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De-Colle C, Kirby A, Russell N, Shaitelman S, Currey A, Donovan E, Hahn E, Han K, Anandadas C, Mahmood F, Lorenzen E, van den Bongard D, Groot Koerkamp M, Houweling A, Nachbar M, Thorwarth D, Zips D. Adaptive radiotherapy for breast cancer. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 2023; 39:100564. [PMID: 36632056 PMCID: PMC9826896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2022.100564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Research in the field of local and locoregional breast cancer radiotherapy aims to maintain excellent oncological outcomes while reducing treatment-related toxicity. Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) considers variations in target and organs at risk (OARs) anatomy occurring during the treatment course and integrates these in re-optimized treatment plans. Exploiting ART routinely in clinic may result in smaller target volumes and better OAR sparing, which may lead to reduction of acute as well as late toxicities. In this review MR-guided and CT-guided ART for breast cancer patients according to different clinical scenarios (neoadjuvant and adjuvant partial breast irradiation, whole breast, chest wall and regional nodal irradiation) are reviewed and their advantages as well as challenging aspects discussed.
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- C. De-Colle
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute–Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Section for Biomedical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology. University Hospital and Medical Faculty, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section for Biomedical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology. University Hospital and Medical Faculty, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Tübingen; and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Tübingen; and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Rishi A, Albuquerque K, Donovan E, Jhingran A, Beriwal S, Glaser S, Fernandez D, Ahmed K, Montejo M. Definitive High-Dose Radiotherapy for Primary Vulvar Cancer: The DRIVE Multicenter Cohort Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rowbottom B, Galhardo A, Donovan E, Gameiro S. Feasibility randomized controlled trial of a self-guided online intervention to promote psychosocial adjustment to unmet parenthood goals. Hum Reprod 2022; 37:2412-2425. [PMID: 36001052 PMCID: PMC9527459 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Is it feasible to implement and evaluate an online self-guided psychosocial intervention for people with an unmet parenthood goal (UPG), aimed to improve well-being, in an online randomized controlled trial (RCT)? SUMMARY ANSWER The evaluation of an online bilingual self-guided psychosocial intervention for people with a UPG is feasible, reflected by high demand, good acceptability, good adaptation and promise of efficacy, but minor adjustments to the intervention and study design of the RCT should be made to enhance practicality. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Self-identifying as having a UPG, defined as being unable to have children or as many as desired, is associated with impaired well-being and mental health. Practice guidelines and regulatory bodies have highlighted the need to address the lack of evidence-based support for this population. It is unknown if MyJourney (www.myjourney.pt), the first online self-guided intervention for people with UPGs, can be implemented and evaluated in an RCT. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION To evaluate the feasibility of MyJourney, we conducted a registered, two-arm, parallel group, non-blinded feasibility RCT, with a 1:1 computer-generated randomized allocation and embedded qualitative process evaluation. Participants were included between November 2020 and March 2021. Assessments were made before randomization (T1), 10 weeks (T2) and 6 months after (T3, intervention group only). Participants allocated to the intervention group received an email to access MyJourney immediately after randomization. Participants in the waitlist control group were given access to MyJourney after completing the 10-week assessment (T2). PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Participants were recruited via social media advertising of MyJourney and its feasibility study. People who self-identified as having a UPG could click on a link to participate, and of these 235 were randomized. Outcome measures related to demand, acceptability, implementation, practicality, adaptation and limited efficacy were assessed via online surveys. The primary outcome in limited efficacy testing was hedonic well-being, measured with the World Health Organisation Wellbeing Index (WHO-5). MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Participation and retention rates were 58.3%, 31.7% (T2) and 45.2% (T3, intervention group only), respectively. Of participants invited to register with MyJourney, 91 (76.5%) set up an account, 51 (47.2%) completed the first Step of MyJourney, 12 (11.1%) completed six Steps (sufficient dose) and 6 (5.6%) completed all Steps within the 10-week recommended period. Acceptability ranged from 2.79 (successful at supporting) to 4.42 (easy to understand) on a 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely acceptable) scale. Average time to complete sufficient dose was 15.6 h (SD = 18.15) and to complete all Steps was 12.4 h (SD = 18.15), with no differences found for participants using MyJourney in Portuguese and English. Modified intention-to-treat analysis showed a moderate increase in well-being from T1 to T2 in the intervention group (ηp2 = 0.156, mean difference (MD) = 9.300 (2.285, 16.315)) and no changes in the control group (ηp2 = 0.000, MD = 0.047 (−3.265, 3.358)). Participants in the process evaluation reported MyJourney was needed and answered their needs for support (reflecting high demand and acceptability), the recommended period to engage with MyJourney was short, and their engagement was influenced by multiple factors, including personal (e.g. lack of time) and MyJourney related (e.g. reminders). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION Participants were mostly white, well-educated, employed, childless women. Non-blinded allocation, use of self-reported questionnaire assessments and high attrition in the intervention group could have triggered bias favourable to positive evaluations of MyJourney and resulted in low power to detect T2 to T3 changes in limited efficacy outcomes. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS MyJourney can proceed to efficacy testing, but future work should eliminate barriers for engagement and explore strategies to maximize adherence. Entities wanting to support people with UPGs now have a freely accessible and promising resource that can be further tested and evaluated in different settings. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) MyJourney’s development was funded by the charity Portuguese Fertility Association, Cardiff University and University of Coimbra (CINEICC). Dr S.G. reports consultancy fees from Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S, speaker fees from Access Fertility, SONA-Pharm LLC, Meridiano Congress International and Gedeon Richter and grants from Merck Serono Ltd. Bethan Rowbottom holds a PhD scholarship funded by the School of Psychology, Cardiff University. The other authors have no conflicts of interest. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Clinical Trials.gov NCT04850482.
