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Ito K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa H, Furusawa A, Murofushi KN, Kito S, Kino N, Yasugi T, Uno T, Karasawa K. Phase I/II study of stereotactic body radiotherapy boost in patients with cervical cancer ineligible for intracavitary brachytherapy. Jpn J Radiol 2024:10.1007/s11604-024-01566-8. [PMID: 38625476 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-024-01566-8] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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PURPOSE Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) boost is a promising treatment for cervical cancer patients who are ineligible for intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT). The aim of this multicenter, single-arm, phase I/II study was to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of SBRT boost. MATERIALS AND METHODS ICBT-ineligible patients with untreated cervical cancer were enrolled. Patients underwent whole-pelvic radiotherapy (45 Gy in 25 fractions) with SBRT boost to the primary lesion. In the phase I dose-escalation cohort (3 + 3 design), patients were treated with SBRT boost of 21 or 22.5 Gy in three fractions. Although dose-limiting toxicity was not confirmed, a dose of 21 Gy was selected for the phase II cohort because it was difficult to reproduce the pelvic organs position in two patients during the phase I trial. The primary endpoint was 2-year progression-free survival. RESULTS Twenty-one patients (phase I, n = 3; phase II, n = 18) were enrolled between April 2016 and October 2020; 17 (81%) had clinical stage III-IV (with para-aortic lymph node metastases) disease. The median (range) follow-up was 40 (10-84) months. The initial response was complete response in 20 patients and partial response in one patient. The 2-year locoregional control, progression-free survival, and overall survival rates were 84%, 67%, and 81%, respectively. Grade ≥ 3 toxicity was confirmed in one patient each in the acute (diarrhea) and late (urinary tract obstruction) phases. CONCLUSION These findings suggested that a SBRT boost is more effective than the conventional EBRT boost and can be an important treatment option for ICBT-ineligible patients with cervical cancer. STUDY REGISTRATION This study was registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000036845).
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, 1-23-1 Komazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-8525, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007, Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chou-ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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Okada T, Himura H, Nakajima Y, Sanpei A. Single-shot fast cinematic imaging during merging process of multiple electron filaments in electrostatic potential well. Rev Sci Instrum 2024; 95:033303. [PMID: 38477654 DOI: 10.1063/5.0181102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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For the first time, details of the spatial and temporal acceptable evolution of the merging process of co-rotating electron vortices in a potential well are successfully captured using a "single-shot method" with a high temporal resolution of 10 µs. Four-electron filaments are trapped inside the Beam eXperiment-Upgrade linear trap [H. Himura, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 811, 100 (2016)] with a uniform axial magnetic field and co-axial multi-ring electrodes. Images of non-emitting electron filaments are captured using a high-speed camera with up to 1 000 000 fps, a microchannel plate, a fast-decay phosphor screen of which fluorescence duration is 0.15 µs, and a super fine metallic mesh with an open area ratio of 89%. Images captured every 10 µs clearly show the growth of multiple short-wave instabilities in the wing trailing electron vortices. The experimental methods and measurement techniques presented in this paper can contribute to revealing exactly how small vortices evolve into a large structure or turbulence in a potential well through complex processes.
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- T Okada
- Department of Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Enomoto H, Fujita Y, Matsumoto S, Nakajima Y, Nagai M, Tonari A, Ebara T. Dosimetric impact of MLC positional errors on dose distribution in IMRT. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2024; 25:e14158. [PMID: 37722769 PMCID: PMC10860456 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14158] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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Optimizing the positional accuracy of multileaf collimators (MLC) for radiotherapy is important for dose accuracy and for reducing doses delivered to normal tissues. This study investigates dose sensitivity variations and complexity metrics of MLC positional error in volumetric modulated arc therapy and determines the acceptable ranges of MLC positional accuracy in several clinical situations. Treatment plans were generated for four treatment sites (prostate cancer, lung cancer, spinal, and brain metastases) using different treatment planning systems (TPSs) and fraction sizes. Each treatment plan introduced 0.25-2.0 mm systematic or random MLC leaf bank errors. The generalized equivalent uniform dose (gEUD) sensitivity and complexity metrics (MU/Gy and plan irregularity) were calculated, and the correlation coefficients were assessed. Furthermore, the required tolerances for MLC positional accuracy control were calculated. The gEUD sensitivity showed the highest dependence of systematic positional error on the treatment site, followed by TPS and fraction size. The gEUD sensitivities were 6.7, 4.5, 2.5, and 1.7%/mm for Monaco and 8.9, 6.2, 3.4, and 2.3%/mm (spinal metastasis, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and brain metastasis, respectively) for RayStation. The gEUD sensitivity was strongly correlated with the complexity metrics (r = 0.88-0.93). The minimum allowable positional error for MLC was 0.63, 0.34, 1.02, and 0.28 mm (prostate, lung, brain, and spinal metastasis, respectively). The acceptable range of MLC positional accuracy depends on the treatment site, and an appropriate tolerance should be set for each treatment site with reference to the complexity metric. It is expected to enable easier and more detailed MLC positional accuracy control than before by reducing dose errors to patients at the treatment planning stage and by controlling MLC quality based on complexity metrics, such as MU/Gy.
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- Hiromi Enomoto
- Department of RadiologyKyorin University HospitalMitakaTokyoJapan
- Department of Radiological SciencesKomazawa UniversitySetagayaTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiological SciencesKomazawa UniversitySetagayaTokyoJapan
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- Department of RadiologyKyorin University HospitalMitakaTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiological SciencesKomazawa UniversitySetagayaTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyKyorin UniversityMitakaTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyKyorin UniversityMitakaTokyoJapan
- Department of Medical Radiological TechnologyFaculty of Health SciencesKyorin UniversityMitakaTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyKyorin UniversityMitakaTokyoJapan
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Ozeki K, Nakajima Y. Antibacterial effect of Ag-containing hydroxyapatite thin film fabricated by sputtering. Biomed Mater Eng 2024; 35:87-98. [PMID: 38189747 DOI: 10.3233/bme-230131] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Infections related to joint prosthesis are still a major concern for orthopedic surgeons. Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a useful biocompatible material because of its good osteocompatibility. Antibacterial HA coatings have been fabricated with addition of antibacterial agents such as Ag to HA using the plasma spraying method. However, the plasma-sprayed HA coating suffers from fractures at large thicknesses. The sputter-coated HA thin film has a high density, and has been applied clinically for dental implants. However, there are no extensive studies on Ag-containing HA thin films. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to prepare an Ag-containing HA thin film by sputtering, and evaluate its antibacterial effect and cytotoxicity. METHODS The Ag-containing HA thin films were prepared by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The films were characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The antibacterial activities and cytotoxicities of the films were also evaluated. RESULTS The Ag/Ca molar ratio of the films increased with the Ag ratio in the target. The SEM observation of the hydrothermally treated films showed surfaces covered with globular particles. All Ag-containing HA films exhibited an antibacterial effect against E. Coli. The number of cells of the films decreased with the Ag ratio. The films subjected to the hydrothermal treatment exhibited a higher number of cells than the as-sputtered films. CONCLUSION The Ag-containing HA thin film was effective in terms of antibacterial effect, and had a low cytotoxicity in the proliferation of osteoblast cells at a low Ag ratio in the target.
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- K Ozeki
- Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Japan
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- Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Japan
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Abe K, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Kameda J, Kanemura Y, Kaneshima R, Kashiwagi Y, Kataoka Y, Miki S, Mine S, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakano Y, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Noguchi Y, Okamoto K, Sato K, Sekiya H, Shiba H, Shimizu K, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Watanabe S, Yano T, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Tomiya T, Wang X, Xia J, Yoshida S, Megias GD, Fernandez P, Labarga L, Ospina N, Zaldivar B, Pointon BW, Kearns E, Raaf JL, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich NJ, Kropp WR, Locke S, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Takhistov V, Yankelevich A, Hill J, Park RG, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Bernard L, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Mueller TA, Santos AD, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang JS, Learned JG, Choi K, Cao S, Anthony LHV, Martin D, Scott M, Sztuc AA, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi MG, Radicioni E, Calabria NF, Machado LN, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Lamoureux M, Mattiazzi M, Ludovici L, Gonin M, Pronost G, Fujisawa C, Maekawa Y, Nishimura Y, Friend M, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Kobayashi T, Jakkapu M, Matsubara T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Boschi T, Di Lodovico F, Gao J, Goldsack A, Katori T, Migenda J, Taani M, Zsoldos S, Kotsar Y, Ozaki H, Suzuki AT, Takeuchi Y, Bronner C, Feng J, Kikawa T, Mori M, Nakaya T, Wendell RA, Yasutome K, Jenkins SJ, McCauley N, Mehta P, Tsui KM, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Menjo H, Ninomiya K, Lagoda J, Lakshmi SM, Mandal M, Mijakowski P, Prabhu YS, Zalipska J, Jia M, Jiang J, Jung CK, Wilking MJ, Yanagisawa C, Harada M, Ishino H, Ito S, Kitagawa H, Koshio Y, Nakanishi F, Sakai S, Barr G, Barrow D, Cook L, Samani S, Wark D, Nova F, Yang JY, Malek M, McElwee JM, Stone O, Thiesse MD, Thompson LF, Okazawa H, Kim SB, Seo JW, Yu I, Ichikawa AK, Nakamura KD, Tairafune S, Nishijima K, Iwamoto K, Nakagiri K, Nakajima Y, Taniuchi N, Yokoyama M, Martens K, de Perio P, Vagins MR, Kuze M, Izumiyama S, Inomoto M, Ishitsuka M, Ito H, Kinoshita T, Matsumoto R, Ommura Y, Shigeta N, Shinoki M, Suganuma T, Yamauchi K, Martin JF, Tanaka HA, Towstego T, Akutsu R, Gousy-Leblanc V, Hartz M, Konaka A, Prouse NW, Chen S, Xu BD, Zhang B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Hadley D, Nicholson M, O'Flaherty M, Richards B, Ali A, Jamieson B, Marti L, Minamino A, Pintaudi G, Sano S, Suzuki S, Wada K. Erratum: Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande [Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 031802 (2023)]. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:159903. [PMID: 37897794 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.159903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.031802.
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Taguchi K, Ito K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa H, Murofushi K. Incidence and Prognostic Factors of Painful Vertebral Compression Fracture Caused by Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e152-e153. [PMID: 37784738 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Most studies of vertebral compression fracture (VCF) caused by stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) do not mention the symptoms. We aimed herein to determine the rate and prognostic factors of painful VCF caused by SBRT for spinal metastasis. MATERIALS/METHODS Between August 2013 and December 2021, spinal segments with VCF were retrospectively identified in patients treated with spine SBRT. Iatrogenic VCFs, excluding pathological fractures, were classified into a modified group and graded using CTCAE v5.0 as grade 1 (painless), grade 2 (mildly painful), or grade 3 (intensely painful, requiring hospitalization or surgery). The primary endpoint was the rate of painful VCF (grades 2-3). Moreover, various factors specific to the patient, tumor, and treatment were evaluated to determine their value in predicting the rate of painful VCF. RESULTS In total, 934 spinal segments in 387 patients were analyzed. The median follow-up after SBRT was 14 (range: 0-107) months. Sixty iatrogenic fractures (6.4%) comprising 31 de novo fractures and 29 existing VCF progressions were identified. The patients' median age was 68 (range: 38-79) years, and 31 (52%) spinal segments had a history of radiotherapy. Grade 1, 2, and 3 VCFs were confirmed in 41, four, and 15 segments, respectively. The rate of grade 3 VCF was 2.0% (19 / 934) of the spinal segments treated with SBRT. Eight (0.9%) VCFs required surgery for stabilization or decompression of spinal canal stenosis. None of the 17 VCFs treated with posterior decompression and fixation before SBRT developed into a painful VCF. On univariate analysis, the painful VCF rate was significantly higher in patients with no posterolateral tumor involvement than in those with bilateral or unilateral involvement (56.3% vs 22.7%; p = 0.026). Other spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS) components (Location, Pain, Bone lesion, Alignment, Vertebral body collapse), SINS (Stable/ Potentially unstable vs Unstable), age, number of spinal levels, radiation history, existing VCF, and interval between SBRT and VCF showed no significant correlation with painful VCF. CONCLUSION Although VCF is a known adverse effect of spine SBRT, 68% of the cases examined were painless (grade 1). Intensely painful VCFs (grade 3) were confirmed in only 1.6% of all the treated spinal segments. The absence of posterolateral tumor involvement was significantly associated with painful VCF.
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- K Taguchi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Nakajima Y, Ito K, Taguchi K, Minakami S, Kito S, Murofushi K. Prospective Dosimetric Comparison Study Between Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy and Intracavitary Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e700. [PMID: 37786055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Although volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) boost can achieve highly conformal dose distributions for cervical cancer, VMAT has the disadvantage of requiring set-up and organ motion margins. This study prospectively recruited patients with the cervical cancer and compared VMAT plan with intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) plan. MATERIALS/METHODS All patients treated with ICBT for locally advanced cervical cancer between April 2020 and September 2022 were enrolled. Patients had whole-pelvis radiotherapy, followed by CT scans with and without the tandem and ovoid in the same session (for the planning of ICBT and VMAT, respectively). ICBT planning characterizes the high-risk clinical target volume (HR-CTV) as the target volume and the bladder, rectum, sigmoid colon and small bowel loop as the organ at risk (OAR). VMAT planning defines the HR-CTV + 3 mm as the target volume and bladder, rectum + 3 mm (planning organ at risk volume (PRV) rectum), sigmoid colon + 3 mm (PRV sigmoid) and bowel bag as the OAR to account for set-up and organ motion. ICBT and VMAT plans were optimized for maximal dose received by at least 90% (D90%) of the target volume without impairing the dose constraints for the OARs. The prescribed dose (PD) was 26 Gy in 4 fractions. The dose constraints were determined as 25.2 Gy for D2 ml in the bladder and 20 Gy for D2 ml in the other OARs. The D90% and D100% of the target volume and D2 ml of OARs were compared between 2 plans using paired two-tailed Student's t test. RESULTS Seventeen patients were enrolled. Dose and volume parameters for the 2 plans are shown in Table 1. Of the 17 patients, D90% of the target volume received 100% PD in 4 cases with ICBT plans, in 6 cases for VMAT plans, and in 2 cases with both methods. For D90% of the target volume, ICBT plans were greater than VMAT plans in 4 cases, with a maximum difference of 5.6 Gy (ICBT: 26.0 Gy, SBRT: 20.4 Gy). VMAT plans were higher than ICBT plans in 11 cases, with a maximum difference of 10.3 Gy (ICBT: 14.5 Gy, SBRT: 24.8 Gy). The dose-limiting OARs to attain D90% of target volume were bladder in 12 cases and small bowel loop in 1 case for ICBT plans, while PRV rectum in 11 cases, PRV sigmoid in 4 cases and bowel bag in 1 case for VMAT plans. CONCLUSION This prospective study with 17 ICBT-eligible patients revealed D90% of the target volume demonstrated no substantial difference between VMAT and ICBT plans, while D100% showed a significant increase in VMAT plan compared to ICBT plan. Even with a set-up and organ motion margins on the HR-CTV and OARs, VMAT may have a dosimetric advantage over ICBT if the target geometry is complicated and close to the OARs.
