2017
High dose-rate Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy During High Risk Genitourinary Surgery: Initial Observations and a Proposal for its Study in Bladder Cancer
Kates M, Chappidi MR, Brant A, Milbar N, Sopko NA, Meyer C, Terezakis SA, Herman JM, Efron JE, Safar B, Tran PT, Ahuja N, Pierorazio PM, Bivalacqua TJ. High dose-rate Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy During High Risk Genitourinary Surgery: Initial Observations and a Proposal for its Study in Bladder Cancer. Bladder Cancer 2017, 3: 191-199. PMID: 28824947, PMCID: PMC5545919, DOI: 10.3233/blc-170104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical margin statusBladder cancerGenitourinary surgeryMargin statusInstitutional experienceIntra-operative radiation therapyRadiation therapyHigh-risk bladder cancerPositive surgical margin statusMulti-institutional registryRecurrence-free survivalEffective local controlGI complicationsSarcomatoid histologyAdvanced diseaseFree survivalComplication rateOverall survivalPrimary outcomeRetrospective reviewSuch patientsRecurrent tumorsUrothelial cancerWound infectionUrothelial histology
2014
High-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy: the nuts and bolts of starting a program
Moningi S, Armour EP, Terezakis SA, Efron JE, Gearhart SL, Bivalacqua TJ, Kumar R, Le Y, Ng S, Wolfgang CL, Zellars RC, Ellsworth SG, Ahuja N, Herman JM. High-dose-rate intraoperative radiation therapy: the nuts and bolts of starting a program. Journal Of Contemporary Brachytherapy 2014, 6: 99-105. PMID: 24790628, PMCID: PMC4003434, DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2014.42027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate intraoperative radiation therapyIntraoperative radiation therapyRadiation therapyLocal controlGroup of patientsEffective local controlPelvic solid tumorsHDR-IORTRecurrent tumorsTrue efficacySolid tumorsMultidisciplinary approachPatientsTherapyTumorsIORT programProper administrationIORTSpecialized institutionsMalignancyOncologistsAnesthesiologistsPhysics staffNursesSurgeons