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- B Rowbottom
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Coimbra, Portugal.,CINEICC, FPCEUC, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Wheatley D, Haviland J, Patel J, Sydenham M, Alhasso A, Chan C, Cleator S, Coles C, Donovan E, Kirby A, Kirwan C, Nabi Z, Sawyer E, Somaiah N, Syndikus I, Venables K, Yarnold J, Brunt A, Bliss J. OC-0101 First results of FAST-Forward phase 3 RCT nodal substudy: 3-year normal tissue effects. Radiother Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(22)02477-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Donovan E, Albuquerque K, Mantz C, Beriwal S, Keller A, Chen H, Lo S, Leung E. The Role of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) in Oligometastatic and Oligoprogressive Gynecologic Malignancies: A Multi-Institutional Pooled Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Leung E, Gladwish A, Davidson M, Taggar A, Barnes E, Donovan E, Gien L, Covens A, Vicus D, Kupets R, Han K, Velker V, Mendez L, MacKay H, Cheung P, Loblaw D, D'Souza D. Stereotactic Pelvic Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Cancers of the Uterus (SPARTACUS): A Multicenter Prospective Trial Evaluating Acute Toxicities and Patient Reported Outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cozma AI, Martell K, Ravi A, Barnes E, Donovan E, Paudel M, Leung E, Taggar A. Relationship of Urethral Dose and Genitourinary Toxicity Among Patients Receiving Vaginal High Dose Rate Interstitial Brachytherapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2021; 33:773-779. [PMID: 34092463 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2021.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIMS Interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) plays an important role in the management of locally advanced gynaecological malignancies. However, the relationship between urinary toxicity and dose to the urethra is not well understood. We sought to evaluate the correlation between urethral dose and the incidence of genitourinary complications among patients undergoing vaginal high dose rate ISBT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-three patients treated with ISBT between August 2014 and April 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. CTCAE version 5.0 was used to grade toxicity. Individual treatment plans were evaluated to collect dose parameters. Urethral contours were added to the structure sets using a uniform 1 cm diameter brush and minimum doses to the hottest 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 cm3 (D0.1cm3, D0.2cm3 and D0.5cm3) of the urethra were obtained. Total (ISBT ± external beam radiotherapy) equivalent doses in 2 Gy fractions (EQD2) received by the targets and organs at risk were calculated. Numerical counts (%) and medians (interquartile range) were used to characterise the data. Fisher's exact and the Mann-Whitney-Wilcox tests were used as appropriate. Receiver operator curve analysis was used to define the urethral threshold dose that correlated to genitourinary toxicity. RESULTS The median age and follow-up times were 67 years (59-75) and 25 months (16-37), respectively. Patients had predominantly primary endometrial (49%) and vaginal (37%) cancer, with four (5%) patients with metastatic rectal cancer to the vagina. Twenty-four of 79 (30%) patients experienced acute genitourinary toxicity and 34 of 71 (48%) experienced late genitourinary toxicity. In both analyses, the median urethral dose was significantly higher among those with toxicity. Receiver operator curve analysis indicated that D0.1cm3, D0.2cm3 and D0.5cm3 of the urethra were associated with the development of toxicity at doses >78, >71 and >62 Gy, respectively. CONCLUSION Urethral dose seems to predict genitourinary toxicity in ISBT of vaginal tumours. Further study with an expanded cohort and longer follow-up is warranted.
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- A I Cozma
- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Calgary, Department of Radiation Oncology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Donovan E, Cheung P, Erler D, Davidson M, Sahgal A, Chung H, Poon I, Taggar A, Barnes E, Jerzak K, Gien L, Leung E. Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) in Oligometastatic and Oligoprogressive Gynecologic Cancers: Clinical Outcomes of a Single Institution Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Donovan E, Pond G, Seow H, Ellis P, Swaminath A. Cardiac Morbidity Following Radical Thoracic Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Donovan E, Xie F, Chu W, Louie A, Kapoor A, Siva S, Swaminath A. Cost-Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) Versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) in the Treatment of Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Safavi A, Elzibak A, Donovan E, Detsky J, Louie A. Radiotherapy in Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices: A Survey of Multi-Disciplinary Radiation Oncology Professionals. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Leung E, D'Alimonte L, Taggar A, Barnes E, Donovan E, Barbera L, Ravi A. Integrated Intraoperative MRI-Guided Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: An Institutional Experience of Treatment Workflow, Planning and Patient Toxicities. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Voruganti IS, Donovan E, Walker-Dilks C, Swaminath A. Chest wall toxicity after stereotactic radiation in early lung cancer: a systematic review. Curr Oncol 2020; 27:179-189. [PMID: 32905234 PMCID: PMC7467794 DOI: 10.3747/co.27.5959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Radiation-induced chest wall pain (cwp) and rib fracture (rf) are late adverse effects after stereotactic body radiation therapy (sbrt) for stage i non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc); however, the literature about their incidence and risk factors shows variability. We performed a systematic review to determine the pooled incidence of cwp and rf in the relevant population. Methods A literature search using the prisma (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines considered English publications in medline and embase from January 1996 to August 2017. Abstracts were screened, followed by full-text review and data extraction. Results The database searches identified 547 records. Twenty-eight publications comprising 3892 patients met the inclusion criteria. Median reported ages and follow-up durations fell into the ranges 67-82 years and 12-84 months. Prescriptions fell into the range of 40-70 Gy in 3-10 fractions. Despite study heterogeneity, the pooled incidences of cwp and rf were estimated to be 8.94% and 5.27% respectively. Nineteen studies reported cwp grade: 58 of 308 patients (18.8%) experienced grades 3-4 cwp (no grade 5 events reported). Thirteen studies reported rf grade: grades 3-4 rf were observed in 9 of 113 patients (7.96%). A high chest wall V30 was an important predictor of cwp and rf. Conclusions In patients with stage i nsclc, rates of cwp and rf after sbrt are low; however, tumour location, accurate toxicity reporting, and dose-fractionation schemes might alter those rates. Prospective correlation with dosimetry and quality of life assessment will further improve the understanding of cwp and rf after sbrt.
