Tri-modality therapy in advanced esophageal carcinoma: long-term results and insights from a developing world, institutional cohort.

Objective: To evaluate treatment outcomes in patients from a low-middle income country (LMIC) with esophageal carcinoma who underwent esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACRT/S).

Methods: Between 2010 and 2020, 254 patients (median follow-up: 53 months) met our inclusion criteria. Out-of-field nodal regions were determined by reviewing individual radiotherapy plans.

Plan quality assessment of modern radiotherapy delivery techniques in left-sided breast cancer: an analysis stratified by target delineation guidelines.

Objective: This study compares planning techniques stratified by consensus delineation guidelines in patients undergoing whole-breast radiotherapy based on an objective plan quality assessment scale.

Methods: 10 patients with left-sided breast cancer were randomly selected, and target delineation for intact breast was performed using Tangent (RTOG 0413), ESTRO, and RTOG guidelines. Consensus Plan Quality Metric (PQM) scoring was defined and communicated to the physicist before commencing treatment planning.

Malignant esophagorespiratory fistulas: a comparative effectiveness survival analysis.

Objectives: To analyse the survival of patients with malignant esophagorespiratory fistulas (ERF) and perform a comparative effectiveness analysis of ERF-directed interventions.

Methods: Fifty-five patients met our inclusion criteria, and data on ERF-directed interventions (stent placement, surgical repair and best supportive care) and their outcomes, along with clinical and treatment details, were recorded. The primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and survival after developing ERF (F-OS).

Image-guided volumetric modulated arc therapy (IG-VMAT) for unresectable ACC of the trachea: a feasible curative option.

A middle-aged man presented with progressively worsening breathlessness and non-productive cough for the last 3 months. On examination, his breathing was stridulous and air entry was decreased bilaterally. He underwent emergency fibre-optic bronchoscopy, which revealed a tracheal growth causing luminal narrowing, and after tumour debulking, he improved symptomatically.