The added value of chest imaging after neoadjuvant radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk wall: A retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: There is no clear evidence regarding the benefit of restaging for distant metastases after neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RTX) in patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) of the extremities and trunk wall. This study aimed to determine how often restaging of the chest identified metastatic disease that altered management in these patients.

Methods: We performed a single-centre retrospective study from 2010 to 2020.

Injection of radiopaque hydrogel at time of lumpectomy improves the target definition for adjuvant radiotherapy.

Background And Purpose: During oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery (BCS), the surgical cavity is closed to reduce seroma formation. This makes the radiotherapy target definition using clips challenging, leading to poor inter-observer agreement and potentially geographical misses. We hypothesize that injecting a radiopaque hydrogel in the lumpectomy cavity before closure improves radiotherapy target definition and agreement between observers.

Intracranial radiosurgery in the Netherlands. A planning comparison of available systems with regard to physical aspects and workload.

Different planning and treatment systems for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery available in the Netherlands are compared. The systems for intracranial radiosurgery include: Gamma Knife, Cyberknife, Novalis, and Tomotherapy. Electronic data of 5 patients was transferred to all participating centres and treatment plans were generated according to 2 different prescription protocols.

[Charcot-arthropathy in diabetes mellitus].

Charcot's arthropathy is a relative uncommon complication of diabetic neuropathy. The aetiology remains poorly understood. According to the neurotraumatic theory, the foot, which has become insensitive through neuropathy, is subjected to extensive (micro)trauma through continuation of use.