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- Y Nakajima
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Abe K, Akhlaq N, Akutsu R, Ali A, Alonso Monsalve S, Alt C, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Arihara T, Asada Y, Ashida Y, Atkin ET, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barrow D, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak M, Bench F, Berardi V, Berns L, Bhadra S, Blanchet A, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bonus T, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Bravar A, Bronner C, Bron S, Bubak A, Buizza Avanzini M, Caballero JA, Calabria NF, Cao S, Carabadjac D, Carter AJ, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chakrani J, Cherdack D, Chong PS, Christodoulou G, Chvirova A, Cicerchia M, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cook L, Cudd A, Dalmazzone C, Daret T, Davydov YI, De Roeck A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Delogu CC, Densham C, Dergacheva A, Di Lodovico F, Dolan S, Douqa D, Doyle TA, Drapier O, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Dygnarowicz K, Eguchi A, Emery-Schrenk S, Erofeev G, Ershova A, Eurin G, Fedorova D, Fedotov S, Feltre M, Finch AJ, Fiorentini Aguirre GA, Fiorillo G, Fitton MD, Franco Patiño JM, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Fusshoeller K, Giannessi L, Giganti C, Glagolev V, Gonin M, González Rosa J, Goodman EAG, Gorin A, Grassi M, Guigue M, Hadley DR, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Harris DA, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hassani S, Hastings NC, Hayato Y, Henaff D, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Holin A, Holvey T, Hong Van NT, Honjo T, Iacob F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Ishida T, Ishitsuka M, Israel HT, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Izumi N, Jakkapu M, Jamieson B, Jenkins SJ, Jesús-Valls C, Jiang JJ, Jonsson P, Joshi S, Jung CK, Jurj PB, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kasetti SP, Kataoka Y, Katayama Y, Katori T, Kawaue M, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kikawa T, Kikutani H, King S, Kiseeva V, Kisiel J, Kobata T, Kobayashi H, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Kodama S, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kostin A, Koto T, Kowalik K, Kudenko Y, Kudo Y, Kuribayashi S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, La Commara M, Labarga L, Lachner K, Lagoda J, Lakshmi SM, Lamers James M, Lamoureux M, Langella A, Laporte JF, Last D, Latham N, Laveder M, Lavitola L, Lawe M, Lee Y, Lin C, Lin SK, Litchfield RP, Liu SL, Li W, Longhin A, Long KR, Lopez Moreno A, Ludovici L, Lu X, Lux T, Machado LN, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Mandal M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marti-Magro L, Martin DGR, Martini M, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matveev V, Mauger C, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCauley N, McElwee J, McFarland KS, McGrew C, McKean J, Mefodiev A, Megias GD, Mehta P, Mellet L, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Miller E, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Miura M, Molina Bueno L, Moriyama S, Moriyama S, Morrison P, Mueller TA, Munford D, Munteanu L, Nagai K, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakagiri K, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura A, Nakamura H, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakano Y, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Naseby CER, Ngoc TV, Nguyen VQ, Niewczas K, Nishimori S, Nishimura Y, Nishizaki K, Nosek T, Nova F, Novella P, Nugent JC, O’Keeffe HM, O’Sullivan L, Odagawa T, Ogawa T, Okada R, Okinaga W, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Ospina N, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Paolone V, Pari M, Parlone J, Parsa S, Pasternak J, Pavin M, Payne D, Penn GC, Pershey D, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pintaudi G, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Prabhu YS, Pupilli F, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Radics B, Ramírez MA, Ratoff PN, Reh M, Riccio C, Rondio E, Roth S, Roy N, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Ruggles CA, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Santucci G, Schloesser CM, Scholberg K, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaykina A, Shiozawa M, Shorrock W, Shvartsman A, Skrobova N, Skwarczynski K, Smyczek D, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Soler FJP, Sonoda Y, Speers AJ, Spina R, Suslov IA, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tada M, Tairafune S, Takayasu S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Takifuji K, Tanaka HK, Tanihara Y, Tani M, Teklu A, Tereshchenko VV, Teshima N, Thamm N, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Towstego T, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vagins M, Vargas D, Varghese M, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Villa E, Vinning WGS, Virginet U, Vladisavljevic T, Wachala T, Walsh JG, Wang Y, Wan L, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wood K, Wret C, Xia J, Xu YH, Yamamoto K, Yamamoto T, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yershov N, Yevarouskaya U, Yokoyama M, Yoshimoto Y, Yoshimura N, Yu M, Zaki R, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Zhao X, Zhu T, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S. Measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters from the T2K experiment using 3.6×1021 protons on target. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2023; 83:782. [PMID: 37680254 PMCID: PMC10480298 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11819-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
Abstract
The T2K experiment presents new measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters using 19.7 ( 16.3 ) × 10 20 protons on target (POT) in (anti-)neutrino mode at the far detector (FD). Compared to the previous analysis, an additional 4.7 × 10 20 POT neutrino data was collected at the FD. Significant improvements were made to the analysis methodology, with the near-detector analysis introducing new selections and using more than double the data. Additionally, this is the first T2K oscillation analysis to use NA61/SHINE data on a replica of the T2K target to tune the neutrino flux model, and the neutrino interaction model was improved to include new nuclear effects and calculations. Frequentist and Bayesian analyses are presented, including results on sin 2 θ 13 and the impact of priors on the δ CP measurement. Both analyses prefer the normal mass ordering and upper octant of sin 2 θ 23 with a nearly maximally CP-violating phase. Assuming the normal ordering and using the constraint on sin 2 θ 13 from reactors, sin 2 θ 23 = 0 . 561 - 0.032 + 0.021 using Feldman-Cousins corrected intervals, and Δ m 32 2 = 2 . 494 - 0.058 + 0.041 × 10 - 3 eV 2 using constant Δ χ 2 intervals. The CP-violating phase is constrained to δ CP = - 1 . 97 - 0.70 + 0.97 using Feldman-Cousins corrected intervals, and δ CP = 0 , π is excluded at more than 90% confidence level. A Jarlskog invariant of zero is excluded at more than 2 σ credible level using a flat prior in δ CP , and just below 2 σ using a flat prior in sin δ CP . When the external constraint on sin 2 θ 13 is removed, sin 2 θ 13 = 28 . 0 - 6.5 + 2.8 × 10 - 3 , in agreement with measurements from reactor experiments. These results are consistent with previous T2K analyses.
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Affiliation(s)
- K. Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
| | - R. Akutsu
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
| | - A. Ali
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Canada
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - C. Andreopoulos
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - M. Antonova
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - S. Bolognesi
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
| | - A. Bravar
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
| | - N. F. Calabria
- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
| | - C. Dalmazzone
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region Russia
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- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
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- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - M. D. Fitton
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
| | - J. M. Franco Patiño
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
| | - M. Friend
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C. Giganti
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region Russia
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- ILANCE, CNRS-University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
| | - E. A. G. Goodman
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC Canada
| | - T. Hasegawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- International Centre of Physics, Institute of Physics (IOP), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 10 Dao Tan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey UK
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region Russia
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Moscow Region, Russia and National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - L. Lavitola
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - M. Lawe
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
| | - Y. Lee
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - C. Lin
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - S.-K. Lin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
| | - R. P. Litchfield
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - S. L. Liu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - W. Li
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
| | - A. Longhin
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - K. R. Long
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
| | - A. Lopez Moreno
- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
| | - L. Ludovici
- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
| | - X. Lu
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
| | - T. Lux
- Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies (IFAE)-The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain
| | - L. N. Machado
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - L. Magaletti
- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - K. Mahn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
| | - M. Malek
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
| | - M. Mandal
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S. Manly
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY USA
| | - A. D. Marino
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
| | - L. Marti-Magro
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
| | | | - M. Martini
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
- IPSA-DRII, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
| | - J. F. Martin
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - T. Maruyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - T. Matsubara
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
| | - V. Matveev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - C. Mauger
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
| | - K. Mavrokoridis
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - E. Mazzucato
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - N. McCauley
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - J. McElwee
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
| | - K. S. McFarland
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY USA
| | - C. McGrew
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - J. McKean
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - A. Mefodiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - G. D. Megias
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
| | - P. Mehta
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - L. Mellet
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - C. Metelko
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - M. Mezzetto
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - E. Miller
- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
| | - A. Minamino
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
| | - O. Mineev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - S. Mine
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - M. Miura
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | | | - S. Moriyama
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - S. Moriyama
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - P. Morrison
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Th. A. Mueller
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
| | - D. Munford
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
| | - L. Munteanu
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - K. Nagai
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
| | - Y. Nagai
- Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
| | - T. Nakadaira
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - K. Nakagiri
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - M. Nakahata
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y. Nakajima
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A. Nakamura
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - H. Nakamura
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba Japan
| | - K. Nakamura
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - K. D. Nakamura
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
| | - Y. Nakano
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - S. Nakayama
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T. Nakaya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K. Nakayoshi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
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- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
- The Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| | - V. Q. Nguyen
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
| | - K. Niewczas
- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wrocław, Poland
| | - S. Nishimori
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
| | - Y. Nishimura
- Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan
| | - K. Nishizaki
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
| | - T. Nosek
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - F. Nova
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
| | - P. Novella
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - J. C. Nugent
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
| | | | - L. O’Sullivan
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
| | - T. Odagawa
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - T. Ogawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
| | - R. Okada
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - W. Okinaga
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - K. Okumura
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T. Okusawa
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
| | - N. Ospina
- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
| | - R. A. Owen
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
| | - Y. Oyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - V. Palladino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - V. Paolone
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
| | - M. Pari
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - J. Parlone
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - S. Parsa
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J. Pasternak
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | | | - D. Payne
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - G. C. Penn
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - D. Pershey
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC USA
| | - L. Pickering
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey UK
| | - C. Pidcott
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
| | - G. Pintaudi
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
| | - C. Pistillo
- Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - B. Popov
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
- JINR, Dubna, Russia
| | - K. Porwit
- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
| | | | - Y. S. Prabhu
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - F. Pupilli
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - B. Quilain
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
| | - T. Radermacher
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
| | - E. Radicioni
- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B. Radics
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - M. A. Ramírez
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
| | - P. N. Ratoff
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
| | - M. Reh
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
| | - C. Riccio
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - E. Rondio
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S. Roth
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
| | - N. Roy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - A. Rubbia
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A. C. Ruggeri
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
| | - C. A. Ruggles
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - A. Rychter
- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - K. Sakashita
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - F. Sánchez
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G. Santucci
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - C. M. Schloesser
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K. Scholberg
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC USA
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - M. Scott
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Y. Seiya
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Science Department, BMCC/CUNY, New York, NY USA
| | - T. Sekiguchi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - H. Sekiya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - D. Sgalaberna
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A. Shaikhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F. Shaker
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - A. Shaykina
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M. Shiozawa
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - W. Shorrock
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - A. Shvartsman
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - N. Skrobova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - D. Smyczek
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
| | - M. Smy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
| | - J. T. Sobczyk
- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wrocław, Poland
| | - H. Sobel
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
| | - F. J. P. Soler
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Y. Sonoda
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - A. J. Speers
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
| | - R. Spina
- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - I. A. Suslov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region Russia
| | - S. Suvorov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | | | - S. Y. Suzuki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - Y. Suzuki
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
| | - A. A. Sztuc
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - M. Tada
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - S. Tairafune
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
| | - S. Takayasu
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
| | - A. Takeda
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y. Takeuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - K. Takifuji
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
| | - H. K. Tanaka
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Y. Tanihara
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
| | - M. Tani
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A. Teklu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | | | - N. Teshima
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
| | - N. Thamm
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
| | - L. F. Thompson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
| | - W. Toki
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado USA
| | - C. Touramanis
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - T. Towstego
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - K. M. Tsui
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - T. Tsukamoto
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
| | - M. Tzanov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
| | - Y. Uchida
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - M. Vagins
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
| | - D. Vargas
- Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies (IFAE)-The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain
| | - M. Varghese
- Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies (IFAE)-The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain
| | - G. Vasseur
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C. Vilela
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - E. Villa
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - U. Virginet
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | | | - T. Wachala
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - J. G. Walsh
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
| | - Y. Wang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - L. Wan
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
| | - D. Wark
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
| | - M. O. Wascko
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - A. Weber
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
| | - R. Wendell
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - M. J. Wilking
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - C. Wilkinson
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
| | - J. R. Wilson
- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
| | - K. Wood
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
| | - C. Wret
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
| | - J. Xia
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
| | - Y.-H. Xu
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
| | - K. Yamamoto
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP), Osaka, Japan
| | - T. Yamamoto
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
| | - C. Yanagisawa
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
- Science Department, BMCC/CUNY, New York, NY USA
| | - G. Yang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
| | - T. Yano
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - K. Yasutome
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - N. Yershov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - U. Yevarouskaya
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M. Yokoyama
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Y. Yoshimoto
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - N. Yoshimura
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M. Yu
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
| | - R. Zaki
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
| | - A. Zalewska
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - J. Zalipska
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - K. Zaremba
- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G. Zarnecki
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - X. Zhao
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - T. Zhu
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - M. Ziembicki
- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - E. D. Zimmerman
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
| | - M. Zito
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - S. Zsoldos
- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
| | - T2K Collaboration
- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO USA
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC USA
- Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
- Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies (IFAE)-The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- International Centre of Physics, Institute of Physics (IOP), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 10 Dao Tan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
- ILANCE, CNRS-University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582 Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba Japan
- Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan
- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS UK
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region Russia
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Japan
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
- Department of Physics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY USA
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey UK
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Harwell, Oxford, UK
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC Canada
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Canada
- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wrocław, Poland
- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON Canada
- Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy
- J-PARC, Tokai, Japan
- Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Moscow Region, Russia and National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, Moscow, Russia
- IPSA-DRII, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
- The Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- JINR, Dubna, Russia
- Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP), Osaka, Japan
- Science Department, BMCC/CUNY, New York, NY USA
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Taguchi A, Kato K, Hara K, Furusawa A, Nakajima Y, Ishizawa C, Tanikawa M, Sone K, Mori M, Shimada M, Okamoto A, Takekuma M. Heterogeneous treatment effects of adjuvant therapy for patients with cervical cancer in the intermediate-risk group. Cancer Med 2023; 12:18557-18567. [PMID: 37584239 PMCID: PMC10557871 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6460] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The efficacy of adjuvant therapy for patients with cervical cancer with intermediate risk (CC-IR) remains controversial. We examined the impact of adjuvant therapy on survival outcomes in patients with CC-IR and evaluated the heterogeneous treatment effects (HTEs) of adjuvant therapies based on clinicopathologic characteristics. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed a previous Japanese nationwide cohort of 6192 patients with stage IB-IIB cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy. We created two pairs of propensity score-matched treatment/control groups to investigate the treatment effects of adjuvant therapies: (1) adjuvant therapy versus non-adjuvant therapy; (2) chemotherapy versus radiotherapy conditional on adjuvant therapy. Multivariate analyses with treatment interactions were performed to evaluate the HTEs. RESULTS Among the 1613 patients with CC-IR, 619 and 994 were in the non-treatment and treatment groups, respectively. Survival outcomes did not differ between the two groups: 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 88.1% and 90.3% in the non-treatment and treatment groups, respectively (p = 0.199). Of the patients in the treatment group, 654 and 340 received radiotherapy and chemotherapy, respectively. Patients who received chemotherapy had better PFS than those who received radiotherapy (3-year PFS, 90.9% vs. 82.9%, p = 0.010). Tumor size was a significant factor that affected the treatment effects of chemotherapy; patients with large tumors gained better therapeutic effects from chemotherapy than those with small tumors. CONCLUSION Adjuvant therapy is optional for some patients with CC-IR; however, chemotherapy can be recommended as adjuvant therapy, particularly for patients with large tumors.
