Publications by authors named "Foteini Simopoulou"

Article Synopsis
  • Surgery is the main treatment for early-stage lung cancer, but for patients who can't undergo surgery, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) offers a promising non-invasive option.
  • An interim analysis of a trial involving 81 patients treated with SABR showed high local control rates (100%) and minimal side effects, with only 6% experiencing non-significant lung injury.
  • The projected survival rates after 24 months were 95% for local progression-free survival and 94% for disease-specific overall survival, indicating SABR's effectiveness for early-stage lung cancer patients.
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Purpose: The current review aims to summarize the international experience of the impact of adaptive radiotherapy on dosimetry and clinical and toxicity outcomes. Additionally, it might trigger Radiation Oncologists to use ART and evaluate whether ART improves target volume coverage and/or normal tissue sparing and, consequently, therapeutic results.

Materials And Methods: We conducted an electronic literature search of PubMed/MEDLINE and ScienceDirect from January 2007 to January 2023.

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Front-line bevacizumab (BEV) in combination with taxanes offers benefit in progression-free survival (PFS) in metastatic breast cancer (mBC). The medical records of mBC patients, treated with front-line BEV-based chemotherapy, were retrospectively reviewed in order to generate real life safety and efficacy data. Patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative mBC treated with front-line BEV in combination with chemotherapy were eligible.

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This study investigated the efficacy of a vaginal dilator (VD) for the treatment of radiation-induced vaginal stenosis (VS) and the effect of a VD on sexual quality of life.Fifty three patients with endometrial or cervical cancers participated in this prospective observational study. All participants were treated with radical or adjuvant external beam radiotherapy and/or brachytherapy.

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