Publications by authors named "Ghith S"
Background: The global healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In order to mitigate the risk of spread of the virus, most elective surgical procedures have been cancelled especially during the lockdown periods. The purpose of this study was to assess the financial impact of the COVID outbreak due to the supposed reduced workload from our neurosurgery department in 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The management of older patients in radiation therapy (RT) departments has been challenging in the context of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. We report our experience of RT adapted schedules or strategy changes in older patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods And Materials: Patients aged ≥75 years were recruited during weekly chart rounds.
Purpose: The optimal schedule for palliative external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in patients with bladder tumors with hematuria unfit for surgery remains undefined. This study aimed to assess the clinical hemostatic efficacy and safety of two EBRT hypofractionated schedules.
Methods: From February 2008 to October 2017, 31 patients were referred to our department for palliative hemostatic bladder irradiation.
Radiation therapy has benefited from many developments over the past 20 years. These developments are mainly linked to the technology, imaging and informatics evolutions which allow better targets definitions, ensure better organs-at-risk sparing and excellent reproducibility of treatments, with a perfect control of patient positioning. In breast cancer radiotherapy, the evolution was marked by the possibility of reducing the duration of treatments from 6-7 to 3-4 weeks by using hypofractionated regimens, or by further reducing the irradiation to one week when treatment is solely focalised to the tumour bed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: During the first weeks of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in France, it was necessary to clearly define organizational priorities in the radiation therapy (RT) departments. In this report, we focus on the urgent measures taken to reduce risk for both our staff and patients by reducing the number of patients receiving treatment.
Methods And Materials: We reviewed the fractionation schemes for all patients in our department, including those receiving treatment and those soon to start treatment.
Article Synopsis
- - COVID-19 is a new infectious disease that has led to 2.5 million cases and 165,000 deaths globally, significantly impacting healthcare systems, especially in oncology departments.
- - In response to the pandemic, healthcare providers have created new guidelines and therapeutic options for cancer care to optimize treatment delivery for patients with chronic illnesses.
- - The review focuses on summarizing international cancer care recommendations and assessing their applicability in low- and middle-income countries, where resources and healthcare infrastructures may differ significantly.
Objective: Our study aimed to compare regional node coverage and doses to the organ at risk (OAR) using conventional technique (CT) "AMAROS" (AT) intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques in patients receiving regional nodal irradiation (RNI) for breast cancer (BC).
Methods: We included 30 consecutive patients with BC who received RNI including axillary nodes. Two independent and blinded dosimetric RNI plans were generated for all patients.
Purpose: To assess predictors of outcome in a cohort of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) patients receiving induction chemotherapy followed by local treatment.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 95 non-metastatic IBC patient files.
Results: Complete clinical response (cCR) was obtained in 15 (16%) patients.