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SYSTEMS-2: a randomised phase II study of radiotherapy dose escalation for pain control in malignant pleural mesothelioma [PDF]

, 2018
SYSTEMS-2 is a randomised study of radiotherapy dose escalation for pain control in 112 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Standard palliative (20Gy/5#) or dose escalated treatment (36Gy/6#) will be delivered using advanced radiotherapy ...
Alexander, L., Ashton, M., Chalmers, A.J., Currie, S., Franks, K., Kelly, C., Laird, B., Macleod, N., Moore, K., O'Rourke, N., Stobo, J., Valentine, R.   +11 more
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Thoracic radiotherapy and concurrent almonertinib for unresectable stage III EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase 2 study

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy remains the standard treatment in unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Several studies have shown a potential value of concurrent epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase ...
Lucheng ZHU, Changlin Zou, Zhanchun Zhang, Jianfang Wang, Li Yang, Chuangzhou Rao, Zhiping Yang, Jiafeng Liang, Bing Xia, M. A. Shenglin   +9 more
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What information could the main actors of liquid biopsy provide? A representative case of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [PDF]

, 2018
In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is a consensus regarding the use of liquid biopsy, generally, to detect "druggable" mutations and, in particular, to monitor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatments. However, whether circulating tumor cells
Manicone, M., Mariotta, S., Pezzuto, A., Ricci, A., Rossi, Elisabetta, Scaini, M. C., Zamarchi, R.   +6 more
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A comparative study of different dose fractionations schedule of thoracic radiotherapy for pain palliation and health-related quality of life in metastatic NSCLC

Lung India, 2014
Introduction: To investigate the effect of different hypo fractionated thoracic radiotherapy schedules in relation to thoracic pain relief, overall survival and post radiotherapy HRQOL in metastatic NSCLC.
Sourav Sau, Saikat Sau, Premnath Dutta, Ganesh Chandra Gayen, Sanatan Banerjee, Avijit Basu   +5 more
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Reproducibility of deep inspiration breath hold for prone left-sided whole breast irradiation [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Investigating reproducibility and instability of deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) in the prone position to reduce heart dose for left-sided whole breast irradiation.
Berwouts, Dieter, De Gersem, Werner, De Neve, Wilfried, MULLIEZ, THOMAS, Remouchamps, Vincent, Speleers, Bruno, Van den Broecke, Rudy, Van Greveling, Annick, Veldeman, Liv, Vercauteren, Tom   +9 more
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Adult respiratory distress syndrome after limited thoracic radiotherapy [PDF]

Cancer, 1986
The authors report three patients who developed fatal respiratory failure after limited or unilateral thoracic radiation therapy for neoplasms. The respiratory failure was characteristic of the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with refractory hypoxemia and diffuse bilateral infiltrates including areas of lung well outside of the radiation ...
W J, Fulkerson, R E, McLendon, L R, Prosnitz   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Survival benefits of postoperative radiotherapy in esophageal cancer during the immunotherapy era:a retrospective cohort study based on the SEER database and a single-center registry in China

Frontiers in Immunology
PurposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the survival benefits of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with resectable esophageal cancer (EC) after neoadjuvant therapy in the Immunotherapy era.MethodsThe study was designed as a ...
Qian Zhang, Tao Zhang, Jiaqi Gu, Xuemei Zhang, Yuxin Mao, Yingying Zhu, Jin Zhang, Jingyi Wang, Shuyang Chen, Yang Cao, Muhong Wang, Chunbo Wang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiotherapy Dosing for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: “MTD” or “ALARA”?

Frontiers in Oncology, 2017
Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) is typically treated with thoracic radiotherapy, often in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Nitin Ohri, Nitin Ohri
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical treatment of retrosternal extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma in a 6-years old female: a clamshell approach with hemysternectomy and application of a non-crosslinked extracellular matrix [PDF]

, 2017
Background Ewing Sarcoma (ES) and Neuroblastoma (NB) belong to a family of tumours of primitive neuroectodermal origin (PNET) that occurs in both bone and soft tissue. Notwithstanding ES and NB are two distinct malignant tumours, sometimes there could be
Angotti, Rossella, Casini, Leonardo, CLERICO, Anna, Luzzi, Luca, Messina, Mario, Molinaro, Francesco, Paladini, Piero, Pellegrino, Chiara, SCHIAVETTI, Amalia, Varrasso, Giulia   +9 more
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Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source