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- Ayumi Taguchi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
- Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases CenterKomagome HospitalTokyoJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Department of EconomicsUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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- Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases CenterKomagome HospitalTokyoJapan
- Department of GynecologyShizuoka Cancer Center HospitalShizuokaJapan
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- Department of Radiological SciencesKomazawa UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
- Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases CenterKomagome HospitalTokyoJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyTohoku University School of MedicineSendaiJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe Jikei University School of MedicineTokyoJapan
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- Department of GynecologyShizuoka Cancer Center HospitalShizuokaJapan
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Abe K, Kadoya N, Ito K, Tanaka S, Nakajima Y, Hashimoto S, Suda Y, Uno T, Jingu K. Evaluation of the MVCT-based radiomic features as prognostic factor in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Med Imaging 2023; 23:102. [PMID: 37528392 PMCID: PMC10391970 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-023-01055-w] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) images acquired during each radiotherapy session may be useful for delta radiomics. However, no studies have examined whether the MVCT-based radiomics has prognostic power. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the prognostic power of the MVCT-based radiomics for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. METHODS 100 HNSCC patients who received definitive radiotherapy were analyzed and divided into two groups: training (n = 70) and test (n = 30) sets. MVCT images obtained using TomoTherapy for the first fraction of radiotherapy and planning kilovoltage CT (kVCT) images obtained using Aquilion LB CT scanner were analyzed. Primary gross tumor volume (GTV) was propagated from kVCT to MVCT images using rigid registration, and 107 radiomic features were extracted from the GTV in MVCT and kVCT images. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox regression model was used to examine the association between overall survival (OS) and rad score calculated for each patient by weighting the feature value through the coefficient when features were selected. Then, the predictive values of MVCT-based and kVCT-based rad score and patient-, treatment-, and tumor-specific factors were evaluated. RESULTS C-indices of the rad score for MVCT- and kVCT-based radiomics were 0.667 and 0.685, respectively. The C-indices of 6 clinical factors were 0.538-0.622. The 3-year OS was significantly different between high- and low-risk groups according to the MVCT-based rad score (50% vs. 83%; p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that MVCT-based radiomics had stronger prognostic power than any single clinical factor and was a useful prognostic factor when predicting OS in HNSCC patients.
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- Kota Abe
- Department of Radiation Oncology, MR Linac ART Division, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo- machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo- machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo- machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, 1-23-1 komazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-8525, Japan
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- Saitama Prefectural Cancer Center, 780 large section of a town Omuro, Ina-machi, Kitaadachi- gun, Saitama, 362-0806, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo- machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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Yasui K, Nakajima Y, Suda Y, Arai Y, Takizawa T, Sakai K, Fujita Y. Experimental investigation of the effective point of measurement for plane-parallel chambers used in electron beam dosimetry. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2023:e14059. [PMID: 37307247 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14059] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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In this study, the effective point of measurement (EPOM) for plane-parallel ionization chambers in clinical high-energy electron beams was determined experimentally. Previous studies have reported that the EPOM of plane-parallel chambers is shifted several tens of millimeters downstream from the inner surface of the entrance window to the cavity. These findings were based on the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation, and few experimental studies have been performed. Thus, additional experimental validations of the reported EPOMs were required. In this study, we investigated the EPOMs of three plane-parallel chambers (NACP-02, Roos and Advanced Markus) for clinical electron beams. The EPOMs were determined by comparing the measured percentage depth-dose (PDD) of the plane-parallel chambers and the PDD obtained using the microDiamond detector. The optimal shift to the EPOM was energy-dependent. The determined EPOM showed no chamber-to-chamber variation, thereby allowing the use of a single value. The mean optimal shifts were 0.104 ± 0.011, 0.040 ± 0.012, and 0.012 ± 0.009 cm for NACP-02, Roos, and Advanced Markus, respectively. These values are valid in the R50 range from 2.40 to 8.82 cm, which correspond to 6-22 MeV. Roos and Advanced Markus exhibited similar results to those of the previous studies, but NACP-02 showed a larger shift. This is probably due to the uncertainty of the entrance window of NACP-02. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully consider where the optimal EPOM is located when using this chamber.
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- Kohki Yasui
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University Graduate School, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University Graduate School, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Umezawa R, Ota H, Takagi H, Kadoya N, Nakajima Y, Takahashi N, Yamamoto T, Takase K, Jingu K. Clinical impact of radiation-induced myocardial damage detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and dose-volume histogram parameters of the left ventricle as prognostic factors of cardiac events after chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer. J Radiat Res 2023:7194110. [PMID: 37308130 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrad040] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This prospective study aimed to evaluate whether radiation (RT)-induced myocardial damage by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging could be a predictor of cardiac events after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for esophageal cancer and determine the dose-volume histogram (DVH) parameters of the left ventricle (LV) in predicting cardiac events. CMR imaging was performed before and 6 months after CRT in patients receiving definitive CRT. RT-induced myocardial damage was defined as abnormal CMR findings indicating myocardial fibrosis corresponding to an isodose line of ≥30 Gy. The cutoff values of the LV DVH parameters were calculated using the receiver operating characteristic curve based on the presence of RT-induced myocardial damage. The prognostic factors related to cardiac events of Grade 3 or higher were examined. Twenty-three patients were enrolled in the study. RT-induced myocardial damage by late gadolinium enhancement and/or an increase of 100 ms or higher in native T1 post-CRT was detected in 10 of the 23 patients. LV V45 was the best predictive factor for RT-induced myocardial damage with a cutoff value of 2.1% and an area under the curve of 0.75. The median follow-up period was 82.1 months. The 5- and 7-year cumulative incidences of cardiac events of Grade 3 or higher were 14.7 and 22.4%, respectively. RT-induced myocardial damage and LV V45 were significant risk factors (P = 0.015 and P = 0.013, respectively). RT-induced myocardial damage is a significant predictor of cardiac events. LV V45 is associated with RT-induced myocardial damage and subsequent cardiac events.
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- Rei Umezawa
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, 1-23-1, Setagayaku, Tokyo, 154-8525, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryou-machi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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Ito K, Taguchi K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa H, Sugita S, Murofushi KN. Incidence and Prognostic Factors of Painful Vertebral Compression Fracture Caused by Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12113853. [PMID: 37298048 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12113853] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Most studies of vertebral compression fractures (VCF) caused by stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) do not discuss the symptoms of this complication. In this paper, we aimed to determine the rate and prognostic factors of painful VCF caused by SBRT for spinal metastases. Spinal segments with VCF in patients treated with spine SBRT between 2013 and 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. The primary endpoint was the rate of painful VCF (grades 2-3). Patient demographic and clinical characteristics were evaluated as prognosticators. In total, 779 spinal segments in 391 patients were analyzed. The median follow-up after SBRT was 18 (range: 1-107) months. Sixty iatrogenic VCFs (7.7%) were identified. The rate of painful VCF was 2.4% (19/779). Eight (1.0%) VCFs required surgery for internal fixation or spinal canal decompression. The painful VCF rate was significantly higher in patients with no posterolateral tumor involvement than in those with bilateral or unilateral involvement (50% vs. 23%; p = 0.042); it was also higher in patients with spine without fixation than in those with fixation (44% vs. 0%; p < 0.001). Painful VCFs were confirmed in only 2.4% of all the irradiated spinal segments. The absence of posterolateral tumor involvement and no fixation was significantly associated with painful VCF.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, 1-23-1 Komazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8525, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedics, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
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Inui M, Hosokawa S, Tsutsui S, Nakajima Y, Matsuda K, Maruyama K, Baron AQR. Collective excitations in a melt of fast phase change material GeCu 2Te 3. J Phys Condens Matter 2023; 35:234002. [PMID: 36893472 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/acc2ff] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Inelastic x-ray scattering measurements have been carried out to investigate atomic dynamics in a melt of fast phase change material GeCu2Te3. The dynamic structure factor was analysed using the model function with three damped harmonic oscillator components. By investigating the correlation between the excitation energy and the linewidth, and that between the excitation energy and the intensity on contour maps of a relative approximate probability distribution function proportional toexp(-χ2/N), we could judge the reliability of each inelastic excitation in the dynamic structure factor. The results indicate that there are two inelastic excitation modes besides the longitudinal acoustic one in the liquid. The lower energy excitation could be assigned to the transverse acoustic one whereas the higher energy one disperses like fast sound. The latter result may imply that the liquid ternary alloy exhibits a microscopic phase separation tendency.
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- M Inui
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Ito K, Minakami S, Nakajima Y, Karasawa K. Accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy with 3 Gy per fraction for central/ultra-central lung tumors: toxicity to mediastinal organs. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2023; 53:237-244. [PMID: 36478043 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyac181] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy with 3 Gy per fraction is routinely performed for central lung tumors in Japan. However, the tolerable doses to mediastinal organs at risk during this procedure are unclear. This study aimed to clarify the rate of toxicities and tolerable doses to mediastinal organs. METHODS Patients treated with accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy using a total dose of 60-75 Gy, with 3 Gy per fraction, for central lung tumors (July 2009-April 2021) were retrospectively reviewed. We extracted patients who received ≥30 Gy irradiation to each mediastinal organ and analyzed dosimetric factors, including doses to 0.03, 0.5, 1, 4 and 10 mL of each organ, in relation to grade 3-5 toxicities, except for radiation pneumonitis. RESULTS In total, 251 organs in 91 (ultra-central, 24) lesions were analyzed, with a median follow-up duration of 26 months (range, 4-94). The prescribed doses were 75/72/69/66/63/60 Gy for 52/14/16/3/2/4 lesions, respectively. Grade 3 bronchopulmonary hemorrhage was confirmed in two (2.2%) patients, whose tumors were located ultra-centrally. The two patients with toxicity received up to 74.5 and 71.6 Gy to the bronchus. Among patients who received 70 Gy or more to the bronchus, the incidence rate was 7% (2/28 patients). CONCLUSION The rate of severe toxicities was low (2.2%). Although we did not identify the dose tolerance of the organs, because of the low incidence rate, we did note that doses of >70 Gy to the bronchus were likely to cause bronchopulmonary hemorrhage.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Ikeda R, Kadoya N, Nakajima Y, Ishii S, Shibu T, Jingu K. Impact of CT scan parameters on deformable image registration accuracy using deformable thorax phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2023; 24:e13917. [PMID: 36840512 PMCID: PMC10161117 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13917] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the deformable image registration (DIR) accuracy using various CT scan parameters with deformable thorax phantom. Our developed deformable thorax phantom (Dephan, Chiyoda Technol Corp, Tokyo, Japan) was used. The phantom consists of a base phantom, an inner phantom, and a motor-derived piston. The base phantom is an acrylic cylinder phantom with a diameter of 180 mm, which simulates the chest wall. The inner phantom consists of deformable, 20 mm thick disk-shaped sponges with 48 Lucite beads and 48 nylon cross-wires which simulate the vascular and bronchial bifurcations of the lung. Peak-exhale and peak-inhale images of the deformable phantom were acquired using a CT scanner (Aquilion LB, TOSHIBA). To evaluate the impact of CT scan parameters on DIR accuracy, we used the four tube voltages (80, 100, 120, and 135 kV) and six reconstruction algorithms (FC11, FC13, FC15, FC41, FC44, and FC52). Intensity-based DIR was performed between the two images using MIM Maestro (MIM software, Cleveland, USA). Fiducial markers (beads and cross-wires) based target registration error (TRE) was used for quantitative evaluation of DIR. In case with different tube voltages, the range of average TRE were 4.44-5.69 mm (reconstruction algorithm: FC13). In case with different reconstruction algorithms, the range of average TRE were 4.26-4.59 mm (tube voltage: 120 kV). The TRE were differed by up to 3.0 mm (3.96-6.96 mm) depending on the combination of tube voltage and reconstruction algorithm. Our result indicated that CT scan parameters had moderate impact of TRE, especially for reconstruction algorithms for the deformable thorax phantom.
