Yasuo Yoshioka

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Yasuo Yoshioka is a leading radiation oncologist whose research centers on stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and reirradiation strategies for recurrent cancers, with a particular focus on head and neck malignancies and prostate cancer. His most impactful work, a multi-institutional study on reirradiation using CyberKnife for recurrent head and neck cancer (47 citations), established critical prognostic insights, especially regarding the risk of mucosal ulceration—a key toxicity that informs patient selection and treatment planning. Yoshioka further advanced the field by comparing reirradiation outcomes between charged particle therapy and CyberKnife SBRT in a matched-cohort analysis, demonstrating his commitment to optimizing salvage therapies. In prostate cancer, he investigated the dosimetric impact of intra-fraction prostate motion during CyberKnife treatment with tumor tracking (15 citations), providing essential data on treatment accuracy for hypofractionated regimens. Through these contributions, Yoshioka has helped define safer, more effective reirradiation protocols and refined the technical precision of robotic radiosurgery, directly improving outcomes for patients with limited treatment options.

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1. 1
   Reirradiation using robotic image-guided stereotactic radiotherapy of recurrent head and neck cancer

   47 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Dosimetric impact of intra-fraction prostate motion under a tumour-tracking system in hypofractionated robotic radiosurgery

   15 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Comparison of Re-irradiation Outcomes for Charged Particle Radiotherapy and Robotic Stereotactic Radiotherapy Using CyberKnife for Recurrent Head and Neck Cancers: A Multi-institutional Matched-cohort Analysis

   11 citations · 2016

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