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- I S Voruganti
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto
- Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
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- Program in Evidence-Based Care, McMaster University, Hamilton
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- Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton
- Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
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Dautovich ND, Dzierzewski J, Sabet S, Soto P, Donovan E, Kleva C. 0313 Is Healthy Sleep Possible for Professional Firefighters? A Comparison of “On-Duty” and “Off-Duty” Sleep Quantity and Quality. Sleep 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction
Healthy sleep is vital for firefighter safety, health, wellness, and for public well-being. However, professional firefighters experience disturbed sleep at disproportionately high rates. The current study investigated whether firefighters can obtain healthy sleep by identifying (1) differences in sleep while “on-duty” and “off-duty” and (2) risk factors for poor sleep.
Methods
Professional firefighters in Richmond, Virginia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (N=268), reported their sleep using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) both on- and off-duty. Good and poor sleepers were identified using the PSQI global score cutoff of 5. Demographic and STOP-BANG questionnaires were also completed.
Results
Using a repeated measures MANOVA, on-duty sleep was significantly worse compared to off-duty sleep across PSQI component and global scores F(7, 253)=45.24 p<.001, η²=.56. On-duty, 76.1% of firefighters were classified as poor sleepers compared to 42.9% off-duty. 34.7% were reclassified as good sleepers or stayed good sleepers (22.4%) when off-duty. A sizeable minority experienced consistently poor sleep while on- and off-duty (41.4%), and a small number reported worse sleep when off-duty (1.5%). More night calls and poorer self-rated mental health predicted worse on-duty sleep (p<.001) and poorer self-rated mental health predicted worse off-duty sleep (p<.001).
Conclusion
Healthy sleep is possible for professional firefighters. Almost a quarter of the sample was classified as “good sleepers” on-duty and over half were classified as “good sleepers” off-duty. Nonetheless, sleep on-duty was significantly worse overall, with over a third of the sample experiencing consistently poor sleep. When working a 24-hour variable shift schedule, it appears that poor sleep may “carryover” from on-duty to off-duty. Poorer self-rated mental health and more night calls were identified as risk factors. Further research is needed to probe risk and protective factors within this population.
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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Peng J, Donovan E, Ellis P, Pond G, Swaminath A. A Comparison of Radiation Techniques in Patients Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiation for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.2427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ranger A, Dunlop A, Donovan E, Harris E, DeSouza N, McNair H, Kirby A. EP-1323 HeartSpare Plus: A comparison of the feasibility and acute toxicity of internal mammary chain RT. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)31743-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Angelopoulos V, Cruce P, Drozdov A, Grimes EW, Hatzigeorgiu N, King DA, Larson D, Lewis JW, McTiernan JM, Roberts DA, Russell CL, Hori T, Kasahara Y, Kumamoto A, Matsuoka A, Miyashita Y, Miyoshi Y, Shinohara I, Teramoto M, Faden JB, Halford AJ, McCarthy M, Millan RM, Sample JG, Smith DM, Woodger LA, Masson A, Narock AA, Asamura K, Chang TF, Chiang CY, Kazama Y, Keika K, Matsuda S, Segawa T, Seki K, Shoji M, Tam SWY, Umemura N, Wang BJ, Wang SY, Redmon R, Rodriguez JV, Singer HJ, Vandegriff J, Abe S, Nose M, Shinbori A, Tanaka YM, UeNo S, Andersson L, Dunn P, Fowler C, Halekas JS, Hara T, Harada Y, Lee CO, Lillis R, Mitchell DL, Argall MR, Bromund K, Burch JL, Cohen IJ, Galloy M, Giles B, Jaynes AN, Le Contel O, Oka M, Phan TD, Walsh BM, Westlake J, Wilder FD, Bale SD, Livi R, Pulupa M, Whittlesey P, DeWolfe A, Harter B, Lucas E, Auster U, Bonnell JW, Cully CM, Donovan E, Ergun RE, Frey HU, Jackel B, Keiling A, Korth H, McFadden JP, Nishimura Y, Plaschke F, Robert P, Turner DL, Weygand JM, Candey RM, Johnson RC, Kovalick T, Liu MH, McGuire RE, Breneman A, Kersten K, Schroeder P. The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS). Space Sci Rev 2019; 215:9. [PMID: 30880847 PMCID: PMC6380193 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-018-0576-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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With the advent of the Heliophysics/Geospace System Observatory (H/GSO), a complement of multi-spacecraft missions and ground-based observatories to study the space environment, data retrieval, analysis, and visualization of space physics data can be daunting. The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS), a grass-roots software development platform (www.spedas.org), is now officially supported by NASA Heliophysics as part of its data environment infrastructure. It serves more than a dozen space missions and ground observatories and can integrate the full complement of past and upcoming space physics missions with minimal resources, following clear, simple, and well-proven guidelines. Free, modular and configurable to the needs of individual missions, it works in both command-line (ideal for experienced users) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode (reducing the learning curve for first-time users). Both options have "crib-sheets," user-command sequences in ASCII format that can facilitate record-and-repeat actions, especially for complex operations and plotting. Crib-sheets