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- Ryutaro Ikeda
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Science, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Matsumoto T, Nakajima Y, Kubo S, Fukunaga M, Saito S, Hara H. Multicenter registry of the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device for patients with atrial fibrillation in Japan: The TERMINATOR registry. Eur Heart J 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac779.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main funding source(s): Boston Scientific Japan
Background
Transcatheter left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) provides an alternative to oral anticoagulation for thromboembolic risk reduction in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). A meta-analysis of previous two randomized trials reported improved rates of hemorrhagic stroke, cardiovascular/unexplained death, and nonprocedural bleeding compared to warfarin (1). Recently, the next-generation LAAC device, the Watchman FLX system, became available, and showed a low incidence of adverse events and a high incidence of anatomic closure (2). This transcatheter stroke prevention has already been approved in Asian countries. However, there is little data of LAAC in Asian population.
Purpose
This study sought to assess efficacy and safety of LAAC for patients with nonvalvular AF in Asia.
Methods
The TERMINATOR (Transcatheter Modification of Left Atrial Appendage by Obliteration with Device) registry is a multicenter nonrandomized study in Japan. This enrolled patients who underwent LAAC in 23 Japanese institutions. The LAAC was indicated for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in whom oral anticoagulation is required, but who have a risk of bleeding (history of BARC type 3 bleeding or HAS-BLED score ≥3 points). Baseline patient and procedural characteristics and clinical outcomes were evaluated.
Results
A total of 729 patients were enrolled between September 2019 and November 2021. The mean age was 74.9±8.8 years and the mean CHA2DS2-VASc score was 4.7±1.5. The Watchman generation 2.5 and FLX system were used in 469 (64.3%) and 260 patients (35.7%), respectively. Procedural success was achieved in 722 patients (99.0%). In-hospital adverse events were as follows; 6 tamponades (0.8%), 3 pericardial effusion (0.4%), 2 device embolization (0.3%), no stroke (0%), and no death (0%). During follow-up, device-related thrombus and all-cause death were reported in 16 (2.2%) and 23 patients (3.2%), respectively.
Conclusions
LAAC with the Watchman system provides compatible efficacy and safety outcomes in Asian population.
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- T Matsumoto
- Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Department of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories , Kamakura , Japan
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- Iwate University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine , Iwate , Japan
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- Kurashiki Central Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Kurashiki , Japan
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- Kokura Memorial Hospital, Department of Cardiology , Kokura , Japan
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- Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Department of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories , Kamakura , Japan
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- Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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Abe K, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Kameda J, Kanemura Y, Kaneshima R, Kashiwagi Y, Kataoka Y, Miki S, Mine S, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nakano Y, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Noguchi Y, Okamoto K, Sato K, Sekiya H, Shiba H, Shimizu K, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Watanabe S, Yano T, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Tomiya T, Wang X, Xia J, Yoshida S, Megias GD, Fernandez P, Labarga L, Ospina N, Zaldivar B, Pointon BW, Kearns E, Raaf JL, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich NJ, Kropp WR, Locke S, Smy MB, Sobel HW, Takhistov V, Yankelevich A, Hill J, Park RG, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter CW, Bernard L, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Mueller TA, Santos AD, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang JS, Learned JG, Choi K, Cao S, Anthony LHV, Martin D, Scott M, Sztuc AA, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi MG, Radicioni E, Calabria NF, Machado LN, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Lamoureux M, Mattiazzi M, Ludovici L, Gonin M, Pronost G, Fujisawa C, Maekawa Y, Nishimura Y, Friend M, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Kobayashi T, Jakkapu M, Matsubara T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Boschi T, Di Lodovico F, Gao J, Goldsack A, Katori T, Migenda J, Taani M, Zsoldos S, Kotsar Y, Ozaki H, Suzuki AT, Takeuchi Y, Bronner C, Feng J, Kikawa T, Mori M, Nakaya T, Wendell RA, Yasutome K, Jenkins SJ, McCauley N, Mehta P, Tsui KM, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Menjo H, Ninomiya K, Lagoda J, Lakshmi SM, Mandal M, Mijakowski P, Prabhu YS, Zalipska J, Jia M, Jiang J, Jung CK, Wilking MJ, Yanagisawa C, Harada M, Ishino H, Ito S, Kitagawa H, Koshio Y, Nakanishi F, Sakai S, Barr G, Barrow D, Cook L, Samani S, Wark D, Nova F, Yang JY, Malek M, McElwee JM, Stone O, Thiesse MD, Thompson LF, Okazawa H, Kim SB, Seo JW, Yu I, Ichikawa AK, Nakamura KD, Tairafune S, Nishijima K, Iwamoto K, Nakagiri K, Nakajima Y, Taniuchi N, Yokoyama M, Martens K, de Perio P, Vagins MR, Kuze M, Izumiyama S, Inomoto M, Ishitsuka M, Ito H, Kinoshita T, Matsumoto R, Ommura Y, Shigeta N, Shinoki M, Suganuma T, Yamauchi K, Martin JF, Tanaka HA, Towstego T, Akutsu R, Gousy-Leblanc V, Hartz M, Konaka A, Prouse NW, Chen S, Xu BD, Zhang B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Hadley D, Nicholson M, O'Flaherty M, Richards B, Ali A, Jamieson B, Marti L, Minamino A, Pintaudi G, Sano S, Suzuki S, Wada K. Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:031802. [PMID: 36763398 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.031802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We report a search for cosmic-ray boosted dark matter with protons using the 0.37 megaton×years data collected at Super-Kamiokande experiment during the 1996-2018 period (SKI-IV phase). We searched for an excess of proton recoils above the atmospheric neutrino background from the vicinity of the Galactic Center. No such excess is observed, and limits are calculated for two reference models of dark matter with either a constant interaction cross section or through a scalar mediator. This is the first experimental search for boosted dark matter with hadrons using directional information. The results present the most stringent limits on cosmic-ray boosted dark matter and exclude the dark matter-nucleon elastic scattering cross section between 10^{-33}cm^{2} and 10^{-27}cm^{2} for dark matter mass from 1 MeV/c^{2} to 300 MeV/c^{2}.
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- K Abe
- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Gifu 506-1205, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- ILANCE, CNRS-University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University Autonoma Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 3H2, Canada
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA
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- Institute for Universe and Elementary Particles, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, F-91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Junior College, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- GIST College, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education, ICISE, Quy Nhon 55121, Vietnam
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- ILANCE, CNRS-University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- ILANCE, CNRS-University of Tokyo International Research Laboratory, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre For Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxford OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Informatics in Social Welfare, Shizuoka University of Welfare, Yaizu, Shizuoka 425-8611, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3L8, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3L8, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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Katsuta Y, Kadoya N, Kajikawa T, Mouri S, Kimura T, Takeda K, Yamamoto T, Imano N, Tanaka S, Ito K, Kanai T, Nakajima Y, Jingu K. Radiation pneumonitis prediction model with integrating multiple dose-function features on 4DCT ventilation images. Phys Med 2023; 105:102505. [PMID: 36535238 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.11.009] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Radiation pneumonitis (RP) is dose-limiting toxicity for non-small-cell cancer (NSCLC). This study developed an RP prediction model by integrating dose-function features from computed four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ventilation using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO). METHODS Between 2013 and 2020, 126 NSCLC patients were included in this study who underwent a 4DCT scan to calculate ventilation images. We computed two sets of candidate dose-function features from (1) the percentage volume receiving > 20 Gy or the mean dose on the functioning zones determined with the lower cutoff percentile ventilation value, (2) the functioning zones determined with lower and upper cutoff percentile ventilation value using 4DCT ventilation images. An RP prediction model was developed by LASSO while simultaneously determining the regression coefficient and feature selection through fivefold cross-validation. RESULTS We found 39.3 % of our patients had a ≥ grade 2 RP. The mean area under the curve (AUC) values for the developed models using clinical, dose-volume, and dose-function features with a lower cutoff were 0.791, and the mean AUC values with lower and upper cutoffs were 0.814. The relative regression coefficient (RRC) on dose-function features with upper and lower cutoffs revealed a relative impact of dose to each functioning zone to RP. RRCs were 0.52 for the mean dose on the functioning zone, with top 20 % of all functioning zone was two times greater than that of 0.19 for these with 60 %-80 % and 0.17 with 40 %-60 % (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The introduction of dose-function features computed from functioning zones with lower and upper cutoffs in a machine learning framework can improve RP prediction. The RRC given by LASSO using dose-function features allows for the quantification of the RP impact of dose on each functioning zones and having the potential to support treatment planning on functional image-guided radiotherapy.
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- Yoshiyuki Katsuta
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nangoku, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Ito K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa H, Taguchi K, Sugita S. Risk of radiculopathy caused by second course of spine stereotactic body radiotherapy. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2022; 52:911-916. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyac070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objective
Stereotactic body radiotherapy is used to treat spinal metastases; however, 10% of patients experience local failure. We aimed to clarify the outcomes of the second course of stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases with a uniform fractionation schedule at our institution.
Methods
Data of patients treated with a second salvage stereotactic body radiotherapy course at the same spinal level or adjacent level from July 2018 to December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. The initial prescribed dose was 24 Gy in two fractions, and the second dose 30 or 35 Gy in five fractions. The spinal cord dose constraint at the second course was 15.5 Gy at the maximum point dose. The endpoints were local failure and adverse effects. Local failure was defined as tumor progression using imaging.
Results
We assessed 19 lesions in 17 patients, with radioresistant lesions in 14 (74%) cases, the second stereotactic body radiotherapy to the same/adjacent spinal level in 13/6 cases, the median interval between stereotactic body radiotherapy of 23 (range, 6–52) months, and lesions compressing the cord in 5 (26%) cases. The median follow-up period was 19 months. The 12- and 18-month local failure rates were 0% and 8%, respectively. Radiation-induced myelopathy, radiculopathy and vertebral compression fractures were observed in 0 (0%), 4 (21%) and 2 (11%) lesions, respectively. Three patients with radiculopathy experienced almost complete upper or lower limb paralysis.
Conclusions
The second course of salvage stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases achieved good local control with a reduced risk of myelopathy. However, a high occurrence rate of radiation-induced radiculopathy has been confirmed.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Ito K, Nakajima Y, Ikuta S. Stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal oligometastases: a review on patient selection and the optimal methodology. Jpn J Radiol 2022; 40:1017-1023. [PMID: 35396669 PMCID: PMC9529679 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-022-01277-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has excellent local control and low toxicity for spinal metastases and is widely performed for spinal oligometastases. However, its additional survival benefit to standard of care, including systemic therapy, is unknown because the results of large-scale randomized controlled trials regarding SBRT for oligometastases have not been reported. Consequently, the optimal patient population among those with spinal oligometastases and the optimal methodology for spine SBRT remain unclear. The present review article discusses two topics: evidence-based optimal patient selection and methodology. The following have been reported to be good prognostic factors: young age, good performance status, slow-growing disease with a long disease-free interval, minimal disease burden, and mild fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation in positron emission tomography. In addition, we proposed four measures as the optimal SBRT method for achieving excellent local control: (i) required target delineation; (ii) recommended dose fraction schedule (20 or 24 Gy in a single fraction for spinal oligometastases and 35 Gy in five fractions for lesions located near the spinal cord); (iii) optimizing dose distribution for the target; (iv) dose constraint options for the spinal cord.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677 Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677 Japan
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677 Japan
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Machitori Y, Ito K, Kito S, Nakajima Y, Saito M, Karasawa K. Local control of stereotactic body radiotherapy with dynamic tumor tracking for lung tumors: a propensity score-matched analysis. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2022; 52:609-615. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyac003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Dynamic tumor tracking (DTT) is a method of respiratory motion management in radiotherapy. It reduces the radiation field but risks delivering an insufficient radiation dose to the tumor. We investigated the local control of DTT-stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for lung tumors.
Methods
Patients treated with SBRT for early-stage, non-small-cell lung cancer and lung metastases (2013–18) were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with tumor motion >1 cm were treated with DTT-SBRT (DTT group); those with tumor motion ≤1 cm were treated with static-SBRT (static group). A static planning target volume for the static-SBRT plan was also created for patients in the DTT group, and planning target volume reduction relative to the planning target volume for the DTT-SBRT plan was assessed. Patients were matched in a 1:1 ratio using a propensity score predictive of the SBRT technique.
