here, a T1 Weighted (T1W) sequence was utilized to improve the visualization of tumors and OAR for online adapted-to-position (ATP) and adapted-to-shape (ATS) during MRI-guided SBRT. Twenty-six patients, 19 with pancreatic and 7 with intra-abdominal cancers, underwent CT and MRI simulations for SBRT planning before being treated with multi-fractionated MRI-guided SBRT. The boundary of tumors and OAR was more clearly seen on T1W image sets, resulting in fast and accurate contouring during online ATP/ATS planning. Plan quality in 26 patients was dependent on OAR proximity to the target tumor and achieved 96 ± 5% and 92 ± 9% in gross tumor volume D90% and planning target volume D90%. We utilized T1W imaging (about 120 s) to shorten imaging time by 67% compared to T2W imaging (about 360 s) and improve tumor visualization, minimizing target/OAR delineation uncertainty and the treatment margin for sparing OAR. The average time-consumption of MRI-guided SBRT for the first 21 patients was 55 ± 15 min for ATP and 79 ± 20 min for ATS.
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- Danny Lee
- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
- College of Medicine, Radiologic Sciences/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
- College of Medicine, Radiologic Sciences/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
- College of Medicine, Radiologic Sciences/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
- College of Medicine, Radiologic Sciences/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
- College of Medicine, Radiologic Sciences/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15012, USA; (P.R.); (S.O.); (M.-S.H.); (D.P.); (K.L.Y.); (C.C.); (M.M.); (M.T.); (A.K.)
- College of Medicine, Radiologic Sciences/Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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Evaluation of short-term gastrointestinal motion and its impact on dosimetric parameters in stereotactic body radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 2023; 39:100576. [PMID: 36686564 PMCID: PMC9852488 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2023.100576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background The aim of this study is to quantify the short-term motion of the gastrointestinal tract (GI-tract) and its impact on dosimetric parameters in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for pancreatic cancer. Methods The analyzed patients were eleven pancreatic cancer patients treated with SBRT or proton beam therapy. To ensure a fair analysis, the simulation SBRT plan was generated on the planning CT in all patients with the dose prescription of 40 Gy in 5 fractions. The GI-tract motion (stomach, duodenum, small and large intestine) was evaluated using three CT images scanned at spontaneous expiration. After fiducial-based rigid image registration, the contours in each CT image were generated and transferred to the planning CT, then the organ motion was evaluated. Planning at risk volumes (PRV) of each GI-tract were generated by adding 5 mm margins, and the volume receiving at least 33 Gy (V33) < 0.5 cm3 was evaluated as the dose constraint. Results The median interval between the first and last CT scans was 736 s (interquartile range, IQR:624-986). To compensate for the GI-tract motion based on the planning CT, the necessary median margin was 8.0 mm (IQR: 8.0-10.0) for the duodenum and 14.0 mm (12.0-16.0) for the small intestine. Compared to the planned V33 with the worst case, the median V33 in the PRV of the duodenum significantly increased from 0.20 cm3 (IQR: 0.02-0.26) to 0.33 cm3 (0.10-0.59) at Wilcoxon signed-rank test (p = 0.031). Conclusion The short-term motions of the GI-tract lead to high dose differences.
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Key Words
- 4DCT, four-dimensional computed tomography,
- CTV, clinical target volume
- FFF, flattening filter-free
- GI-tract, gastrointestinal tract
- GTV, gross tumor volume
- Gastrointestinal tract
- IQR, interquartile range
- Intra-fractional motion
- MV, mega-voltage
- PRV, planning at risk volume
- PTV, planning target volume
- Pancreatic cancer
- ROI, region of interest
- SBRT
- SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy
- SD, standard deviation
- Short-term organ motion
- VMAT, volumetric modulated arc therapy
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Grimbergen G, Eijkelenkamp H, Heerkens HD, Raaymakers BW, Intven MPW, Meijer GJ. Dosimetric impact of intrafraction motion under abdominal compression during MR-guided SBRT for (Peri-) pancreatic tumors. Phys Med Biol 2022; 67. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac8ddd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective. Intrafraction motion is a major concern for the safety and effectiveness of high dose stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in the upper abdomen. In this study, the impact of the intrafraction motion on the delivered dose was assessed in a patient group that underwent MR-guided radiotherapy for upper abdominal malignancies with an abdominal corset. Approach. Fast online 2D cine MRI was used to extract tumor motion during beam-on time. These tumor motion profiles were combined with linac log files to reconstruct the delivered dose in 89 fractions of MR-guided SBRT in twenty patients. Aside the measured tumor motion, motion profiles were also simulated for a wide range of respiratory amplitudes and drifts, and their subsequent dosimetric impact was calculated in every fraction. Main results. The average (SD) D
99% of the gross tumor volume (GTV), relative to the planned D
99%, was 0.98 (0.03). The average (SD) relative D
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of the duodenum, small bowel and stomach was 0.99 (0.03), 1.00 (0.03), and 0.97 (0.05), respectively. No correlation of respiratory amplitude with dosimetric impact was observed. Fractions with larger baseline drifts generally led to a larger uncertainty of dosimetric impact on the GTV and organs at risk (OAR). The simulations yielded that the delivered dose is highly dependent on the direction of on baseline drift. Especially in anatomies where the OARs are closely abutting the GTV, even modest LR or AP drifts can lead to substantial deviations from the planned dose. Significance. The vast majority of the fractions was only modestly impacted by intrafraction motion, increasing our confidence that MR-guided SBRT with abdominal compression can be safely executed for patients with abdominal tumors, without the use of gating or tracking strategies.
