Structured reporting for fibrosing lung disease: a model shared by radiologist and pulmonologist.

Objectives: To apply the Delphi exercise with iterative involvement of radiologists and pulmonologists with the aim of defining a structured reporting template for high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of patients with fibrosing lung disease (FLD).

Methods: The writing committee selected the HRCT criteria-the Delphi items-for rating from both radiology panelists (RP) and pulmonology panelists (PP). The Delphi items were first rated by RPs as "essential", "optional", or "not relevant".

Is neck dissection necessary after induction plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy in complete responder head and neck cancer patients with pretherapy advanced nodal disease?

Background: The aim of the present study was to assess, in the setting of a single-institution prospective clinical trial, the necessity of planned neck dissection (PND) in physically and radiologically complete responders with pretherapy advanced nodal disease.

Methods: Between January 2000 and July 2007 a total of 139 patients were enrolled to receive a regimen of platinum-based multidrug induction-concurrent chemoradiotherapy (IC/CCRT). A total of 75 of the enrolled patients with advanced nodal disease were included in this retrospective study.