Results
Of the 245 lesions in 218 patients (median follow-up, 25.4 months), 69 were treated with DTT-SBRT and 176 with static-SBRT. The median planning target volume reduction in the DTT group was 30.3%. After propensity score matching, 124 lesions were included (62 per group). Two-year local control rates for the DTT and static groups were 94.2 and 95.9%, respectively, for all lesions (P = 0.19) and 96.3 and 94.5%, respectively, for matched lesions (P = 0.79). In univariate analysis, DTT-SBRT was not associated with local control for all lesions (hazard ratio, 2.06; P = 0.20) or matched lesions (hazard ratio, 1.22; P = 0.79). No grade 4/5 toxicities were observed.
Conclusions
DTT-SBRT for lung tumors reduced the planning target volume, but not local control rates. DTT was useful for respiratory motion management.
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Katsuta Y, Kadoya N, Mouri S, Tanaka S, Kanai T, Takeda K, Yamamoto T, Ito K, Kajikawa T, Nakajima Y, Jingu K. Prediction of radiation pneumonitis with machine learning using 4D-CT based dose-function features. J Radiat Res 2022; 63:71-79. [PMID: 34718683 PMCID: PMC8776701 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrab097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this article, we highlight the fundamental importance of the simultaneous use of dose-volume histogram (DVH) and dose-function histogram (DFH) features based on functional images calculated from 4-dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) and deformable image registration (DIR) in developing a multivariate radiation pneumonitis (RP) prediction model. The patient characteristics, DVH features and DFH features were calculated from functional images by Hounsfield unit (HU) and Jacobian metrics, for an RP grade ≥ 2 multivariate prediction models were computed from 85 non-small cell lung cancer patients. The prediction model is developed using machine learning via a kernel-based support vector machine (SVM) machine. In the patient cohort, 21 of the 85 patients (24.7%) presented with RP grade ≥ 2. The median area under curve (AUC) was 0.58 for the generated 50 prediction models with patient clinical features and DVH features. When HU metric and Jacobian metric DFH features were added, the AUC improved to 0.73 and 0.68, respectively. We conclude that predictive RP models that incorporate DFH features were successfully developed via kernel-based SVM. These results demonstrate that effectiveness of the simultaneous use of DVH features and DFH features calculated from 4D-CT and DIR on functional image-guided radiotherapy.
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- Yoshiyuki Katsuta
- Corresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan, Tel: +81-22-717-7312, Fax: +81-22-717-7316, E-mail:
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Abe K, Bronner C, Hayato Y, Hiraide K, Ikeda M, Imaizumi S, Kameda J, Kanemura Y, Kataoka Y, Miki S, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nagao Y, Nakahata M, Nakayama S, Okada T, Okamoto K, Orii A, Pronost G, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Watanabe S, Yano T, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Xia J, Megias G, Bravo-Berguño D, Labarga L, Marti L, Zaldivar B, Pointon B, Blaszczyk F, Kearns E, Raaf J, Stone J, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich N, Kropp W, Locke S, Mine S, Smy M, Sobel H, Takhistov V, Hill J, Kim J, Lim I, Park R, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter C, Cao S, Bernard L, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Gonin M, Mueller T, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang J, Learned J, Anthony L, Martin D, Scott M, Sztuc A, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi M, Radicioni E, Calabria N, Machado L, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Lamoureux M, Mattiazzi M, Ospina N, Ludovici L, Maekawa Y, Nishimura Y, Friend M, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Kobayashi T, Jakkapu M, Matsubara T, Nakadaira T, Nakamura K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Kotsar Y, Nakano Y, Ozaki H, Shiozawa T, Suzuki A, Takeuchi Y, Yamamoto S, Ali A, Ashida Y, Feng J, Hirota S, Kikawa T, Mori M, Nakaya T, Wendell R, Yasutome K, Fernandez P, McCauley N, Mehta P, Tsui K, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Menjo H, Niwa T, Sato K, Tsukada M, Lagoda J, Lakshmi S, Mijakowski P, Zalipska J, Jiang J, Jung C, Vilela C, Wilking M, Yanagisawa C, Hagiwara K, Harada M, Horai T, Ishino H, Ito S, Kitagawa H, Koshio Y, Ma W, Piplani N, Sakai S, Barr G, Barrow D, Cook L, Goldsack A, Samani S, Wark D, Nova F, Boschi T, Di Lodovico F, Gao J, Migenda J, Taani M, Zsoldos S, Yang J, Jenkins S, Malek M, McElwee J, Stone O, Thiesse M, Thompson L, Okazawa H, Kim S, Seo J, Yu I, Nishijima K, Koshiba M, Iwamoto K, Nakagiri K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa N, Yokoyama M, Martens K, Vagins M, Kuze M, Izumiyama S, Yoshida T, Inomoto M, Ishitsuka M, Ito H, Kinoshita T, Matsumoto R, Ohta K, Shinoki M, Suganuma T, Ichikawa A, Nakamura K, Martin J, Tanaka H, Towstego T, Akutsu R, Gousy-Leblanc V, Hartz M, Konaka A, de Perio P, Prouse N, Chen S, Xu B, Zhang Y, Posiadala-Zezula M, Hadley D, O’Flaherty M, Richards B, Jamieson B, Walker J, Minamino A, Okamoto K, Pintaudi G, Sano S, Sasaki R. Diffuse supernova neutrino background search at Super-Kamiokande. Int J Clin Exp Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.104.122002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ito K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa H, Taguchi K. Fracture risk following stereotactic body radiotherapy for long bone metastases. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2021; 52:47-52. [PMID: 34648002 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyab164] [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: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Stereotactic body radiotherapy is a new treatment modality for long bone metastasis and has not been discussed in literature. We aimed to clarify stereotactic body radiotherapy outcomes for long bone metastases. METHODS Data of patients receiving stereotactic body radiotherapy for long bone metastases (July 2016-November 2020) were retrospectively reviewed. The prescribed dose was 30 or 35 Gy in five fractions. The endpoints were local failure and adverse effects. Local failure was defined as radiological tumor growth within the irradiation field. Adverse effects were evaluated according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5. RESULTS Nineteen osseous lesions in 17 patients were assessed. The target lesions included 13 femoral, 4 humeral and 2 radial lesions. The median follow-up duration was 14 (range, 3-62) months. The 12- and 18-month local failure rates were 0 and 11%, respectively. Following 2 and 46 months of stereotactic body radiotherapy, two lesions (11%) resulted in painful femoral fractures (grade 3). Both patients underwent bipolar hip arthroplasty and could walk normally after surgery. In the late phase, one patient developed radiculopathy (almost complete paralysis of grasp) and another developed grade 2 limb edema. Other grade 2 or more severe acute and late toxicities were not observed during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS Stereotactic body radiotherapy for long bone metastases achieved excellent local control and caused two femoral fractures. We argue that stereotactic body radiotherapy for curative intent should not be contraindicated in long bone oligometastasis because fractures do not directly contribute to life expectancy.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiological Sciences, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Inui M, Kajihara Y, Hosokawa S, Chiba A, Nakajima Y, Matsuda K, Stellhorn JR, Hagiya T, Ishikawa D, Uchiyama H, Tsutsui S, Baron AQR. Low energy excitation in liquid Sb and liquid Bi observed in inelastic x-ray scattering spectra. J Phys Condens Matter 2021; 33:475101. [PMID: 34438373 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac216c] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The dynamic structure factorS(Q,E), whereQandEare momentum and energy transfer, respectively, has been measured for liquid Sb, using inelastic x-ray scattering. A modified damped harmonic oscillator model function was applied to analyseS(Q,E) of liquid Sb and also to that of liquid Bi by Inuiet al(2015Phys. Rev.B92, 054206). The obtained excitation energy was in fairly good agreement with that predicted byab initiomolecular dynamics simulations on these liquid semi-metals. The excitation energy of the longitudinal acoustic mode in liquid Sb and liquid Bi exhibits flat-toppedQdependence whereas the lower excitation energy below the longitudinal acoustic excitation showsQ-gap behaviour. From the viscosity estimated from theQ-gap experimentally obtained, it is inferred that the lower energy excitation arises from the transverse acoustic excitation in the liquids.
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- M Inui
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Nakajima Y, Asano A, Tajima A. Developmental potential of cryopreserved gonadal germ cells from 7-day-old chick embryos recovered using the PBS(-) method. Br Poult Sci 2021; 63:46-53. [PMID: 34319196 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2021.1960952] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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1. A series of experiments were conducted to examine the developmental potential of cryopreserved gonadal germ cells (GGCs) recovered from both males and females on embryo day 7 (7 d-GGCs) using the PBS(-) method. Germline chimeras were produced by transferring 200 frozen/unfrozen 7 d-GGCs recovered from female/male Rhode Island Red (RIR) embryos into the dorsal aorta of 2-day-old female and male white leghorn (WL) embryos.2. Germ-cell recipient embryos were hatched and raised to sexual maturity and progeny testing was conducted by mating with RIR of the opposite sex. Brown-feathered progeny chicks were hatched in all eight possible progeny testing combinations, except for male GGC recipients produced by transferring female GGCs. Furthermore, brown-feathered progeny chicks were hatched when frozen-thawed sperm from male germline chimeras, produced by transferring unfrozen 7d-GGCs, were inseminated in normal female RIR and female WL germline chimeras.3. The results indicated that cryopreserved female/male GGCs from 7-day-old chick embryos, recovered using the PBS(-) method, were fully capable of developing into normal spermatozoa and ova in the gonad of recipient embryos under appropriate GGC donor/recipient combinations.
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- Y Nakajima
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Ito K, Sugita S, Nakajima Y, Furuya T, Hiroaki O, Hayakawa S, Hozumi T, Saito M, Karasawa K. Phase II clinical trial of separation surgery followed by stereotactic body radiotherapy for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021; 112:106-113. [PMID: 34715257 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a postoperative treatment option for spinal metastases. As data on surgery with SBRT are limited to retrospective studies, this single-center, single-arm, phase II study aimed to prospectively evaluate the outcomes of separation surgery and SBRT for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC). METHODS Patients with symptomatic MESCC due to a solid carcinoma were enrolled. The protocol for treatments comprised preoperative embolization, separation surgery, and spine SBRT. Surgical procedures were performed via the posterior approach, with decompression and a fixation procedure. The prescribed dose for spine SBRT was 24 Gy in two fractions. The primary endpoint was the 12-month local failure (LF) rate. The secondary endpoints were ambulatory functions and adverse effects. RESULTS Thirty-three patients were registered between November 2017 and October 2019. All patients satisfied the inclusion criteria, and all but one completed the protocol treatment. Twenty-three patients (70%) had radioresistant lesions. The Bilsky grade at registration was 1c, 2, and 3 in 4, 8, and 21 patients, respectively. The median follow-up duration after registration was 15 (range 3-35) months. Three months after the administration of treatments according to the protocol, 90% of the patients (26/29) had diseases of Bilsky grade ≤ 1. The 12-month LF rate was 13%. Twenty patients could walk normally or with a cane 12 months after registration. Radiation-induced myelopathy, radiculopathy, and vertebral compression fracture were observed in zero, one, and six patients, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Separation surgery with SBRT for MESCC was effective in decompression and long-term local control. These findings warrant larger randomized controlled trials to compare SBRT with conventional radiotherapy.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital.
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- Department of Orthopedic surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Orthopedic surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Clinical Research Support, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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Kadoya N, Sakulsingharoj S, Kron T, Yao A, Hardcastle N, Bergman A, Okamoto H, Mukumoto N, Nakajima Y, Jingu K, Nakamura M. Development of a physical geometric phantom for deformable image registration credentialing of radiotherapy centers for a clinical trial. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2021; 22:255-265. [PMID: 34159719 PMCID: PMC8292683 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to develop a physical geometric phantom for the deformable image registration (DIR) credentialing of radiotherapy centers for a clinical trial and tested the feasibility of the proposed phantom at multiple domestic and international institutions. METHODS AND MATERIALS The phantom reproduced tumor shrinkage, rectum shape change, and body shrinkage using several physical phantoms with custom inserts. We tested the feasibility of the proposed phantom using 5 DIR patterns at 17 domestic and 2 international institutions (21 datasets). Eight institutions used the MIM software (MIM Software Inc, Cleveland, OH); seven used Velocity (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA), and six used RayStation (RaySearch Laboratories, Stockholm, Sweden). The DIR accuracy was evaluated using the Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and Hausdorff distance (HD). RESULTS The mean and one standard deviation (SD) values (range) of DSC were 0.909 ± 0.088 (0.434-0.984) and 0.909 ± 0.048 (0.726-0.972) for tumor and rectum proxies, respectively. The mean and one SD values (range) of the HD value were 5.02 ± 3.32 (1.53-20.35) and 5.79 ± 3.47 (1.22-21.48) (mm) for the tumor and rectum proxies, respectively. In three patterns evaluating the DIR accuracy within the entire phantom, 61.9% of the data had more than a DSC of 0.8 in both tumor and rectum proxies. In two patterns evaluating the DIR accuracy by focusing on tumor and rectum proxies, all data had more than a DSC of 0.8 in both tumor and rectum proxies. CONCLUSIONS The wide range of DIR performance highlights the importance of optimizing the DIR process. Thus, the proposed method has considerable potential as an evaluation tool for DIR credentialing and quality assurance.
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- Noriyuki Kadoya
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.,Division of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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- Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Physics, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medical Physics, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-Applied Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Radiotherapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-Applied Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Information Technology and Medical Engineering, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Nakajima Y, Ito K. [Quality Assurance of Bone SBRT]. Igaku Butsuri 2021; 41:22-26. [PMID: 33853979 DOI: 10.11323/jjmp.41.1_22] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a high-precision radiation therapy technique that enables to deliver a high ablative biological dose in 1 to 5 high dose-fractions despite sparing the high dose of adjacent organs at risk. SBRT has emerged as an alternative to conventional radiation therapy for spinal metastases and has been applied to patients with non-spine bone metastases as well. Since bone SBRT is the technique of high biologically effective dose to the local lesion, quality assurance (QA) of the entire treatment process is an essential for performing SBRT. This report provides QA procedures for performing bone SBRT.
