OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Strahlentherapie und Onkologie is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia with low-dose radiotherapy plus standard of care versus standard of care alone in frail patients	49
Assoziation von alterstypischen strukturellen Veränderungen des Gehirns und Ganzhirnbestrahlung	42
Neoadjuvante Therapie des lokal fortgeschrittenen Plattenepithelkarzinoms des Ösophagus	41
Reply to Letter to the Editor: Reply to comparison of patient setup accuracy for optical surface-guided and X-ray-guided imaging with respect to the impact on intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy	40
Longer time to testosterone recovery impacts favorably on outcomes for prostate cancer following androgen deprivation and radiotherapy	35
Neoadjuvante Chemoimmuntherapie gefolgt von einer dosis- und volumenreduzierten Chemoradiotherapie bei lokal fortgeschrittenen Kopf-Hals-Karzinomen	33
Impact of reduced interval from simulation CT to treatment delivery on dosimetric and positioning accuracy for total marrow lymph-node irradiation	27
Biological treatment evaluation in thermoradiotherapy: application in cervical cancer patients	27
Application of delta radiomics based on cone-beam computed tomography in predicting radiotherapy efficacy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma	26
Automated contouring for breast cancer radiotherapy in the isocentric lateral decubitus position: a neural network-based solution for enhanced precision and efficiency	26
Development of a model to guide the decision for radiotherapy in deep-inspiration breath-hold in patients with left-sided breast cancer	25
Stereoscopic X-ray image and thermo-optical surface guidance for breast cancer radiotherapy in deep inspiration breath-hold	23
Significant aggravation of pre-existing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome following proton beam therapy for sphenoid wing meningioma: case report	23
Abnormal visual and olfactory sensations during radiation therapy: a prospective study	22
Dosimetric advantages for cardiac substructures in radiotherapy of esophageal cancer in deep-inspiration breath hold	20
Assessing the quality of radiation oncology education in four German medical schools: a student perspective and comparison with DEGRO recommendations	20
Langzeitergebnisse der ORATOR-Studie: Radiotherapie versus transorale roboter-assistierte Chirurgie in der Primärtherapie des Oropharynxkarzinoms	19
Dosiseskalation bei der Radiotherapie inoperabler Ewing-Tumoren	19
Impact of dose escalation on colostomy-free survival and treatment outcome in squamous cell anal carcinoma	19
Impact of comorbidity scores and lifestyle factors in curative radiotherapy in laryngeal cancer	18
Correction to: Analysis and stress-test of the spatial accessibility to German radiation oncology centers	18
Teaching communication skills in medical education	17
Optimizing energy consumption in radiotherapy: standard vs. hypo-/ultra-hypofractionation and becoming SMART (specific, measurable, achievable in radiotherapy)	17
Feasibility study of total marrow lymphoid irradiation with volumetric modulated arc therapy: clinical implementation in a tertiary care center	16
Pilot study to assess the early cardiac safety of carbon ion radiotherapy for intra- and para-cardiac tumours	16

Intra-adaptational changes in online adaptive radiotherapy: from the ideal to the real dose	16
Shaping the future of radiation oncology education: results of a nationwide student survey from Germany	16
26th Annual SASRO Meeting	16
Cardiac metastasis in uterine cervical cancer	15
Potential Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms markers for radiation dermatitis in head and neck cancer patients: a meta-analysis	15
ACOUNEU – Radiochirurgie oder hypofraktionierte Strahlentherapie beim Vestibularis-Schwannom?	15
Synthetic CTs for MRI-only brain RT treatment: integration of immobilization systems	15
Treatment of primary or recurrent non-resectable pancreatic cancer with proton beam irradiation combined with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy	15
Stereotaktische Radiotherapie plus Nivolumab bei NSCLC	15
Changes in serum uric acid, serum uric acid/serum creatinine ratio, and gamma-glutamyltransferase might predict the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal c	15
Comparison of integral doses to normal tissue and organs at risk between interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy and modern external-beam radiotherapy techniques in breast and head and neck cancer p	14
Can interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) be an alternative to surgery in early-stage oral cavity cancer? A systematic review	14