enhance scientific interactions, as users can move rapidly and accurately from exchanges of technical information on data processing to efficient discussions regarding data interpretation and science. SPEDAS can readily query and ingest all International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP)-compatible products from the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), enabling access to a vast collection of historic and current mission data. The planned incorporation of Heliophysics Application Programmer's Interface (HAPI) standards will facilitate data ingestion from distributed datasets that adhere to these standards. Although SPEDAS is currently Interactive Data Language (IDL)-based (and interfaces to Java-based tools such as Autoplot), efforts are under-way to expand it further to work with python (first as an interface tool and potentially even receiving an under-the-hood replacement). We review the SPEDAS development history, goals, and current implementation. We explain its "modes of use" with examples geared for users and outline its technical implementation and requirements with software developers in mind. We also describe SPEDAS personnel and software management, interfaces with other organizations, resources and support structure available to the community, and future development plans. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL The online version of this article (10.1007/s11214-018-0576-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- V. Angelopoulos
- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Tohoku University, 6-3, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Space Sciences Department, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA USA
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- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA
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- Santa Cruz Institute of Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- European Space Agency, ESAC, SCI-OPD, Madrid, Spain
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO USA
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- National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism and Space Magnetism, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Geophysics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Physics Department and Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Sud/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Center for Space Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Ontario Canada
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Ontario Canada
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Ontario Canada
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Center for Space Physics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Sorbonne Université/Univ. Paris Sud/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- ADNET Systems Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Ranger A, Dunlop A, Shah P, Amin K, Henderson D, Bartlett FR, Knowles C, Brigden B, Lacey C, Donovan E, Harris E, Kirby AM. Evaluation of a Novel Field-placement Algorithm for Locoregional Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Including the Internal Mammary Chain. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2019; 31:25-33. [PMID: 30078523 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2018.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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AIMS Irradiation of the internal mammary chain (IMC) is increasing following recently published data, but the need for formal delineation of lymph node volumes is slowing implementation in some healthcare settings. A field-placement algorithm for irradiating locoregional lymph nodes including the IMC could reduce the resource impact of introducing irradiation of the IMC. This study describes the development and evaluation of such an algorithm. MATERIALS AND METHODS An algorithm was developed in which six points representing lymph node clinical target volume borders (based on European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology consensus nodal contouring guidelines) were placed on computed tomography-defined anatomical landmarks and used to place tangential and nodal fields. Single-centre testing in 20 cases assessed the success of the algorithm in covering planning target volumes (PTVs) and adequately sparing organs at risk. Plans derived using the points algorithm were also compared with plans generated following formal delineation of nodal PTVs, using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Timing data for point placement were collected. Multicentre testing using the same methods was then carried out to establish whether the technique was transferable to other centres. RESULTS Single-centre testing showed that 95% of cases met the nodal PTV coverage dose constraints (binomial probability confidence interval 75.1-99.9%) with no statistically significant reduction in mean heart dose or ipsilateral lung V17Gy associated with formal nodal delineation. In multicentre testing, 69% of cases met nodal PTV dose constraints and there was a statistically significant difference in IMC PTV coverage using the points algorithm when compared with formally delineated nodal volumes (P < 0.01). However, there was no difference in axillary level 1-4 PTV coverage (P = 0.11) with all cases meeting target volume constraints. CONCLUSIONS The optimal strategy for breast and locoregional lymph node radiotherapy is target volume delineation. However, use of this novel points-based field-placement algorithm results in dosimetrically acceptable plans without the need for formal lymph node contouring in a single-centre setting and for the breast and level 1-4 axilla in a multicentre setting. Further quality assurance measures are needed to enable implementation of the algorithm for irradiation of the IMC in a multicentre setting.
