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The study analyzed the value of physical and psychosocial frailty assessment in predicting the need for supportive care and the risk of short-term failures after discharge in hospitalized cancer patients. ⋯ A more comprehensive assessment of frailty in cancer patients can aid in the timely identification of the need for supportive care after hospital discharge and improves the prediction of the short-term risk of hospital readmission or death.
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Our aim is to report on the clinical methods and outcomes of helical intensity-modulated stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for the treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ Image-guided SBRT with helical IMRT delivered in 4 or 5 fractions of 12 Gy with rigid immobilization, FDG-PET-assisted targeting, and repeat mid-fraction CT scan is an effective treatment for early NSCLC.
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Peritoneal carcinomatosis has been traditionally considered a rapidly lethal disease and consequently managed by merely palliative options. In the last decade, the clinical interest in the condition has increased because encouraging results have been reported in association with a new treatment strategy that combines cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Relatively high rates of severe complications are generally associated to this complex procedure. Our aim was to analyze treatment-related morbidity in our institutional initial experience. ⋯ Rigorous preoperative workup and strict selection criteria allowed a successful safe start of a new program of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in a general surgery unit.