Proton therapy in young breast cancer patients with germline TP53 and ATM mutations: a case series	14
Successful implementation of online educational lectures of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO)	14
DEGRO 2023 Abstractbuch	13
Nintedanib zur Therapie der radiogenen Pneumonitis	13
Intensity modulated radiation therapy in prostate cancer—Better survival with higher total dose?	12
Second course of re-irradiation in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma	12
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie (DEGRO) mahnt stationäre strahlentherapeutische Versorgung an	12
Impact of dose volume parameters and clinical characteristics on radiation-induced acute oral mucositis for head and neck cancer patients treated with carbon-ion radiotherapy dose volume outcome analy	12
Radio(chemo)therapy in anal cancer: evaluation of sex-specific disparities across AJCC stages	12
Genomic analysis of radiosensitivity in breast cancer	11
Thymic tumors: radiotherapy experience for single institute	11
Extranodal nasal-type NK/T lymphoma treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy: case series from a European tertiary referral center and review of the literature	11
Surface-guided DIBH radiotherapy for left breast cancer: impact of different thresholds on intrafractional motion monitoring and DIBH stability	11
Determinants of radiation dose to immune cells during breast radiotherapy	11
German radiation oncology’s next generation: a web-based survey of young biologists, medical physicists, and physicians—from problems to solutions	11
Clinical and MRI factors influencing interobserver delineation variability of brain metastases before stereotactic radiotherapy	10
Kein Vorteil einer Erhaltungstherapie mit Afatinib in der adjuvanten Therapie von Kopf-Hals-Tumoren	10
Clinical outcomes and factors involved in the local control of proton beam therapy for oligometastatic liver tumors in patients with colorectal cancer	10
Analysis of patients with parotid recurrence after parotid-sparing IMRT for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: case series and review of the literature	10
Stellenwert einer „targeted therapy“ beim EGFR-mutierten Lungenkarzinom nach erfolgter Radiochemotherapie	10
Multidisciplinary treatment is necessary in glioblastoma with extracerebral metastases	10
DEGRO practical guideline for central nervous system radiation necrosis part 1: classification and a multistep approach for diagnosis	10
Die intraoperative Strahlentherapie (IORT) als mögliche Alternative zum vollständigen Verzicht auf eine adjuvante Radiotherapie nach brusterhaltender Operation bei älteren Patientinnen mit niedriger R	10
Outcomes and PSA kinetics after Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (MRgSBRT) for prostate cancer	9
Correction to: From protocol to practice: long-Term outcomes of single-Fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary non-Small cell lung cancer	9
Bridging gaps in care: medical student home visits and their influence on radiation oncology patients	9
Neoadjuvantes FOLFIRINOX vs. neoadjuvante Radiochemotherapie und adjuvante Chemotherapie mit Gemcitabin für resektable und borderline-resektable Pankreaskarzinome (PREOPANC-2-Studie)	9
The benefit of intravenous immune globulin in the treatment of delayed radiation myelopathy	9
Low-dose radiotherapy for greater trochanteric pain syndrome—a single-centre analysis	9
Accelerated vs. conventionally fractionated postoperative radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer—final results of the prematurely terminated PORTAF trial	9
Expert opinion	9
Ultrahypofractionation of localized prostate cancer—an updated statement of the prostate cancer working group of the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO)	8
Real world comparison of adjuvant vs. salvage radiation therapy on cancer-control outcomes after radical prostatectomy	8
YB-1 activating cascades as potential targets in KRAS-mutated tumors	8
Chemoradiotherapy for untreated Masaoka–Koga stage IVB thymic carcinoma: a single-center retrospective study	8
Long-term survival in patients with brain metastases—clinical characterization of a rare scenario	8
Does transurethral resection of prostate increase toxicity risk after simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy? A matched cohort study with long-term follow-up	8
Vergleich der radikalen Zystektomie mit der trimodalen Therapie beim muskelinvasiven Harnblasenkarzinom	8

Patient- and clinician-based evaluation of large language models for patient education in prostate cancer radiotherapy	8