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- Yujiro Nakajima
- Division of Radiation Physic, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital
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Ito K, Ogawa H, Nakajima Y. Efficacy and toxicity of re-irradiation spine stereotactic body radiotherapy with respect to irradiation dose history. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2021; 51:264-270. [PMID: 33020807 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to clarify the outcomes of re-irradiation stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases with a uniform dose fractionation schedule at our institution. METHODS Data of patients treated with re-irradiation stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases (September 2013-March 2020) were retrospectively reviewed. The prescribed dose was 24 Gy in two fractions. The spinal cord dose constraint and dose for previously irradiated cases ≥50 Gy in 25 fractions were 12.2 Gy (maximum dose) and 11 Gy, respectively. The endpoints were pain control, local failure and adverse effects. Pain status was measured on a scale of 0-10 using the patients' self-reports and pain response was defined using international consensus criteria. Local failure was defined as tumor progression on imaging evaluations. RESULTS We assessed 133 lesions in 123 patients, where 70 (52.6%) had three or more spinal levels treated, 58 (43.6%) had previous irradiation doses of 40 Gy or more and 53 (39.8%) had the targets compressing the cord. The median follow-up was 12 months and the 3-, 6- and 12-month pain response rate was 75, 64 and 59%, respectively. The 1-year local failure rate was 25.8%. Previous irradiation dose was not correlated with local failure rate (P = 0.13). Radiation-induced myelopathy, radiculopathy and vertebral compression fractures were observed in 4 (3.0%), 2 (1.5%) and 17 (13.8%) lesions, respectively. A trend towards an association between any toxicity and previous irradiation dose was not observed. CONCLUSIONS Re-irradiation spine stereotactic body radiotherapy achieved good local control and pain control, with reduced risk of radiation myelopathy.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Taguchi A, Nakajima Y, Furusawa A, Yoshino Y, Takao M, Kashiyama T, Kino N, Yasugi T. High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is a predictor of short-term survival for patients with recurrent cervical cancer after radiation-based therapy. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2021; 47:1862-1870. [PMID: 33611808 DOI: 10.1111/jog.14712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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AIM Patients with recurrent cervical cancer after radiotherapy have poor prognoses because of the lack of effective treatment options. Biomarkers to predict survival outcomes for recurrent cervical cancer are warranted because patients with limited life expectancy sometimes benefit from less aggressive treatment in combination with early palliative care. Therefore, we aimed to explore a predictive biomarker for the outcomes of patients with recurrent cervical cancer. METHODS We retrospectively investigated 231 patients initially treated with radiation-based therapy between January 2004 and December 2015. The associations between clinicopathological features at the time of relapse and overall survival after relapse were assessed. As factors which reflect patients' conditions, we particularly focused on C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) at the time of relapse. Additionally, we investigated biomarkers predictive of short-term survival. RESULTS Among 231 patients, 91 patients experienced relapse and 74 patients died during the follow-up period. Multivariate analysis revealed that treatment after relapse, CAR, and NLR was significantly associated with overall survival. Among them, treatment after relapse significantly affected survival outcomes, and patients who received definitive local treatment had a better 3-year survival rate than those who received other treatments. Conversely, NLR was the most influential biomarker for short-term survival, and the prognosis of patients with high NLRs was much worse than those with low NLRs. CONCLUSIONS This study thus demonstrated that, for the patients with recurrent cervical cancer who received radiation-based therapy, definitive local treatment can provide long-term survival and extremely high NLRs are predictive of short-term survival.
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- Ayumi Taguchi
- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Abe K, Bronner C, Hayato Y, Ikeda M, Imaizumi S, Ito H, Kameda J, Kataoka Y, Miura M, Moriyama S, Nagao Y, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakayama S, Okada T, Okamoto K, Orii A, Pronost G, Sekiya H, Shiozawa M, Sonoda Y, Suzuki Y, Takeda A, Takemoto Y, Takenaka A, Tanaka H, Yano T, Akutsu R, Han S, Kajita T, Okumura K, Tashiro T, Wang R, Xia J, Bravo-Berguño D, Labarga L, Marti L, Zaldivar B, Blaszczyk F, Kearns E, Gustafson J, Raaf J, Stone J, Wan L, Wester T, Bian J, Griskevich N, Kropp W, Locke S, Mine S, Smy M, Sobel H, Takhistov V, Weatherly P, Hill J, Kim J, Lim I, Park R, Bodur B, Scholberg K, Walter C, Coffani A, Drapier O, El Hedri S, Giampaolo A, Gonin M, Mueller T, Paganini P, Quilain B, Ishizuka T, Nakamura T, Jang J, Learned J, Anthony L, Sztuc A, Uchida Y, Berardi V, Catanesi M, Radicioni E, Calabria N, Machado L, De Rosa G, Collazuol G, Iacob F, Lamoureux M, Ospina N, Ludovici L, Nishimura Y, Cao S, Friend M, Hasegawa T, Ishida T, Kobayashi T, Matsubara T, Nakadaira T, Jakkapu M, Nakamura K, Oyama Y, Sakashita K, Sekiguchi T, Tsukamoto T, Nakano Y, Shiozawa T, Suzuki A, Takeuchi Y, Yamamoto S, Ali A, Ashida Y, Feng J, Hirota S, Ichikawa A, Kikawa T, Mori M, Nakaya T, Wendell R, Yasutome K, Fernandez P, McCauley N, Mehta P, Pritchard A, Tsui K, Fukuda Y, Itow Y, Menjo H, Niwa T, Sato K, Tsukada M, Mijakowski P, Posiadala-Zezula M, Jung C, Vilela C, Wilking M, Yanagisawa C, Harada M, Hagiwara K, Horai T, Ishino H, Ito S, Koshio Y, Ma W, Piplani N, Sakai S, Kuno Y, Barr G, Barrow D, Cook L, Goldsack A, Samani S, Simpson C, Wark D, Nova F, Boschi T, Di Lodovico F, Molina Sedgwick S, Taani M, Zsoldos S, Yang J, Jenkins S, McElwee J, Thiesse M, Thompson L, Malek M, Stone O, Okazawa H, Kim S, Yu I, Nishijima K, Koshiba M, Ogawa N, Iwamoto K, Yokoyama M, Martens K, Vagins M, Kuze M, Izumiyama S, Tanaka M, Yoshida T, Inomoto M, Ishitsuka M, Matsumoto R, Ohta K, Shinoki M, Martin J, Tanaka H, Towstego T, Hartz M, Konaka A, de Perio P, Prouse N, Pointon B, Chen S, Xu B, Richards B, Jamieson B, Walker J, Minamino A, Okamoto K, Pintaudi G, Sasaki R. Neutron-antineutron oscillation search using a 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande. Int J Clin Exp Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.012008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ito K, Yamaguchi T, Ogawa H, Nakajima Y, Karasawa K. Stereotactic body radiotherapy for bone metastases in patients with colorectal cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2021; 50:1442-1446. [PMID: 32719860 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To clarify the clinical outcomes of stereotactic body radiotherapy for colorectal cancer-derived bone metastases and identify factors predicting treatment failure. METHODS Patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy for bone metastases from colorectal cancer between September 2013 and June 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The prescribed dose for spine and non-spine bone metastases was 24 Gy in two fractions and 35 Gy in five fractions, respectively. The end point was local failure, which was defined as tumour progression on imaging evaluations. In addition, various treatment- and tumour-specific factors were evaluated to determine predictors of local failure. RESULTS This study included 43 lesions in 38 patients, with solitary bone metastases in 18 lesions (42%), re-irradiation stereotactic body radiotherapy in 28 lesions (65%) and postoperative stereotactic body radiotherapy due to spinal cord compression in 10 lesions (23%). The median follow-up after stereotactic body radiotherapy was 12 (range, 2-60) months. The 1-year LF rate was 44%. In the univariate analysis, sacral metastases (P = 0.02) were found to be significantly correlated with LF, and multiple-course systemic therapy before stereotactic body radiotherapy (P= 0.06) and large target volume (P = 0.07) showed a trend towards an association with LF. However, these factors were not independent predictors of LF in the multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION More than 40% of the lesions treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy for bone metastases from colorectal cancer showed LF within 1 year. No poor prognostic factors could be identified statistically. The poor outcomes in all groups indicate that the treatment intensity of the stereotactic body radiotherapy was insufficient to control colorectal cancer bone metastases.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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Ieko Y, Kadoya N, Kanai T, Nakajima Y, Arai K, Kato T, Ito K, Miyasaka Y, Takeda K, Iwai T, Nemoto K, Jingu K. [The impact of 4DCT-ventilation imaging-guided proton therapy on stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer]. Igaku Butsuri 2021; 41:157. [PMID: 34744130 DOI: 10.11323/jjmp.41.3_157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Umezawa R, Kadoya N, Ota H, Nakajima Y, Saito M, Takagi H, Takanami K, Takahashi N, Ishikawa Y, Yamamoto T, Matsushita H, Takeda K, Takase K, Jingu K. Dose-Dependent Radiation-Induced Myocardial Damage in Esophageal Cancer Treated With Chemoradiotherapy: A Prospective Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Adv Radiat Oncol 2020; 5:1170-1178. [PMID: 33305078 PMCID: PMC7718544 DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.07.012] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate radiation-induced myocardial damage after mediastinal radiation therapy (RT) using late gadolinium-enhancement (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods and Materials We enrolled 19 patients with esophageal cancer who were expected to have long-term survival by definitive treatment. They underwent delayed contrast-enhanced MRI (19 patients before treatment, 19 patients 6 months after treatment, and 12 patients 1.5 years after treatment). Dose distribution of the left ventricle was made using computed tomography, and the dose volume histogram of the left ventricle was calculated. Myocardial signal intensities in individual MRIs were normalized by the mean values in regions receiving low doses (<5 Gy). Changes in the normalized signal intensities after mediastinal radiation therapy were compared among regions where irradiation doses were 0 to 10 Gy, 10 to 20 Gy, 20 to 30 Gy, 30 to 40 Gy, 40 to 50 Gy, and 50 to 60 Gy, and we investigated whether intensity change was detected in a dose-dependent manner. Results The registered patients were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with a median total dose of 60 Gy (50.4-66 Gy). Chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil was administered. In the population-based dose-response curve, dose-dependent intensity changes progressively increased in regions receiving more than 30 Gy. The averages of relative intensity change at 6 months and 1.5 years after treatment were 1.1% and −1.9% at 20 to 30 Gy and 37.5% and 17.5% at 40 to 50 Gy, respectively. LGE in regions receiving more than 30 Gy was detected in 68% (13/19) of the patients. Conclusions A dose-dependent relationship for myocardial signal intensity change was found by using LGE MRI. It may be necessary to reduce the volume of the myocardium receiving more than 30 Gy.
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- Rei Umezawa
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Ito K, Nakajima Y, Ogawa H, Onoe T, Harada H, Karasawa K. Phase II Clinical Trial of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Painful Non-spine Bone Metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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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Ito K, Nakajima Y, Onoe T, Ogawa H, Harada H, Saito M, Karasawa K. Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Painful Nonspine Bone Metastases. Pract Radiat Oncol 2020; 11:e139-e145. [PMID: 33068791 DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2020.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE The present multicenter, single-arm, phase 2 study aimed to prospectively evaluate the palliative efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in patients with painful nonspine bone metastases. METHODS AND MATERIALS Patients with painful (≥2 points on a 0-to-10 scale) nonspine bone metastases from a solid tumor were enrolled. The prescribed dose was 35 Gy in 5 fractions. The primary endpoint was overall pain response rate (complete response [CR] and partial response [PR]) as measured per the International Consensus on Palliative Radiotherapy Endpoints guideline 6 months after SBRT. RESULTS Forty-one osseous lesions in 38 patients were registered between June 2018 and June 2019. All lesions satisfied the inclusion criteria, and the patients completed the protocol treatment. Patients most commonly had lung cancer (22%), followed by prostate cancer, uterus cancer, and renal cell carcinoma (15%, 15%, and 12%, respectively). Bone metastases were most commonly located in coxal bones (56%). The median duration of follow-up after registration was 8 months (range, 1-19 months). Among evaluable lesions at 3 and 6 months after SBRT, the 3- and 6-month pain response rates were 78% and 75%, respectively. The local control rate at 6 months was 92%. Seven patients (17%) experienced bone fracture after irradiation, and 3 patients (7%) experienced grade 2 limb edema. One patient had regrowth of coxal bone metastases, and the tumor penetrated the sigmoid colon. Soft tissue abscess around the tumor and osteonecrosis of coxal bones were confirmed. The patient died of infection 4 months after SBRT and was determined to be a possible treatment-related death. CONCLUSIONS This prospective clinical trial showed that SBRT for nonspine bone metastases was effective in terms of pain palliation. These findings warrant a larger randomized controlled trial to compare SBRT with conventional radiation therapy. Additionally, operation history should be considered as a risk factor for edema.
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- Kei Ito
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Therapy, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Therapy, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Research Support, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshino Y, Taguchi A, Nakajima Y, Takao M, Kashiyama T, Furusawa A, Kino N, Yasugi T. Extreme skeletal muscle loss during induction chemotherapy is an independent predictor of poor survival in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer patients. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2020; 46:2662-2671. [PMID: 33015913 DOI: 10.1111/jog.14516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIM Skeletal muscle loss is often observed in advanced cancer patients. This study investigates whether skeletal muscle loss is associated with survival outcomes of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients after induction chemotherapy (IC) in a Japanese cohort. Whether serum inflammatory markers are associated with skeletal muscle changes is also addressed. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 60 patients with stage III/IV EOC who underwent IC between 2010 and 2017. Skeletal muscle area (SMA) was measured at the third lumbar vertebrae level on a single axial computed tomography-scan image. Receiver operating curve analysis was used to determine cut-off values of pre- and post-IC SMA and SMA ratio (SMAR). Univariate and multivariate analyses of overall survival (OS) were conducted using the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards regression model, respectively. RESULTS The SMA decreased significantly after IC (P = 0.019). The cut-off value between low and high SMAR was 0.96. High or low SMAR was observed in 34 (57%) and 26 (43%) patients, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that low SMAR was associated with poor OS (P = 0.025). Multivariate analysis showed that incomplete resection during interval debulking surgery (hazard ratio, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.11-0.80; P = 0.016) and a low SMAR (hazard ratio, 3.17; 95% CI, 1.18-9.06; P = 0.022) were independent predictors of poor OS. Of the serum inflammatory markers investigated, only post-IC absolute neutrophil count correlated significantly with SMAR (P = 0.012). CONCLUSION Low SMAR can be used to predict poor prognosis in advanced EOC patients who have undergone IC.
