Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

The most recent articles from: Radiother Oncol November 2013

Radiother Oncol · Nov 2013

Assessing the most accurate formula to predict the risk of lymph node metastases from prostate cancer in contemporary patients treated with radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

The aim of this study was to perform a head-to-head comparison of the Roach formula vs. two other newly developed prediction tools for lymph node invasion (LNI) in prostate cancer, namely the Nguyen and the Yu formulas. ⋯ All formulas demonstrated high and comparable discrimination accuracy in predicting LNI, when externally validated on ePLND treated patients. However, the Roach formula showed the most favorable characteristics. Therefore, its use should be preferred over the two other tools.

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Radiother Oncol · Nov 2013

Re-irradiation and hyperthermia after surgery for recurrent breast cancer.

Evaluation of efficacy and side effects of combined re-irradiation and hyperthermia electively or for subclinical disease in the management of locoregional recurrent breast cancer. ⋯ The combination of re-irradiation and hyperthermia results in a high LC-rate with acceptable toxicity.

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