Cancer — Radiation Medicine Patient Registry, Loma Linda University Medical Center
Citation(s)
Bush DA, Cheek G, Zaheer S, Wallen J, Mirshahidi H, Katerelos A, Grove R, Slater JD High-dose hypofractionated proton beam radiation therapy is safe and effective for central and peripheral early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: results of a 12-year experience at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Aug 1;86(5):964-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.002.
Bush DA, Hillebrand DJ, Slater JM, Slater JD High-dose proton beam radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma: preliminary results of a phase II trial. Gastroenterology. 2004 Nov;127(5 Suppl 1):S189-93. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.09.033.
Bush DA, Kayali Z, Grove R, Slater JD The safety and efficacy of high-dose proton beam radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase 2 prospective trial. Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;117(13):3053-9. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25809. Epub 2011 Jan 24.
Bush DA, Slater JD, Garberoglio C, Do S, Lum S, Slater JM Partial breast irradiation delivered with proton beam: results of a phase II trial. Clin Breast Cancer. 2011 Aug;11(4):241-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2011.03.023. Epub 2011 Jun 12.
Bush DA, Smith JC, Slater JD, Volk ML, Reeves ME, Cheng J, Grove R, de Vera ME Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Proton Beam Radiation Therapy with Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of an Interim Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 May 1;95(1):477-482. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.02.027. Epub 2016 Feb 13.
Coen JJ, Bae K, Zietman AL, Patel B, Shipley WU, Slater JD, Rossi CJ Acute and late toxicity after dose escalation to 82 GyE using conformal proton radiation for localized prostate cancer: initial report of American College of Radiology Phase II study 03-12. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Nov 15;81(4):1005-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.047. Epub 2010 Oct 6.
Slater JD Clinical applications of proton radiation treatment at Loma Linda University: review of a fifteen-year experience. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Apr;5(2):81-9. doi: 10.1177/153303460600500202.
Slater JD Development and operation of the Loma Linda University Medical Center proton facility. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Aug;6(4 Suppl):67-72. doi: 10.1177/15330346070060S411.
Slater JD Twenty years of proton radiation therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center. In U. Linz, editor. Ion beam therapy: fundamentals, technology, clinical applications. Berlin: Springer, 2012:581-595.
Slater JM, Slater JD, Wroe A Proton radiation therapy in the hospital environment: conception, development, and operation of the initial hospital-based facility, Review of Accelerator Science and Technology, Vol 2 (2009), 35-62
Talcott JA, Rossi C, Shipley WU, Clark JA, Slater JD, Niemierko A, Zietman AL Patient-reported long-term outcomes after conventional and high-dose combined proton and photon radiation for early prostate cancer. JAMA. 2010 Mar 17;303(11):1046-53. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.287. Erratum In: JAMA. 2010 Apr 7;303(13):1257.
Loma Linda University Medical Center Department of Radiation Medicine Patient Registry
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