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Povzetek: The aim of the study was to quantify planned doses to the heart and specific cardiac substructures in free-breathing adjuvant three-dimensional radiation therapy (3D-CRT) and tangential intensity modulated radiotherapy (t-IMRT) for left-sided node-negative breast cancer, and to assess the differences in planned doses to organs at risk according to patients% individual anatomy, including breast volume. Patients and methods. In the study, the whole heart and cardiac substructures were delineated for 60 patients using cardiac atlas. For each patient, 3D-CRT and t-IMRT plans were generated. The prescribed dose was 42.72 Gy in 16 fractions. Patients were divided into groups with small, medium, and large clinical target volume (CTV). Calculated dose distributions were compared amongst the two techniques and the three different groups of CTV. Results. Mean absorbed dose to the whole heart (MWHD) (1.9 vs. 2.1 Gy, P < 0.005), left anterior descending coronary artery mean dose (8.2 vs. 8.4 Gy, P < 0.005) and left ventricle (LV) mean dose (3.0 vs. 3.2, P < 0.005) were all significantly lower with 3D-CRT technique compared to t-IMRT. Apical (8.5 vs. 9.0, P < 0.005) and anterior LV walls (5.0 vs. 5.4 Gy, P < 0.005) received the highest mean dose (Dmean). MWHD and LV-Dmean increased with increasing CTV size regardless of the technique. Low MWHD values (< 2.5 Gy) were achieved in 44 (73.3%) and 41 (68.3%) patients for 3D-CRT and t-IMRT techniques, correspondingly. Conclusions. Our study confirms a considerable range of the planned doses within the heart for adjuvant 3D-CRT or t-IMRT in node-negative breast cancer. We observed differences in heart dosimetric metrics between the three groups of CTV size, regardless of the radiotherapy planning technique.
Ključne besede: breast cancer, radiotherapy, 3D-CRT
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 16.07.2024; Ogledov: 9; Prenosov: 3
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Ključne besede: radiochemotherapy, definitive radiochemotherapy, esophageal cancer
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 05.07.2024; Ogledov: 110; Prenosov: 31
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Povzetek: The purpose of the study was to improve treatment efficacy for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) by shifting half of adjuvant chemotherapy preoperatively to one induction and two consolidation cycles. Patients and methods Between October 2011 and April 2013, 66 patients with LARC were treated with one induction chemotherapy cycle followed by chemoradiotherapy (CRT), two consolidation cycles, surgery and three adjuvant capecitabine cycles. Radiation doses were 50.4 Gy for T2-3 and 54 Gy for T4 tumours in 1.8 Gy daily fraction. The doses of concomitant and neo/adjuvant capecitabine were 825 mg/m2/12h and 1250mg/m2/12h, respectively. The primary endpoint was pathologic complete response (pCR). Results Forty-three (65.1%) patients were treated according to protocol. The compliance rates for induction, consolidation, and adjuvant chemotherapy were 98.5%, 93.8% and 87.3%, respectively. CRT was completed by 65/66 patients, with G % 3 non-hematologic toxicity at 13.6%. The rate of pCR (17.5%) was not increased, but N and the total-down staging rates were 77.7% and 79.3%, respectively. In a median follow-up of 55 months, we recorded one local relapse (LR) (1.6%). The 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were 64.0% (95% CI 63.89%64.11) and 69.5% (95% CI 69.39%69.61), respectively. Conclusions In LARC preoperative treatment intensification with capecitabine before and after radiotherapy is well tolerated, with a high compliance rate and acceptable toxicity. Though it does not improve the local effect, it achieves a high LR rate, DFS, and OS.
Ključne besede: rectal cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 11.06.2024; Ogledov: 75; Prenosov: 50
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Povzetek: Ob rasti incidence raka, vse kompleksnejšem zdravljenju in vse boljši ozdravljivosti ter eksponentni rasti prevalence bodo potrebe po spremljanju bolnikov z rakom le še naraščale. Običajno tradicionalno intenzivno pet- ali več-letno spremljanje (angl. follow-up) bolnikov po zaključku zdravljenja, ki se izvaja v rednih časovnih intervalih v ustanovi zdravljenja ter vključuje poleg kliničnega pregleda tudi različne slikovne in druge preiskave in merjenje tumorskih označevalcev, potrebuje nadgradnjo in spremembe. Izkazalo se je namreč, da tovrstno intenzivno spremljanje bolnikov nima vpliva na izboljšanje preživetja. Pri bolnikih z rakom debelega črevesa in danke vpliva le na zgodnejše odkritje ponovitve bolezni in več reševalnih operacij, vendar pa le-to nima vpliva na preživetje bolnikov. V okviru spremljanja bolnikov bi se morali bolj približati bolnikovim težavam in potrebam in jih obravnavati celostno od postavitve diagnoze raka, pa ves čas zdravljenja in po njem, in to ne le pet let po zaključku zdravljenja. Obravnava bi morala poleg psiho-fizičnih vidikov vključevati tudi socialnoekonomski ter poklicni vidik. Ob tem je nujna tudi opolnomočenost bolnika, saj mora skrbeti za zdrav življenjski slog, znati premagovati stres, depresijo in anksioznost, poznati svojo bolezen in zdravljenje, možne znake ponovitve bolezni, si želeti čim prejšnje vrnitve nazaj v svoje življenje. Vse to pa presega zmožnosti onkologov, nujna bo večja vključenost družinskih zdravnikov in ostalih strokovnjakov.
Ključne besede: bolniki, rak debelega črevesa in danke, spremljanje bolnikov
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 06.06.2024; Ogledov: 257; Prenosov: 88
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Povzetek: Radiochemotherapy is the main treatment for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. Anaemia is reported to have adverse effect on survival in cancer patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of anaemia on radiochemotherapy treatment outcome in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. Patients and methods. One hundred consecutive patients with histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal were treated radically with 3-dimensional conformal or intensity-modulated radiation therapy followed by brachytherapy or external beam radiotherapy boost and with concurrent mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil. The influence on survival of pre-treatment, mean on-treatment and end-of-treatment haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations was studied. Results. The 5-year locoregional control, disease free survival, disease specific survival and overall survival rates for all patients were 72%, 71%, 77% and 62%, respectively. In univariate analysis, patients with pre-treatment and end-oftreatment Hb > 120 g/L survived statistically significantly better compared to patients with Hb % 120 g/L. Patients with mean on-treatment Hb > 120 g/L only had statistically significant better locoregional control and overall survival than patients with Hb % 120 g/L. In multivariate analysis, independent prognostic factors were pre-treatment Hb (> 120 g/L vs. % 120 g/L) for overall survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.419, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.190%0.927, p = 0.032) and stage (I & II vs. III) for disease specific (HR = 3.523, 95% CI = 1.375%9.026, p = 0.009) and overall survival (HR = 2.230, 95% CI = 1.167%4.264, p = 0.015). Conclusions. The pre-treatment, mean on-treatment and end-of-treatment Hb concentration > 120 g/L carried better prognosis for patients for with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal treated with radiochemotherapy. The pre-treatment Hb > 120 g/L was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival of patients with anal canal cancer.
Ključne besede: anaemia, anal canal squamous cell carcinoma, radiochemotherapy
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 30.04.2024; Ogledov: 232; Prenosov: 129
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