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ABSTRACT: Surgery is the main treatment of early stage non small cell lung cancer. However, in inoperable patients, the treatment is usually conventional radiotherapy. Results are poor and acute toxicity is severe. Stereotactic body radiation therapy provides better results in terms of local control and toxicity. Our purpose was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with primary lung tumours treated by stereotactic body radiation therapy using a stereotactic body frame at the Orléans Regional Hospital.
Between June 2000 and December 2007, 33 patients with stage I and II non small cell lung cancer were treated by stereotactic body radiation therapy. Breathing control was obtained by passive diaphragm control. Two CT-scans were performed 1 week apart to determine the accuracy of patient repositioning and define target volumes. Five or six fields were set up to achieve a conformal dose distribution. According to tumour size, a total of 50 or 40 Gy was delivered in 10 fractions.
Mean patient age was 70 years. Median follow-up was 25 months. Ten patients with a complete response are still alive. Eight patients have died from local progression, eight from metastasis, and six from comorbidity. Median disease-free survival was 22.6 months. No acute toxicity up to grade II (CTC AE 3.0) was observed. None of the patients still alive has developed any complications.
In patients who cannot undergo radical surgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy using a sterotactic body frame is well-tolerated and seems to be an efficient treatment method.
Cancer/Radiothérapie 02/2011; 15(3):192-6. · 1.49 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The purpose was to evaluate the use of the CT option for simulator during a 14-month period in the radiotherapy department. The CT option has been adapted on the Philips simulator SL23. The virtual tunnel diameter is 92 cm which allows slice acquisition regardless of the contention device used. This system is connected to the treatment planning system through an Ethernet link. Three fields of view are available which cover the standard radiotherapy use. Four hundred and twenty-seven patients benefited from this system over a 14-month period of use. The number of slices acquired per patient regularly increased. The use of the system was rapidly extended to all the standard treatments. Those slices were also used as additional information for these high technology treatments. The good quality of the images and the reliability of this system involved a rapid integration in the treatment preparation procedure. It will not replace the use of the scanner but will significantly improve the treatment quality.
Cancer/Radiothérapie 02/1997; 1(5):567-72. · 1.49 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: If low LET radiation therapy (photons, electrons), following radical microscopically and complete surgery can improve results in term of local control from 34 to 74% for salivary gland tumors, local control is more difficult to achieve in advanced tumors and only palliative treatment is usually attempted. In this survey, all the patient series treated worldwide were reviewed. They show an overall control rate of 31% with photon vs 64% with neutron therapy. A prospective randomised trial sponsored by the RTOG and the MRC published in 1988 and reviewed in 1993 showed an overall locoregional complete tumor clearance of 67% for neutrons and 17% for photons (P< 0.005), with 68% and 25% survival at two years for neutrons and photons respectively. This study was closed for ethical reasons. In Orleans, since 1987, 59 patients have been treated. At five years the persistant local control probability was 69.5%, the five-year crude survival probability 66% and the five-year tumor free survival probabilty was 64.5%. This review provides evidence that surgical treatment for salivary gland tumors should be limited to patients presenting a high likelihood of negative surgical margin and a small risk of facial nerve damage. Others patients should receive neutron radiation therapy alone as definitive treatment.
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ABSTRACT: If low LET radiation therapy (photons, electrons), following radical microscopically and complete surgery can improve results in term of local control from 34 to 74% for salivary gland tumors, local control is more difficult to achieve in advanced tumors and only palliative treatment is usually attempted. In this survey, all the patient series treated worldwide were reviewed. They show an overall control rate of 31% with photon vs 64% with neutron therapy. A prospective randomised trial sponsored by the RTOG and the MRC published in 1988 and reviewed in 1993 showed an overall locoregional complete tumor clearance of 67% for neutrons and 17% for photons (P < 0.005), with 68% and 25% survival at two years for neutrons and photons respectively. This study was closed for ethical reasons. In Orleans, since 1987, 59 patients have been treated. At five years the persistent local control probability was 69.5%, the five-year crude survival probability 66% and the five-year tumor free survival probability was 64.5%. This review provides evidence that surgical treatment for salivary gland tumors should be limited to patients presenting a high likelihood of negative surgical margin and a small risk of facial nerve damage. Others patients should receive neutron radiation therapy alone as definitive treatment.
Cancer/Radiothérapie 4(3):181-90. · 1.49 Impact Factor
