Mesenchymal Neoplasms of the Prostate and Seminal Vesicles: Spectrum of Disease with Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35030067/
There is a wide spectrum of benign and malignant mesenchymal neoplasms of the prostate, which account for less than 1% of all prostatic tumors. These include distinctive tumors that arise...
Relevance: There is a wide spectrum of benign and malignant mesenchymal neoplasms of the prostate, which account for less than 1% of all prostatic tumors. These include distinctive tumors that arise from the specialized prostatic stroma and site-agnostic neoplasms such as smooth muscle tumors, fibrous or myofibroblastic neoplasms, neurogenic...
Deep Seated Tumour Treatments With Electrons of High Energy Delivered at FLASH Rates: The Example of Prostate Cancer - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35024354/
Different therapies are adopted for the treatment of deep seated tumours in combination or as an alternative to surgical removal or chemotherapy: radiotherapy with photons (RT), particle therapy (PT) with...
Conclusion/Relevance: The study demonstrates that VHEE beams, even in absence of a significant FLASH effect and with a reduced energy range (70-130 MeV) with respect to implementations already explored in literature, could be a good alternative to standard RT, even in the framework of technological developments that are nowadays affordable.
Knowledge-based quality control of organ delineations in radiation therapy - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35028948/
doi: 10.1002/mp.15458. Online ahead of print. 1 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. 2 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA. 3 Arizona Oncology,...
Conclusions: The KBQC system detected anomalous delineations with superior accuracy compared to classification methods that judge only based on posterior probabilities. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Adherence to contouring and treatment planning requirements within a multicentric trial -results of the quality assurance of the SAKK 09/10 trial - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34990777/
Despite a thorough QA program, the central review of a phase-III trial showed limited adherence to treatment protocol recommendations which was associated with a higher risk of toxicity by means...
Conclusions: Despite a thorough QA program, the central review of a phase-III trial showed limited adherence to treatment protocol recommendations which was associated with a higher risk of toxicity by means of acute or late GI or GU toxicity and showed a trend towards worse FFBP. Data from this QA review may help refine future QA programs and...
Hospital readmissions for patients with prostate cancer are higher after radiotherapy than after prostatectomy - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34983121/
doi: 10.4111/icu.20210313. 1 Department of Urology, National University Health System, Singapore. [email protected]. 2 School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK. 3 Department of Urology, National University Health System, Singapore....
Conclusions: Selection of patients for radiotherapy instead of surgery was influenced by age, significant comorbidities, and NCCN high-risk disease. The incidence of treatment- or cancer-related hospital readmissions was significantly higher for patients undergoing radiotherapy compared with radical prostatectomy, especially for those with...