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UPCI and UPMC Cancer Centers Posters Featured at American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Boston, MA September 21-25, 2008

1. 2704: A 3+ Year Implementation Evaluation of Tumor Boards in a Community Radiation Oncology Setting. Rakfal SM, PalePu S, Schenken LL, Ricci EM. Accepted Poster Viewing
2. 2996: A New Hierarchical Symmetric Optical Flow-based Image Registration Method and its Clinical Evaluation. Michalski D, Huq MS, Heron DE. Accepted Poster Viewing
3. 3078: Online Imaging with Treatment Beam. Li T, Li X, Yang Y, Heron D, Huq MS. Accepted Poster Viewing
4. 3035: Image-guided Respiratory-gated Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: Which Target Definition is Optimal? Yang Y, Li T, Li X, Heron DE, Huq MS. Accepted Poster Viewing
5. 2910: Dosimetric Influence of Intrafraction Prostate Motion on IMRT Treatment with Sliding Window Dynamic Multileaf Collimator Technique. Fu W, Yang Y, Yue NJ, Selvaraj R, Chen A, Metha K, Heron DE, Huq MS. Accepted Poster Viewing Unknown
6. 2932: Reconstruction of MRI/CT Compatible Ring and Tandem Applicators in CT or MRI Images Used for Treatment Planning in Brachytherapy. Kim H, Surendran, Beriwal S, Huq MS. Accepted Poster Viewing
7. 2151: Effect of RPA Class in Patients with Anaplastic Astrocytoma and Glioblastoma Treated with IMRT, with and without Concurrent Temozolomide. Flickinger JC, Rakfal S, Heron DE, Beriwal S, Smith RP, Jones H, Huq MS, Bahri S. Accepted Poster Viewing
8. 3055: A New Scatter Dose Correction Method of V and MV Cone Beam CT. Li X, Li T, Yang Y, Heron DE, Huq MS. Accepted Poster Viewing
9. 2935: Dosimetric Optimization for Miami Vaginal Applicator. Misic V, Houser C, Den R, Valicenti R. Accepted Poster Viewing
10. 1055: Does Medicare HMO Reimbursement Policy Hinder Clinical Trial Participation? Lin CJ, Heron DE, Connelly K. Accepted Poster Discussion
11. 2671: Metabolic and Anatomic Tumor Volume Measurements Using Four-Dimensional (4D) PET-CT for Mobile Tumors in the Thorax and Abdomen. Narla VV, Andrade RS, Heron DE. Accepted Poster Viewing
12. 2230: Treatment of Positive Surgical Margins Following Resection of Pancreatic Cancer with Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Parikh SD, Burton SA, Heron DE, Zeh HJ, Moser AJ, Bahary N, Lembersky BC, Ozhasoglu C, Quinn A. Accepted Poster Viewing
13. 1097: Comparison of Locoregional Recurrence with Mastectomy vs. Breast Conserving Surgery in Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer (PABC). Beriwal S, Rungruang B, Soran A, Thull D, Kelley JL Sukumvanich P. Accepted Poster Discussion
14. 1100: Clinical and Dosimetric Factors Associated with a Long Term Feeding Tube Requirement Following Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers. Gokhale AS, McLaughlin BT, Beriwal S, Flickinger JC, Smith RP, Heron DE, Ferris R, Argiris E, Gibson M. Accepted Poster Discussion
15. 2695: Outcomes Comparison of IMRT vs. 3D Conformal Therapy of the Breast. Haley M, Greenberger J, Heron DE, Jones H, Lin C. Accepted Poster Viewing
16. 2330: Is There Decreased Duration of Acute Urinary and Bowel Symptoms After Prostate Brachytherapy with Cesium 131 Radioisotope? Defoe G, Beriwal S, Smith RP, Benoit R. Accepted Poster Viewing
17. 2708: Results of the ASTRO 2006 Diversity Survey. Streeter OE, Abdel-Wahab M, Bains Y, Dorman D Govern F, Heron D, Miller R, Oh J, Wallner P, Petereit DG, et al. Accepted Poster Viewing
18. 3174: Acetylated Resveratrol: A New Small Molecule Radioprotector. Koide K, Epperly MW, Franicola D, Dixon T, Zhang X, Komanduri P, Greenberger B, Greenberger JS. Accepted Poster Viewing
19. 1119: Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Plasmid/Liposome Complexes (MnSOD-PL), C225, and Tirapazamine Combination Enhances Radiotherapy of Human Orthotopic Oral Cavity Squamous Tumors. Greenberger JS, Dixon T, Franicola D, Niu YY, Zhang X, Lopresti B, Mason N, Lai S, Epperly MW. Accepted Poster Discussion
20. Unavailable: The Mitochondrial Targeted GS-Nitroxide JP4-039 is Radioprotective In Vitro and In Vivo. Epperly MW, Pierce JG, Dixon T, Franicola D, Wipf P, Greenberger JS. Accepted Oral
21. 2804: Evaluation of Patient Positioning Accuracy During Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Quader MA, Novotny Jr J, Huq MS, Flickinger J, Gerszten P. Accepted Poster Viewing

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