Publications by authors named "F Lopez-Campos"

Many patients with malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) who are not candidates for neurosurgery receive radiotherapy alone. This study compared 15 × 2.633 Gy over three weeks to 20 × 2.

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Locally advanced rectal cancer requires a multimodal treatment. Radiotherapy is being explored for intensification to improve the rates of pathological complete responses (ypCR rates) which are correlated with better outcomes. This study reports a comparison between standard versus escalated doses in a preoperative scenario.

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Article Synopsis
  • The GI Tumors Workgroup of the Spanish Society of Radiation Therapy surveyed radiation oncologists in December 2020 to evaluate their adherence to international treatment guidelines for gastrointestinal tumors.
  • The survey revealed a high level of adherence to standard treatments, with techniques like IMRT/VMAT being preferred for esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and rectal cancers.
  • Overall, the results indicate that radiation therapy practices in Spain are largely in line with international recommendations, emphasizing a commitment to evidence-based medicine.
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Locally advanced rectal cancer requires a multidisciplinary approach based on total neoadjuvant treatment with radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy (ChT), followed by deferred surgery. Currently, alternatives to the standard total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) are being explored, such as new ChT regimens or the introduction of immunotherapy. With standard TNT, up to a third of patients may achieve a complete pathological response (CPR), potentially avoiding surgery.

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Background: Salvage radiotherapy (SRT) and androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) are widely used in routine clinical practice to treat patients with prostate cancer who develop biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). However, there is no standard-of-care consensus on optimal duration ADT. Investigators propose three distinct risk groups in patients with prostate cancer treated with SRT in order to better define the indications and duration of ADT combined with SRT.

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