4DCT ventilation function image-based functional lung protection for esophageal cancer radiotherapy	8
Interobserver agreement on definition of the target volume in stereotactic radiotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma using different imaging modalities	8
Organerhaltende Behandlung bei nodal-positiven Harnblasenkarzinomen	8
Olaparib bei biochemischem Rezidiv des High-risk-Prostatakarzinoms nach Prostatektomie	8
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in combination with deep regional hyperthermia followed by surgery for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Ampelopsis japonica enhances the effect of radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer	8
Effect of simultaneous integrated boost concepts on photoneutron and distant out-of-field doses in VMAT for prostate cancer	8
Radiotherapy for painful shoulder syndrome: a retrospective evaluation	8
Keine abskopalen Effekte bei Kombination von Immuntherapie und stereotaktischer Radiotherapie bei Merkel-Zell-Karzinomen	8
Is consolidative thoracic radiotherapy of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer still beneficial in the era of immunotherapy? A retrospective analysis	8
Oncological outcomes of breast cancer patients after planned IORT boost with low-kV x-rays—results of the TARGIT BQR prospective phase IV trial	8
Staphylococcus-aureus-Kolonisation als Risikofaktor der akuten Strahlenreaktion an der Haut	7
Stereotaktische Radiotherapie bei funktionell inoperablem, aber technisch resektablem Pankreaskarzinom	7
Vitexin enhances radiosensitivity of mouse subcutaneous xenograft glioma by affecting the miR-17-5p/miR-130b-3p/PTEN/HIF-1α pathway	7
Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma: Case report of a patient managed with multimodality treatment and a comprehensive literature review	7
Pelvic insufficiency fractures in cervical cancer patients treated with definitive chemoradiation: impact of dosimetric and clinical factors	7
Assessment and validation of glottic motion using cone-beam CT and real-time cine MRI	7
Postoperative Radiotherapie für pT1–2-N0-Zungenkarzinome: Zeit für ein Umdenken?	7
Correction to: Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy for resected brain metastases: current pattern of care in the Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Working Group of the German Associati	7
Outcome analysis of HDR compared to PDR IGABT in locally advanced cervical cancer: a single-center cohort analysis	7
Non-endometrioid endometrial cancer: analysis of recurrence pattern and identification of prognostic and treatment factors affecting recurrence and survival	7
Mepitel-Film zur Prävention der Radiodermatitis bei Brustbestrahlung	7
Correction to: Proton beam therapy versus trans-arterial chemoembolization for BCLC stage B hepatocellular carcinoma—a propensity-matched analysis	7
Postoperative therapy patterns for thymic carcinoma with complete resection: retrospective analysis of 120 patients	7
Outcomes of craniospinal radiotherapy in adult medulloblastoma: survival, long-term toxicities, and quality of life assessment with SF-12 and t-Cog	7
CT radiomic predictors of local relapse after SBRT for lung oligometastases from colorectal cancer: a single institute pilot study	7
Automatic planning of the lower extremities for total marrow irradiation using volumetric modulated arc therapy	7
Clinical target volume radiomics from planning CT for pretreatment response prediction in rectal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy	7
Sekundärmalignome nach Ganzkörperbestrahlung pädiatrischer Leukämiepatienten – eine kritische Re-Evaluation der multizentrischen ALL-SCT-BFM-2003-Studie	7
Stereotaktische Radiotherapie beim primären Nierenzellkarzinom: neue Ergebnisse der FASTRACK-Studien	6
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on training conditions and education in oncologic disciplines: a survey-based analysis	6
A new GPU-based Monte Carlo code for helium ion therapy	6
Excellent long-term pain response and local control following postoperative radiotherapy in patients with multiple myeloma	6
Correction to: DEGRO statement on the KEYNOTE-689 trial: Perioperative immunotherapy in combination with adjuvant (chemo-)radiotherapy for resectable locally advanced head and neck cancers	6
Pentoxifylline and vitamin E for treating radiation-induced fibrosis in breast and head and neck cancer patients	6
From case to care pathway: proactive detection and management of RCI-associated HLH in radiation oncology	6
Radiotherapy in localized prostate cancer: a multicenter analysis evaluating tumor control and late toxicity after brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy in 1293 patients	6