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- Yasunori Yoshino
- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Sugawara Y, Kadoya N, Kotabe K, Nakajima Y, Ikeda R, Tanabe S, Ohashi H, Jingu K. Development of a dynamic deformable thorax phantom for the quality management of deformable image registration. Phys Med 2020; 77:100-107. [PMID: 32823209 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.08.007] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to develop a novel dynamic deformable thorax phantom for deformable image registration (DIR) quality assurance (QA) and to verify as a tool for commissioning and DIR QA. The phantom consists of a base phantom, an inner phantom, and a motor-derived piston. The base phantom is an acrylic cylinder phantom with a diameter of 180 mm. The inner phantom consists of deformable, 20 mm thick disk-shaped sponges. To evaluate the physical characteristics of the phantom, we evaluated its image quality and deformation. DIR accuracies were evaluated using the three types of commercially DIR software (MIM, RayStation, and Velocity AI) to test the feasibility of this phantom. We used different DIR parameters to test the impact of parameters on DIR accuracy in various phantom settings. To evaluate DIR accuracy, a target registration error (TRE) was calculated using the anatomical landmark points. The three locations (i.e., distal, middle, and proximal positions) had different displacement amounts. This result indicated that the inner phantom was not moved but deformed. In cases with different phantom settings and marker settings, the ranges of the average TRE were 0.63-15.60 mm (MIM). In cases with different DIR parameters settings, the ranges of the average TRE were as follows: 0.73-7.10 mm (MIM), 8.25-8.66 mm (RayStation), and 8.26-8.43 mm (Velocity). These results suggest that our phantom could evaluate the detailed DIR behaviors with TRE. Therefore, this is indicative of the potential usefulness of our phantom in DIR commissioning and QA.
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- Yasuharu Sugawara
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan; Department of Radiology, Center Hospital of National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
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- Department of Radiology, Center Hospital of National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan; Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan; Department of Radiology, Ishinomaki Red-Cross Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Course of Radiological Technology, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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Kadoya N, Nemoto H, Kajikawa T, Nakajima Y, Kanai T, Ieko Y, Ikeda R, Sato K, Dobashi S, Takeda K, Jingu K. Evaluation of four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography ventilation images acquired with two different linear accelerators at various gantry speeds using a deformable lung phantom. Phys Med 2020; 77:75-83. [PMID: 32795891 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.07.030] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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We evaluated four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography (4D-CBCT) ventilation images (VICBCT) acquired with two different linear accelerator systems at various gantry speeds using a deformable lung phantom. The 4D-CT and 4D-CBCT scans were performed using a computed tomography (CT) scanner, an X-ray volume imaging system (Elekta XVI) mounted in Versa HD, and an On-Board Imager (OBI) system mounted in TrueBeam. Intensity-based deformable image registration (DIR) was performed between peak-exhale and peak-inhale images. VICBCT- and 4D-CT-based ventilation images (VICT) were derived by DIR using two metrics: one based on the Jacobian determinant and one on changes in the Hounsfield unit (HU). Three different DIR regularization values (λ) were used for VICBCT. Correlations between the VICBCT and VICT values were evaluated using voxel-wise Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r). In case of both metrics, the Jacobian-based VICBCT with a gantry speed of 0.6 deg/sec in Versa HD showed the highest correlation for all the gantry speeds (e.g., λ = 0.05 and r = 0.68). Thus, the r value of the Jacobian-based VICBCT was greater or equal to that of the HU-based VICBCT. In addition, the ventilation accuracy of VICBCT increased at low gantry speeds. Thus, the image quality of VICBCT was affected by the change in gantry speed in both the imaging systems. Additionally, DIR regularization considerably influenced VICBCT in both the imaging systems. Our results have the potential to assist in designing CBCT protocols, incorporating VICBCT imaging into the functional avoidance planning process.
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- Noriyuki Kadoya
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Radiotherapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Radiotherapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan
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- Radiation Technology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Ieko Y, Kadoya N, Kanai T, Nakajima Y, Arai K, Kato T, Ito K, Miyasaka Y, Takeda K, Iwai T, Nemoto K, Jingu K. The impact of 4DCT-ventilation imaging-guided proton therapy on stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer. Radiol Phys Technol 2020; 13:230-237. [PMID: 32537735 DOI: 10.1007/s12194-020-00572-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Functional lung avoidance during radiotherapy can help reduce pulmonary toxicity. This study assessed the potential impact of four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT)-ventilation imaging-guided proton radiotherapy (PT) on stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) by comparing it with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), which employ photon beams. Thirteen lung cancer patients who received SBRT with 3D-CRT were included in the study. 4DCT ventilation was calculated using the patients' 4DCT data, deformable image registration, and a density-change-based algorithm. Three functional treatment plans sparing the functional lung regions were developed for each patient using 3D-CRT, VMAT, and PT. The prescribed doses and dose constraints were based on the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0618 protocol. We evaluated the region of interest (ROI) and functional map-based dose-function metrics for 4DCT ventilation and the irradiated dose. Using 3D-CRT, VMAT, and PT, the percentages of the functional lung regions that received ≥ 5 Gy (fV5) were 26.0%, 21.9%, and 10.7%, respectively; the fV10 were 14.4%, 11.4%, and 9.0%, respectively; and fV20 were 6.5%, 6.4%, and 6.6%, respectively, and the functional mean lung doses (fMLD) were 5.6 Gy, 5.2 Gy, and 3.8 Gy, respectively. These results indicated that PT resulted in a significant reduction in fMLD, fV5, and fV10, but not fV20. The use of PT reduced the radiation to highly functional lung regions compared with those for 3D-CRT and VMAT while meeting all dose constraints.
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- Yoshiro Ieko
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.,Department of Heavy Particle Medical Science, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.,Department of Radiation Physics and Technology, Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Center, Koriyama, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Physics and Technology, Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Center, Koriyama, Japan.,Preparing Section for New Facility of Medical Science, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.,Department of Heavy Particle Medical Science, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Heavy Particle Medical Science, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Heavy Particle Medical Science, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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Shimizuguchi T, Sekiya N, Hara K, Taguchi A, Nakajima Y, Miyake Y, Shibata Y, Taguchi K, Ogawa H, Ito K, Karasawa K. Radiation therapy and the risk of herpes zoster in patients with cancer. Cancer 2020; 126:3552-3559. [PMID: 32412661 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The role and impact of radiation therapy (RT) on the development of herpes zoster (HZ) has not been well studied. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between RT and HZ. METHODS A propensity score-matched, retrospective cohort study was conducted using institutional cancer registry data and medical records from 2011 to 2015. The risk of developing HZ in the RT and non-RT groups was compared using a Cox proportional hazards model. Associations also were explored between the RT field and the anatomic location of HZ in patients who developed HZ after RT. The expected number of HZ events within the radiation field was calculated according to the RT received by each patient; then, this number was compared with the observed number of in-field events. RESULTS Of 17,655 patients, propensity score matching yielded 4350 pairs; of these, 3891 pairs were eligible for comparison. The cumulative incidence of HZ in the RT group (vs the non-RT group) during the first 5 years after the index date was 2.1% (vs 0.7%) at 1 year, 3.0% (vs 1.0%) at 2 years, 3.4% (vs 1.3%) at 3 years, 4.1% vs 1.7% at 4 years, and 4.4% vs 1.8% at 5 years. The RT group showed a significantly higher risk of HZ than the non-RT group (hazard ratio, 2.59, 95% CI, 1.84-3.66). In the 120 patients who developed HZ after RT, HZ events were observed significantly more frequently within the RT field than expected (74 vs 43.8 events; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Patients with cancer who received RT showed a significantly higher risk of HZ, which was commonly observed within the radiation field.
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- Takuya Shimizuguchi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Miyasaka Y, Kadoya N, Ito K, Umezawa R, Kubozono M, Yamamoto T, Nakajima Y, Saito M, Takayama Y, Nemoto K, Iwai T, Jingu K. Quantitative analysis of intra-fractional variation in CT-based image guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer patients. Phys Med 2020; 73:164-172. [PMID: 32361574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We quantified intra-fractional dose variation and organ movement during CT-based 3D-image guided brachytherapy (3D-IGBT) in cervical cancer patients. Fifteen patients who underwent CT-based 3D-IGBT were studied. For all patients, pre-delivery CT for treatment planning after applicator insertion and post-delivery CT after dose delivery without changing the applicator position were acquired. Pre- and post-delivery CT were rigidly fused by matching the inserted applicator and planned dose on pre-delivery CT (pre-delivery dose) was mapped on post-delivery CT (post-delivery dose). D2, D1, and D0.1 cm3 of the rectum and bladder were compared between pre- and post-delivery doses with contours on each CT image. Organ movement and deformation was evaluated using deformation vector fields calculated by deformable image registration between pre- and post-delivery CT. We also evaluated dose variation and DVF between with and without a catheter to control filling. Differences in all DVH parameters were <±3% in physical dose and ± 5% in EQD2. However, a > 15% dose difference was found in 13.8% of the fractions in rectum D2 cm3 and in 11.1% of those in bladder D2 cm3. The mean value of DVF for bladder was larger than that of rectum, especially for the superior-inferior (S-I) direction. Insertion catheters in bladder reduced mean dose and DVF variation compared with that of without catheters. In fraction groups with large dose increasing, DVF in the S-I direction was significantly larger than that of other fraction groups. Our results indicated that preparation is needed to reduce changes in the S-I direction affect dose variation.
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- Yuya Miyasaka
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Heavy Particle Medical Science, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Heavy Particle Medical Science, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Alt C, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Asada Y, Ashida Y, Atkin ET, Awataguchi Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barrow D, Barry C, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak M, Beloshapkin A, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bravo Berguño D, Bronner C, Bubak A, Buizza Avanzini M, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cook L, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Doyle TA, Drapier O, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Eklund L, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda R, Fukuda Y, Fusshoeller K, Gameil K, Giganti C, Golan T, Gonin M, Gorin A, Guigue M, Hadley DR, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hong Van NT, Iacob F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jakkapu M, Jamieson B, Jenkins SJ, Jesús-Valls C, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Kasetti SP, Kataoka Y, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kostin A, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kukita N, Kuribayashi S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Liu SL, Li X, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Lu X, Lux T, Machado LN, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Marti-Magro L, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matsushita K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Miura M, Molina Bueno L, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Munteanu L, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura A, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Ngoc TV, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nonnenmacher TS, Nova F, Novella P, Nowak J, Nugent JC, O'Keeffe HM, O'Sullivan L, Odagawa T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Parker WC, Pasternak J, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Penn GC, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pintaudi G, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Radics B, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Ruggles CA, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Schloesser CM, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaykina A, Shiozawa M, Shorrock W, Shvartsman A, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Soler FJP, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tada M, Tajima M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka S, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Towstego T, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Valder S, Vallari Z, Vargas D, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vinning WGS, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Walsh JG, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wood K, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-Baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:161802. [PMID: 32383902 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.161802] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Electron antineutrino appearance is measured by the T2K experiment in an accelerator-produced antineutrino beam, using additional neutrino beam operation to constrain parameters of the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) mixing matrix. T2K observes 15 candidate electron antineutrino events with a background expectation of 9.3 events. Including information from the kinematic distribution of observed events, the hypothesis of no electron antineutrino appearance is disfavored with a significance of 2.40σ and no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions is found. A complementary analysis that introduces an additional free parameter which allows non-PMNS values of electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance also finds no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions.
