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. Reirradiation for rectal cancer (RC) after prior pelvic radiation therapy (RT) has been shown to be safe and effective. However, limited data exist for proton therapy (PT), including pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PBS-PT). We hypothesize that PT is safe and feasible for re-treatment and may allow for decreased toxicity and treatment escalation. A single-institution, retrospective, institutional review board-approved analysis of all patients with RC and prior pelvic RT receiving PBS-PT reirradiation was performed. Data on patient and treatment characteristics and outcomes were collected. Local progression, progression-free survival, overall survival, and late grade >3 toxicity were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Twenty-eight patients (median follow-up 28.6 months) received PBS-PT reirradiation between 2016 and 2019, including 18 patients with recurrent RC (median prior dose 54.0 Gy) and 10 patients with de novo RC and variable prior RT. The median reirradiation dose was 44.4 Gy (range,tion, with a need for continued follow-up. The purpose of this work is to present a practical, structured process allowing for consistent, safe radiation therapy delivery in the re-treatment environment. A process for reirradiation is described with documentation in the form of a special physics consultation. Data acquisition associated with previous treatment is described from highest to lowest quality. Methods are presented for conversion to equieffective dose, as well as our departmental assumptions for tissue repair. The generation of organ-at-risk available physical dose for use in treatment planning is discussed. Results using our methods are compared with published values after conversion to biologically effective dose. check details Utilization of pulsed-low-dose-rate delivery is described, and data for reirradiation using these methods over the previous 5 years are presented. Between 2015 and 2019, the number of patients in our department requiring equieffective dose calculation has doubled. We have developed guidelines for estimation of sublethal damage repair as a function of time between treatment courses ranging from 0% for <6 months to 50% for >1 year. These guidelines were developed based on available spinal cord data because we found that 84% of organs at risk involved nerve-like tissues. The average percent repair used increased from 32% to 37% over this time period. When comparing the results obtained using our methods with published values, 99% of patients had a cumulative biologically effective dose below the limits established for acceptable myelopathy rates. Pulsed-low-dose-rate use over this period tripled with an average prescription dose of 49 Gy. The methods described result in safe, effective treatment in the reirradiation setting. Further correlation with patient outcomes and side effects is warranted.The methods described result in safe, effective treatment in the reirradiation setting. Further correlation with patient outcomes and side effects is warranted. This study aimed to investigate, in the setting of neoadjuvant gastric irradiation with integrated boost, whether cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-based adaptive radiation therapy compared with a defined-filling protocol would be beneficial in terms of feasibility and achieving daily reproducible dose volume indexes of the planning target volume (PTV) and organs at risk (OARs) and workflow. Planning computed tomography (PCT) and 25 CBCT scans of a previously treated patient were used, and neoadjuvant therapy of gastric carcinoma was simulated offline. PTVs and OARs were defined per the TOPGEAR protocol (PTV 45 Gy/1.8 Gy), and an integrated boost (gross tumor volume [GTV] 50.4 Gy/2.016 Gy) was added. The patient followed a filling regimen consisting of 12-hour fasting followed by 200 mL of water intake (2 glasses of water) immediately before irradiation. OARs and PTVs were newly contoured on each CBCT. Nonrigid registration of PCT and CBCT scans was performed. Nonadapted plans were recalculated on eacherapy through deformable registration represents an important tool in neoadjuvant gastric irradiation, encompassing daily variability and organ motion, compared with the defined-filling protocol while improving OAR sparing. This study aimed to assess the effect of monitoring 2 versus 3 collocated displays on radiation therapist technologists' (RTTs) workload (WL) and situation awareness (SA) during routine treatment delivery tasks. Seven RTTs completed 4 simulated treatment delivery scenarios (2 scenarios per experimental condition; 2 vs 3 collocated displays) in a within-subject experiment. WL was subjectively measured using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Task Load Index, and objectively measured using eye activity measures. SA was subjectively measured using the SA rating technique, and objectively measured using the SA global assessment technique. Two-tailed paired tests were conducted to test for differences in means when parametric assumptions were satisfied, otherwise Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were conducted. A .05 level of significance was applied to all statistical tests. No statistically and clinically significant differences were observed between monitoring 2 versus 3 monitors on eyet assessed in this study. During radiation therapy for pediatric brain tumors, the brainstem is a critical organ at risk, possibly with different radio-sensitivity across its substructures. In proton therapy, treatment planning is currently performed using a constant relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 (RBE ), whereas preclinical studies point toward spatial variability of this factor. To shed light on this biological uncertainty, we investigated the spatial agreement between isodose maps produced by different RBE models, with emphasis on (smaller) substructures of the brainstem. Proton plans were recalculated using Monte Carlo simulations in 3 anonymized pediatric patients with brain tumors (a craniopharyngioma, a low-grade glioma, and a posterior fossa ependymoma) to obtain dose and linear energy transfer distributions. Doses and volume metrics for the brainstem and its substructures were calculated using a constant RBE , 4 phenomenological RBE models with varying (α/β) parameters, and with a simpler linear energy transfer-dependent model.