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- A Ranger
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- CVSSP, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Voruganti I, Donovan E, Walker C, Swaminath A. Systematic Review of the Incidence of Chest Wall Toxicity Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Donovan E, Dhesy-Thind S, Swaminath A, Leong D, Voruganti S, Sussman J, Wright J, Okawara G, Dokainish H, Pond G, Fraser G, Kavsak P, Sagar S. Does Modern Mediastinal Irradiation Cause Acute Subclinical Cardiac Toxicity? The Final Results of the MEDICATE Study (Mediastinal Irradiation and Cardio-Toxic Effects). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.06.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Shahi J, Peng J, Donovan E, Wong R, Tsakiridis T, Quan K, Swaminath A. Outcomes of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Abdominopelvic Oligometastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ranger A, Dunlop A, Hutchinson K, Convery H, Maclennan MK, Chantler H, Twyman N, Rose C, McQuaid D, Amos RA, Griffin C, deSouza NM, Donovan E, Harris E, Coles CE, Kirby A. A Dosimetric Comparison of Breast Radiotherapy Techniques to Treat Locoregional Lymph Nodes Including the Internal Mammary Chain. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2018; 30:346-353. [PMID: 29483041 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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AIMS Radiotherapy target volumes in early breast cancer treatment increasingly include the internal mammary chain (IMC). In order to maximise survival benefits of IMC radiotherapy, doses to the heart and lung should be minimised. This dosimetry study compared the ability of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, arc therapy and proton beam therapy (PBT) techniques with and without breath-hold to achieve target volume constraints while minimising dose to organs at risk (OARs). MATERIALS AND METHODS In 14 patients' datasets, seven IMC radiotherapy techniques were compared: wide tangent (WT) three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and PBT, each in voluntary deep inspiratory breath-hold (vDIBH) and free breathing (FB), and tomotherapy in FB only. Target volume coverage and OAR doses were measured for each technique. These were compared using a one-way ANOVA with all pairwise comparisons tested using Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test, with adjusted P-values ≤ 0.05 indicating statistical significance. RESULTS One hundred per cent of WT(vDIBH), 43% of WT(FB), 100% of VMAT(vDIBH), 86% of VMAT(FB), 100% of tomotherapy FB and 100% of PBT plans in vDIBH and FB passed all mandatory constraints. However, coverage of the IMC with 90% of the prescribed dose was significantly better than all other techniques using VMAT(vDIBH), PBT(vDIBH) and PBT(FB) (mean IMC coverage ± 1 standard deviation = 96.0% ± 4.3, 99.8% ± 0.3 and 99.0% ± 0.2, respectively). The mean heart dose was significantly reduced in vDIBH compared with FB for both the WT (P < 0.0001) and VMAT (P < 0.0001) techniques. There was no advantage in target volume coverage or OAR doses for PBT(vDIBH) compared with PBT(FB). CONCLUSIONS Simple WT radiotherapy delivered in vDIBH achieves satisfactory coverage of the IMC while meeting heart and lung dose constraints. However, where higher isodose coverage is required, VMAT(vDIBH) is the optimal photon technique. The lowest OAR doses are achieved by PBT, in which the use of vDIBH does not improve dose statistics.
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- A Ranger
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- University College London, London, UK
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- Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- CVSSP, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Wang H, Donovan E, Nisbet A, Alobaidli S, Phillips I, Ezhil V, Webster P, Ferreira M, Evans P. PO-0970: Robustness of Texture as a Biomarker in Radiomics Applications. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31280-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ranger A, Perotti C, Dunlop A, Donovan E, McNair H, Harris E, Kirby A. EP-1283: Lung sparing techniques for internal mammary chain radiotherapy in right breast cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31593-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Qu M, Velker V, Leung E, Kwon J, Elshaikh M, Kong I, Logie N, Mendez L, van der Putten L, Donovan E, Munkarah A, Wiebe E, Louie A, D'Souza D. Improved Disease Control With Adjuvant Therapy for Stage IA Serous and Clear Cell Uterine Cancer: A Pooled Multi-institutional Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ranger A, Dunlop A, Maclennan M, Donovan E, Harris E, Brigden B, Knowles C, Carr K, Henegan E, Francis J, Bartlett F, Somiah N, Locke I, Coles C, Kirby A. OC-0452: Evaluation of a novel field placement algorithm for tangential internal mammary chain radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)30894-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Donovan E, Timotin E, Farrell T, Donde B, Puksa S, Sur R. Endobronchial brachytherapy for metastasis from extrapulmonary malignancies as an effective treatment for palliation of symptoms. Brachytherapy 2017; 16:630-638. [PMID: 28202343 DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Endobronchial metastasis (EBM) originating from primary cancers outside the lung is rare. External beam radiotherapy is often attempted for control of symptoms with variable effectiveness and retreatment is challenging if symptoms recur. There is limited documentation of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for EBM in the literature. METHODS AND MATERIALS A prospective database was created from 2006 to 2015. Patients with EBM who received high-dose-rate brachytherapy were included. Cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and hemoptysis were assessed and graded (0-4) at the time of initial consult and in followup. Symptom-free survival and re-expansion were assessed. RESULTS Thirty-five patients with EBM were identified. Most patients received three fractions of 700 cGy, and 17 patients had prior external beam radiotherapy. Median symptom-free and overall survival were 67 and 117 days. After brachytherapy, improvement in cough was documented in 75.0%, hemoptysis in 76.4%, dyspnea in 60.0% for a median of 3-6 months. Of the 22 patients who had subsequent chest imaging, re-expansion was documented in 32%. There were no significant toxicities reported. CONCLUSIONS Brachytherapy appears effective in achieving durable symptom control of cough hemoptysis, and dyspnea in patients with EBM and should be considered routinely for palliation where available. Further studies are required to better characterize expected symptom improvement, lung re-expansion rates, and efficacy in comparison with other local treatments.
