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Erik J. Tryggestad

Mayo Clinic Rochester
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Comparative analysis of traditional and coiled fiducials implanted during EUS for pancreatic cancer patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy

MA Khashab, KJ Kim, EJ Tryggestad, AT Wild… - Gastrointestinal …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: EUS-guided fiducial placement facilitates image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT).
OBJECTIVE: To compare 2 types of commercially available fiducials for technical …

Phase II Evaluation of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) and Immunity in 11C-Choline-PET/CT–Identified Oligometastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate …

…, BJ Stish, VJ Lowe, F Lucien, EJ Tryggestad… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Outcomes for resistant metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) are
poor. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) induces antitumor immunity in clinical and …

[HTML][HTML] Managing treatment-related uncertainties in proton beam radiotherapy for gastrointestinal cancers

EJ Tryggestad, W Liu, MD Pepin… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, there has been rapid adaption of proton beam radiotherapy (RT) for
treatment of various malignancies in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with increasing number of …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of clinical acceptability of deep-learning-based automated segmentation of organs-at-risk for head-and-neck radiotherapy treatment planning

…, LM Undahl, Y Patel, EJ Tryggestad… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Organ-at-risk segmentation for head and neck cancer radiation therapy is a
complex and time-consuming process (requiring up to 42 individual structure, and may delay …

Clinical implementation of respiratory‐gated spot‐scanning proton therapy: an efficiency analysis of active motion management

…, JE Johnson, JJ Kruse, EJ Tryggestad - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The aim of this work is to describe the clinical implementation of respiratory‐gated
spot‐scanning proton therapy ( SSPT ) for the treatment of thoracic and abdominal moving …

[HTML][HTML] Practice patterns of photon and proton pediatric image guided radiation treatment: Results from an International Pediatric Research Consortium

…, K Nilsson, RC Villar, BA Winey, EJ Tryggestad… - Practical radiation …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) has become common practice for both photon
and proton radiation therapy, but there is little consensus regarding its application in the …

[HTML][HTML] Initial experience with intensity modulated proton therapy for intact, clinically localized pancreas cancer: Clinical implementation, dosimetric analysis, acute …

KR Jethwa, EJ Tryggestad, TJ Whitaker… - Advances in Radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Pencil-beam scanning intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) may allow for an
improvement in the therapeutic ratio compared with conventional techniques of radiation …

A comparison of patient-reported health-related quality of life during proton versus photon chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer

…, MAN Wittich, JA Martenson, EJ Tryggestad… - Practical radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare Functional Assessment of Cancer
Therapy-Esophagus (FACT-E) questionnaire changes during proton (PRT) or photon (XRT) …

Image-based gradient non-linearity characterization to determine higher-order spherical harmonic coefficients for improved spatial position accuracy in magnetic …

…, S Tao, JD Trzasko, Y Shu, EJ Tryggestad… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Spatial position accuracy in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important
concern for a variety of applications, including radiation therapy planning, surgical planning, …

Preclinical risk evaluation of normal tissue injury with novel radiosensitizers

…, WF Elmquist, S Krishnan, EJ Tryggestad… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Genotoxic damage induced by radiation triggers a highly coordinated DNA damage
response, and molecular inhibitors of key nodes within this complex response network can …