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- K Abe
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University Autonoma Madrid, Department of Theoretical Physics, Madrid, Spain
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- University of Houston, Department of Physics, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Department of Physics, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Miyagi University of Education, Department of Physics, Sendai, Japan
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- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
- International Centre of Physics, Institute of Physics (IOP), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 10 Dao Tan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - H Kakuno
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - J Kameda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Karlen
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- University of Victoria, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S P Kasetti
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - Y Kataoka
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Katori
- King's College London, Department of Physics, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
| | - Y Kato
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - E Kearns
- Boston University, Department of Physics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Khabibullin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Khotjantsev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Kikawa
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - H Kim
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - J Kim
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S King
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - J Kisiel
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | - A Knight
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - A Knox
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - T Kobayashi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - L Koch
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - T Koga
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Konaka
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - L L Kormos
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - Y Koshio
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - A Kostin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - K Kowalik
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - H Kubo
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Kudenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - N Kukita
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - S Kuribayashi
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - R Kurjata
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Kutter
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - M Kuze
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - L Labarga
- University Autonoma Madrid, Department of Theoretical Physics, Madrid, Spain
| | - J Lagoda
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M Lamoureux
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - M Laveder
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - M Lawe
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Licciardi
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - T Lindner
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - R P Litchfield
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - S L Liu
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - X Li
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Longhin
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - L Ludovici
- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
| | - X Lu
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - T Lux
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
| | - L N Machado
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - L Magaletti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - K Mahn
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - M Malek
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - S Manly
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - L Maret
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A D Marino
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - L Marti-Magro
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J F Martin
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - T Maruyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Matsubara
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - K Matsushita
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - V Matveev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - K Mavrokoridis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | - M McCarthy
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - N McCauley
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K S McFarland
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - C McGrew
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Mefodiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - C Metelko
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Mezzetto
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - A Minamino
- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
| | - O Mineev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Mine
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
| | - M Miura
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - L Molina Bueno
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - S Moriyama
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Morrison
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - Th A Mueller
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - L Munteanu
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - S Murphy
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Y Nagai
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - T Nakadaira
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Nakahata
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Nakajima
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - A Nakamura
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - K G Nakamura
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakamura
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - S Nakayama
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Nakaya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakayoshi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - C Nantais
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - T V Ngoc
- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
| | - K Niewczas
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - K Nishikawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Nishimura
- Keio University, Department of Physics, Kanagawa, Japan
| | - T S Nonnenmacher
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - F Nova
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - P Novella
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - J Nowak
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - J C Nugent
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - H M O'Keeffe
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - L O'Sullivan
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - T Odagawa
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Okumura
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Okusawa
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - S M Oser
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - R A Owen
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Oyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - V Palladino
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - J L Palomino
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - V Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - W C Parker
- Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
| | - J Pasternak
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - P Paudyal
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Pavin
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - D Payne
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - G C Penn
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - L Pickering
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - C Pidcott
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - G Pintaudi
- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
| | - E S Pinzon Guerra
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - C Pistillo
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - B Popov
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - K Porwit
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | | | - A Pritchard
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Quilain
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - T Radermacher
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - E Radicioni
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - B Radics
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - P N Ratoff
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - E Reinherz-Aronis
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Riccio
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - E Rondio
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S Roth
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - A Rubbia
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A C Ruggeri
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - C A Ruggles
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - A Rychter
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - K Sakashita
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - F Sánchez
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C M Schloesser
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - K Scholberg
- Duke University, Department of Physics, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - J Schwehr
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - M Scott
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Seiya
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - T Sekiguchi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - H Sekiya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Sgalaberna
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
| | - R Shah
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - A Shaikhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F Shaker
- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - A Shaykina
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Shiozawa
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - W Shorrock
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - A Shvartsman
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Smirnov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Smy
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
| | - J T Sobczyk
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - H Sobel
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - F J P Soler
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - Y Sonoda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Steinmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - S Suvorov
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - S Y Suzuki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Suzuki
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - A A Sztuc
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - M Tada
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Tajima
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A Takeda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Takeuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - H K Tanaka
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - H A Tanaka
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California, USA
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - S Tanaka
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - L F Thompson
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - W Toki
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Touramanis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - T Towstego
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - K M Tsui
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - T Tsukamoto
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Tzanov
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - Y Uchida
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - W Uno
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Vagins
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - S Valder
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - Z Vallari
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - D Vargas
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
| | - G Vasseur
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C Vilela
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - W G S Vinning
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - T Vladisavljevic
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - V V Volkov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Wachala
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Walker
- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - J G Walsh
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - Y Wang
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - D Wark
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - M O Wascko
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - A Weber
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - R Wendell
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M J Wilking
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - C Wilkinson
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - J R Wilson
- King's College London, Department of Physics, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
| | - R J Wilson
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - K Wood
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - C Wret
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - Y Yamada
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - K Yamamoto
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - C Yanagisawa
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - G Yang
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - T Yano
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - K Yasutome
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Yen
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - N Yershov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Yokoyama
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - T Yoshida
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - M Yu
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - A Zalewska
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Zalipska
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - K Zaremba
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Zarnecki
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M Ziembicki
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - E D Zimmerman
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - M Zito
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - S Zsoldos
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - A Zykova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Alt C, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Arihara T, Asada Y, Ashida Y, Atkin ET, Awataguchi Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barrow D, Barry C, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak M, Beloshapkin A, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Berguño DB, Bronner C, Bubak A, Avanzini MB, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Cicerchia M, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cook L, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Doyle TA, Drapier O, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Eguchi A, Eklund L, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda R, Fukuda Y, Fusshoeller K, Gameil K, Giganti C, Golan T, Gonin M, Gorin A, Guigue M, Hadley DR, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hassani S, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hong Van NT, Iacob F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jakkapu M, Jamieson B, Jenkins SJ, Jesús-Valls C, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Junjie X, Jurj PB, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Kasetti SP, Kataoka Y, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kikawa T, Kikutani H, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kostin A, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kukita N, Kuribayashi S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Liu SL, Li X, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Lu X, Lux T, Machado LN, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Marti-Magro L, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matsushita K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McElwee J, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Miura M, Bueno LM, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Munteanu L, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura A, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Naseby CER, Ngoc TV, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Noah E, Nonnenmacher TS, Nova F, Novella P, Nowak J, Nugent JC, O’Keeffe HM, O’Sullivan L, Odagawa T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Pari M, Parker WC, Parsa S, Pasternak J, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Penn GC, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pintaudi G, Guerra ESP, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Radics B, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Ruggles CA, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Santucci G, Schloesser CM, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaykina A, Shiozawa M, Shorrock W, Shvartsman A, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Soler FJP, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tada M, Tajima M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka S, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Towstego T, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Valder S, Vallari Z, Vargas D, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vinning WGS, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Walsh JG, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wood K, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Constraint on the matter–antimatter symmetry-violating phase in neutrino oscillations. Nature 2020; 580:339-344. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2177-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nakajima Y, Kadoya N, Kimura T, Hioki K, Jingu K, Yamamoto T. Variations Between Dose-Ventilation and Dose-Perfusion Metrics in Radiation Therapy Planning for Lung Cancer. Adv Radiat Oncol 2020; 5:459-465. [PMID: 32529141 PMCID: PMC7280081 DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Purpose Currently, several active clinical trials of functional lung avoidance radiation therapy using different imaging modalities for ventilation or perfusion are underway. Patients with lung cancer often show ventilation-perfusion mismatch, whereas the significance of dose-function metric remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to compare dose-ventilation metrics with dose-perfusion metrics for radiation therapy plan evaluation. Methods and Materials Pretreatment 4-dimensional computed tomography and 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin single-photon emission computed tomography perfusion images of 60 patients with lung cancer treated with radiation therapy were analyzed. Ventilation images were created using the deformable image registration of 4-dimensional computed tomography image sets and image analysis for regional volume changes as a surrogate for ventilation. Ventilation and perfusion images were converted into percentile distribution images. Analyses included Pearson’s correlation coefficient and comparison of agreements between the following dose-ventilation and dose-perfusion metrics: functional mean lung dose and functional percent lung function receiving 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 Gy (fV5, fV10, fV20, fV30, and fV40, respectively). Results Overall, the dose-ventilation metrics were greater than the dose-perfusion metrics (ie, fV20, 26.3% ± 9.9% vs 23.9% ± 9.8%). Correlations between the dose-ventilation and dose-perfusion metrics were strong (range, r = 0.94-0.97), whereas the agreements widely varied among patients, with differences as large as 6.6 Gy for functional mean lung dose and 11.1% for fV20. Paired t test indicated that the dose-ventilation and dose-perfusion metrics were significantly different. Conclusions Strong correlations were present between the dose-ventilation and dose-perfusion metrics. However, the agreement between the dose-ventilation and dose-perfusion metrics widely varied among patients, suggesting that ventilation-based radiation therapy plan evaluation may not be comparable to that based on perfusion. Future studies should elucidate the correlation of dose-function metrics with clinical pulmonary toxicity metrics.
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- Yujiro Nakajima
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.,Graduate School of Health Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California
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Kadoya N, Tanaka S, Kajikawa T, Tanabe S, Abe K, Nakajima Y, Yamamoto T, Takahashi N, Takeda K, Dobashi S, Takeda K, Nakane K, Jingu K. Homology-based radiomic features for prediction of the prognosis of lung cancer based on CT-based radiomics. Med Phys 2020; 47:2197-2205. [PMID: 32096876 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Radiomics is a new technique that enables noninvasive prognostic prediction by extracting features from medical images. Homology is a concept used in many branches of algebra and topology that can quantify the contact degree. In the present study, we developed homology-based radiomic features to predict the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and then evaluated the accuracy of this prediction method. METHODS Four datasets were used: two to provide training and test data and two for the selection of robust radiomic features. All the datasets were downloaded from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA). In two-dimensional cases, the Betti numbers consist of two values: b0 (zero-dimensional Betti number), which is the number of isolated components, and b1 (one-dimensional Betti number), which is the number of one-dimensional or "circular" holes. For homology-based evaluation, computed tomography (CT) images must be converted to binarized images in which each pixel has two possible values: 0 or 1. All CT slices of the gross tumor volume were used for calculating the homology histogram. First, by changing the threshold of the CT value (range: -150 to 300 HU) for all its slices, we developed homology-based histograms for b0 , b1 , and b1 /b0 using binarized images. All histograms were then summed, and the summed histogram was normalized by the number of slices. 144 homology-based radiomic features were defined from the histogram. To compare the standard radiomic features, 107 radiomic features were calculated using the standard radiomics technique. To clarify the prognostic power, the relationship between the values of the homology-based radiomic features and overall survival was evaluated using LASSO Cox regression model and the Kaplan-Meier method. The retained features with nonzero coefficients calculated by the LASSO Cox regression model were used for fitting the regression model. Moreover, these features were then integrated into a radiomics signature. An individualized rad score was calculated from a linear combination of the selected features, which were weighted by their respective coefficients. RESULTS When the patients in the training and test datasets were stratified into high-risk and low-risk groups according to the rad scores, the overall survival of the groups was significantly different. The C-index values for the homology-based features (rad score), standard features (rad score), and tumor size were 0.625, 0.603, and 0.607, respectively, for the training datasets and 0.689, 0.668, and 0.667 for the test datasets. This result showed that homology-based radiomic features had slightly higher prediction power than the standard radiomic features. CONCLUSIONS Prediction performance using homology-based radiomic features had a comparable or slightly higher prediction power than standard radiomic features. These findings suggest that homology-based radiomic features may have great potential for improving the prognostic prediction accuracy of CT-based radiomics. In this result, it is noteworthy that there are some limitations.
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- Noriyuki Kadoya
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Radiotherapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.,Department of Radiotherapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine and Health Science, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Taguchi A, Furusawa A, Ito K, Nakajima Y, Shimizuguchi T, Hara K, Takao M, Kashiyama T, Kino N, Karasawa K, Yasugi T. Postradiotherapy persistent lymphopenia as a poor prognostic factor in patients with cervical cancer receiving radiotherapy: a single-center, retrospective study. Int J Clin Oncol 2020; 25:955-962. [PMID: 31960184 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-020-01623-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Radiotherapy (RT) is effective in cervical cancer; radiation-induced lymphopenia correlates with poor survival outcome in several cancer types. We investigated the association of total lymphocyte count (TLC) with survival outcomes in patients with cervical cancer. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 168 patients with cervical cancer initially treated with definitive RT. We obtained clinicopathological data and TLCs before RT and at the end and at 6 months after RT. Patient-, treatment-, and tumor-specific factors were evaluated to determine their predictive values for overall survival. The association of overall and progression-free survivals with lymphopenia at each point was evaluated. RESULTS Median follow-up duration was 44 (interquartile range: 25-67) months. Median TLCs before RT and at the end and at 6 months after RT were 1625/mm3, 400/mm3, and 800/mm3 (interquartile range: 1270-1930/mm3, 290-550/mm3, and 600-1067/mm3), respectively. For overall survival, in addition to FIGO stage, body mass index, histology, treatment, and presence of para-aortic lymph node metastasis, lymphopenia at 6 months after RT was a poor prognostic factor in multivariate analysis (P = 0.0026; hazard ratio [HR], 3.06; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.48-6.33). For progression-free survival, TLCs before and at 6 months after RT were poor prognostic factors in univariate analysis (P = 0.0318 and 0.0081, respectively); however, the latter was the only independent prognostic factor in multivariate analysis (P = 0.0021; HR, 2.67; 95% CI: 1.43-4.99). CONCLUSION Post-RT persistent lymphopenia could be a poor prognostic factor for patients with cervical cancer who receive RT.
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- Ayumi Taguchi
- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-00333, Japan.,Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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Yoshino Y, Taguchi A, Shimizuguchi T, Nakajima Y, Takao M, Kashiyama T, Furusawa A, Kino N, Yasugi T. A low albumin to globulin ratio with a high serum globulin level is a prognostic marker for poor survival in cervical cancer patients treated with radiation based therapy. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2020; 29:17-22. [PMID: 30640678 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2018-000025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 07/19/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We investigated whether the pretreatment albumin to globulin ratio, serum albumin level, and serum globulin level can be used to predict survival among cervical cancer patients treated with radiation based therapy and assessed globulin fractions. METHODS We retrospectively enrolled 128 patients with cervical cancer treated with radiation based therapy at our institution between 2010 and 2015. The associations of the pretreatment albumin to globulin ratio, and serum albumin and globulin levels with overall survival were assessed. Additionally, the associations of the globulin fractions with the serum globulin levels and overall survival were evaluated. RESULTS Median follow-up duration was 30 months (IQR 16-44 months). A low albumin to globulin ratio (< 1.53) was found to be an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (HR= 3.07; 95% CI, 1.03 to 13.3; P=0.044). On evaluating serum globulin and albumin separately, a high serum globulin level was significantly associated with overall survival (cut-off value 2.9 g/dL; HR=3.74; 95% CI 1.08 to 23.6; P=0.036) whereas a low serum albumin level was not associated with overall survival (cut-off value 3.6 g/dL; HR=1.77; 95% CI 0.57 to 4.54; P=0.29). Electrophoresis data of the serum proteins revealed that the γ-globulin fraction was most strongly correlated with the globulin levels (P<0.001). Furthermore, a high γ-globulin level (≥1.28 g/dL) was significantly associated with poor overall survival (log rank test, P=0.034). CONCLUSIONS A pretreatment low albumin to globulin ratio, which might be attributable to a high serum globulin level, can be used to predict poor prognosis in cervical cancer patients treated with radiation based therapy.
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- Yasunori Yoshino
- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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