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Milder MT, Magallon-Baro A, den Toom W, de Klerck E, Luthart L, Nuyttens JJ, Hoogeman MS. Technical feasibility of online adaptive stereotactic treatments in the abdomen on a robotic radiosurgery system. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 2022; 23:103-108. [PMID: 35928600 PMCID: PMC9344339 DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2022.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Maaike T.W. Milder
- Corresponding author at: Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC – Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Daly M, McWilliam A, Radhakrishna G, Choudhury A, Eccles CL. Radiotherapy respiratory motion management in hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies: a systematic review of patient factors influencing effectiveness of motion reduction with abdominal compression. Acta Oncol 2022; 61:833-841. [PMID: 35611555 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2022.2073186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND The effectiveness of abdominal compression for motion management in hepatobiliary-pancreatic (HPB) radiotherapy has not been systematically evaluated. METHODS & MATERIALS A systematic review was carried out using PubMed/Medline, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and CINAHL databases up to 1 July 2021. No date restrictions were applied. Additional searches were carried out using the University of Manchester digital library, Google Scholar and of retrieved papers' reference lists. Studies conducted evaluating respiratory motion utilising imaging with and without abdominal compression in the same patients available in English were included. Studies conducted in healthy volunteers or majority non-HPB sites, not providing descriptive motion statistics or patient characteristics before and after compression in the same patients or published without peer-review were excluded. A narrative synthesis was employed by tabulating retrieved studies and organising chronologically by abdominal compression device type to help identify patterns in the evidence. RESULTS The inclusion criteria were met by 6 studies with a total of 152 patients. Designs were a mix of retrospective and prospective quantitative designs with chronological, non-randomised recruitment. Abdominal compression reduced craniocaudal respiratory motion in the majority of patients, although in four studies there were increases seen in at least one direction. The influence of patient comorbidities on effectiveness of compression, and/or comfort with compression was not evaluated in any study. CONCLUSION Abdominal compression may not be appropriate for all patients, and benefit should be weighed with potential increase in motion or discomfort in patients with small initial motion (<5 mm). Patient factors including male sex, and high body mass index (BMI) were found to impact the effectiveness of compression, however with limited evidence. High-quality studies are warranted to fully assess the clinical impact of abdominal compression on treatment outcomes and toxicity prospective in comparison to other motion management strategies.
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- Mairead Daly
- Division of Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- The Christie NHSFT, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- The Christie NHSFT, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- The Christie NHSFT, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Li H, Dong L, Bert C, Chang J, Flampouri S, Jee KW, Lin L, Moyers M, Mori S, Rottmann J, Tryggestad E, Vedam S. Report of AAPM Task Group 290: Respiratory motion management for particle therapy. Med Phys 2022; 49:e50-e81. [PMID: 35066871 PMCID: PMC9306777 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Dose uncertainty induced by respiratory motion remains a major concern for treating thoracic and abdominal lesions using particle beams. This Task Group report reviews the impact of tumor motion and dosimetric considerations in particle radiotherapy, current motion‐management techniques, and limitations for different particle‐beam delivery modes (i.e., passive scattering, uniform scanning, and pencil‐beam scanning). Furthermore, the report provides guidance and risk analysis for quality assurance of the motion‐management procedures to ensure consistency and accuracy, and discusses future development and emerging motion‐management strategies. This report supplements previously published AAPM report TG76, and considers aspects of motion management that are crucial to the accurate and safe delivery of particle‐beam therapy. To that end, this report produces general recommendations for commissioning and facility‐specific dosimetric characterization, motion assessment, treatment planning, active and passive motion‐management techniques, image guidance and related decision‐making, monitoring throughout therapy, and recommendations for vendors. Key among these recommendations are that: (1) facilities should perform thorough planning studies (using retrospective data) and develop standard operating procedures that address all aspects of therapy for any treatment site involving respiratory motion; (2) a risk‐based methodology should be adopted for quality management and ongoing process improvement.
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- Heng Li
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Center for Proton Therapy, Proton Therapy Singapore, Proton Therapy Pte Ltd, Singapore
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
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