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- E Donovan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sandton Oncology Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Respirology, Department of Internal Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Edmunds D, Donovan E. SU-G-JeP4-01: An Assessment of a Microsoft Kinect V2 Sensor for Voluntary Breath-Hold Monitoring in Radiotherapy. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4957111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Landeg S, Kirby A, Lee S, Bartlett F, Donovan E, Locke I, Gothard L, Boyle S, Titmarsh K, Griffin C, McNair H. PO-0782: Breast radiotherapy: invisible tattoos for external references (The BRITER study). Radiother Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)40774-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Forsyth C, Fazakerley AN, Rae IJ, J Watt CE, Murphy K, Wild JA, Karlsson T, Mutel R, Owen CJ, Ergun R, Masson A, Berthomier M, Donovan E, Frey HU, Matzka J, Stolle C, Zhang Y. In situ spatiotemporal measurements of the detailed azimuthal substructure of the substorm current wedge. J Geophys Res Space Phys 2014; 119:927-946. [PMID: 26167439 PMCID: PMC4497475 DOI: 10.1002/2013ja019302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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UNLABELLED The substorm current wedge (SCW) is a fundamental component of geomagnetic substorms. Models tend to describe the SCW as a simple line current flowing into the ionosphere toward dawn and out of the ionosphere toward dusk, linked by a westward electrojet. We use multispacecraft observations from perigee passes of the Cluster 1 and 4 spacecraft during a substorm on 15 January 2010, in conjunction with ground-based observations, to examine the spatial structuring and temporal variability of the SCW. At this time, the spacecraft traveled east-west azimuthally above the auroral region. We show that the SCW has significant azimuthal substructure on scales of 100 km at altitudes of 4000-7000 km. We identify 26 individual current sheets in the Cluster 4 data and 34 individual current sheets in the Cluster 1 data, with Cluster 1 passing through the SCW 120-240 s after Cluster 4 at 1300-2000 km higher altitude. Both spacecraft observed large-scale regions of net upward and downward field-aligned current, consistent with the large-scale characteristics of the SCW, although sheets of oppositely directed currents were observed within both regions. We show that the majority of these current sheets were closely aligned to a north-south direction, in contrast to the expected east-west orientation of the preonset aurora. Comparing our results with observations of the field-aligned current associated with bursty bulk flows (BBFs), we conclude that significant questions remain for the explanation of SCW structuring by BBF-driven "wedgelets." Our results therefore represent constraints on future modeling and theoretical frameworks on the generation of the SCW. KEY POINTS The substorm current wedge (SCW) has significant azimuthal structureCurrent sheets within the SCW are north-south alignedThe substructure of the SCW raises questions for the proposed wedgelet scenario.
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- C Forsyth
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL Dorking, UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL Dorking, UK
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- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading Reading, UK
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- University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Lancaster University Lancaster, UK
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- Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL Dorking, UK
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- LASP, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- ESA/ESTEC Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Observatoire de Saint Maur Paris, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, California, USA
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- National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark Lyngby, Denmark ; GFZ, German Centre for Geosciences Potsdam, Germany
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- John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, Maryland, USA
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Coles CE, Donovan E, Haviland J, Yarnold J. Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2013; 25:215. [PMID: 23207073 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2012.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ge YS, Zhou XZ, Liang J, Raeder J, Gilson ML, Donovan E, Angelopoulos V, Runov A. Dipolarization fronts and associated auroral activities: 1. Conjugate observations and perspectives from global MHD simulations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012ja017676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nishimura Y, Lyons LR, Kikuchi T, Angelopoulos V, Donovan E, Mende S, Chi PJ, Nagatsuma T. Formation of substorm Pi2: A coherent response to auroral streamers and currents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012ja017889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Trouncer R, Thomas M, Blasiak-Wal I, Donovan E. A Simple Planning Software Model to Account for Linac Couch Attenuation. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.01.494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kubyshkina M, Sergeev V, Tsyganenko N, Angelopoulos V, Runov A, Donovan E, Singer H, Auster U, Baumjohann W. Time-dependent magnetospheric configuration and breakup mapping during a substorm. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2010ja015882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- M. Kubyshkina
- Institute of Physics; Saint Petersburg State University; St. Petersburg Russia
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- Institute of Physics; Saint Petersburg State University; St. Petersburg Russia
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- Institute of Physics; Saint Petersburg State University; St. Petersburg Russia
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Calgary; Calgary, Alberta Canada
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- NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Institut für Geophysik und Extraterrestrische Physik der Technischen Universitaet Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Space Research Institute; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Graz Austria
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Morioka A, Miyoshi Y, Miyashita Y, Kasaba Y, Misawa H, Tsuchiya F, Kataoka R, Kadokura A, Mukai T, Yumoto K, Menietti DJ, Parks G, Liou K, Honary F, Donovan E. Two-step evolution of auroral acceleration at substorm onset. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010ja015361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- A. Morioka
- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan
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- Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory; Nagoya University; Nagoya Japan
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- Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory; Nagoya University; Nagoya Japan
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- Geophysical Institute; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan
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- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan
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- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan
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- Interactive Research Center; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo Japan
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- National Institute of Polar Research; Tokyo Japan
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Tokyo Japan
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- Space Environment Research Center; Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Space Sciences Laboratory; University of California; Berkeley California USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Department of Communication Systems; Lancaster University; Lancaster UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Calgary; Calgary, Alberta Canada
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Martin S, Mannino M, Rostom A, Tait D, Donovan E, Eagle S, Haviland J, Yarnold J. Acute toxicity and 2-year adverse effects of 30 Gy in five fractions over 15 days to whole breast after local excision of early breast cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2008; 20:502-5. [PMID: 18556186 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2008.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Revised: 04/23/2008] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS A pilot study was undertaken with the aim of documenting acute skin reactions and 2-year late adverse effects of a five-fraction course of adjuvant whole breast radiotherapy delivered over 15 days after local tumour excision of early breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty women with early invasive breast cancer aged>or=50 years with a pathological tumour size<3 cm, complete microscopic resection, negative axillary node status and no requirement for cytotoxic therapy were prescribed 30 Gy in five fractions over 15 days to the whole breast using tangential 6-10 MV X-ray beams and three-dimensional dose compensation with written informed consent. Post-surgical baseline photographs of the breasts were taken, and acute skin erythema and moist desquamation were each scored weekly for 7 weeks using four-point graded scales (grade 0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe). This was followed by an annual clinical assessment, including repeat photographs at 2 years. RESULTS Nine patients (30%, 95% confidence interval 14.7-49.4%) developed grade 2 erythema, with the remaining 21 patients developing milder degrees of reaction. Four (13.3%, 95% confidence interval 3.7-30.7) patients developed moist desquamation, grade 1 in three women and grade 2 in the fourth. At 2 years after treatment, 23/30 (77%) patients scored no change in photographic breast appearance compared with the pre-treatment baseline; seven (23%, 95% confidence interval 9.9-42.3) scored a mild change in breast appearance, and none developed a marked change. After a mean follow-up of 3.1 years (standard deviation 0.37, range 2.1-3.9 years) there have been no ipsilateral local tumour relapses. CONCLUSIONS Further evaluation of a five-fraction regimen of adjuvant whole breast radiotherapy in a phase III randomised trial is justified, including a regimen delivered in a total of 5 days.
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- S Martin
- Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, UK
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Coles C, Wishart G, Fairfoul J, Donovan E, Harris E, Poynter A, Wilkinson J, Tudor S, Yarnold J. O-17 Implanted gold seeds for tumour bed localisation and image-guided radiotherapy. EJC Suppl 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(07)71707-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Shonka J, OʼBrien J, Gaffney S, Donovan E, Widner T. Estimation of Historical Airborne Radionuclide Releases Based on Concentrations Measured in Off-Site Soil. Epidemiology 2006. [DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200611001-01263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Conley BA, Donovan E, Muir C, Morris J, Colevas AD, Gius D, Trehu E, Sausville E, Wright J, Vanwaes C. Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib & re-irradiation (rRT) with scheduled treatment break in patients (pts) with head/neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC). J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.5592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- B. A. Conley
- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA; NIDCD, Bethesda, MD
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Kagan LM, Nicolls MJ, Kelley MC, Carlson HC, Belikovich VV, Bakhmet'eva NV, Komrakov GP, Trondsen TS, Donovan E. Observation of radio-wave-induced red hydroxyl emission at low altitude in the ionosphere. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:095004. [PMID: 15783973 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.095004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report the discovery of radio-wave-induced red emission of OH Meinel rotation-vibrational bands at 629.79 nm. These are the first measurements of artificial aurora below 100 km. We believe that the 629.79-nm OH emission was due to radio-wave focusing by sporadic ionization clouds near 80-85 km altitude, thus giving a technique to visualize the low-altitude sporadic ionization and providing insight into ionospheric interactions at these low altitudes.
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- L M Kagan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada
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Intensity-modulated radiotherapy beams can be delivered using a multileaf collimator by one of two methods: either by superposition of a series of multiple-static fields, or by moving the collimators while the beam is on to produce 'dynamically' modulated beams. The leaf trajectories in this dynamic mode are given by a series of linear steps between control points defining each collimator position at known intervals throughout an exposure. The complexity of the resulting modulation is limited in the first case by the number of fields superposed and in the second case by the number of control points defined. Results are presented for an experimental study that investigates the effect of changing both the number of fields for the multiple-static technique, and the number of control points for a dynamic 'close-in' technique. All deliveries studied are clinical intensity-modulated breast fields. The effect of using a universal wedge in conjunction with the multileaf collimator is also studied, together with a comparison of the relative efficiency, time taken and the absolute dosimetric accuracy of the various delivery options. It is shown that all delivery techniques produce equivalent dose distributions when using 15 control points, with 10 control points being sufficient to produce an adequate breast compensator distribution. Except for the case of a four-control-point dynamic delivery, the universal wedge makes no significant difference to the dose distribution. However, it makes the delivery less efficient. The close-in interpreter consistently produces deliveries that are more efficient than the more conventional sliding-window technique and faster than the multiple-static-field technique. Finally the close-in technique is compared to the more 'standard' leaf-sweep technique and shown to be equivalent.
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- M Partridge
- Joint Department of Physics, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, UK.