Breast cancer related lymphedema and shoulder mobility following radiotherapy	6
FBXL18 increases cell proliferation and reduces cell radiosensitivity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	6
Long term outcomes of prostate cancer patients aged 55 years or younger treated with definitive radiotherapy: Trod 09-005 study	6
Digital redesign of the radiotherapy course for medical students with a blended learning approach	6
Effect of radiotherapy on the DNA cargo and cellular uptake mechanisms of extracellular vesicles	6
The impact of sex on setup accuracy in radiotherapy for rectal cancer: a real-World observational study	6
Ceftriaxone has a neuroprotective effect in a whole-brain irradiation-induced neurotoxicity model by increasing GLT-1 and reducing oxidative stress	6
The impact of submandibular glands protection on xerostomia as monitored by diffusion-weighted imaging in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients	6
Correlation of microscopic tumor extension with tumor microenvironment in esophageal cancer patients	6
High radiation dose in chemoradiotherapy followed by immunotherapy with durvalumab in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer does not increase risk for pneumonitis	6
DEGRO 2025 Abstractband	6
Impact of antibiotic use before definitive concurrent chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer	6
Crosstalk between immune checkpoint and DNA damage response inhibitors for radiosensitization of tumors	6
Usability and usefulness of (electronic) patient identification systems—A cross-sectional evaluation in German-speaking radiation oncology departments	6
Comparative analysis of different modalities of radiotherapy in vestibular schwannoma: tumor control, symptom evolution, and toxicity profiles	5
Low doses to the heart in daily practice for treating left-sided breast cancer using accelerated partial-breast irradiation by multicatheter brachytherapy and deep-inspiration breath-hold using a SIB	5
Tenth anniversary of the Young DEGRO Team Trial—reflecting on the past, shaping the future	5
Risk factors for treatment-related sensorineural hearing loss and hearing aid use in medulloblastoma patients: an observational cohort study	5
Assessing the toxicity after moderately hypofractionated prostate and whole pelvis radiotherapy compared to conventional fractionation	5
Radiochirurgie beim Nierenzellkarzinom: Daten der multizentrischen prospektiven FASTRACK II-Studie	5
Dose–effect relationship between dose–volume parameters of residual gross tumor volume and clinical prognosis in MRI-guided adaptive brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: a single-center	5
Influence of chemoradiation on the immune microenvironment of cervical cancer patients	5
Präoperative Strahlentherapie und Pembrolizumab bei lokalisierten Weichteilsarkomen der Extremitäten: Ergebnisse der multizentrischen, randomisierten SU2C-SARC032-Studie	5
In memory of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Normann Willich (1946–2024)	5
Dosisreduktion der elektiven Lymphabflussbestrahlung bei Kopf-Hals-Karzinomen: bereit für die klinische Routine?	5
Osthole inhibits GSK-3β/AMPK/mTOR pathway-controlled glycolysis and increases radiosensitivity of subcutaneous transplanted hepatocellular carcinoma in nude mice	5
Dosimetric comparison of advanced radiation techniques for scalp-sparing in low-grade gliomas	5
Die MIRAGE-Studie (MR-Linac-basierte Körperstereotaxie bei Prostatakarzinomen) – Precision at its best?	5
Incidence of radiation necrosis following different radiotherapy fractionation schedules for intracranial meningiomas	5
CBCT-based online adaptive radiotherapy of the prostate bed: first clinical experience and comparison to nonadaptive conventional IGRT	5
Radiotherapie plus Durvalumab beim lokal fortgeschrittenen NSCLC: die DOLPHIN-Studie	5
DEGRO 2024 Abstractband	5
Artificial intelligence for response prediction and personalisation in radiation oncology	5
Multicenter multiplatform pattern-of-practice analysis of single-isocenter multitarget stereotactic radiosurgery	5
Initial needle tracking with the first standalone combined infrared camera – CT system for brachytherapy—analysis of tracking accuracy and uncertainties	5
CT-based radiomics prediction of complete response after stereotactic body radiation therapy for patients with lung metastases	5
Irradiation alters extracellular vesicle microRNA load in the serum of patients with leukaemia	5
Biochemical control in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer after EBRT with and without brachytherapy boost	5