The use of in-vivo dosimetry to identify head and neck cancer patients needing adaptive radiotherapy.

Background And Purpose: Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients experiencing anatomical changes during their radiotherapy (RT) course may benefit from adaptive RT (ART). We investigated the sensitivity of an electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based in-vivo dosimetry (EIVD) system to detect patients that require ART and identified its limitations.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted for 182 HNC patients: laryngeal cancer without elective lymph nodes (group A), postoperative RT (group B) and primary RT including elective lymph nodes (group C).

Incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after bag-in-the-lens IOL implantation: extended follow-up in a larger cohort of patients.

Purpose: To report the incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and associated risk factors after cataract surgery using the bag-in-the-lens (BIL) intraocular lens (IOL) implantation technique.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the management of lung cancer: A systematic review.

Lung cancer is often associated with a poor quality of life, as reflected by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The aim of this paper is to describe and compare the PROMs that are available. In this manuscript, we review the impact of PROMs on the management of lung cancer.