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Partridge M, Donovan E, Fenton N, Reise S, Blane S. Clinical implementation of a computer controlled milling machine for compensating filter production. Br J Radiol 1999; 72:1099-103. [PMID: 10700828 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.863.10700828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The procedures required for the clinical implementation of a computer controlled milling machine for producing compensators for breast radiotherapy are described. Moulds are cut in a rigid polymer foam block and filled with stainless-steel granulate. Quality assurance procedures are described for ensuring that the compensators produced are consistent and accurate. Relative and absolute dosimetric measurements are presented showing that the compensators are accurate to better than 1% and demonstrate the technique to be clinically acceptable.
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- M Partridge
- Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse-directed health promotion program in decreasing upper respiratory illness symptoms and injury rates in preschool children attending a Head Start (HS) program. The health promotion program presented to the Head Start staff consisted of signs and symptoms of childhood illnesses, infection control, injury prevention and first aid. The 47 children had their health evaluated by a registered nurse once per week for 4 weeks before the program and once per week for 4 weeks after the program. The children's health was evaluated using the Child Health Assessment Inventory. Symptoms of upper respiratory illness were significantly decreased after the intervention of the program. Injury rates increased, but further data analysis determined that 88% of the injuries had occurred at home.
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- M S Ulione
- Barnes College of Nursing, University of Missouri, St. Louis 63121, USA
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- Wayne State University School of Medicine
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Liechty EA, Donovan E, Purohit D, Gilhooly J, Feldman B, Noguchi A, Denson SE, Sehgal SS, Gross I, Stevens D. Reduction of neonatal mortality after multiple doses of bovine surfactant in low birth weight neonates with respiratory distress syndrome. Pediatrics 1991; 88:19-28. [PMID: 2057268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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To determine if outcomes of low birth weight neonates with respiratory distress syndrome can be improved by the administration of multiple doses of bovine surfactant, we conducted two identical multicenter, controlled trials, and the results were combined for analysis. Seven hundred and ninety-eight neonates weighing 600 to 1750 g at birth who had developed respiratory distress syndrome within 6 hours of birth were assigned randomly to receive either 100 mg of phospholipid/kg of Survanta, a modified bovine surfactant (n = 402), or a sham dosing procedure (n = 396). Neonates whose respiratory distress persisted could be given up to three more doses, with all doses to be given in the first 48 hours after birth. Dosing was performed by investigators not involved in the clinical care of the neonates; nursery staff were kept blinded as to the treatment assignment. Fewer Survanta-treated neonates died of any cause (18.4% vs 27.3%, P = .002), died of respiratory distress syndrome (9.0% vs 20.3%, P less than .001), and either died or developed bronchopulmonary dysplasia due to respiratory distress syndrome (51.2% vs 64.6%, P less than .001). Neonates who received Survanta also had greater improvement in their oxygenation and ventilatory status from baseline to 72 hours than did control neonates. Survanta-treated neonates were at lowered risk for developing pulmonary interstitial emphysema (18.6% vs 39.3%, P less than .001) and other pulmonary air leaks (11.5% vs 25.9%, P less than .001). We conclude that multiple doses of Survanta given after diagnosis of respiratory distress syndrome reduce mortality and morbidity.
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- E A Liechty
- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
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Sannella NA, Tober RL, Cipro RP, Pedicino JF, Donovan E, Gabriel N. Vocal cord paralysis following carotid endarterectomy: the paradox of return of function. Ann Vasc Surg 1990; 4:42-5. [PMID: 2297473 DOI: 10.1007/bf02042688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In a series of 411 consecutive carotid endarterectomies 29 patients were identified with vocal cord paralysis. All patients were symptomatic, although in many these symptoms were subtle and rapidly resolved. There was a statistically significant predominance of left-sided paralysis. Excluding three patients who died during the initial year of follow-up return of normal voice was noted in 22 patients, but complete return of vocal cord function was present in only 15. Apposition of the contralateral vocal cord against a paralyzed vocal cord allowed for production of normal voice in five patients. Less than 1% of patients remained with symptoms at one year following endarterectomy. We conclude that vocal cord paralysis is a common complication of carotid endarterectomy; the voice becomes an unreliable guide as to its resolution. We recommend laryngoscopic examination of all patients who undergo bilateral carotid endarterectomy.
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Measurements of pressures across the diaphragm (Pdi) and diaphragmatic electromyogram (EMG) have become an integral tool to study respiratory muscle fatigue. To measure Pdi and diaphragmatic EMG, three balloon catheter systems have to be swallowed; two of these measure esophageal and gastric pressures and the third one, usually a Swan-Ganz catheter records diaphragmatic EMG. In the present study we describe how a thermodilution Swan-Ganz pacing catheter can be very simply modified to measure both Pdi and diaphragm EMG. Because only one catheter has to be swallowed, subject's acceptability improves, particularly for repeated measurements in the same subject. We have used such a catheter system for more than 18 months to study respiratory muscle fatigue in man. The measurements of Pdi by the modified Swan-Ganz catheter compare well with those recorded simultaneously with conventional balloons, and in vitro frequency response measurements showed that amplitude responses differed by 2% at 2 1/2 Hz. Phase responses of the esophageal and gastric balloons were linear over the range of frequencies tested.
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Sparrow WA, Donovan E, van Emmerik R, Barry EB. Using Relative Motion Plots to Measure Changes in Intra-Limb and Inter-Limb Coordination. J Mot Behav 1987; 19:115-29. [DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1987.10735403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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